getAftermarketTrade
Track real-time trading activity occurring after regular market hours with the FMP Aftermarket Trade API. Access key details such as trade prices, sizes, and timestamps for trades executed during the post-market session.
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What getAftermarketTrade does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getAftermarketTrade to retrieve information from Financial Modeling Prep without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getAftermarketTrade is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries real-time trading data (prices, sizes, timestamps) from aftermarket sessions. It is informational only — it does not execute trades, modify data, delete records, or commit financial obligations. The user cannot perform transactions through data retrieval. This is a Read operation with minimal risk; misuse would only expose market information already available to market participants.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getAftermarketTrade' and description states it 'Track[s]' and provides 'Access [to] key details such as trade prices, sizes, and timestamps' — purely retrieval of existing market data with no modification, deletion, execution, or financial…
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The rule that runs getAftermarketTrade safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Financial Modeling Prep, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For getAftermarketTrade, this is the rule to start with:
getAftermarketTrade is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Financial Modeling Prep, apply this rule, and every getAftermarketTrade call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getAftermarketTrade
Track real-time trading activity occurring after regular market hours with the FMP Aftermarket Trade API. Access key details such as trade prices, sizes, and timestamps for trades executed during the post-market session. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getAftermarketTrade accepts 1 parameter: symbol. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Financial Modeling Prep MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getAftermarketTrade: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Financial Modeling Prep. Nothing to install.
getAftermarketTrade is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the getAftermarketTrade rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for getAftermarketTrade. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
getAftermarketTrade is provided by the Financial Modeling Prep MCP server (cfocoder/financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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