getCOTReports
Access comprehensive Commitment of Traders (COT) reports with the FMP COT Report API. This API provides detailed information about long and short positions across various sectors, helping you assess market sentiment and track positions in commodities, indices, and financial instruments.
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What getCOTReports does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getCOTReports 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
to | string | — | Optional end date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
from | string | — | Optional start date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
symbol | string | — | Commodity symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getCOTReports is rated Low
getCOTReports is a data retrieval tool that queries and returns publicly available market sentiment data from COT reports. It enables research and analysis of trader positions but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. It does not move money or commit financial obligations—it only provides informational data for decision-making.
From the tool's definition Tool provides access to 'comprehensive Commitment of Traders (COT) reports' and 'detailed information about long and short positions' for analysis purposes. The description uses retrieval language: 'Access', 'provides', 'helping you assess'.
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The rule that runs getCOTReports 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 getCOTReports, this is the rule to start with:
getCOTReports 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 getCOTReports call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getCOTReports
Access comprehensive Commitment of Traders (COT) reports with the FMP COT Report API. This API provides detailed information about long and short positions across various sectors, helping you assess market sentiment and track positions in commodities, indices, and financial instruments. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getCOTReports accepts 3 parameters: to, from, 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 getCOTReports: 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.
getCOTReports 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 getCOTReports 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 getCOTReports. 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.
getCOTReports 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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