getExchangeMarketHours
Retrieve trading hours for specific stock exchanges using the Global Exchange Market Hours API. Find out the opening and closing times of global exchanges to plan your trading strategies effectively.
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What getExchangeMarketHours does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getExchangeMarketHours 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
exchange | string | — | Exchange code (e.g., NASDAQ, NYSE) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getExchangeMarketHours is rated Low
This tool simply retrieves static reference data about exchange operating hours. It has no side effects, cannot modify data, execute operations, or move money. The worst misuse would be obtaining market hours information, which poses minimal risk. Classified as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getExchangeMarketHours' and description 'Retrieve trading hours for specific stock exchanges' - uses retrieve/get verb indicating data retrieval with no modification or execution capabilities.
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The rule that runs getExchangeMarketHours 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 getExchangeMarketHours, this is the rule to start with:
getExchangeMarketHours 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 getExchangeMarketHours call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getExchangeMarketHours
Retrieve trading hours for specific stock exchanges using the Global Exchange Market Hours API. Find out the opening and closing times of global exchanges to plan your trading strategies effectively. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getExchangeMarketHours accepts 1 parameter: exchange. 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 getExchangeMarketHours: 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.
getExchangeMarketHours 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 getExchangeMarketHours 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 getExchangeMarketHours. 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.
getExchangeMarketHours 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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