getLatestInsiderTrading
Access the latest insider trading activity using the Latest Insider Trading API. Track which company insiders are buying or selling stocks and analyze their transactions.
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What getLatestInsiderTrading does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getLatestInsiderTrading 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
date | string | — | Date of insider trades (YYYY-MM-DD) |
page | number | — | Page number (default: 0) |
limit | number | — | Limit on number of results (default: 100, max: 100) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getLatestInsiderTrading is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries insider trading data—a public information source—with no capability to modify, execute commands, or cause irreversible changes. It is purely informational, presenting historical insider trading activity for research and analysis purposes. The low severity reflects that misuse would yield only informational exposure, not financial transactions, data loss, or system compromise.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getLatestInsiderTrading' and description 'Access the latest insider trading activity' and 'Track which company insiders are buying or selling stocks and analyze their transactions' indicate data retrieval only.
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The rule that runs getLatestInsiderTrading 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 getLatestInsiderTrading, this is the rule to start with:
getLatestInsiderTrading 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 getLatestInsiderTrading call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getLatestInsiderTrading
Access the latest insider trading activity using the Latest Insider Trading API. Track which company insiders are buying or selling stocks and analyze their transactions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getLatestInsiderTrading accepts 3 parameters: date, page, limit. 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 getLatestInsiderTrading: 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.
getLatestInsiderTrading 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 getLatestInsiderTrading 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 getLatestInsiderTrading. 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.
getLatestInsiderTrading 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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