searchInsiderTrades

Search insider trading activity by company or symbol using the Search Insider Trades API. Find specific trades made by corporate insiders, including executives and directors.

SERVERFinancial Modeling Prep SOURCEcfocoder/financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 60 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

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WHAT IT DOES

What searchInsiderTrades does on Financial Modeling Prep

AI agents call searchInsiderTrades 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
`page`	number	—	Page number (default: 0)
`limit`	number	—	Limit on number of results (default: 100, max: 100)
`symbol`	string	—	Stock symbol
`companyCik`	string	—	Company CIK number
`reportingCik`	string	—	Reporting CIK number
`transactionType`	string	—	Transaction type (e.g., S-Sale)

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

RISK

Why searchInsiderTrades is rated Low

This tool queries and retrieves historical insider trading data—a read-only operation that does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything. Insider trade data is publicly available financial information (required to be disclosed by law). Accessing this data poses no financial risk to the user or third parties, as it merely retrieves facts about past transactions rather than initiating new ones or moving money.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'searchInsiderTrades' and description states 'Search insider trading activity' and 'Find specific trades made by corporate insiders'. The verb 'search' and 'find' indicate data retrieval operations with no modification or side effects.

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs searchInsiderTrades 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 searchInsiderTrades, this is the rule to start with:

searchInsiderTrades Allowed

searchInsiderTrades is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "searchInsiderTrades": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Financial Modeling Prep, apply this rule, and every searchInsiderTrades call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about searchInsiderTrades

What does the searchInsiderTrades tool do? +

Search insider trading activity by company or symbol using the Search Insider Trades API. Find specific trades made by corporate insiders, including executives and directors. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

What parameters does searchInsiderTrades accept? +

searchInsiderTrades accepts 6 parameters: page, limit, symbol, companyCik, reportingCik, transactionType. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

How do I enforce a policy on searchInsiderTrades? +

Register the Financial Modeling Prep MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for searchInsiderTrades: 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.

What risk level is searchInsiderTrades? +

searchInsiderTrades is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit searchInsiderTrades? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the searchInsiderTrades 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.

How do I block searchInsiderTrades completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for searchInsiderTrades. 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.

What MCP server provides searchInsiderTrades? +

searchInsiderTrades 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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