getActivelyTradingList
List all actively trading companies and financial instruments with the FMP Actively Trading List API. This endpoint allows users to filter and display securities that are currently being traded on public exchanges, ensuring you access real-time market activity.
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What getActivelyTradingList does on Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server
AI agents call getActivelyTradingList to retrieve information from Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why getActivelyTradingList is rated Low
This tool retrieves and filters publicly available market data about actively trading securities. It performs no write operations, does not execute code or commands, does not delete data, and does not move money. The only capability is to query and present information, making it a pure Read operation with minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it 'List all actively trading companies' and 'display securities that are currently being traded' — these are query/retrieval operations with no modification, deletion, or execution of external actions.
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The rule that runs getActivelyTradingList safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For getActivelyTradingList, this is the rule to start with:
getActivelyTradingList 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 MCP Server, apply this rule, and every getActivelyTradingList call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getActivelyTradingList
List all actively trading companies and financial instruments with the FMP Actively Trading List API. This endpoint allows users to filter and display securities that are currently being traded on public exchanges, ensuring you access real-time market activity. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getActivelyTradingList: 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 MCP Server. Nothing to install.
getActivelyTradingList 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 getActivelyTradingList 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 getActivelyTradingList. 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.
getActivelyTradingList is provided by the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP server (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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