Get all insider trading activity for a specific stock ticker. Shows who is buying/selling, volumes, and conviction scores.
AI agents call get_trades_by_ticker to retrieve information from Lynx Mi/lynx Mi without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and displays historical insider trading data without modifying, executing operations, or triggering external side effects. It is a straightforward data query that returns read-only information about past trading activity. Low severity because misuse results only in unauthorized access to public SEC-derived market intelligence, not destructive or financial harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_trades_by_ticker' uses 'get' prefix indicating retrieval. Description states 'Get all insider trading activity' and 'Shows who is buying/selling, volumes, and conviction scores' — purely informational query operations with no modification or…
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Get all insider trading activity for a specific stock ticker. Shows who is buying/selling, volumes, and conviction scores. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Lynx Mi/lynx Mi MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Lynx Mi/lynx Mi MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_trades_by_ticker: 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 Lynx Mi/lynx Mi. Nothing to install.
get_trades_by_ticker 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 get_trades_by_ticker 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 get_trades_by_ticker. 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.
get_trades_by_ticker is provided by the Lynx Mi/lynx Mi MCP server (lynx-mi/lynx-mi-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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