Get an open position by its ticket. Args: ticket: Position ticket Returns: Optional[Position]: Position information or None if not found.
AI agents call positions_get_by_ticket to retrieve information from MetaTrader 5 MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries existing trading position data and returns information without executing trades, modifying positions, or transferring funds. It is a read-only accessor. While it operates in a financial domain (MetaTrader 5 trading platform), the tool itself performs no financial operations, movements of money, or irreversible changes.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves position information by ticket number with no modification, deletion, or financial transaction capability. The description explicitly states 'Get an open position' with a return of position data only.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access positions_get_by_ticket gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MetaTrader 5 MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for positions_get_by_ticket:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"positions_get_by_ticket": {}
}
}positions_get_by_ticket is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get an open position by its ticket. Args: ticket: Position ticket Returns: Optional[Position]: Position information or None if not found. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MetaTrader 5 MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MetaTrader 5 MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for positions_get_by_ticket: 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 MetaTrader 5 MCP Server. Nothing to install.
positions_get_by_ticket 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 positions_get_by_ticket 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 positions_get_by_ticket. 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.
positions_get_by_ticket is provided by the MetaTrader 5 MCP Server MCP server (qoyyuum/mcp-metatrader5-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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