Analyze long strangle (buy OTM call + OTM put). Args: symbol: Ticker symbol expiry: Expiration date (YYYY-MM-DD) put_strike: Put strike (below current price) call_strike: Call strike (above current price)
AI agents call spread_strangle to retrieve information from Trading Skills without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool analyzes a trading strategy (long strangle option position) by computing Greeks, payoff diagrams, or risk metrics based on provided parameters. It retrieves or calculates data without side effects. Although the server includes portfolio management tools (ib_account, ib_collar, ib_pmcc_advisor) that could execute trades, this specific tool only analyzes hypothetical positions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'spread_strangle' and description 'Analyze long strangle' with arguments for symbol, expiry, and strikes. The function performs analysis and returns computed results without executing trades or modifying account state.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access spread_strangle gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Trading Skills, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for spread_strangle:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"spread_strangle": {}
}
}spread_strangle is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Analyze long strangle (buy OTM call + OTM put). Args: symbol: Ticker symbol expiry: Expiration date (YYYY-MM-DD) put_strike: Put strike (below current price) call_strike: Call strike (above current price). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Trading Skills MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Trading Skills MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for spread_strangle: 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 Trading Skills. Nothing to install.
spread_strangle 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 spread_strangle 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 spread_strangle. 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.
spread_strangle is provided by the Trading Skills MCP server (staskh/trading_skills). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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