Calculate the Average Directional Index (ADX) for a stock using the FMP ADX API. This tool helps users analyze trend strength and direction based on historical price data.
AI agents call getADX to retrieve information from Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The ADX calculation is a read-only operation that retrieves and analyzes existing historical market data without modifying, creating, executing external operations, or affecting any financial transactions. It produces analytical output based on input data but has no side effects on any systems or accounts. This is a pure data retrieval and computation function typical of financial analytics tools.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getADX' and description state it 'Calculate the Average Directional Index (ADX)' and 'analyze trend strength and direction based on historical price data.' This is a data retrieval and calculation operation that queries historical price data to…
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Calculate the Average Directional Index (ADX) for a stock using the FMP ADX API. This tool helps users analyze trend strength and direction based on historical price data. 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 getADX: 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.
getADX 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 getADX 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 getADX. 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.
getADX is provided by the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP server (vijitdaroch/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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