getSMA

Calculate the Simple Moving Average (SMA) for a stock using the FMP SMA API. This tool helps users analyze trends and identify potential buy or sell signals based on historical price data.

Server Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server vijitdaroch/financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What getSMA does on Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server

AI agents call getSMA 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.

Why getSMA needs a policy

This tool retrieves historical stock price data and performs a technical analysis calculation (Simple Moving Average) to generate insights. It has no side effects—it neither modifies data, executes arbitrary code, deletes information, nor moves money. It is a read-only analytical tool that queries and processes existing financial data, making it categorically a Read operation with low severity risk.

From the tool's definition The tool 'getSMA' is described as calculating and analyzing historical price data to identify trends and signals. It performs a computational analysis on existing financial data with no data modification, deletion, or financial transaction capability.

Questions about getSMA

What does the getSMA tool do? +

Calculate the Simple Moving Average (SMA) for a stock using the FMP SMA API. This tool helps users analyze trends and identify potential buy or sell signals 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.

How do I enforce a policy on getSMA? +

Register the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getSMA: 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.

What risk level is getSMA? +

getSMA is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit getSMA? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the getSMA 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.

How do I block getSMA completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for getSMA. 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.

What MCP server provides getSMA? +

getSMA 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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