Market Data

Market Data Connectors

This plugin gets all market and portfolio data from two MCP connectors. Do not substitute scraped web pages, yfinance, or any other library for these — WebSearch is a supplement for narrative context only (news colour, management commentary), never a source of numbers that a connector can provide.

Both are configured by the user in Claude (Connectors / MCP settings), not by this plugin. This repository intentionally ships no .mcp.json.

FMP connector

Each FMP tool is a family: you pass an endpoint plus that endpoint's parameters. Endpoint names are exact strings — do not invent them. period is "annual" or "quarter"; limit caps the number of rows returned (rows come back newest-first).

quote — live prices

quote(endpoint="quote", symbol="AAPL")
quote(endpoint="batch-quote", symbols=["AAPL","MSFT"])
quote(endpoint="quote-short", symbol="AAPL")

quote returns price, change, day range, 52-week range, volume, average volume, market cap, trailing P/E, EPS, earnings announcement date, and previous close.

statements — financials, ratios, metrics

statements(endpoint="income-statement",        symbol="AAPL", period="annual", limit=5)
statements(endpoint="balance-sheet-statement", symbol="AAPL", period="annual", limit=5)
statements(endpoint="cashflow-statement",      symbol="AAPL", period="annual", limit=5)
statements(endpoint="metrics-ratios",          symbol="AAPL", period="annual", limit=5)
statements(endpoint="key-metrics",             symbol="AAPL", period="annual", limit=5)
statements(endpoint="financial-scores",        symbol="AAPL")
statements(endpoint="income-statement-growth", symbol="AAPL", period="annual", limit=5)

TTM variants: income-statements-ttm, balance-sheet-statements-ttm, cashflow-statements-ttm, key-metrics-ttm, metrics-ratios-ttm.

Where the common metrics live:

Ratios are period-end, quotes are live. A P/E from metrics-ratios reflects the price on the statement date. For a current P/E use quote → pe. Never mix the two in one table without saying which is which.

company — profile and peers

company(endpoint="profile-symbol", symbol="AAPL")   # sector, industry, description, beta, country
company(endpoint="peers",          symbol="AAPL")   # peer tickers for comparison
company(endpoint="market-cap",     symbol="AAPL")

analyst — ratings and estimates

analyst(endpoint="ratings-snapshot",        symbol="AAPL")
analyst(endpoint="price-target-consensus",  symbol="AAPL")
analyst(endpoint="grades-summary",          symbol="AAPL")
analyst(endpoint="financial-estimates",     symbol="AAPL", period="annual")

Forward EPS growth for a PEG calculation comes from financial-estimates.

chart and technicalIndicators — technicals

chart(endpoint="historical-price-eod-light", symbol="AAPL", from_date="2025-01-01", to_date="2026-01-01")
chart(endpoint="historical-price-eod-full",  symbol="AAPL", from_date="2025-06-01")

technicalIndicators(endpoint="simple-moving-average",     symbol="AAPL", periodLength=200, timeframe="1day")
technicalIndicators(endpoint="relative-strength-index",   symbol="AAPL", periodLength=14,  timeframe="1day")
technicalIndicators(endpoint="average-directional-index", symbol="AAPL", periodLength=14,  timeframe="1day")
technicalIndicators(endpoint="standard-deviation",        symbol="AAPL", periodLength=20,  timeframe="1day")

timeframe is one of 1min, 5min, 15min, 30min, 1hour, 4hour, 1day.

technicalIndicators requires a paid FMP plan (Starter and above). On a free key it returns an error — fall back to deriving moving averages and ranges from chart data yourself, and say in the report that the indicator was computed locally.

MACD and Bollinger Bands are not offered by this connector. Derive them from chart EOD closes (MACD = EMA12 − EMA26, signal = EMA9 of MACD; Bollinger = 20-day SMA ± 2σ, using standard-deviation or a local calculation) or omit them and say so.

news, calendar, marketPerformance, search — discovery

news(endpoint="search-stock-news",    symbols=["AAPL"], limit=20)
news(endpoint="search-press-releases", symbols=["AAPL"], limit=10)
news(endpoint="general-news",          limit=50)

calendar(endpoint="earnings-calendar", from_date="2026-08-24", to_date="2026-08-31")
calendar(endpoint="earnings-company",  symbol="AAPL", limit=8)   # surprise history
calendar(endpoint="dividends-company", symbol="AAPL")

marketPerformance(endpoint="biggest-gainers")
marketPerformance(endpoint="most-active")
marketPerformance(endpoint="sector-performance-snapshot", date="2026-08-24")
marketPerformance(endpoint="sector-PE-snapshot",          date="2026-08-24")

search(endpoint="search-symbol", query="Apple")
search(endpoint="search-name",   query="Apple Inc")
search(endpoint="search-ISIN",   isin="US0378331005")
search(endpoint="search-company-screener",
       sector="Technology", marketCapMoreThan=2000000000,
       betaLowerThan=1.5, isActivelyTrading=true, limit=50)

Other available FMP tools, used less often: secFilings, earningsTranscript, insiderTrades, institutionalOwnership/form13F, senate, etfAndMutualFunds, economics, discountedCashFlow, indexes, forex, crypto, commodity, ESG, tipranks, marketHours, commitmentOfTraders.

IBKR connector

IBKR tools take plain arguments, not an endpoint. They read the live brokerage account — treat every number as real money.

Portfolio state

get_account_positions()                  # every open position: qty, avg cost, mkt value, unrealised P&L
get_account_balances()                   # cash and market value per currency
get_account_summary()                    # net liquidation value, buying power, margin, available funds
get_pa_allocation(type="ALL")            # NAV split by asset class, sector, region, country, instrument
get_pa_performance_all_periods()         # 1D / 7D / MTD / 1M / YTD / 1Y return series
get_account_orders()                     # working and recent orders
get_account_trades()                     # execution history

Notes that matter when reporting:

• get_pa_allocation weights sum to 1.0 within each bucket, and the long-side denominator differs per dimension (netted of shorts for ASSET_CLASS and FINANCIAL_INSTRUMENT, gross for SECTOR/REGION/COUNTRY). Do not compare percentages across dimensions as if they shared a base.
• short_positions is absent when there are no shorts — null-check it.
• Item id values are opaque; display name.
• get_pa_performance_all_periods returns cps as fractions (-0.106 = −10.6%), and portfolio_measure tells you whether it is time-weighted (TWR) or money-weighted (MWR). State which one you used.
• Prefer type="ALL" over five separate get_pa_allocation calls.

Instruments, themes, market data

search_contracts(...)                    # resolve a ticker/name to a contract_id — needed by most tools below
get_price_snapshot(contract_id=265598, market_data_names=["last","bid_ask","change","volume"])
get_price_history(...)                   # historical OHLCV bars
get_company_themes(contract_id=265598, max_themes=5, max_companies=5)
get_company_connections(...)             # products, countries, competitors, evidence text
search_investment_topics(query="battery", max=5)   # → {key, name}; feed key to get_theme_details
get_theme_details(...)                   # the company list behind a theme

search_investment_topics is keyword-based and narrow: use short, singular nouns ("battery", not "electric vehicle batteries"; "robot", not "robotics companies"). If it returns nothing, retry with a shorter or singular form before concluding no match exists. Never construct or modify a theme key — only pass keys the tool returned.

Watchlists and alerts

get_watchlists() / get_watchlist(...) / create_watchlist(...) / edit_watchlist(...)
get_alerts() / create_alert(...) / update_alert(...) / set_alert_status(...)

Use watchlists to persist a shortlist of candidates back to the user's IBKR account.

Order tools — never call unprompted

create_order_instruction, delete_order_instruction and get_order_instructions stage real orders. No skill or agent in this plugin may place, modify, or cancel an order. Analysis output is a recommendation; the user executes it themselves. Only call an order tool if the user gives an explicit, unambiguous instruction to do so in that same turn, and confirm the full order details back to them first.

When a connector is missing

Never silently degrade — say which connector is unavailable and what that costs.

FMP unavailable: stop. Fundamental and technical analysis without it would be guesswork. Tell the user to enable the FMP connector.

IBKR unavailable: portfolio skills fall back to a Portfolio Performance XML file via the pp CLI — invoke the pp-usage skill. If the user has neither, ask them to paste holdings as a table (symbol, shares, cost basis) and mark the report as manual-input.

A single call fails or returns empty: retry once with adjusted parameters (shorter query, wider date range, different endpoint). If it still fails, record the field as N/A in the output and note the gap in the report. Never interpolate or invent a number.