TradingView MCP (Headless Market Data)

Market data via the bundled tradingview MCP server — TradingView's public scanner API plus Yahoo Finance, spoken over MCP. No TradingView desktop app or account. Most tools need no API key. The server ships with the full plugin (mcp.json for portable/Codex packages, .mcp.json for legacy clients) and starts when enabled in a host that supports local stdio MCP processes. Its 39 tools appear under the plugin's tradingview MCP namespace (load them through the client's deferred-tool mechanism when necessary). Installing only the skill does not install the MCP server; use the full finance-data-providers plugin or configure the server separately.

Read-only. Nothing here places trades or mutates any account.

When to use this vs the other data skills

Need	Skill
Quotes, TA readout, indicator ratings, multi-timeframe alignment	this skill
Exchange-wide scans: squeeze / volume breakout / gainers / losers	this skill
Futures (NQ, ES, CL, GC…) overview, movers, category quotes	this skill
Pre-market / after-hours price	this skill
Options chain quick look (bid/ask/IV/OI, no greeks), unusual activity	this skill (fallback / positioning scan)
Options chain with greeks (delta/gamma/theta/vega), IV skew, expiries with contract counts	tradingview-reader (desktop app)
Watchlists, alerts, TV news, chart state / screenshots, custom-column screener	tradingview-reader (desktop app)

Rule of thumb: this skill first for anything price/TA/scan shaped — it needs zero setup and won't force a CDP relaunch of the user's TradingView app. Drop to tradingview-reader only for greeks or account-bound data (watchlists, alerts, charts).

Step 1: Check requirements

• uv installed (brew install uv) — the server runs via uvx and self-installs on first launch (give the first call ~30s).
• Python 3.10–3.13. The pinned upstream currently excludes Python 3.14.
• Optional: MARKETAUX_API_TOKEN enables market_sentiment, financial_news, and the news legs of combined analysis.

If the MCP tools are missing, ask the user to restart the agent after enabling the plugin. Do not silently replace market data with invented values.

Step 2: Select the smallest useful tool set

Prefer one focused call for a simple question. For a research brief, combine only the independent views that matter: price/snapshot, TA, volume, and optionally news. Avoid calling multiple overlapping TA tools merely to produce more output.

Quotes & snapshots

Tool	Use for
stock_prices(tickers)	Bulk quotes. tickers is comma-separated EXCHANGE:SYMBOL (e.g. "NASDAQ:NVDA,NYSE:DELL"), up to 1,000 rows in one call. OHLC + change%.
yahoo_price(symbol)	Single quote, Yahoo symbology: AAPL, BTC-USD, SPY, ^GSPC, ^VIX, EURUSD=X, THYAO.IS.
stock_extended_hours(symbol)	Pre-market / after-hours price for a US symbol — earnings reactions, overnight moves.
market_snapshot()	Global one-shot: major indices, top crypto, FX, key ETFs.
bitcoin_market_pulse()	BTC price + dominance + total mcap risk frame — call before analyzing any crypto.

Technical analysis (single symbol)

Tool	Use for
coin_analysis(symbol, exchange, timeframe)	The canonical TA readout for one stock or coin — RSI, MACD, Bollinger rating, indicator summary. Despite the name it handles stocks: coin_analysis("NVDA", "NASDAQ", "1D").
multi_timeframe_analysis(symbol, exchange)	Weekly → Daily → 4H → 1H → 15m trend alignment.
combined_analysis(symbol, exchange, timeframe)	TA + news + sentiment in one call (news legs need MARKETAUX_API_TOKEN).
multi_agent_analysis(symbol, exchange, timeframe)	Technical vs Sentiment vs Risk "debate" summary.
volume_confirmation_analysis(symbol, exchange, timeframe)	Is the move volume-confirmed?
smart_money_analysis(symbol, exchange, period, interval)	Accumulation/distribution proxy from Yahoo OHLCV (banker/hot-money RSI split, banker-fund oscillator, CMF+MFI+OBV composite). Formula-based proxy, not real institutional-flow data. exchange defaults to EGX (appends .CA) — pass NASDAQ/NYSE for US tickers.

Exchange-wide scans

Tool	Use for
top_gainers / top_losers(exchange, timeframe, limit)	Movers on one exchange.
bollinger_scan(exchange, timeframe, bbw_threshold, limit)	Low-BBW squeeze candidates.
rating_filter(exchange, timeframe, rating, limit)	Filter by BB rating −3 (strong sell) … +3 (strong buy).
volume_breakout_scanner / smart_volume_scanner	Volume + price breakout detection.
consecutive_candles_scan / advanced_candle_pattern	Candle-pattern scans.
stock_screener(country, stock_type, limit, …)	Common/preferred share screen by country (america, japan, …), mcap-ranked.

Futures (夜盘 / overnight)

Tool	Use for
futures_market_overview(category, exchanges, limit)	Top contracts by volume. category: all / equity_index / energy / metals / agriculture / rates / forex / crypto_futures; exchanges: us / global.
futures_top_movers(direction, exchanges, limit)	Biggest % movers today.
futures_category_snapshot(category)	OHLCV for all front-month contracts in one category — e.g. equity_index → NQ, ES, YM, RTY.
futures_watchlist()	Canonical front-month symbol list per category.

Options (US equities — no greeks)

Tool	Use for
stock_options_chain(symbol, expiry)	Calls + puts for one expiry (YYYY-MM-DD; omit → nearest). Returns strike, last, bid/ask, volume, OI, IV, ITM flag, plus the full available_expiries list. Source: Yahoo. No delta/gamma/theta/vega — use tradingview-reader for greeks.
stock_options_unusual_activity(symbol, top_n, min_volume, expiries)	Top strikes by volume/OI ratio across the soonest expiries — positioning scan before earnings.

Backtesting

Tool	Use for
backtest_strategy(symbol, strategy, period, interval, …)	One strategy (rsi, bollinger, macd, ema_cross, supertrend, donchian, rsi_pullback, keltner_breakout, triple_ema) with Sharpe, max DD, win rate, vs buy-and-hold. Yahoo symbology.
compare_strategies(symbol, period, …)	All 9 strategies ranked.
walk_forward_backtest_strategy(…)	Train/test split with an overfitting verdict.

News & sentiment (needs MARKETAUX_API_TOKEN)

market_sentiment(symbol, category) · financial_news(symbol, category, limit)

Regional extras

egx_* (Egyptian Exchange suite, incl. egx_smart_money_scanner) — rarely relevant; also BIST, HKEX, SSE, SZSE, TWSE supported via the exchange param on scan tools.

Step 3: Normalize inputs

1. exchange defaults to KUCOIN (crypto!) on most scan/TA tools — always pass NASDAQ / NYSE explicitly for US equities.
2. Three symbologies coexist: scanner tools take bare symbol + exchange param; stock_prices takes EXCHANGE:SYMBOL; Yahoo-backed tools (yahoo_price, backtests, options) take Yahoo tickers (BTC-USD, ^VIX, THYAO.IS).
3. Timeframes: 5m, 15m, 1h, 4h, 1D, 1W, 1M. Intraday scans on stock exchanges can be sparse — prefer 1D for equities.
4. Tool names are canonical as listed. Use coin_analysis and multi_timeframe_analysis, not README-style aliases such as get_technical_analysis.

Step 4: Validate and interpret results

1. Check timestamps, exchange, symbol, session, and currency before drawing conclusions.
2. Treat a returned error envelope as an error, not as an empty result. Use its retryability and symbol suggestions; retry at most once when marked retryable.
3. Filter wide scanner results to roughly 10 rows and the columns relevant to the question.
4. Treat Yahoo options IV as suitable for chain shape and OI/volume positioning, not precise IV rank or skew. Cross-check IV-sensitive work with tradingview-reader.
5. Backtests are historical simulations. Report the period, interval, costs, sample size, benchmark, and walk-forward result when available; do not present them as forecasts.

Step 5: Respond to the user

Lead with the answer, then show a compact evidence table. Include an as-of timestamp and data source, name any missing or stale fields, and separate observed facts from interpretation. For trading-shaped requests, keep the response analytical and read-only: discuss risks and scenarios without placing or offering to place a trade.