Flux Markets MCP for AI. Analyze Energy Market Data and Trade Insights
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Flux Markets MCP connects your AI agent directly to live energy market data, historical pricing feeds, and proprietary trade insights.
You can monitor real-time prices for oil swaps, access Commitment of Traders reports, and pull years of time-series data—all through natural conversation.
What your AI can do
Get account info
Fetches details about your connected account and usage limits.
Get cot data
Retrieves proprietary Commitment of Traders (COT) data for market analysis.
Get historical tickers
Pulls time-series price quotes for energy contracts over a specified date range.
Retrieve real-time bid/ask prices and overall summaries for various energy symbols.
Pull time-series data needed to analyze past trends and test trading strategies against specific date ranges.
Access the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) reports for expert analysis on market positioning.
Get specific, confirmed prices for energy swaps after they settle for the day.
List all available commodity symbols and products you can track data on.
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Flux Markets: 9 Available Tools
Use these tools to orchestrate complex data retrieval, whether you need current quotes, historical trends, or specific market reports.
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Start using Flux Markets on VinkiusGet Account Info
Fetches details about your connected account and usage limits.
Get Cot Data
Retrieves proprietary Commitment of Traders (COT) data for market analysis.
Get Historical Tickers
Pulls time-series price quotes for energy contracts over a specified date range.
Get Live Tickers
Provides real-time, streaming bid and ask prices for currently trading energy assets.
Get Market Snapshot
Gathers a high-level summary of the current status across major energy symbols.
Get Officials
Accesses benchmark reports, known as The Officials, for industry standards.
Get Swap Settlements
Delivers the final daily settlement prices for various energy swaps.
List Products
Lists all specific commodity products tracked by Flux Markets.
List Symbols
Provides a full list of all available energy symbols for data querying.
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Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
The Model Context Protocol standardizes how applications expose capabilities to LLMs. Instead of operating in isolation, your AI gains direct access to external platforms, live data, and real-world actions through secure, standardized connections.
This connection provides 9 powerful capabilities that interface natively with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other compatible AI platforms. No middleware. No custom integration required.
Gathering energy market data used to be a mess of spreadsheets and dashboard swaps.
Right now, if you need to compare last month's average price for WTI against today's live quote while also checking the latest COT report, you spend hours jumping between three different vendor websites. You pull data into a spreadsheet, copy-paste settlement prices from one tab, and then manually switch over to another dashboard just to get a market snapshot of current liquidity.
With this MCP, your agent does all that in one go. You simply ask the question—for instance, 'What's the difference between last month's average WTI price and today's live quote?' The system pulls historical tickers, checks real-time data, and synthesizes the answer for you. It just works.
Getting Trade Insights with get_cot_data
Before, getting proprietary insights meant signing up for a separate service or waiting days for reports. You'd have to manually cross-reference those institutional positions with your own internal risk models, wasting time on data gathering instead of analysis.
Now, you get that high-value context instantly. By calling get_cot_data, your agent pulls the latest managed money positions and feeds it right into your conversation flow. You're not just looking at a number; you're analyzing market sentiment immediately.
What your AI can actually do with this
Need to track complex commodity movements? This MCP lets you manage energy markets from your chat window. Instead of jumping between multiple vendor dashboards just to compare live prices against historical benchmarks, you ask your agent for the full picture. It pulls real-time bids and asks, runs backtests on past data, and even grabs proprietary reports like Commitment of Traders (COT) insights.
It's about getting actionable answers fast. You can list all available energy products or check daily settlement prices for swaps without writing complex API calls. When you connect your agent through Vinkius, it treats this entire catalog as one source of truth, letting you analyze risk exposure and market liquidity instantly.
The result is a single conversation that gives deep financial context where before there were just scattered data points.
019d759c-4e6a-714d-88d7-a2486a5a3dc6 Here's how it actually works
The bottom line is you talk to it using natural language; this MCP handles the connection to all the complex energy data sources underneath.
Subscribe to this MCP through the Vinkius Marketplace.
Enter your unique Flux/Onyx API Key into your AI client settings.
Ask your agent a question, like 'What was the average WTI price in Q3 last year?' and get an immediate answer.
Who is this actually for?
Any professional who needs fast, reliable access to volatile commodity data—from quant traders checking live quotes to risk managers monitoring daily settlement prices.
Needs to quickly check current market liquidity and bid/ask spreads during active trading hours.
Automates the retrieval of historical price tickers or COT data for quarterly reports without manual scraping.
Monitors daily swap settlement prices and market snapshots to quantify current exposure across different energy contracts.
What Changes When You Connect
Get real-time market status immediately. Use get_live_tickers to track live prices for oil swaps, so you never miss a critical shift.
Build out deep analysis without leaving the chat. The get_historical_tickers tool lets you pull years of data to backtest your strategies.
Understand major player sentiment easily. Calling get_cot_data provides proprietary Commitment of Traders insights directly into your workflow.
Keep risk exposure low by checking daily settlements. Use get_swap_settlements for confirmed end-of-day prices, not estimates.
See the big picture fast. The get_market_snapshot tool gives a quick summary across multiple energy types when you're pressed for time.
See it in action
Need to compare last quarter’s performance vs. today’s prices.
An analyst runs an agent query that uses get_historical_tickers to pull data from Q1, then asks for the current status using get_market_snapshot and comparing both sets of data in one response.
Checking liquidity before making a large trade.
A trader first calls list_symbols to ensure all required contracts are available, then uses get_live_tickers for the specific pair, confirming high market depth.
Researching why sentiment changed suddenly.
A risk manager asks for the latest COT data using get_cot_data and cross-references it with benchmark reports from get_officials to pinpoint regulatory influence on pricing.
Building a foundational understanding of available assets.
Before starting any analysis, an agent uses list_products and list_symbols to verify every specific commodity code is active and supported by the MCP.
The honest tradeoffs
Assuming a single tool handles everything
Trying to get both historical data (e.g., 2023 prices) and today's live price using only one generic 'market data' call.
Use the dedicated tools: first, run get_historical_tickers for the past dates; then, separately use get_live_tickers for real-time quotes.
Mixing up settlement vs. spot price
Confusing a day's final settled swap price with what the market is currently bidding on.
For confirmed end-of-day values, use get_swap_settlements. For immediate trading prices, always use get_live_tickers.
Ignoring product scope
Asking for data on a commodity that isn't actually traded or listed in the market.
Always check list_products first. This ensures your agent knows exactly which energy contracts are active and supported.
When It Fits, When It Doesn't
Use this MCP if your primary workflow involves comparing multiple data points across time (historical vs. live), assessing systemic risk, or needing proprietary trade insight like COT reports. It handles the complexity of mixing live streams with settled values.
Don't use it if you just need a single piece of information, like knowing one product ID. For that, simply using list_symbols is enough. However, if your job requires linking that basic symbol check to a time series analysis or checking current account status (get_account_info), this MCP gives you the necessary breadth.
Questions you might have
How do I get an API Key for Flux Markets? +
You can generate an API key from your Flux/Onyx Account page at https://onyxhub.co.
What energy products are covered? +
Flux Markets covers oil derivatives, crude oil, fuel oil, and various other energy swaps and futures.
Is real-time data supported? +
Yes, the 'get_live_tickers' tool provides real-time biddable prices and market snapshots.
Can I use this for risk management? +
Absolutely. You can monitor daily settlement prices and COT data to manage exposure and understand market positioning.
How do I check my current usage limits using the `get_account_info` tool? +
The get_account_info tool delivers your API key status and total consumption metrics. You can use this to monitor remaining calls and ensure you stay within rate limits without interruption.
What data format does the `get_historical_tickers` tool provide for backtesting? +
The historical energy prices are returned in a structured JSON array. This clean, time-series format allows you to easily pipe the data directly into your analytics scripts or reporting tools.
How do I get the daily settlement pricing using the `get_swap_settlements` tool? +
The tool retrieves the official end-of-day settlement prices for energy swaps. This data is essential for calculating portfolio exposures and reconciling your trade books after market close.
If I run `get_cot_data` and get an error, what should I check? +
First, confirm that your API key is current and correctly formatted. Also, verify the specified date range and market identifiers against the tool documentation to prevent data retrieval failures.
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