Tradovate MCP server

The Tradovate MCP Server allows you to interact with Tradovate's trading API through a Model Context Protocol interface. It provides tools for managing contracts, positions, orders, and accounts, with real-time data fetching and caching capabilities.

Installation

To get started with the Tradovate MCP Server, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Create a .env file with your Tradovate credentials:

TRADOVATE_API_ENVIRONMENT=demo
TRADOVATE_USERNAME=your_username
TRADOVATE_PASSWORD=your_password
TRADOVATE_APP_ID=Sample App
TRADOVATE_APP_VERSION=1.0
TRADOVATE_CID=your_cid
TRADOVATE_SEC=your_sec

Usage

Starting the Server

To start the MCP server:

npm start

To use with the MCP Inspector for testing and debugging:

npm run inspector

Available Tools

The Tradovate MCP Server provides several tools for interacting with the Tradovate platform:

Getting Contract Details

Use get_contract_details to retrieve information about a specific trading contract by symbol.

Managing Positions

• list_positions - View all current positions for an account
• liquidate_position - Close out an existing position

Order Management

• place_order - Create a new trading order
• modify_order - Change parameters of an existing order
• cancel_order - Cancel an order that hasn't been filled yet

Account Information

• get_account_summary - Retrieve account balance, margin requirements, and other account details

Market Data

• get_market_data - Access quotes, depth of market (DOM), and chart data

Server Features

The server includes several helpful features:

• Authentication - Handles Tradovate API authentication automatically
• Real-time data - Fetches current market and account information
• Caching - Stores frequently accessed data to improve performance
• Simulation mode - Falls back to simulated data when the API is unavailable

All interactions with the Tradovate API are handled through standardized MCP tools, making it easier to integrate trading functionality into your applications.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "tradovate-mcp-server" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","@alexanimal/tradovate-mcp-server"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "tradovate-mcp-server": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@alexanimal/tradovate-mcp-server"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "tradovate-mcp-server": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@alexanimal/tradovate-mcp-server"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect