fetching-prices

name	fetching-prices
description	Retrieves stock and cryptocurrency price data via Financial Datasets API. Use when asked about stock prices, crypto prices, historical prices, or price performance.

Fetching Prices

Tools

Tool	Returns
get_price_snapshot	Latest stock price, volume, OHLC
get_prices	Historical stock prices
get_crypto_price_snapshot	Latest crypto price
get_crypto_prices	Historical crypto prices
get_available_crypto_tickers	List of crypto pairs

Parameters

Historical prices require:

• start_date, end_date: YYYY-MM-DD format
• interval: minute, day, week, month, year
• interval_multiplier: e.g., 5 with minute = 5-min bars

Crypto tickers: Format is BASE-QUOTE (e.g., BTC-USD, ETH-USD)

Examples

Input: "What's Apple's stock price?"

get_price_snapshot(ticker: "AAPL")

Output: "Apple (AAPL) is trading at $185.50, up 1.2% today on volume of 45M shares."

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Input: "How has NVDA performed this year?"

get_prices(ticker: "NVDA", start_date: "2024-01-01", end_date: "2024-12-31", interval: "month")

Output: Calculate return from first to last price: "NVIDIA is up 185% YTD, from $48.50 in January to $138.25 in December."

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Input: "Bitcoin price"

get_crypto_price_snapshot(ticker: "BTC-USD")

Output: "Bitcoin is trading at $67,500 USD."

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Input: "Compare AAPL and MSFT stock performance over 2024"

get_prices(ticker: "AAPL", start_date: "2024-01-01", end_date: "2024-12-31")
get_prices(ticker: "MSFT", start_date: "2024-01-01", end_date: "2024-12-31")

Output: Calculate returns for each: "Microsoft (+25%) outperformed Apple (+18%) in 2024."