I built a trading intelligence MCP server in 2 days — here's how

Nikunj Doshi — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:06:18 +0000

I've been day trading gap momentum stocks for years. I built NikTrader as my personal dashboard using Polygon, Benzinga, and sec-api.io.

Last week I packaged that entire data stack as an MCP server — Zivio MCP — so any AI agent can call it directly.

What it does

5 tools available via MCP:

gap_scan — pre-market gappers with price, gap%, volume, float
sec_alert — live SEC 8-K/S-1 filings with Gemini AI summary
news_sentiment — bullish/bearish scoring per headline
insider_scan — insider purchases sorted by transaction value
momentum_alerts — squeeze, HOD, VWAP reclaim, vol spike

How to connect

Add to your .cursor/mcp.json or Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zivio-trading": {
      "url": "https://zivio-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tech stack

Node.js + Express on Railway
PostgreSQL for persistent API key storage
Stripe webhooks for auto key provisioning
Brevo for email delivery
Polygon, sec-api.io, Benzinga, Gemini APIs

Try it

$49 CAD/month: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY5kEf3M0incAy554gw000

GitHub: https://github.com/doshinikunjk-code/Zivio-MCP

Happy to answer questions about the build!

DEV Community: Nikunj Doshi

I built a trading intelligence MCP server in 2 days — here's how

What it does

How to connect

Tech stack

Try it