Helium MCP · Options & Market Research for Your AI

Your AI, Thinking Like a Trader

Give your assistant the same inputs a trader works from: the news behind a ticker, the bull and bear case, implied volatility, and the odds and reward-to-risk on an options trade.

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1
Copy Your Config

Choose your AI and copy its ready-made setup.

2
Paste It into Settings

Add it to Cursor, Claude, or Windsurf.

3
Ask Deeper Questions

Get the bull/bear case, implied volatility, and the odds behind an options trade.

Trade Research Your Assistant Actually Does

The bull and bear case, the implied volatility, and the odds on an options trade. Plus the news behind it all. One connection, inside the conversation you're already having.

Research an Options Trade

Get the bull and bear case, the forecast range, implied volatility, and the odds of profit and reward-to-risk on an options trade. Research with the risk made explicit.

Try asking
"Which short-vol plays look best today, and what's the chance they work?"
Tools included
get_ticker get_top_trading_strategies get_option_price get_historical_options_data
See the Full Picture on a Story

Get AI-synthesized stories that pull together multiple sources, with a clear summary, the evidence behind it, likely outcomes, and the tickers that matter.

Try asking
"What's the latest on interest rates, and which stocks are most exposed?"
Tools included
search_balanced_news search_news search_memes
Know Who's Telling You

See a source's or article's slant with direct quotes and confidence, not vibes. Compare coverage so one take doesn't become the truth.

Try asking
"How is the market news treating this stock differently across sources?"
Tools included
get_source_bias get_bias_from_url get_all_source_biases
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Get concise article facts plus claim-linked bias records with verified quotes, confidence, rationale, provenance, and material counterevidence when present. Ask about bulk exports and matched-coverage datasets.

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Copy. Paste. Level Up Your Trading.

Choose your AI, paste the config, and Helium is ready.

In Cursor, open Settings → MCP and paste this into your mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "helium": {
      "url": "https://heliumtrades.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your first 50 queries are free. No key required. Continue for $0.02 per query.

Paste into your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "helium": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://heliumtrades.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your first 50 queries are free. No key required. Continue for $0.02 per query. After editing, restart Claude Desktop.

In Windsurf, open Settings → MCP and paste this into your mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "helium": {
      "serverUrl": "https://heliumtrades.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your first 50 queries are free. No key required. Continue for $0.02 per query.

Use Helium from Python or any HTTP client. REST endpoints return JSON.

MCP Streaming Endpoint

https://heliumtrades.com/mcp

Python 3 Example

# pip install requests
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://heliumtrades.com/mcp_search/",
    params={"q": "apple earnings", "limit": 3},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()

print(response.json())

REST Endpoints

Use q for search text and limit to keep responses small.

/mcp_search/News search: q, limit /mcp_balanced_search/Balanced stories: q, limit /mcp_source_bias/Source bias: source /mcp_url_bias/Article bias: url /mcp_ticker/Market data: ticker /mcp_option_price/Option price: symbol, strike, expiration, option_type /mcp_historical_options/Options chain: symbol, date /mcp_top_strategies/Top strategies: limit, sort /mcp_all_source_biases/All source biases /mcp_meme_search/Meme search: q, limit

No key needed for your first 50 queries. Requests are tracked by IP. Continue for $0.02 per query.

Frequently Asked Questions
What can my AI do with Helium that it can't on its own? ▾
Your AI alone usually gives one answer with no sources. With Helium connected, it can pull the bull and bear case for a ticker, implied volatility, and the odds and reward-to-risk on an options trade, plus the news behind the move. It reads the articles for you and keeps the receipts, so you can check its work instead of taking it on faith.
What counts as a "query"? ▾
Each successful tool call that returns results counts as one query, whether it is a news search, ticker lookup, bias analysis, or meme search. Failed requests and empty results are not billed.
How does "50 free queries" work? ▾
The first 50 queries from your network's IP subnet (/24) are free. No credit card or sign-up required. Point your MCP client at https://heliumtrades.com/mcp and start querying. After 50, you will need an API key.
How much does it cost after the free tier? ▾
$0.02 per query, billed daily via Stripe. There is no monthly minimum. If you use 100 queries in a month, you pay $2. Usage is tracked in real time and you receive a daily invoice.
What makes Helium's news data unique? ▾
Most AI tools can retrieve an article. Helium reads it for you: article-grounded facts, the tacit assumptions the piece quietly relies on, and verified quotes behind each bias score, across 5,000+ sources. It returns only supported bias dimensions; omitted dimensions are not treated as neutral. Scored dimensions include a claim, verified supporting quote, confidence, concise rationale, and material counterevidence when present. Analysis is automated and not human reviewed.
Is the bias data useful for model training or evaluation? ▾
Yes. get_bias_from_url and get_source_bias with include_evidence=true return supported scores joined to claims, verified quotes, confidence, rationale, provenance, and material counterevidence when present. Article responses also include concise extracted facts with attribution and uncertainty preserved. This supports grounding, counterexample mining, calibration, and media-reasoning datasets.
Can I use this for stock trading or financial research? ▾
Yes. get_ticker exposes AI-generated bull and bear cases, forecast ranges, IV rank, and options strategies. get_option_price provides a model-predicted value from the latest available options snapshot. search_balanced_news turns multiple sources into one story with likely outcomes and relevant tickers. These are research inputs with uncertainty, not guarantees.
Where is my API key stored and is it secure? ▾
Your API key is stored securely in our database. Treat it like a password. Do not commit it to public repos. If your key is compromised, contact us at contact@heliumtrades.com and we will rotate it immediately.
How do I stop paid access? ▾
Visit the Stripe customer portal to stop paid access anytime. There is no cancellation fee. If you have trouble, email contact@heliumtrades.com.

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