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Calling Fincanva from code or an AI client: every operation of the Open API and the MCP server, its results and conventions.
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- How do you call a Fincanva operation?
- What does every Fincanva operation return?
- Which Fincanva operations can you call?
- Which error codes can a Fincanva operation return?
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from Units and conventions in the Fincanva API and MCP
- What does CAGR mean in a Fincanva result?
- What is the arithmetic annualised return, and where does it appear?
- How are volatility and returns annualised?
- What sign do VaR, CVaR and drawdown carry?
- In what unit is a contribution to the Sharpe ratio?
- How are weights expressed and normalised?
- Are percentages returned as fractions?
- How is a series labelled?
- How are dates written?
- What is the data version on a result?
- In which currency are amounts of money?
- How does a result tell you what it assumed?
- What does the unit native mean?
from List allocation methods
- When should you use List allocation methods?
- What parameters does List allocation methods take?
- What does List allocation methods return?
- What does a call to List allocation methods look like?
- What goes wrong most often with List allocation methods?
- Which error codes can List allocation methods return?
- Which plans include List allocation methods?
from List risk condition presets
- When should you use List risk condition presets?
- What parameters does List risk condition presets take?
- What does List risk condition presets return?
- What does a call to List risk condition presets look like?
- What goes wrong most often with List risk condition presets?
- Which error codes can List risk condition presets return?
- Which plans include List risk condition presets?
from Describe the strategy model
- When should you use Describe the strategy model?
- What parameters does Describe the strategy model take?
- What does Describe the strategy model return?
- What does a call to Describe the strategy model look like?
- What goes wrong most often with Describe the strategy model?
- Which error codes can Describe the strategy model return?
- Which plans include Describe the strategy model?
from List screener filters
- When should you use List screener filters?
- What parameters does List screener filters take?
- What does List screener filters return?
- What does a call to List screener filters look like?
- What goes wrong most often with List screener filters?
- Which error codes can List screener filters return?
- Which plans include List screener filters?
from Describe a screener filter
- When should you use Describe a screener filter?
- What parameters does Describe a screener filter take?
- What does Describe a screener filter return?
- What does a call to Describe a screener filter look like?
- What goes wrong most often with Describe a screener filter?
- Which error codes can Describe a screener filter return?
- Which plans include Describe a screener filter?
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