# SEC EDGAR Insider Trading & 8-K Alert Monitor (`cancap/sec-edgar-insider-alerts`) Actor Monitor SEC EDGAR for Form 4 insider trades and 8-K material events. Watch specific tickers or all US companies. No auth, no proxies — official SEC government data only. - **URL**: https://apify.com/cancap/sec-edgar-insider-alerts.md - **Developed by:** [CANCAP](https://apify.com/cancap) (community) - **Categories:** Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## SEC EDGAR Insider Trading & 8-K Alert Monitor Monitor SEC EDGAR for **Form 4 insider trades** (buy/sell transactions by executives, directors, and large shareholders) and **Form 8-K material events** (M&A, earnings, CFO departures, bankruptcy, and more). - ✅ **Watch specific tickers** — AAPL, TSLA, MSFT, etc. - ✅ **Firehose mode** — latest filings across *all* public US companies - ✅ **Minimum value filter** — skip noise, surface only significant insider moves - ✅ **Zero auth / no proxies needed** — uses the official SEC EDGAR JSON & Atom APIs - ✅ **SEC fair-access compliant** — rate-limited, identifies your contact as required by SEC policy --- ### What it outputs #### Form 4 rows (one row per transaction) | Field | Example | |---|---| | `ticker` | `AAPL` | | `issuerName` | `Apple Inc.` | | `insiderName` | `COOK TIMOTHY D` | | `insiderRole` | `Chief Executive Officer / Director` | | `transactionDate` | `2026-06-10` | | `transactionType` | `Open market sale` | | `shares` | `75000` | | `pricePerShare` | `205.32` | | `totalValue` | `15399000` | | `acquiredOrDisposed` | `Disposed` | | `sharesOwnedAfterTransaction` | `3185000` | | `ownershipType` | `Direct` | | `isDerivative` | `false` | | `filingDate` | `2026-06-20` | | `documentUrl` | *(direct link to the SEC filing XML)* | | `filingIndexUrl` | *(SEC filing index page)* | #### 8-K rows (one row per filing) | Field | Example | |---|---| | `companyName` | `Apple Inc.` | | `filingDate` | `2026-06-18` | | `itemsSummary` | `2.02 (Results of operations...); 5.02 (Departure/election of directors...)` | | `items` | `[{ code: "2.02", label: "..." }, ...]` | | `documentUrl` | *(direct link to the 8-K .htm file)* | | `filingIndexUrl` | *(SEC filing index page)* | --- ### Input options | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `userAgentContact` | string | **required** | Your name/company + email, e.g. `"MyApp contact@example.com"`. Sent as the `User-Agent` header — required by SEC fair access policy. | | `tickers` | string[] | `[]` | Tickers to monitor. Leave empty for firehose mode (all companies). | | `formTypes` | `"4"` / `"8-K"` | `["4","8-K"]` | Which filing types to watch. | | `lookbackDays` | integer | `7` | How many days back to look. Only applies in ticker mode. Min 1, max 90. | | `minTransactionValue` | integer | `0` | Skip Form 4 transactions below this USD value. Set to e.g. `100000` to surface significant moves only. | | `maxItemsPerCompany` | integer | `50` | Cap on filings per ticker. | | `maxLatestFilings` | integer | `50` | Cap on filings in firehose mode (max 100). | --- ### Quickstart #### Ticker mode — watch a handful of companies ```json { "tickers": ["AAPL", "MSFT", "NVDA", "TSLA"], "formTypes": ["4"], "lookbackDays": 7, "minTransactionValue": 100000, "userAgentContact": "YourName contact@yourdomain.com" } ```` #### Firehose mode — every Form 4 filing across all of US public markets ```json { "tickers": [], "formTypes": ["4"], "maxLatestFilings": 100, "minTransactionValue": 1000000, "userAgentContact": "YourName contact@yourdomain.com" } ``` #### 8-K material event monitor for a watchlist ```json { "tickers": ["META", "AMZN", "GOOGL"], "formTypes": ["8-K"], "lookbackDays": 3, "userAgentContact": "YourName contact@yourdomain.com" } ``` *** ### Scheduling tips Run this on a **daily or hourly schedule** via Apify's built-in scheduler to get fresh insider trading signals as soon as they hit EDGAR. Combine with a webhook to push results to Slack, Google Sheets, or your own database. *** ### Data source & legal All data is sourced from [SEC EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar), the official US government repository of public company filings. This data is in the public domain. This actor does not scrape any third-party paid data source and complies fully with SEC's [fair access policy](https://www.sec.gov/os/accessing-edgar-data). *** ### Limitations - **Form 4 parsing** covers standard non-derivative and derivative transactions. Unusual formats (paper filings scanned as PDFs, legacy HTML submissions) fall back to metadata-only output rows with `ok: false` and a direct link so you can check manually. - **8-K item detection** is best-effort text extraction. It correctly identifies Item codes in the vast majority of modern EDGAR HTML filings. Non-standard or inline XBRL filings may produce empty `items` arrays; the `documentUrl` link is always included. - **Firehose mode** depends on SEC's `getcurrent` Atom feed, which is updated in near-real-time but not officially guaranteed to list every filing within any specific SLA. ## Actor input object example ```json {} ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("cancap/sec-edgar-insider-alerts").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("cancap/sec-edgar-insider-alerts").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call cancap/sec-edgar-insider-alerts --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=cancap/sec-edgar-insider-alerts", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "SEC EDGAR Insider Trading & 8-K Alert Monitor", "description": "Monitor SEC EDGAR for Form 4 insider trades and 8-K material events. Watch specific tickers or all US companies. 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[ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": {} }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, 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