# SEC 8-K, Form 4 Insider & 13D/13G Monitor (EDGAR Official) (`knobby_woodworker_aig/sec-edgar-8k-form4-13d-monitor`) Actor

Daily feed of SEC 8-K events (decoded item codes, high-impact tags), Form 4 insider trades (open-market buys/sells in $, 10b5-1 flag, cluster buying) and 13D/13G stakes (% owned, activist flag). Ticker, SIC, exchange and filing-velocity enrichment. Only-new mode.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/knobby_woodworker_aig/sec-edgar-8k-form4-13d-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Reval](https://apify.com/knobby_woodworker_aig) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, News
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 sec filing rows

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## SEC 8-K, Form 4 Insider & 13D/13G Monitor (EDGAR Official)

One Actor, one clean table: every **8-K material event**, **Form 4 insider trade** and **Schedule 13D/13G ownership stake** filed with the SEC, read straight from official EDGAR files, decoded and enriched.

### Problems this fixes

Existing EDGAR scrapers have a few common problems:

| Common problem | What this Actor does |
|---|---|
| 8-Ks come back as a link with no idea what happened | Every 8-K has **decoded item codes** (e.g. `2.02 Results of Operations`, `5.02 Officer/Director change`), **event tags** (earnings, M\&A, exec-change, bankruptcy, cybersecurity…) and a **highImpact** flag |
| Form 4 rows mix option grants, tax withholding and real buying | Separates **open-market purchases (P) and sales (S)** with shares, **USD value**, average price, **net $**, shares owned after, **10b5-1 plan flag** and a plain-English **insiderSignal** (e.g. `Open-market BUY $152,300 by Director`; empty when the filing is only grants/exercises) |
| No cluster detection | **clusterBuyersInRun**: how many distinct insiders bought the same stock in this run |
| 13D/13G parsers miss the % or the holder | Reads the XML cover page: **holder, % of class, shares, CUSIP, event date, 10% crossing, activist (13D) vs passive (13G), Rule 13d-1 basis, source of funds, purpose excerpt** |
| One Actor per form type, different schemas | 8-K + Form 4 + 13D + 13G in one run, one consistent table, and 4 ready-made views |
| Breaks or gets blocked | Uses EDGAR's documented daily index + full-text files with a declared User-Agent and a rate limit under SEC's 10 req/s fair-access rule. No proxies, no HTML scraping of search pages |
| Re-delivers the same filings every day | **Only-new (delta) mode** remembers accession numbers between scheduled runs |
| Duplicate rows | Each filing appears once, even though EDGAR indexes it under both insider and issuer |

### Enrichment (included in the price)

From SEC's submissions API, for the issuer: **ticker(s), exchange, SIC code + industry, state of incorporation, filer category**, and **filing velocity** — 8-Ks in the last 90 days, Form 4s in the last 30 days, 13D/13G in the last 90 days. A burst of filings often means something is happening.

### Filters

- Tickers or CIKs watchlist (tickers auto-resolved to CIKs)
- Date range (filed date, up to 31 days per run) — default = latest EDGAR business day
- 8-K item codes (e.g. `1.01`, `2.02`, `5.02`), high-impact only
- Form 4: open-market only, minimum $ value, insider roles (director, CFO, 10% owner…)
- 13D/G: minimum % of class
- Include/exclude amendments

### Example output (Form 4 row, trimmed)

```json
{
  "formType": "4", "filedDate": "2026-10-30", "ticker": "XYZ", "issuerName": "Example Corp",
  "insiderName": "DOE JANE", "insiderRoles": ["Director"],
  "openMarketPurchaseShares": 10000, "openMarketPurchaseUsd": 152300, "avgPurchasePrice": 15.23,
  "netOpenMarketUsd": 152300, "is10b5_1Plan": false, "insiderSignal": "Open-market BUY $152,300 by Director",
  "clusterBuyersInRun": 3, "sicDescription": "Pharmaceutical Preparations", "exchange": "Nasdaq",
  "filingIndexUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/.../"
}
```

### Typical uses

- Daily insider-buying screen (open-market buys ≥ $100k, cluster buys)
- Event-driven alerts: bankruptcies, auditor changes, restatements, exec departures, M\&A
- Activist tracking: new 13Ds and stakes crossing 10%
- Feed a Google Sheet, Slack or database on a daily schedule with delta mode

### Pricing

Pay per result: you pay only for filings delivered. A full EDGAR day across all four types is roughly 900 filings; most watchlist runs are a handful.

### Data & privacy

Public SEC filings only. Insider **names** are part of the public filing and are kept; filer **street addresses and phone numbers are deliberately not output**. Not investment advice. Not affiliated with the SEC.

# Actor input Schema

## `forms` (type: `array`):

Which EDGAR filings to collect. Leave all selected for a complete daily event feed.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Leave both dates empty to get the latest EDGAR business day. Max 31-day window per run.

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD (inclusive).

## `tickers` (type: `array`):

Optional watchlist, e.g. AAPL, TSLA. Resolved to SEC CIKs automatically (matches issuer for 8-K/Form 4 and subject company for 13D/G).

## `ciks` (type: `array`):

Optional list of issuer CIK numbers.

## `items8k` (type: `array`):

Only keep 8-Ks containing any of these items, e.g. 1.01, 2.02, 5.02, 1.03.

## `highImpactOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only 8-Ks with material events (M\&A, bankruptcy, delisting, auditor change, non-reliance/restatement, exec departures, impairments, cybersecurity incidents, change of control).

## `form4OpenMarketOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only Form 4s with an open-market purchase (P) or sale (S) — drops grants, option exercises and tax withholding noise.

## `form4MinValueUsd` (type: `integer`):

Keep only Form 4s where open-market buys + sells are at least this many USD.

## `form4Roles` (type: `array`):

Optional, matched case-insensitively against the role text: director, officer, chief executive, chief financial, ceo, president, 10%. Leave empty for all.

## `min13Percent` (type: `integer`):

Keep only 13D/13G filings reporting at least this % ownership.

## `includeAmendments` (type: `boolean`):

Include 8-K/A, 4/A, 13D/A, 13G/A.

## `includeTransactions` (type: `boolean`):

Attach each individual Form 4 transaction (code, shares, price, date). Turn off for a compact table.

## `enrichCompany` (type: `boolean`):

Add ticker, exchange, SIC industry, state of incorporation, filer category and filing velocity (8-Ks last 90d, Form 4s last 30d, 13D/G last 90d) from SEC's submissions API.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Remember accession numbers between runs and output only filings not seen before. Ideal for a scheduled daily run.

## `stateStoreName` (type: `string`):

Named key-value store used by delta mode. Use different names for different watchlists.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many output rows (a full EDGAR day is ~900 filings across all four types).

## `contactEmail` (type: `string`):

SEC asks automated tools to identify themselves. Optional — a default contact is used if empty.

## `maxRequestsPerSecond` (type: `integer`):

Stays under SEC's 10 req/s fair-access limit.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "forms": [
    "8-K",
    "4",
    "13D",
    "13G"
  ],
  "highImpactOnly": false,
  "form4OpenMarketOnly": false,
  "form4MinValueUsd": 0,
  "min13Percent": 0,
  "includeAmendments": true,
  "includeTransactions": true,
  "enrichCompany": true,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "stateStoreName": "sec-edgar-events-state",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxRequestsPerSecond": 6
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `events` (type: `string`):

No description

## `eightK` (type: `string`):

No description

## `insiders` (type: `string`):

No description

## `stakes` (type: `string`):

No description

## `all` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("knobby_woodworker_aig/sec-edgar-8k-form4-13d-monitor").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("knobby_woodworker_aig/sec-edgar-8k-form4-13d-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).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 knobby_woodworker_aig/sec-edgar-8k-form4-13d-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,knobby_woodworker_aig/sec-edgar-8k-form4-13d-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/a4r7pmg7b8Xb0Brv9/builds/rzonBI3D6zMhcgAaT/openapi.json