How It Works
1
SEC Files a Document on EDGAR
A company submits a filing — an 8-K, 10-Q, Form 4, or one of 30+ other form types — to the SEC’s EDGAR system. This is the authoritative public record of the event.
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Insighthread AI Analyzes the Filing
Within 60 seconds of the filing appearing on EDGAR, Insighthread’s AI reads the full document, identifies the event type, extracts the key facts, and scores the market impact. No human editorial layer introduces delay or bias.
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A Categorized Event Appears in Your Feed
The event surfaces in your News Feed with a plain-English headline, the event category, the source filing linked directly, and a 5-bar impact signal showing how significant the event is and in which direction.
Impact Signal
Every event in the News Feed carries an impact signal — a fast, visual way to gauge how material an event is before you click into the details. The signal has two dimensions: magnitude (how big) and direction (positive, negative, or neutral for the company). The five magnitude levels are:
Direction is applied on top of magnitude. A Critical Negative signal (5 bars, red) indicates a severe adverse event such as a bankruptcy filing or a catastrophic earnings miss. A Critical Positive signal (5 bars, green) indicates a highly favorable catalyst such as a blockbuster drug approval or a significant buyout premium.
Event Categories
Insighthread covers 35+ distinct market event types, each mapped to a specific pattern of SEC filing activity. This means every event you see is grounded in a filing — not a press release, not a rumor, not a news article. Here is a selection of the most commonly triggered categories:
For the complete list of all 35+ event types, see the Event Categories reference.
Filtering Your Feed
By default, the News Feed shows events across all 6,000+ covered companies. To focus on what matters to you, apply filters:- Watchlist filter — Add tickers to your watchlist at app.insighthread.com and toggle the feed to show only your watchlist companies. Every ticker you track automatically surfaces its events at the top.
- Event type filter — Select one or more of the 35+ event categories to narrow the feed to the kinds of events you care about most. For example, a healthcare investor might filter for FDA Approval/Rejections, Drug Trial/Clinical Data, and Drug Updates.
- Company search — Type a ticker or company name directly into the search bar to jump to a company-specific feed showing all recent events and filings for that issuer.