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# Insighthread News Feed: Real-Time SEC Filing Events

> The Insighthread News Feed surfaces market-moving SEC filing events in real time, with 35+ event categories and a 5-bar impact signal on every story.

The Insighthread News Feed delivers a continuous, real-time stream of market-moving events drawn exclusively from SEC filings on EDGAR. Every story you see traces back to a primary source document — no opinion, no media spin, no aggregated summaries. Whether it's an earnings release, a merger announcement, or a leadership change, you get the signal the moment it hits the public record, categorized and scored so you can act with confidence.

## How It Works

<Steps>
  <Step title="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.
  </Step>

  <Step title="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.
  </Step>

  <Step title="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.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## 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:

| Bars  | Label           | What It Means                                                          |                                                                                |
| ----- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ▮     | **Minor**       | Small or routine development; limited expected market impact           |                                                                                |
| ▮▮    | **Moderate**    | Meaningful event; worth monitoring but not typically a catalyst        |                                                                                |
| ▮▮▮   | **Significant** | Material event likely to move the stock or alter the investment thesis |                                                                                |
| ▮▮▮▮  | **Major**       | High-impact event with broad implications for the company              |                                                                                |
| ▮▮▮▮▮ |                 | **Critical**                                                           | Potentially transformative — bankruptcy, major acquisition, FDA decision, etc. |

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.

<Tip>
  Use the impact signal to triage your feed quickly. Start with **Significant**, **Major**, and **Critical** events for the companies in your watchlist, then work down to **Moderate** events when you want a fuller picture. You can filter by impact level to remove the noise entirely.
</Tip>

## 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:

| Event Category                | What Triggers It                                                               |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Corporate Earnings**        | 10-Q or 8-K filings reporting quarterly or annual financial results            |
| **Mergers and Acquisitions**  | 8-K filings announcing definitive agreements, LOIs, or completed transactions  |
| **Insider Buy / Sell**        | Form 4 filings disclosing purchases or sales by officers and directors         |
| **Equity / Debt Offerings**   | 8-K or S-1 filings announcing new share issuances or debt raises               |
| **FDA Approval / Rejections** | 8-K filings from life sciences companies reporting regulatory decisions        |
| **C-Level Change**            | 8-K Item 5.02 filings reporting executive appointments or departures           |
| **Bankruptcy / Liquidation**  | 8-K filings disclosing Chapter 7, Chapter 11, or voluntary liquidation         |
| **Stock Buybacks**            | 8-K filings announcing board-authorized share repurchase programs              |
| **Dividends**                 | 8-K filings announcing dividend declarations, cuts, or suspensions             |
| **Shareholder Activism**      | SC 13D filings and 8-Ks disclosing activist investor positions or demands      |
| **Regulatory Action**         | 8-K filings disclosing government investigations, consent orders, or fines     |
| **Restructuring**             | 8-K filings announcing layoffs, facility closures, or business reorganizations |

For the complete list of all 35+ event types, see the [Event Categories reference](/api/event-categories).

## 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](https://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.

Combining filters lets you build a highly targeted view — for example, *Major or Critical* events, *Mergers and Acquisitions* category, *watchlist only* — so you never miss the events that matter while filtering out the noise.


## Related topics

- [Real-Time SEC Filings Feed for All Public Companies](/features/sec-filings.md)
- [Insighthread News API: Real-Time SEC Event Intelligence](/api/overview.md)
- [What Is Insighthread? AI Stock Research Explained](/introduction.md)
- [Monitor Market-Moving Events in Your Insighthread Feed](/guides/monitor-events.md)
- [Watchlists: Monitor and Track Your Stocks in Real Time](/features/watchlists.md)