Frequently Asked Questions

Earnings Feed gives you SEC filings from the EDGAR database with a generous free tier. We check EDGAR every minute and make the filings searchable and browsable through a modern, fast interface. Unlike the SEC's website, we offer filtering, search, company tracking, and personalized watchlists—all without the clunky navigation. Learn more about our mission on our About page.

Earnings Feed keeps these SEC forms: 8-K, 10-K, 10-Q, 6-K, S-1, 10-D, insider Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, 13F and Form 144, with their amendments. Read about each one in the form guides, for example 10-K (annual reports), 10-Q (quarterly reports), 8-K (current events) and Form 4 (insider trading). Not covered yet: proxy statements (DEF 14A), shelf offerings (S-3, 424B), Form D and fund filings.

We check EDGAR every minute. Half of filings appear within two minutes of SEC acceptance, and 9 in 10 within five (median 114 seconds, Sep 24-30, 2026). Every filing links to its source on SEC.gov. You can see the newest ones on the filings feed.

Yes. You can create a personalized watchlist of companies you follow. Your dashboard will show only filings from your tracked companies, giving you a focused feed of what matters to you. You can add companies by ticker symbol, company name, or CIK number. Sign up for free to get started.

Absolutely. You can filter by form type (10-K, 8-K, etc.), search by company name or ticker, browse by stock exchange (NASDAQ, NYSE, OTC), explore by industry (SIC codes), and view insider trading activity. We've organized filings by what matters to investors and researchers.

Yes. All users have access to our REST API with account-wide limits based on tier: Free (15/min and 5,000/month), Pro (60/min and 250,000/month), and Trader (300/min and 2,000,000/month). Monthly limits are hard caps and reset at the start of each UTC calendar month. The API includes endpoints for filings, insider transactions, institutional holdings (13F), and company data. You can generate API keys from your dashboard.

Filing alerts notify you by email when a company you're watching files with the SEC. Free users get up to 2 alert subscriptions with daily or weekly digest emails. Pro users get 50 subscriptions with email delivery within minutes of a filing. Trader users get 250 subscriptions. You can configure alerts per company from any company profile page or your dashboard.

Earnings Feed offers a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT access SEC filing data directly. The MCP server provides tools for searching filings, looking up companies, and retrieving insider transactions—all through natural language. It uses OAuth authentication and is available on Free, Pro, and Trader accounts. MCP tool calls share the same account-wide API allowance as API keys and interactive documentation. See the MCP documentation for setup instructions.

No account is required to browse the filings feed and explore our research hubs (form types, exchanges, industries). However, creating a free account lets you build a personalized watchlist and get a customized feed of companies you follow.

Just visit the homepage to see the latest filings. Use the search bar to find a specific company, or browse by form type, exchange, or industry. To create a watchlist, sign up for a free account and start adding companies you want to track.

Earnings Feed works on all modern browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. Our interface is mobile-optimized, so you can research filings on any device.

Sign up for a free account, then visit your API settings to generate an API key. The free tier includes 15 requests per minute and 5,000 requests per UTC month. Use the key in the Authorization: Bearer <key> header with any endpoint documented in the API docs. For AI assistant integration, see the MCP server setup guide instead.

Yes—we offer a generous free tier. You can browse the filings feed, search filings, explore research hubs, create a watchlist of up to 5 companies, and set up to 2 alert subscriptions with daily or weekly emails—all at no cost. No credit card required. Read more about our approach on our About page.

Pro ($10/mo billed annually, $15/mo monthly) unlocks email alerts within minutes of a filing, 50 alert subscriptions so you can track the companies in your portfolio, API access at 60 requests/min and 250,000 requests/month, and early access to new features. See pricing for full details.

Trader ($50/mo billed annually, $75/mo monthly) is designed for power users and developers. It includes everything in Pro plus 250 alert subscriptions, API access at 300 requests/minute and 2,000,000 requests/month, and priority support. Perfect for trading algorithms, research platforms, and high-volume workflows. See pricing for full details.

No. Our free tier has no hidden fees—you get the filings feed, a 5-company watchlist, search, and 2 alert subscriptions with daily/weekly emails on 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and Form 4. Pro is optional for users who want email alerts within minutes, alerts on every form we cover, and more alert subscriptions (50 for Pro, 250 for Trader).

Yes. You can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your subscription at any time from your dashboard. Downgrades take effect at the end of your current billing period. There are no cancellation fees or long-term commitments.

EDGAR is the official source, but it has no watchlists and no email alerts by company. Earnings Feed gives you the same source data for the forms we keep, with a modern interface, search and filtering, company watchlists, and organized research hubs.

Traditional SEC filing tools can cost $800+/year and focus on document search and comparison—great for deep research after you know what to look for. Earnings Feed takes a different approach: a filings feed and email alerts within minutes, so you know when a new filing arrives. We offer a generous free tier and Pro from $10/mo. Many investors use both types of tools: one for monitoring new filings as they drop, another for detailed document analysis when needed.

Bloomberg Terminal ($24,000+/year) and AlphaSense ($10,000+/seat/year) are enterprise platforms with much broader functionality—market data, research reports, expert transcripts, and more. If you just need SEC filings, that's overkill. Earnings Feed gives you SEC filings with a generous free tier and Pro from $10/mo.

Google is built for web pages, not filings. Earnings Feed lets you filter by form type and company, and organizes filings by exchange, industry, and insider activity. For time-sensitive research, direct EDGAR access beats Google.

All data comes directly from the SEC's official EDGAR database at SEC.gov. We don't modify, editorialize, or interpret the data—we make it easier to access. Every filing links back to the official SEC source. Read more about our data practices on our About page.

The data is as accurate as the SEC's EDGAR database because that's our direct source. We process and display filings exactly as they're published by the SEC. For any critical decisions, you can always click through to verify the original SEC filing.

Our database holds the filings we keep back to the earliest EDGAR record we store (see the data overview for the date), alongside new filings in the feed.

Every Form 3, 4, and 5 filing is parsed into structured transaction records. Each record includes the reporting owner's name and relationship to the company (officer, director, 10% owner), the transaction type (purchase, sale, grant, option exercise), number of shares, price per share, and the resulting ownership position. You can browse insider activity on any company profile or the insiders directory.

Yes. Earnings Feed tracks 13F-HR filings from institutional investment managers with $100M+ in assets under management. These quarterly filings disclose equity holdings and are available through both the website and API. You can view 13F filings on individual company profiles or browse all 13F filings in the filings feed.

Amended filings (e.g., 10-K/A, 8-K/A, 4/A) are tracked as separate filings linked to the same company. They appear in the filings feed with their amended form type and are fully searchable. The original filing and its amendment are both preserved so you can see what changed.