trades_before_events
Insider trades before bad news
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Cross-feed signal: for issuers that filed a material 8-K event, show SEC Form 4 insider transactions in the N days BEFORE the event - e.g. insider selling before a bankruptcy, restatement, or delisting. Joins two feeds through the shared entity graph; raw EDGAR cannot answer this in one query.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| days_before | integer | no | Lookback window before the event date, default 60. |
| item_codes | array | no | 8-K items to anchor on, e.g. ["1.03","4.02","3.01"]. Default: distress items 1.03, 2.06, 3.01, 4.02. |
| limit | integer | no | Max rows, default 50, cap 500. |
| min_value_usd | number | no | Minimum insider transaction value in USD. |
| since | string | no | Earliest event date, YYYY-MM-DD. |
| txn_type | string | no | Insider transaction filter: sell (default - selling before bad news), buy, or all. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"days_before": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Lookback window before the event date, default 60.",
"default": 60
},
"item_codes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"1.01",
"1.02",
"1.03",
"1.04",
"1.05",
"2.01",
"2.02",
"2.03",
"2.04",
"2.05",
"2.06",
"3.01",
"3.02",
"3.03",
"4.01",
"4.02",
"5.01",
"5.02",
"5.03",
"5.04",
"5.05",
"5.06",
"5.07",
"5.08",
"6.01",
"6.02",
"6.03",
"6.04",
"6.05",
"7.01",
"8.01",
"9.01"
]
},
"description": "8-K items to anchor on, e.g. [\"1.03\",\"4.02\",\"3.01\"]. Default: distress items 1.03, 2.06, 3.01, 4.02.",
"default": [
"1.03",
"2.06",
"3.01",
"4.02"
]
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max rows, default 50, cap 500.",
"default": 50
},
"min_value_usd": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Minimum insider transaction value in USD."
},
"since": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Earliest event date, YYYY-MM-DD."
},
"txn_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Insider transaction filter: sell (default - selling before bad news), buy, or all.",
"default": "sell",
"enum": [
"sell",
"buy",
"all"
]
}
},
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false
}