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How to get SEC filing alerts
Three routes: EDGAR RSS, the SEC's email updates, and an AI monitor, with what each one can and cannot do.
Here is how to get SEC filing alerts in short: either subscribe to an EDGAR RSS feed for the company or form you follow, or set up an AI monitor such as AyeWatch that notifies you on your phone when a filing matching your description appears. The SEC itself does not send email for new filings, which surprises most people who go looking.
Here is each route, what it takes, and who it suits.
Route 1: an EDGAR RSS feed
sec.gov publishes RSS feeds for its filing searches. The link sits just above the results list on EDGAR search pages.
Steps:
- Search EDGAR for the company by name or ticker.
- Narrow the list to one filing type if you want, for example 8-K.
- Copy the RSS link and add it to a feed reader that can notify you.
For a broader net, the Latest Filings search can be filtered by company, CIK or form type, and can include, exclude or show only insider ownership forms (3, 4 and 5).
What it costs: nothing. What it lacks: a phone alert unless your reader provides one, any sense of which filings matter, and any way to describe a theme instead of a company.
Route 2: SEC email updates (not for filings)
The sec.gov home page has an email sign-up. It covers press releases, rule changes and similar postings. The SEC's FAQ is explicit that it does not offer email notification for EDGAR filings, so this route will not tell you when a company files.
Route 3: an AI monitor
With AyeWatch you write the condition the way you would say it to a colleague:
- "Any 8-K from these five companies that mentions a CEO or CFO change."
- "New IPO filings from European biotech companies."
- "Form 4 open-market purchases by directors at cloud software companies."
AyeWatch lists 8-Ks, Form 4 insider buys and IPO filings among the things it watches for investors. Each alert has a short summary and links to its sources, so you can open the filing itself.
Push notifications and the in-app feed are on every plan, including the free preview. Paid plans start at $9 a month, are billed in monitoring credits, and add email, Slack, Discord and webhooks.
Which route fits you
| You want | Use |
|---|---|
| Every filing from two or three companies, at no cost | EDGAR RSS |
| SEC news and rule changes by email | SEC email updates |
| Phone alerts for filings that fit a rule, across many companies or a sector | AyeWatch |
Pick EDGAR RSS if you already live in a feed reader and want the complete, unfiltered list. Pick AyeWatch if you would rather be told less often, and only when something fits what you described. You can set up a filing monitor on AyeWatch in a few minutes and see whether its alerts match what you would have flagged yourself.
A note on speed and scope
No alert can be faster than the filing. An 8-K, for example, is generally due within four business days of the event, so the event may already be public by other means. Treat a filing alert as a prompt to read the document, not as a signal to act on by itself. Nothing here is investment advice.