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CatalystWatch
CatalystWatch monitors and analyzes market-moving catalysts across equities and other financial instruments, aggregating earnings dates and estimates, FDA/PDUFA and advisory committee events, macro releases (CPI, jobs, FOMC), corporate actions (M&A, buybacks, insider activity) and sector-level trigg
Overview
CatalystWatch monitors and analyzes market-moving catalysts across equities and other financial instruments, aggregating earnings dates and estimates, FDA/PDUFA and advisory committee events, macro releases (CPI, jobs, FOMC), corporate actions (M&A, buybacks, insider activity) and sector-level triggers.
CatalystWatch monitors and analyzes market-moving catalysts across equities and other financial instruments, aggregating earnings dates and estimates, FDA/PDUFA and advisory committee events, macro releases (CPI, jobs, FOMC), corporate actions (M&A, buybacks, insider activity) and sector-level triggers. Key features include scheduled calendars, consensus and whisper estimates, historical surprise trends, event outcomes, configurable real-time alerts (by magnitude or type), watchlist monitoring, and summarized macro impact. Typical use cases are event-driven trading, risk monitoring, earnings-season preparation, biotech regulatory watchlists, and portfolio event-risk management. Core advantages are consolidated, actionable catalyst intelligence, customizable alerts for specific tickers or sectors, and API-driven integration via CATALYSTWATCH_API_KEY and optional default watchlists for automated agent workflows.
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How this skill works
CatalystWatch monitors and analyzes market-moving catalysts across equities and other financial instruments, aggregating earnings dates and estimates, FDA/PDUFA and advisory committee events, macro releases (CPI, jobs, FOMC), corporate actions (M&A, buybacks, insider activity) and sector-level trigg
Monitor and analyze market-moving catalysts for equities and other financial instruments.
What it does
CatalystWatch tracks upcoming and recent catalysts that can move stock prices, including:
- Earnings reports — scheduled dates, consensus estimates, whisper numbers, and historical surprise trends
- FDA decisions — PDUFA dates, advisory committee meetings, and approval/rejection outcomes
- Economic data — jobs reports, CPI/PPI, FOMC meetings, and other macro releases
- Corporate events — M&A announcements, spin-offs, share buybacks, insider transactions, and activist campaigns
- Sector catalysts — industry conferences, regulatory rulings, and commodity supply disruptions
Usage
Ask your agent to monitor catalysts for a ticker, sector, or watchlist:
- "What catalysts are coming up for AAPL this month?"
- "Show me all FDA decision dates for biotech stocks this quarter"
- "Alert me when any stock on my watchlist has an earnings surprise above 10%"
- "Summarize today's macro calendar and expected market impact"
Configuration
Set the following environment variables for data source access:
CATALYSTWATCH_API_KEY— API key for CatalystWatch. Used to authenticate requests for earnings calendars, FDA event dates, macro release schedules, and corporate action data.CATALYSTWATCH_WATCHLIST— (optional) default watchlist of tickers to monitor, comma-separated (e.g.,AAPL,TSLA,NVDA).
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When to use it
CatalystWatch monitors and analyzes market-moving catalysts across equities and other financial instruments, aggregating earnings dates and estimates, FDA/PDUFA and advisory committee events, macro releases (CPI, jobs, FOMC), corporate actions (M&A, buybacks, insider activity) and sector-level trigg
01 · PRE-MEETING
Prepare a decision brief
Turn scattered evidence into a structured case before an investment committee meeting.
02 · TEAM WORKFLOW
Standardize handoffs
Create consistent research outputs across analysts, portfolio managers, and agents.
03 · LIVE UPDATE
Refresh the thesis
Update scenarios after a new catalyst, KPI release, or earnings result.
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