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🔍 How to navigate the SEC's public filing database

SEC EDGAR & Filing Research

How to navigate the SEC's public filing database

EDGAR is the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system — the source of every filing that powers Blue Alpha Research. These tutorials show you how to search, filter, and extract data from EDGAR like a professional analyst.

4 curated videos · Watch at your own pace

~9 min Investing Simplified

How to Search SEC EDGAR Filings for Any Company

A beginner-friendly walkthrough of the SEC EDGAR database — how to search for any company's filings, filter by form type, and find the specific documents you need for fundamental analysis.

Key takeaways

EDGAR is free and public — anyone can access it at sec.gov/edgar
Full-text search lets you find specific terms across filings
Form types: 10-K (annual), 10-Q (quarterly), 8-K (events), Form 4 (insider)

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~7 min Investing Simplified

How to Use the SEC's EDGAR Search Engine

A focused tutorial on EDGAR's search capabilities — from basic company lookup to advanced filtering by filing type, date range, and CIK number. Essential for anyone researching SEC filings.

Key takeaways

CIK (Central Index Key) uniquely identifies each company in EDGAR
You can subscribe to RSS feeds for new filings from any company
EDGAR's API provides structured data for programmatic access

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~16 min Rational Investing

SEC Filings Explained — How To Find The Most Important Parts

SEC filings can be hundreds of pages long. This video shows you the step-by-step process to go straight to the most useful sections — the financial statements, risk factors, and management discussion.

Key takeaways

Skip to Item 7 (MD&A) in 10-Ks for management's narrative view
Risk factors (Item 1A) reveal what management worries about
Financial footnotes often contain the most important disclosures

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~12 min Adam Getbags

SEC EDGAR API Python Tutorial — Get Filing & Financial Data

A developer's guide to accessing SEC EDGAR data programmatically via the official API. Covers CIK lookups, filing metadata retrieval, and historical financial data extraction — the same data pipeline that powers Blue Alpha Research.

Key takeaways

EDGAR's API returns JSON — no key needed, just a User-Agent header
Company facts endpoint gives all historical financials in one call
Rate limit: 10 requests/second — use caching for production

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