Glossary

Quick definitions for the terms you'll meet around SecBot. Financial shorthand, plain explanations.

Filings & disclosures

10-K — a company's annual report. The full picture: financials, risks, and business detail.
10-Q — the quarterly version of the 10-K, shorter and unaudited.
8-K — a "something just happened" filing. Earnings, executive changes, acquisitions, and other material events are reported here.
S-1 — the registration a company files to go public. The first detailed look at an IPO.
Form 3 / Form 4 — insider ownership filings. Form 3 is the initial statement; Form 4 reports each subsequent buy or sell by an officer, director, or large holder.
13F — a quarterly disclosure of what institutions (funds, big managers) hold.
13D / 13G — filed when an investor crosses 5% ownership. A 13D usually signals an activist intent to influence the company; a 13G is passive.
DEF 14A — the proxy statement, covering shareholder votes, board nominees, and executive pay.

Catalyst — an event expected to move a stock: earnings, an FDA decision, a contract, a ruling.
PDUFA date — the deadline by which the FDA must decide on a drug application. A classic biotech catalyst.
Clinical readout — the release of trial results, often a major move for biotech names.
Insider cluster — several insiders at one company buying in the same short window, a stronger signal than a single buy.
Activist filing — a 13D that flags an investor pushing for change.

Short interest — how much of a stock has been sold short. High and rising short interest can set up a squeeze.
Dark pool — private venues where large trades execute away from public exchanges. Heavy dark-pool prints can hint at institutional positioning.
Unusual options — options volume well above normal, sometimes ahead of a move.
Put/call ratio — puts traded versus calls, a gauge of fear or greed.
PEAD — post-earnings announcement drift, the tendency of a stock to keep moving in the direction of an earnings surprise for days or weeks after.
Daily gap — when a stock opens entirely outside the prior day's range, up or down.

Impact score — 1 to 10, how much an event is likely to matter. See Impact, sentiment & score.
Sentiment — the directional read: bullish, bearish, neutral, or mixed.
Tier — the priority band an event falls into by significance. See Tiers & conviction.
Conviction — how strongly a call is backed.
Today's Edge — the day's events ranked by their expected effect. See Today's Edge.
Report — the full breakdown behind a feed card, opened with View Report.
Watchlist — your set of tracked tickers. See Your watchlist.