Extract financial data from
public databases automatically
ApifyForge helps analysts and researchers extract financial data by connecting to SEC EDGAR, FRED, BLS, FEC, and FDIC through dedicated Apify actors. Best for building custom datasets of filings, insider trades, and economic indicators without a Bloomberg Terminal. Less suitable when you need real-time tick-level market data. Costs $0.05-$0.15 per query.
The problem
Financial analysts spend hours navigating EDGAR, FRED, and government databases. Bloomberg Terminal costs $24,000/year. For specific data needs — insider trading patterns, Congressional trades, or niche economic indicators — these tools are overkill.
The solution
Apify actors connect directly to public financial databases: SEC EDGAR for filings and insider trades, FRED for economic time series, FEC for campaign finance, and more. Extract exactly the data you need at a fraction of the cost of enterprise terminals.
How it works
Define your research question
What financial data do you need? Insider trading for a specific company? GDP trends across 20 countries? Congressional stock trades in the tech sector?
Choose the right data source
SEC EDGAR for filings and insider trades. FRED for US economic data. IMF for global indicators. FDIC for bank data. Congress Stock Tracker for political trading.
Extract and analyse
Run actors to pull structured data. Each result includes dates, amounts, filing types, and entity details — ready for quantitative analysis.
Build ongoing pipelines
Schedule recurring runs to track new filings, trades, or economic releases. Feed data into Python notebooks, Excel models, or AI analysis tools.
Actors we recommend
These Apify actors are listed on ApifyForge with real-time pricing, usage stats, and quality scores.
SEC Insider Trading Tracker
Track SEC Form 4 insider trading filings from EDGAR. Monitor stock purchases, sales, and options exercises by corporate executives, directors, and 10%+ shareholders. Search by ticker, company, or CIK with date and value filters.
SEC EDGAR Analyzer — 10-K, 10-Q & 8-K Data
Search SEC filings by ticker, name, or CIK. Extract 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K metadata and structured XBRL financials (revenue, net income, assets, EPS). Covers 10,000+ public companies. Free SEC API, no key needed.
Congressional Stock Trade Tracker
Track stock trades by US Congress members from official House Clerk and Senate EFD disclosures. Search by member name, chamber, or transaction type. Get filing dates, PDF links, and STOCK Act data.
FRED Economic Data Search
Search and download 840,000+ US economic time series from the Federal Reserve (FRED). GDP, inflation, CPI, unemployment rate, interest rates, housing starts, and more. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel.
What does it cost?
Extracting 1,000 SEC filings costs $5-10 in PPE charges. Daily insider trading monitoring: $3-5/month. Monthly cost for a comprehensive financial research pipeline: $15-40.
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