CatalystWatch
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).