Matchstick Radar | Matchstick Docs

What is Radar?

Matchstick Radar is a hosted data service that delivers insider trading activity programmatically. Same events as Matchstick Events, delivered as structured data for scripts, strategies, and automation.

Radar collects SEC Form 4 filings, normalizes them into a consistent schema, and delivers them to downstream systems in real time.

What You Get

Real-time insider trading activity — SEC Form 4 filings, filtered for high-conviction purchases
5-year historical context — Validate behavior before deploying capital
Push-based delivery — Webhooks, REST API, Python CLI
Local-first option — Download and query data on your machine

Status: Available Now

Radar is live and accepting subscribers.

Insider trade data: Operational
Historical backfill: 5 years (2020-2025)
API stability: v1 locked, backwards compatible

What’s Not Included

No UI (use Matchstick Events for monitoring)
No trade execution
No derived recommendations or trade signals
No “AI picks” or recommendations

Why Radar Exists

Institutional traders pay $24,000/year for terminals. Independent traders glue together feeds, scrapers, and alerts.

Radar closes that gap with a simple, honest insider trading feed.

Relationship to Matchstick Events

Matchstick Events is a free UI for humans
Matchstick Radar is a paid service for systems

You can use Events without Radar. You can use Radar without Events.

Pricing

See /offer for current pricing and plans.

Technical Details

Delivery methods: Webhooks (POST), REST API (GET), Python CLI
Authentication: Bearer token
Rate limits: Based on subscription tier
Data format: JSON
Timestamp format: ISO 8601 UTC

Getting Started

Sign up for Radar
Receive API credentials
Configure webhook endpoint or use Python CLI
Start receiving events

For integration examples, see /docs/integrations.