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What is Catalyst Tracking?

A catalyst is an upcoming event that could cause a meaningful move in a stock’s price. Catalysts can be predictable (earnings dates, FDA decisions, FOMC meetings) or less predictable (M&A announcements, management departures). Professional investors track catalysts obsessively because markets are forward-looking — stocks move in anticipation of events, not just in reaction to them. Event-driven investing is an entire strategy built around catalysts. Hedge funds like Paulson, Greenlight Capital, and Elliott Management specialize in identifying stocks where an upcoming event is likely to unlock value or cause a repricing. Even fundamental long-only investors use catalyst calendars to manage risk and time their entries.
Catalyst calendars are living documents. Earnings dates shift frequently, FDA advisory committees get rescheduled, and M&A timelines slip. Always verify key dates against company IR pages and Bloomberg/FactSet close to the event.

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Command Syntax

/catalysts [timeframe, e.g. 'next 2 weeks']
If a timeframe is not provided, defaults to the next 2 weeks.

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What It Tracks

Earnings & Financial Events

Earnings dates and times (pre/post market), investor days, capital markets days, debt maturities.

Corporate Events

Product launches, FDA approvals, contract renewals, M&A milestones, management transitions, lockup expirations.

Industry Events

Major conferences, trade shows, regulatory comment periods, industry data releases.

Macro Events

FOMC meetings, jobs reports, CPI, GDP, and central bank decisions globally.

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Output

  • Excel workbook with a calendar view and sortable columns
  • Weekly preview note (markdown) with upcoming event summaries and position implications
  • Optional: integration with Google Calendar

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How to Customize

  • To add firm-specific event categories or coverage lists, edit the catalyst-calendar skill file
  • To auto-populate recurring macro events, set up a calendar data source in .mcp.json