The Hot Events feed on your dashboard is not a generic news ticker. It is a filtered, ticker-indexed stream of events that the system thinks could move the names you actually hold. This article covers what events make it onto the feed, why they are scored, and how to use the feed in a 30-second morning scan.

What Counts as a "Hot Event"

To land on the feed, an event has to (a) be attached to a ticker on your watchlist or positions list, and (b) meet at least one of these thresholds. Generic market commentary never qualifies.

Earnings
Confirmed earnings date ±3 days
A date-bounded catalyst window. IV typically rises into the date and collapses after. High-signal for options holders.
Guidance
Guidance revision — up or down
Management explicitly raised or cut forward numbers. Reliably repriced stocks within the day. One of the most actionable event types.
Dividend
Ex-date within 7 days · declared change
Either approaching ex-date (capture candidates) or an announced hike/cut. Both matter for dividend-focused portfolios.

The feed also picks up material corporate actions (buybacks, splits, management change) and sector-wide catalysts (regulatory ruling, central bank move) when they meaningfully affect a watched name — but these are quieter contributors than the three above.

The 30-Second Morning Scan

Use the feed as a filter for your attention, not a news reader:

  1. Scan the ticker column only. If no ticker you own or watch is on today's feed, you can close the tab.
  2. Stop on any red badge. Red = guidance revision or material risk event. Those almost always require a same-day decision.
  3. Read amber only if you hold options on that name. Amber earnings-window events matter for IV timing; for stock-only positions they are background noise.
Events are de-duplicated — if the same news hits from three sources, it shows once. What looks like "quiet day" on the feed is genuinely quiet, not a news-fatigue artifact. Trust the count.

Where to Find the Feed

Hot Events live on the main dashboard in a dedicated panel, and also surface inline on each ticker's data page when that specific ticker has active events. Every event row links to the underlying source so you can verify before acting.

Filtered by your tickers, not the market's
Earnings · guidance · dividend · material corporate actions
Scan ticker column first · stop on red · amber only for options holders

Check today's Hot Events →