institutional-flow-tracker

1# Institutional Flow Tracker
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3## Overview
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5This skill tracks institutional investor activity through 13F SEC filings to identify "smart money" flows into and out of stocks. By analyzing quarterly changes in institutional ownership, you can discover stocks that sophisticated investors are accumulating before major price moves, or identify potential risks when institutions are reducing positions.
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7**Key Insight:** Institutional investors (hedge funds, pension funds, mutual funds) manage trillions of dollars and conduct extensive research. Their collective buying/selling patterns often precede significant price movements by 1-3 quarters.
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9## Prerequisites
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11- **FMP API Key:** Set `FMP_API_KEY` environment variable or pass `--api-key` to scripts
12- **Python 3.9+:** Required for running analysis scripts
13- **Dependencies:** `pip install requests` (scripts handle missing dependencies gracefully)
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15## When to Use This Skill
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17Use this skill when:
18- Validating investment ideas (checking if smart money agrees with your thesis)
19- Discovering new opportunities (finding stocks institutions are accumulating)
20- Risk assessment (identifying stocks institutions are exiting)
21- Portfolio monitoring (tracking institutional support for your holdings)
22- Following specific investors (tracking Warren Buffett, Cathie Wood, etc.)
23- Sector rotation analysis (identifying where institutions are rotating capital)
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25**Do NOT use when:**
26- Seeking real-time intraday signals (13F data has 45-day reporting lag)
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