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Sunday, October 19, 2025

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CEO Watcher vs Yellowbrick Investing comparison

Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.

Quick takeaways

CEO Watcher adds Insider Data, News, Scores, and Regulatory Filings Monitoring coverage that Yellowbrick Investing skips.

Yellowbrick Investing includes Stock Ideas, Screeners, Investor Holdings, 13F, and Institutional Data categories that CEO Watcher omits.

CEO Watcher highlights: Calculates each insider’s historical forward returns after their trades to rank signal quality., Daily pre‑market email with top insider buys/sells (proprietary ranking), largest buys/sells, and companies with most insider activity., and Running feed of high‑signal insider trades; real‑time notifications for new filings via Discord for paying users..

Yellowbrick Investing is known for: Aggregated stock pitches with powerful filters: search by ticker, sector, valuation metrics, price targets, dividends, sentiment, geography, and more., Elite Investor Feeds curate trades and ideas from top-performing investors, complete with displayed average returns., and Hedge Fund Watcher tracks 13F filings and fund trades, with premium features such as leaderboards, model portfolios, and fund-level performance stats..

CEO Watcher

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US‑insider trade discovery & ranking tool. CEO Watcher calculates historical forward returns after insiders’ trades (e.g., 1m/3m/6m/1y) and uses this to rank which insiders are worth following. Premium offers a pre‑market daily email of top buys/sells, largest trades, and unusual activity; a 30‑day free trial is advertised. Real‑time notifications are available via the community/Discord channel for paying users. No public API is documented.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free

Subscription

Quick highlights

Calculates each insider’s historical forward returns after their trades to rank signal quality.
Daily pre‑market email with top insider buys/sells (proprietary ranking), largest buys/sells, and companies with most insider activity.
Running feed of high‑signal insider trades; real‑time notifications for new filings via Discord for paying users.
Focus on U.S. SEC Form 4 activity; supports case‑study write‑ups and pattern archetypes (e.g., momentum buys).
30‑day free Premium trial (no credit card) frequently promoted.

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Yellowbrick Investing

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Aggregates stock pitches and hedge fund holdings into a searchable platform. The free tier gives access to delayed ideas and limited data, while Premium unlocks real-time investor feeds, professional fund portfolios, enhanced filters, investor return stats, and the live Yellowbrick Premium Portfolio with trade alerts. A separate “CEO Watcher Premium” subscription tracks insider activity.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free

Subscription

Quick highlights

Aggregated stock pitches with powerful filters: search by ticker, sector, valuation metrics, price targets, dividends, sentiment, geography, and more.
Elite Investor Feeds curate trades and ideas from top-performing investors, complete with displayed average returns.
Hedge Fund Watcher tracks 13F filings and fund trades, with premium features such as leaderboards, model portfolios, and fund-level performance stats.
Premium plan includes full access to all pitches, Premium daily email, Yellowbrick Premium Portfolio, investor return analytics, professional fund portfolios, premium stock-pitch filters, and expanded Hedge Fund Watcher features.
Free tier limits include ~30-day delays on new hedge-fund stock pitches and restricted access to investor return columns.

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

2 overlaps

Mutual strengths include Alerts, and Newsletters.

Where they differ

CEO Watcher

Distinct strengths include:

Insider Data

News

Scores

Regulatory Filings Monitoring

Calculates each insider’s historical forward returns after their trades to rank signal quality.
Daily pre‑market email with top insider buys/sells (proprietary ranking), largest buys/sells, and companies with most insider activity.
Running feed of high‑signal insider trades; real‑time notifications for new filings via Discord for paying users.
Focus on U.S. SEC Form 4 activity; supports case‑study write‑ups and pattern archetypes (e.g., momentum buys).

Yellowbrick Investing

Distinct strengths include:

Aggregated stock pitches with powerful filters: search by ticker, sector, valuation metrics, price targets, dividends, sentiment, geography, and more.
Elite Investor Feeds curate trades and ideas from top-performing investors, complete with displayed average returns.
Hedge Fund Watcher tracks 13F filings and fund trades, with premium features such as leaderboards, model portfolios, and fund-level performance stats.
Premium plan includes full access to all pitches, Premium daily email, Yellowbrick Premium Portfolio, investor return analytics, professional fund portfolios, premium stock-pitch filters, and expanded Hedge Fund Watcher features.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

Attribute	CEO Watcher	Yellowbrick Investing
Categories Which research workflows each platform targets	Shared: Alerts, Newsletters Unique: Insider Data, News, Scores, Regulatory Filings Monitoring	Shared: Alerts, Newsletters Unique: Stock Ideas, Screeners, Investor Holdings, 13F, Institutional Data
Asset types Supported asset classes and universes	Stocks	Stocks, ETFs
Experience levels Who each product is built for	Intermediate, Advanced	Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Platforms Where you can access the product	Web	Web
Pricing High-level pricing models	Free, Subscription	Free, Subscription
Key features Core capabilities called out by each vendor	Unique Calculates each insider’s historical forward returns after their trades to rank signal quality. Daily pre‑market email with top insider buys/sells (proprietary ranking), largest buys/sells, and companies with most insider activity. Running feed of high‑signal insider trades; real‑time notifications for new filings via Discord for paying users. Focus on U.S. SEC Form 4 activity; supports case‑study write‑ups and pattern archetypes (e.g., momentum buys). 30‑day free Premium trial (no credit card) frequently promoted.	Unique Aggregated stock pitches with powerful filters: search by ticker, sector, valuation metrics, price targets, dividends, sentiment, geography, and more. Elite Investor Feeds curate trades and ideas from top-performing investors, complete with displayed average returns. Hedge Fund Watcher tracks 13F filings and fund trades, with premium features such as leaderboards, model portfolios, and fund-level performance stats. Premium plan includes full access to all pitches, Premium daily email, Yellowbrick Premium Portfolio, investor return analytics, professional fund portfolios, premium stock-pitch filters, and expanded Hedge Fund Watcher features. Free tier limits include ~30-day delays on new hedge-fund stock pitches and restricted access to investor return columns. Yellowbrick Premium Portfolio is a real-money portfolio that mirrors top investor trades and issues alerts when new trades are made.
Tested Verified by hands-on testing inside Find My Moat	Not yet	Not yet
Editor pick Featured inside curated shortlists	Standard listing	Standard listing

Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do CEO Watcher and Yellowbrick Investing both support?

Both platforms cover Alerts, and Newsletters workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do CEO Watcher and Yellowbrick Investing require subscriptions?

Both CEO Watcher and Yellowbrick Investing keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

How can you access CEO Watcher and Yellowbrick Investing?

Both CEO Watcher and Yellowbrick Investing prioritize web or desktop access. Investors wanting a mobile-first workflow may need to rely on responsive web views.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

CEO Watcher differentiates itself with Calculates each insider’s historical forward returns after their trades to rank signal quality., Daily pre‑market email with top insider buys/sells (proprietary ranking), largest buys/sells, and companies with most insider activity., and Running feed of high‑signal insider trades; real‑time notifications for new filings via Discord for paying users., whereas Yellowbrick Investing stands out for Aggregated stock pitches with powerful filters: search by ticker, sector, valuation metrics, price targets, dividends, sentiment, geography, and more., Elite Investor Feeds curate trades and ideas from top-performing investors, complete with displayed average returns., and Hedge Fund Watcher tracks 13F filings and fund trades, with premium features such as leaderboards, model portfolios, and fund-level performance stats..

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