Penny Stock Insider Trading
Tracking Executive Conviction in Stocks Under $5
Insider Activity in Low-Priced Equities
Insider trading in penny stocks often carries significant weight due to the high volatility inherent in smaller companies. When a director or CEO of a low-cap firm purchases shares, it can signal a major belief in an upcoming fundamental shift.
| Filing Date | Trade Date | Ticker | Company Name | Reporting Person | Relationship | Industry | Type | Price | Qty | Total, $ | Owned After | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 02:30 | 2026-01-20 | ZIP | ZIPRECRUITER, INC. | Garefis Amy | Officer - EVP, Chief People Officer | Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. | SELL | $2.64 | 2,847 | -$7,521 | 211,578 | -1.3% |
| 2026-01-22 02:28 | 2026-01-20 | ZIP | ZIPRECRUITER, INC. | SHIMANOVSKY BORIS F. | Officer - EVP, Chief Technology Officer | Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. | SELL | $2.61 | 5,650 | -$14,739 | 336,287 | -1.7% |
| 2026-01-22 02:34 | 2026-01-20 | ZIP | ZIPRECRUITER, INC. | SAKAMOTO RYAN T. | Officer - EVP, Chief Legal Officer | Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. | SELL | $2.62 | 2,169 | -$5,673 | 118,598 | -1.8% |
| 2026-01-22 02:55 | 2026-01-21 | CABA | Cabaletta Bio, Inc. | Tomasello Shawn | Director | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $2.21 | 22,725 | $50,322 | 22,725 | +100.0% |
| 2026-01-22 02:54 | 2026-01-21 | CABA | Cabaletta Bio, Inc. | Nichtberger Steven | Director, Officer - President & CEO | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $2.24 | 45,000 | $100,778 | 1,031,483 | +4.6% |
| 2026-01-21 18:11 | - | COSM | Cosmos Health Inc. | Siokas Grigorios | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chief Executive Officer | Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries | BUY | $0.50 | 353,321 | $175,000 | 8,091,795 | +4.6% |
| 2026-01-22 01:17 | 2026-01-20 | ESPR | Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | Looker Benjamin | Officer - General Counsel | Pharmaceutical Preparations | SELL | $2.88 | 1,689 | -$4,868 | 384,216 | -0.4% |
| 2026-01-22 02:53 | 2026-01-21 | CABA | Cabaletta Bio, Inc. | Simon Mark | Director | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $2.28 | 11,061 | $25,261 | 147,205 | +8.1% |
| 2026-01-22 01:35 | 2026-01-20 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | Shafer Andrew | Officer - Chief Cust Mkt & Brnd Officer | Industrial Organic Chemicals | SELL | $1.99 | 5,000 | -$9,940 | 270,823 | -1.8% |
| 2026-01-22 00:54 | 2026-01-16 | CBDS | Dogecoin Cash, Inc. | TOBIAS DAVID | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO | Services-Personal Services | SELL | $0.02 | 430,551 | -$8,353 | 25,828,000 | -1.6% |
| 2026-01-22 00:05 | 2026-01-16 | PALI | PALISADE BIO, INC. | Williams Donald Allen | Director | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $1.67 | 5,000 | $8,356 | 10,728 | +87.3% |
| 2026-01-22 03:17 | 2026-01-20 | SER | Serina Therapeutics, Inc. | Moreadith Randall | Officer - Chief Scientific Officer | Pharmaceutical Preparations | OPT+S | $3.04 | 4,000 | -$12,140 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2026-01-22 05:35 | 2026-01-16 | MIGI | Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. | Endeavor Blockchain, LLC | 10% owner | Finance Services | BUY | $4.68 | 140,000 | $655,200 | 1,400,000 | +11.1% |
| 2026-01-21 19:12 | 2026-01-20 | RCG | RENN Fund, Inc. | STAHL MURRAY | Officer, 10% owner - President/Co-Portfolio Manager | Other | BUY | $2.69 | 1,134 | $3,050 | 64,252 | +1.8% |
| 2026-01-21 22:10 | 2026-01-20 | IRIX | IRIDEX CORP | Dizon Romeo R | Officer - Chief Financial Officer | Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | BUY | $1.50 | 4,259 | $6,380 | 100,440 | +4.4% |
| 2026-01-20 18:29 | 2025-10-17 | MYNZ | MAINZ BIOMED N.V. | Donahue Kevin Michael | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $1.51 | 685,000 | $1,034,350 | 685,000 | +100.0% |
| 2026-01-21 00:10 | 2026-01-15 | BLND | Blend Labs, Inc. | Kneafsey Brian | Officer - Head of Revenue | Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. | SELL | $3.06 | 25,000 | -$76,420 | 649,824 | -3.7% |
| 2026-01-21 00:41 | 2026-01-16 | NXDR | Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. | How Antoinette | Officer - Chief Accounting Officer | Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. | OPT+S | $1.95 | 13,935 | -$27,124 | 18,270 | 0.0% |
| 2026-01-21 00:40 | 2026-01-16 | NXDR | Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. | Schwartz Sophia | Officer - General Counsel and Secretary | Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. | OPT+S | $1.95 | 23,278 | -$45,299 | 286,587 | 0.0% |
| 2026-01-21 02:56 | 2026-01-16 | NRDY | Nerdy Inc. | Paszterko John Andrew | Officer - Chief Operating Officer | Services-Educational Services | SELL | $1.01 | 18,457 | -$18,642 | 581,543 | -3.1% |
| 2026-01-21 01:38 | 2026-01-20 | CLOV | CLOVER HEALTH INVESTMENTS, CORP. /DE | Reynoso Jamie L. | Officer - CEO, Medicare Advantage | Hospital & Medical Service Plans | SELL | $2.58 | 4,597 | -$11,860 | 2,737,700 | -0.2% |
| 2026-01-21 01:38 | 2026-01-15 | NKTX | Nkarta, Inc. | Mahmood Nadir | Officer - President | Pharmaceutical Preparations | SELL | $2.07 | 5,649 | -$11,693 | 167,727 | -3.3% |
| 2026-01-20 22:09 | 2026-01-16 | XCUR | EXICURE, INC. | Exicure HiTron Inc. | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | SELL | $4.50 | 734,747 | -$3,306,362 | 1,857,314 | -28.3% |
| 2026-01-20 16:34 | 2026-01-15 | AIRJ | Airjoule Technologies Corp. | Porter Stuart D | Director, 10% owner | Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip | BUY | $3.25 | 153,846 | $500,000 | 776,879 | +24.7% |
| 2026-01-21 01:55 | 2026-01-15 | STSS | Sharps Technology Inc. | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% owner | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | SELL | $2.32 | 37,182 | -$86,370 | 1,511,988 | -2.4% |
| 2026-01-21 02:41 | 2026-01-20 | AURA | Aura Biosciences, Inc. | Elazzouzi Amy | Officer - Senior Vice President, Finance | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | SELL | $4.86 | 1,581 | -$7,684 | 84,081 | -1.8% |
| 2026-01-21 02:41 | 2026-01-20 | AURA | Aura Biosciences, Inc. | de los Pinos Elisabet | Director, Officer - See Remarks | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | SELL | $4.86 | 16,928 | -$82,270 | 457,463 | -3.6% |
| 2026-01-20 22:07 | 2026-01-16 | AKAN | AKANDA CORP. | HRT FINANCIAL LP | 10% owner | Medicinal Chemicals & Botanical Products | SELL | $1.29 | 7,868 | -$10,150 | 7,816 | -50.2% |
| 2026-01-20 22:07 | 2026-01-15 | AKAN | AKANDA CORP. | HRT FINANCIAL LP | 10% owner | Medicinal Chemicals & Botanical Products | BUY | $1.40 | 29,036 | $40,650 | 15,684 | +100.0% |
| 2026-01-20 17:17 | 2026-01-15 | IMRX | Immuneering Corp | Schall Thomas J. | Director | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $4.67 | 21,645 | $101,041 | 74,530 | +40.9% |
| 2026-01-21 02:37 | 2026-01-20 | MYPS | PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. | Peterson Scott Edward | Officer - Chief Financial Officer | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $0.00 | 11,593 | $0 | 96,009 | +13.7% |
| 2026-01-21 00:03 | 2026-01-16 | ORGN | Origin Materials, Inc. | Plavan Matthew T | Officer - CFO and COO | Industrial Organic Chemicals | SELL | $0.20 | 12,000 | -$2,393 | 1,308,231 | -0.9% |
| 2026-01-21 01:39 | 2026-01-15 | NKTX | Nkarta, Inc. | HASTINGS PAUL J | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Pharmaceutical Preparations | SELL | $2.07 | 26,046 | -$53,915 | 390,023 | -6.3% |
| 2026-01-21 01:18 | 2026-01-16 | SRCO | SPARTA COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC. | bean jeffrey buchanan | Director | Services-Business Services, NEC | BUY | $0.09 | 73,000 | $6,570 | 1,914,733 | +4.0% |
| 2026-01-21 00:00 | 2026-01-20 | DLPN | Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. | O'Dowd William IV | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Services-Personal Services | BUY | $1.61 | 3,100 | $4,988 | 426,090 | +0.7% |
| 2026-01-20 17:00 | 2026-01-15 | VANI | Vivani Medical, Inc. | Williams Gregg | Director, 10% owner | Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | BUY | $1.14 | 1,737,765 | $1,983,311 | 26,564,109 | +7.0% |
| 2026-01-20 16:38 | 2026-01-15 | AIRJ | Airjoule Technologies Corp. | EILERS PATRICK C | Director, Officer - Executive Chairman | Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip | BUY | $3.25 | 76,923 | $250,000 | 1,860,518 | +4.3% |
| 2026-01-20 21:42 | 2026-01-16 | RCG | RENN Fund, Inc. | STAHL MURRAY | Officer, 10% owner - President/Co-Portfolio Manager | Other | BUY | $2.72 | 1,134 | $3,084 | 64,170 | +1.8% |
| 2026-01-21 00:07 | 2026-01-16 | HOWL | Werewolf Therapeutics, Inc. | EVNIN LUKE | Director | Pharmaceutical Preparations | SELL | $0.54 | 38,782 | -$20,942 | 2,159,860 | -1.8% |
| 2026-01-21 00:30 | 2026-01-16 | ONCY | ONCOLYTICS BIOTECH INC | Seizinger Bernd R. | Director | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $1.04 | 100,000 | $103,770 | 466,991 | +27.2% |
| 2026-01-21 01:55 | 2026-01-16 | LPSN | LIVEPERSON INC | Mina Christopher Allen | Officer - Chief Tech Product Officer | Services-Prepackaged Software | SELL | $3.15 | 7,152 | -$22,543 | 52,636 | -12.0% |
| 2026-01-20 16:40 | 2026-01-15 | AIRJ | Airjoule Technologies Corp. | JORE MATTHEW B | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chief Executive Officer | Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip | BUY | $3.25 | 7,692 | $24,999 | 7,718,123 | +0.1% |
| 2026-01-21 00:06 | 2026-01-15 | USIO | Usio, Inc. | National Services, Inc | 10% owner | Functions Related To Depository Banking, NEC | SELL | $1.37 | 11,655 | -$15,924 | 2,793,997 | -0.4% |
| 2026-01-17 00:01 | 2026-01-15 | DTI | Drilling Tools International Corp | Domino Michael Wayne Jr. | Officer - President, DTR Division | Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment | SELL | $3.36 | 2,083 | -$6,999 | 1,458,050 | -0.1% |
| 2026-01-17 03:20 | 2026-01-14 | NPWR | NET Power Inc. | 8 Rivers Capital, LLC | 10% owner | Electrical Industrial Apparatus | SELL | $2.64 | 500,000 | -$1,322,300 | 1,550,000 | -24.4% |
| 2026-01-17 03:17 | 2026-01-14 | NPWR | NET Power Inc. | NPEH, LLC | 10% owner | Electrical Industrial Apparatus | SELL | $2.64 | 500,000 | -$1,322,300 | 1,550,000 | -24.4% |
| 2026-01-17 02:22 | 2026-01-16 | PLNH | Planet 13 Holdings Inc. | Wren Chris | Officer - VP of Operations | Agricultural Production-Crops | SELL | $0.18 | 30,000 | -$5,529 | 3,903,287 | -0.8% |
| 2026-01-17 00:07 | 2026-01-15 | IMRX | Immuneering Corp | Hall Brett Matthew | Officer - CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $4.57 | 2,298 | $10,502 | 376,496 | +0.6% |
| 2026-01-17 03:12 | 2026-01-14 | JCTC | JEWETT CAMERON TRADING CO LTD | OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | 10% owner | Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers | SELL | $2.31 | 6,325 | -$14,599 | 832,209 | -0.8% |
| 2026-01-17 00:02 | 2026-01-14 | ACRV | Acrivon Therapeutics Inc. | Blume-Jensen Peter | Director, Officer - President and CEO | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $1.68 | 49,000 | $82,124 | 2,095,771 | +2.4% |
High Risk, High Reward Insider Trades
Penny stocks are notoriously volatile, but when insiders put their own money into stocks priced under $5, it provides a unique layer of validation. Unlike large-cap stocks where buys might be routine, a million-share purchase at $0.50 can indicate that management sees a path to recovery or exponential growth. Our tracking allows you to identify ini speculative signals in real-time, focusing on the capital flow of those with intimate industry knowledge. Following these low-cap moves helps bridge the information gap in the most volatile market segments.
Identifying Legitimate Micro-Cap Conviction
Our Penny Stock Filter isolates the most speculative yet promising filings from the SEC Form 4 feed. By focusing on low-priced equities, we highlight where CEOs and Directors are taking meaningful positions. This list is essential for small-cap investors looking to follow the capital of those with intimate knowledge of a company's research, patents, or upcoming regulatory approvals. Eliminate the noise and focus strictly on high-impact accumulation from leadership betting big on their company’s future value in the micro-cap space.
UNDERSTANDING THE DATA
FILING DATE: The date and time when the transaction was reported to the SEC. This is when the public first receives the information.
TRADE DATE: The actual day the insider executed the purchase or sale in the market.
INDUSTRY: The specific market sector the company operates in. Useful for identifying broader institutional capital flows across sectors.
OWNED AFTER: The total number of shares held by the insider following the transaction. This highlights the insider's remaining conviction in the company.
CHANGE %: The percentage increase or decrease of the insider's total position. Large percentage changes often carry more weight than the dollar amount alone.
TRADE TYPES DEFINITIONS
BUY: An open market purchase. Typically indicates an insider's belief that the stock is undervalued or poised for growth.
SELL: An open market sale. While often used for diversification or liquidity, large or unexpected sales can be a warning signal.
OPT+S (OPTION EXERCISE & SALE): This occurs when an insider exercises their stock options and sells them immediately. Often part of a structured compensation plan.