Large Insider Purchases
Institutional-Scale SEC Form 4 Buy Signals
The Signal of $1M+ Conviction
When a corporate executive invests more than $1,000,000 of their own capital into company shares, it represents the highest level of conviction. These seven-figure purchases reflect management's belief in the company's future value.
| Filing Date | Trade Date | Ticker | Company Name | Reporting Person | Relationship | Industry | Type | Price | Qty | Total, $ | Owned After | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-09 23:25 | 2021-02-09 | BOLT | Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. | ENGLEMAN EDGAR | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $20.00 | 200,000 | $4,000,000 | 275,789 | +263.9% |
| 2021-02-10 02:04 | 2021-02-09 | BOLT | Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. | Sofinnova Venture Partners X, L.P. | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $20.00 | 450,000 | $9,000,000 | 2,754,437 | +19.5% |
| 2021-02-10 00:30 | 2021-02-08 | NRGX | PIMCO Dynamic Income Strategy Fund | IVASCYN DANIEL J | Other | Other | BUY | $9.29 | 500,000 | $4,644,900 | 1,251,001 | +66.6% |
| 2021-02-10 03:20 | 2021-02-05 | LABP | N/A | PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $12.84 | 250,187 | $3,212,451 | 7,299,751 | +3.5% |
| 2021-02-10 04:47 | 2021-02-03 | ONTF | ON24 INC. | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 10% owner | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $74.75 | 87,822 | $6,564,905 | 85,622 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-10 01:10 | 2021-02-05 | NOG | NORTHERN OIL & GAS, INC. | Rowling Robert B. | 10% owner | Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | BUY | $9.75 | 512,821 | $5,000,005 | 9,805,919 | +5.5% |
| 2021-02-09 23:09 | 2021-02-09 | TERN | Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC | Director, 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $17.00 | 475,000 | $8,075,000 | 2,274,723 | +26.4% |
| 2021-02-09 22:55 | 2021-02-09 | TERN | Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Flynn James E | 10% owner, Other | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $17.00 | 665,000 | $11,305,000 | 2,382,033 | +38.7% |
| 2021-02-09 04:04 | 2020-02-04 | N/A | N/A | SPC Field Partners LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $19.39 | 207,094 | $4,015,545 | 300,317 | +222.1% |
| 2021-02-09 02:08 | 2021-02-08 | LABP | N/A | Poukalov Konstantin | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $16.00 | 1,250,000 | $20,000,000 | 14,619,728 | +9.3% |
| 2021-02-09 05:43 | 2021-02-04 | PCPL | N/A | Atalan Capital Partners, LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $11.03 | 574,500 | $6,336,735 | 4,436,975 | +14.9% |
| 2021-02-08 19:05 | 2020-10-01 | XPMIX | N/A | StepStone Group LP | Other | Other | BUY | $25.00 | 80,000 | $2,000,000 | 80,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-08 17:45 | 2021-02-04 | LABP | N/A | RTW INVESTMENTS, LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $16.00 | 625,000 | $10,000,000 | 625,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-08 18:52 | 2021-01-01 | N-A | N/A | Partners Group Finance USD IC Ltd | Other | Other | BUY | $6.79 | 2,381,636 | $16,164,639 | 2,381,636 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-09 04:06 | 2020-02-04 | N/A | N/A | SPC Wilson Point, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $19.39 | 266,578 | $5,168,955 | 498,860 | +114.8% |
| 2021-02-09 02:37 | 2021-02-08 | LABP | N/A | PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $16.00 | 1,250,000 | $20,000,000 | 7,049,564 | +21.6% |
| 2021-02-06 01:08 | 2021-02-04 | JWSM | Jaws Mustang Acquisition Corp | Reidler Michael | Officer - Chief Financial Officer | Blank Checks | BUY | $10.00 | 100,000 | $1,000,000 | 100,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-06 00:25 | 2021-02-05 | N/A | N/A | PECHTER JOSHUA S | Director | Other | BUY | $200,002.00 | 18,182 | $3,636,436,364 | 64,546 | +39.2% |
| 2021-02-05 21:12 | 2021-02-04 | HOG | HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC. | ZEITZ JOCHEN | Director, Officer - President and CEO | Motorcycles, Bicycles & Parts | BUY | $32.47 | 30,800 | $1,000,165 | 253,720 | +13.8% |
| 2021-02-06 01:07 | 2021-02-04 | JWSM | Jaws Mustang Acquisition Corp | HELFAND DAVID | Director | Blank Checks | BUY | $10.00 | 100,000 | $1,000,000 | 100,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-04 23:00 | 2021-02-02 | BCACU | N/A | Brookline Capital Holdings LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 247,000 | $2,470,000 | 1,627,000 | +17.9% |
| 2021-02-05 03:08 | 2021-02-03 | N-A | N/A | LEGG MASON, INC. | 10% owner, Other | Other | BUY | $10.20 | 828,431 | $8,450,000 | 5,148,181 | +19.2% |
| 2021-02-05 04:54 | 2021-02-03 | OTLK | Outlook Therapeutics, Inc. | Syntone Ventures LLC | 10% owner | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $1.00 | 3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | 19,823,045 | +17.8% |
| 2021-02-04 21:34 | 2021-02-02 | GIM | Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $5.63 | 615,992 | $3,468,035 | 24,565,016 | +2.6% |
| 2021-02-04 17:45 | 2021-02-02 | DCOM | Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/ | BASSWOOD PARTNERS, L.L.C. | Director, 10% owner, Other | National Commercial Banks | BUY | $25.39 | 70,011 | $1,777,782 | 89,585 | +357.7% |
| 2021-02-05 01:16 | 2021-02-03 | TSRI | N/A | FITZGERALD ROBERT E | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $7.25 | 348,414 | $2,526,002 | 487,614 | +250.3% |
| 2021-02-05 01:56 | 2021-02-02 | EVLO | Evelo Biosciences Inc. | Flagship Ventures Fund IV General Partner LLC | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $15.00 | 130,000 | $1,950,000 | 4,125,461 | +3.3% |
| 2021-02-04 17:44 | 2021-02-02 | DCOM | Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/ | BASSWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. | Director, 10% owner, Other | National Commercial Banks | BUY | $25.39 | 272,329 | $6,915,223 | 89,585 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-05 02:47 | 2020-02-02 | CFV | N/A | CFAC Holdings V, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 600,000 | $6,000,000 | 600,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-05 03:22 | 2021-02-03 | YTEN | N/A | SCHULER JACK W | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $12.25 | 101,400 | $1,242,150 | 895,035 | +12.8% |
| 2021-02-04 03:59 | 2021-01-01 | N-A | N/A | Partners Group Finance USD IC Ltd | Other | Other | BUY | $4.81 | 2,383,163 | $11,473,739 | 2,132 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-03 05:11 | 2021-02-02 | BLUA | N/A | BlueRiver Ventures, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 725,000 | $7,250,000 | 725,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-02 18:22 | 2021-02-01 | SRGA | N/A | Lewicki Pawel | Director | Other | BUY | $1.50 | 2,000,000 | $3,000,000 | 2,012,381 | +16,153.8% |
| 2021-02-03 00:52 | 2021-01-31 | RCUS | Arcus Biosciences, Inc. | GILEAD SCIENCES INC | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $39.00 | 5,650,000 | $220,350,000 | 13,913,029 | +68.4% |
| 2021-02-03 01:32 | 2021-02-02 | OTLK | Outlook Therapeutics, Inc. | Sukhtian Ghiath M. | Director, 10% owner | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $1.00 | 8,360,000 | $8,360,000 | 10,820,630 | +339.8% |
| 2021-02-02 18:30 | 2021-02-01 | SRGA | N/A | Rich Terry M. | Director, Officer - President and CEO | Other | BUY | $1.50 | 808,204 | $1,212,306 | 1,100,936 | +276.1% |
| 2021-02-02 17:22 | 2021-01-29 | GIM | Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $5.61 | 422,918 | $2,371,893 | 23,949,024 | +1.8% |
| 2021-02-03 05:10 | 2021-02-02 | BLUA | N/A | MAYS RANDALL THOMAS | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Co-CEO and CFO | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 725,000 | $7,250,000 | 725,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-03 05:31 | 2021-02-02 | BLUA | N/A | GREGG JOHN F | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Co-Chief Executive Officer | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 725,000 | $7,250,000 | 725,000 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-02 14:15 | 2021-01-29 | DZSI | N/A | DASAN NETWORKS, INC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $14.00 | 600,000 | $8,400,000 | 10,093,015 | +6.3% |
| 2021-02-03 05:42 | 2021-01-29 | MSM | MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC | JACOBSON MITCHELL | Director, 10% owner | Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment | BUY | $78.04 | 67,796 | $5,290,780 | 67,796 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-02 00:19 | 2021-01-28 | N/A | N/A | RESSLER RICHARD S | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $25.63 | 156,067 | $4,000,000 | 348,067 | +81.3% |
| 2021-02-02 00:18 | 2021-01-28 | N/A | N/A | CIM RACR, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $25.63 | 156,067 | $4,000,000 | 344,067 | +83.0% |
| 2021-02-02 03:09 | 2021-01-28 | N/A | Trinity Capital Inc. | Eagle Point Credit Management LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $14.00 | 357,142 | $4,999,988 | 357,142 | +100.0% |
| 2021-02-02 00:19 | 2021-01-28 | N/A | N/A | Kuba Shaul | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $25.63 | 156,067 | $4,000,000 | 348,067 | +81.3% |
| 2021-02-02 00:18 | 2021-01-28 | N/A | N/A | Shemesh Avraham | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $25.63 | 156,067 | $4,000,000 | 348,067 | +81.3% |
| 2021-02-02 01:31 | 2021-01-28 | VYNE | VYNE Therapeutics Inc. | PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $2.37 | 4,219,409 | $9,999,999 | 27,095,819 | +18.4% |
| 2021-01-30 00:36 | 2021-01-29 | TDY | TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC | MEHRABIAN ROBERT | Director, Officer - Executive Chairman | Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys | BUY | $366.05 | 10,000 | $3,660,462 | 168,370 | +6.3% |
| 2021-01-28 23:51 | 2021-01-28 | N/A | N/A | MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $21.58 | 185,357 | $4,000,000 | 142,947 | +100.0% |
| 2021-01-29 04:02 | 2021-01-27 | PDO | PIMCO Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund | Hall Gregory Weston | Other | Other | BUY | $20.00 | 50,000 | $1,000,000 | 50,000 | +100.0% |
Institutional Conviction in Form 4
Tracking these institutional-scale purchases allows you to follow the "smart money" when their conviction is highest. When an executive or a 10% beneficial owner commits a seven-figure sum to an open-market transaction, it bypasses the routine noise of stock-based compensation. These trades are often a precursor to major corporate developments or a signal that management views the current market valuation as significantly disconnected from the company’s internal growth trajectory. By monitoring these high-value entries, investors can align their portfolios with the capital of those who possess the most intimate understanding of a business's long-term health and potential.
Filtering the Market Noise
Our platform is designed to eliminate the noise and focus strictly on high-impact accumulation from directors and CEOs betting big on their company’s future. The SEC EDGAR database is frequently flooded with thousands of automated Form 4 filings, many of which involve small, technical, or pre-scheduled trades that offer little predictive value for the average investor. By applying a strict $1,000,000 minimum threshold, we isolate the transactions where insiders are taking substantial personal financial risk. This high-conviction filter serves as a powerful transparency tool, identifying the exact moments when corporate leadership moves away from passive ownership toward aggressive capital deployment.
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.