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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-13 23:35 | 2020-08-11 | NRGX | PIMCO Dynamic Income Strategy Fund | IVASCYN DANIEL J | Other | Other | BUY | $7.51 | 264,220 | $1,984,292 | 749,679 | +54.4% |
| 2020-08-13 23:24 | 2020-08-11 | PGEN | PRECIGEN, INC. | KIRK RANDAL J | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Executive Chairman | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $4.42 | 1,209,384 | $5,345,961 | 220,123 | +100.0% |
| 2020-08-13 23:13 | 2020-08-11 | AQB | AquaBounty Technologies Inc. | KIRK RANDAL J | 10% owner | Fishing, Hunting and Trapping | BUY | $2.50 | 4,000,000 | $10,000,000 | 9,175,000 | +77.3% |
| 2020-08-13 23:16 | 2020-08-13 | N/A | N/A | LIPSCHULTZ MARC S | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $14.13 | 165,733 | $2,341,807 | 569,625 | +41.0% |
| 2020-08-13 02:08 | 2020-08-10 | WPF | Alight Inc. | MFN Partners, LP | 10% owner | Services-Business Services, NEC | BUY | $10.27 | 957,543 | $9,837,318 | 14,000,000 | +7.3% |
| 2020-08-12 13:30 | 2020-08-11 | VIRT | Virtu Financial, Inc. | Cifu Douglas A | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies | BUY | $22.45 | 100,000 | $2,245,260 | 292,755 | +51.9% |
| 2020-08-13 04:06 | 2020-08-10 | AFIB | Acutus Medical Inc. | Bonita David P | Director, 10% owner | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $18.00 | 415,000 | $7,470,000 | 41,500 | +100.0% |
| 2020-08-12 15:46 | 2020-08-11 | ORA | ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Ginzburg Assi | Officer - Chief Financial Officer | Electric Services | BUY | $61.03 | 20,000 | $1,220,600 | 20,000 | +100.0% |
| 2020-08-13 04:00 | 2020-08-11 | CMPI | N/A | venBio Global Strategic Fund II L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 200,000 | $3,000,000 | 3,673,374 | +5.8% |
| 2020-08-13 04:04 | 2020-08-11 | CMPI | N/A | POWELL MICHAEL | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 133,333 | $1,999,995 | 3,606,707 | +3.8% |
| 2020-08-13 00:22 | 2020-08-11 | PMBC | N/A | Deutsch James F. | Director, Other | Other | BUY | $3.50 | 292,500 | $1,023,750 | 2,485,708 | +13.3% |
| 2020-08-13 01:58 | 2020-08-10 | AXS | AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD | DAVIS CHARLES A | Director | Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | BUY | $45.42 | 496,468 | $22,547,342 | 4,612,201 | +12.1% |
| 2020-08-13 04:06 | 2020-08-10 | AFIB | Acutus Medical Inc. | ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC | Director, 10% owner | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $18.00 | 415,000 | $7,470,000 | 41,500 | +100.0% |
| 2020-08-13 01:25 | 2020-08-11 | BHVN | N/A | CHILDS JOHN W | Director | Other | BUY | $61.54 | 25,000 | $1,538,485 | 2,501,938 | +1.0% |
| 2020-08-12 23:26 | 2020-08-10 | AFIB | Acutus Medical Inc. | Flynn James E | Director, 10% owner, Other | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $18.00 | 1,500,000 | $27,000,000 | 2,758,000 | +119.2% |
| 2020-08-12 02:55 | 2020-08-10 | RKT | Rocket Companies, Inc. | Farner Jay | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Mortgage Bankers & Loan Correspondents | BUY | $18.00 | 204,000 | $3,672,000 | 204,000 | +100.0% |
| 2020-08-12 01:41 | 2020-08-07 | CDLX | Cardlytics, Inc. | SOSIN CLIFFORD | 10% owner | Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. | BUY | $66.47 | 92,000 | $6,115,323 | 4,321,249 | +2.2% |
| 2020-08-12 00:16 | 2020-08-10 | RRR | Red Rock Resorts, Inc. | FERTITTA LORENZO J | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Vice President | Hotels & Motels | BUY | $14.12 | 705,000 | $9,951,780 | 48,354,972 | +1.5% |
| 2020-08-12 00:12 | 2020-08-10 | RRR | Red Rock Resorts, Inc. | FERTITTA FRANK J III | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chief Executive Officer | Hotels & Motels | BUY | $14.12 | 705,000 | $9,951,780 | 48,354,972 | +1.5% |
| 2020-08-12 01:05 | 2020-08-07 | BIGC | Commerce.com, Inc. | Richards Jeffrey Gordon | Director | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $24.00 | 70,000 | $1,680,000 | 101,888 | +219.5% |
| 2020-08-12 00:13 | 2020-08-07 | RESI | N/A | Deer Park Road Management Company, LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $9.02 | 123,925 | $1,117,729 | 7,532,494 | +1.7% |
| 2020-08-12 04:28 | 2020-08-07 | UPWK | UPWORK, INC | GRETSCH GREGORY C. | Director | Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation | BUY | $14.71 | 547,844 | $8,059,224 | 716,795 | +324.3% |
| 2020-08-11 21:53 | - | EMBI | Skye Bioscience, Inc. | DHILLON PUNIT | Director, Officer - CEO | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $100,000.00 | 1,000,000 | $100,000,000,000 | 1,000,000 | +100.0% |
| 2020-08-12 03:38 | 2020-08-11 | QDEL | N/A | BRYANT DOUGLAS C | Director, Officer - President & CEO | Other | BUY | $234.12 | 5,000 | $1,170,600 | 450,823 | +1.1% |
| 2020-08-11 21:52 | - | EMBI | Skye Bioscience, Inc. | HEPPELL JAMES L | Director | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $50,000.00 | 500,000 | $25,000,000,000 | 500,000 | +100.0% |
| 2020-08-10 16:27 | 2010-08-06 | MGM | MGM Resorts International | IAC/InterActiveCorp | 10% owner | Hotels & Motels | BUY | $18.50 | 9,705,785 | $179,537,611 | 59,033,902 | +19.7% |
| 2020-08-11 00:34 | 2020-08-06 | RRR | Red Rock Resorts, Inc. | FERTITTA LORENZO J | Director, 10% owner | Hotels & Motels | BUY | $13.51 | 494,000 | $6,673,742 | 47,649,972 | +1.0% |
| 2020-08-11 00:33 | 2020-08-06 | RRR | Red Rock Resorts, Inc. | FERTITTA FRANK J III | Director, 10% owner | Hotels & Motels | BUY | $13.51 | 494,000 | $6,673,742 | 47,649,972 | +1.0% |
| 2020-08-11 02:05 | 2020-08-06 | WPF | Alight Inc. | MFN Partners, LP | 10% owner | Services-Business Services, NEC | BUY | $8.96 | 1,042,457 | $9,339,685 | 13,042,457 | +8.7% |
| 2020-08-10 23:05 | 2020-08-06 | VAPO | N/A | Prescott General Partners LLC | 10% owner, Other | Other | BUY | $32.92 | 300,000 | $9,877,170 | 86,283 | +100.0% |
| 2020-08-10 23:34 | 2020-08-07 | EXPE | Expedia Group, Inc. | BATTLE A GEORGE | Director | Transportation Services | BUY | $81.38 | 12,300 | $1,001,008 | 58,662 | +26.5% |
| 2020-08-11 01:38 | 2020-08-06 | NRGX | PIMCO Dynamic Income Strategy Fund | IVASCYN DANIEL J | Other | Other | BUY | $7.08 | 344,178 | $2,435,713 | 485,459 | +243.6% |
| 2020-08-10 23:19 | 2020-08-06 | AXS | AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD | DAVIS CHARLES A | Director | Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | BUY | $43.31 | 700,000 | $30,317,000 | 4,115,733 | +20.5% |
| 2020-08-08 03:14 | 2020-08-05 | RKT | Rocket Companies, Inc. | Gilbert Jennifer L. | Director, 10% owner | Mortgage Bankers & Loan Correspondents | BUY | $18.00 | 372,565 | $6,706,170 | 344,231 | +100.0% |
| 2020-08-08 03:13 | 2020-08-05 | CDLX | Cardlytics, Inc. | SOSIN CLIFFORD | 10% owner | Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. | BUY | $64.57 | 215,000 | $13,882,357 | 4,229,249 | +5.4% |
| 2020-08-08 03:11 | 2020-08-05 | RKT | Rocket Companies, Inc. | Gilbert Daniel B | Director, 10% owner | Mortgage Bankers & Loan Correspondents | BUY | $18.00 | 372,565 | $6,706,170 | 344,231 | +100.0% |
| 2020-08-08 03:32 | 2020-08-05 | XRX | Xerox Holdings Corp | ICAHN CARL C | 10% owner | Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC | BUY | $16.31 | 1,813,435 | $29,578,032 | 25,269,522 | +7.7% |
| 2020-08-06 21:53 | 2020-08-06 | HSAQ | Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc. | HSAC 2 Holdings, LLC | 10% owner | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $10.00 | 450,000 | $4,500,000 | 4,360,956 | +11.5% |
| 2020-08-06 13:06 | 2020-08-03 | ALVR | Kalaris Therapeutics, Inc. | Jovan-Embiricos Morana | Director, 10% owner | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $17.00 | 2,900,000 | $49,300,000 | 2,800,000 | +100.0% |
| 2020-08-06 23:16 | 2020-08-04 | AXS | AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD | DAVIS CHARLES A | Director | Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | BUY | $41.12 | 542,000 | $22,285,956 | 3,415,733 | +18.9% |
| 2020-08-06 00:02 | 2020-08-04 | IQV | IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. | Bruehlman Ronald E | Officer - See Remarks | Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research | BUY | $159.94 | 10,000 | $1,599,400 | 26,751 | +59.7% |
| 2020-08-06 03:32 | 2020-08-03 | QDEL | N/A | Michael Edward L. | Director | Other | BUY | $288.12 | 3,500 | $1,008,404 | 6,434 | +119.3% |
| 2020-08-06 01:17 | 2020-08-03 | EHTH | eHealth, Inc. | Flanders Scott N | Director, Officer - Chief Executive Officer | Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service | BUY | $71.54 | 50,000 | $3,576,875 | 703,024 | +7.7% |
| 2020-08-05 23:50 | 2020-08-05 | REKR | Rekor Systems, Inc. | BERMAN ROBERT ALAN | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chief Executive Officer | Communications Equipment, NEC | BUY | $2.57 | 2,725,836 | $7,005,399 | 2,747,836 | +12,390.2% |
| 2020-08-05 20:29 | 2020-08-03 | EVF | Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $5.77 | 606,370 | $3,498,694 | 7,357,535 | +9.0% |
| 2020-08-05 02:58 | 2020-07-31 | ZMTP | FiEE, Inc. | HITCHCOCK JEREMY P. | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Executive Chairman | Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus | BUY | $1.95 | 4,285,717 | $8,357,148 | 8,835,358 | +94.2% |
| 2020-08-05 03:00 | 2020-07-31 | ZMTP | FiEE, Inc. | ZULU HOLDINGS LLC | 10% owner | Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus | BUY | $1.95 | 4,285,717 | $8,357,148 | 8,835,358 | +94.2% |
| 2020-08-05 00:03 | 2020-07-31 | AXS | AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD | DAVIS CHARLES A | Director | Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | BUY | $40.57 | 450,000 | $18,258,570 | 2,873,733 | +18.6% |
| 2020-08-05 03:59 | 2020-07-31 | BAC | BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC | 10% owner | National Commercial Banks | BUY | $24.81 | 13,584,301 | $337,061,827 | 1,032,852,006 | +1.3% |
| 2020-08-04 01:18 | 2020-07-30 | PBF | PBF Energy Inc. | Control Empresarial de Capitales S.A. de C.V. | 10% owner, Other | Petroleum Refining | BUY | $8.03 | 153,500 | $1,233,311 | 23,515,278 | +0.7% |
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.