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, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-04 01:10 | 2017-10-02 | ITCI | N/A | Alafi Christopher D | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $15.50 | 258,065 | $4,000,008 | 3,953,270 | +7.0% |
| 2017-10-04 00:20 | 2017-09-30 | PCO | N/A | DONDERO JAMES D | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $6.83 | 1,408,534 | $9,620,287 | 704,267 | +100.0% |
| 2017-10-04 01:08 | 2017-10-02 | ITCI | N/A | ALAFI CAPITAL CO LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $15.50 | 258,065 | $4,000,008 | 3,953,270 | +7.0% |
| 2017-10-03 21:52 | 2017-10-03 | ZGNX | N/A | PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $37.50 | 300,000 | $11,250,000 | 3,970,357 | +8.2% |
| 2017-10-03 15:45 | 2017-09-29 | ZGNX | N/A | PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $32.83 | 222,055 | $7,290,066 | 3,670,357 | +6.4% |
| 2017-10-04 01:11 | 2017-10-02 | ITCI | N/A | ALAFI MOSHE | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $15.50 | 258,065 | $4,000,008 | 3,953,270 | +7.0% |
| 2017-10-02 23:42 | 2017-10-02 | DCPH | N/A | New Leaf Venture Management III, L.L.C. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $17.00 | 375,000 | $6,375,000 | 2,146,308 | +21.2% |
| 2017-10-02 23:40 | 2017-10-02 | DCPH | N/A | Ratcliffe Liam | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $17.00 | 375,000 | $6,375,000 | 2,146,308 | +21.2% |
| 2017-10-03 00:11 | 2017-09-28 | GPMT | Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. | TWO HARBORS INVESTMENT CORP. | 10% owner | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $18.80 | 66,918 | $1,258,038 | 33,373,580 | +0.2% |
| 2017-10-03 00:01 | 2017-09-29 | CNFR | Presurance Holdings, Inc. | WILLIAMS R JAMISON JR | Director | Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | BUY | $6.25 | 160,000 | $1,000,000 | 343,605 | +87.1% |
| 2017-10-03 04:41 | 2017-09-28 | MB | N/A | Luxor Capital Group, LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $26.45 | 111,445 | $2,947,787 | 74,623 | +100.0% |
| 2017-10-03 00:05 | 2017-09-29 | CNFR | Presurance Holdings, Inc. | PETCOFF JAMES G | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chairman and CEO | Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | BUY | $6.25 | 216,000 | $1,350,000 | 258,057 | +513.6% |
| 2017-09-28 17:16 | 2017-09-27 | STS | N/A | WABASH NATIONAL CORP /DE | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $21.00 | 1,564,881 | $32,862,501 | 0 | +100.0% |
| 2017-09-28 23:17 | 2017-09-26 | TIF | N/A | Trapani Francesco | Director | Other | BUY | $89.34 | 25,000 | $2,233,593 | 375,000 | +7.1% |
| 2017-09-28 23:00 | 2017-09-26 | MERC | MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. | KELLOGG PETER R | 10% owner | Pulp Mills | BUY | $11.40 | 125,000 | $1,425,000 | 275,000 | +83.3% |
| 2017-09-28 01:00 | 2017-09-25 | REV | N/A | PERELMAN RONALD O | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $20.56 | 106,784 | $2,195,831 | 44,541,090 | +0.2% |
| 2017-09-27 00:28 | 2017-09-22 | XNAFX | N/A | Colony NorthStar, Inc. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $8.79 | 182,025 | $1,600,000 | 2,042,559 | +9.8% |
| 2017-09-26 17:18 | 2017-09-25 | N-A | N/A | STRS OHIO | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 98,039 | $1,470,578 | 14,385,109 | +0.7% |
| 2017-09-27 00:07 | 2017-08-29 | FRLF | N/A | Halford Joshua Martin | Officer - Chief Technology Officer | Other | BUY | $22,000.00 | 550,000 | $12,100,000,000 | 550,000 | +100.0% |
| 2017-09-27 00:32 | 2017-09-23 | CALI | N/A | Bright Praise Enterprises LTD | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $2.11 | 1,612,000 | $3,401,320 | 4,840,394 | +49.9% |
| 2017-09-26 20:45 | 2017-09-25 | TYG | TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORP | PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $11,560,000.00 | 25,000,000 | $289,000,000,000,000 | 0 | +100.0% |
| 2017-09-27 00:01 | 2017-09-26 | RH | RH | FRIEDMAN GARY G | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chairman & CEO | Retail-Furniture Stores | BUY | $71.64 | 13,959 | $1,000,014 | 2,235,410 | +0.6% |
| 2017-09-27 01:32 | 2017-09-24 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | DUGGAN ROBERT W | 10% owner | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $15.02 | 2,000,000 | $30,040,000 | 5,797,612 | +52.7% |
| 2017-09-26 23:20 | 2017-09-22 | BKYI | BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC | Kwok Fong Wong | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Managing Director, BIO-key HK | Services-Prepackaged Software | BUY | $3.60 | 427,778 | $1,540,001 | 1,781,815 | +31.6% |
| 2017-09-26 00:25 | 2017-09-22 | KRYS | Krystal Biotech, Inc. | Krishnan Suma | Director, Officer, 10% owner - Chief Operating Officer | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $10.00 | 100,000 | $1,000,000 | 1,935,249 | +5.4% |
| 2017-09-26 00:22 | 2017-09-22 | KRYS | Krystal Biotech, Inc. | Krishnan Krish S | Director, Officer, 10% owner - President and CEO | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $10.00 | 100,000 | $1,000,000 | 1,935,249 | +5.4% |
| 2017-09-25 23:23 | 2017-09-25 | XLRN | N/A | CELGENE CORP /DE/ | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $37.00 | 745,592 | $27,586,904 | 6,118,479 | +13.9% |
| 2017-09-26 00:28 | 2017-09-22 | KRYS | Krystal Biotech, Inc. | JANNEY DANIEL | Director | Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | BUY | $10.00 | 200,000 | $2,000,000 | 330,590 | +153.2% |
| 2017-09-26 02:47 | 2017-09-21 | SAFE | N/A | ISTAR INC. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $19.33 | 55,771 | $1,078,187 | 6,300,832 | +0.9% |
| 2017-09-21 21:35 | 2017-09-19 | N-A | N/A | STRS OHIO | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $15.00 | 266,667 | $4,000,000 | 14,287,071 | +1.9% |
| 2017-09-22 01:28 | 2017-09-19 | MB | N/A | Luxor Capital Group, LP | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $24.93 | 420,048 | $10,469,780 | 2,101,361 | +25.0% |
| 2017-09-22 00:55 | 2017-09-19 | REV | N/A | PERELMAN RONALD O | Director, 10% owner | Other | BUY | $17.36 | 625,151 | $10,852,996 | 44,434,306 | +1.4% |
| 2017-09-21 15:45 | 2017-09-19 | ALDX | Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc. | PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC | 10% owner | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $7.25 | 200,000 | $1,450,000 | 3,085,458 | +6.9% |
| 2017-09-21 00:33 | 2017-09-19 | DOTAU | N/A | Draper Oakwood Investments LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $10.00 | 200,000 | $2,000,000 | 200,000 | +100.0% |
| 2017-09-21 00:34 | 2017-09-18 | AMTD | N/A | TD Luxembourg International Holdings S.a r.l. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $36.12 | 11,074,197 | $399,999,996 | 233,993,484 | +5.0% |
| 2017-09-20 23:18 | 2017-09-19 | SAFE | N/A | ISTAR INC. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $19.24 | 80,402 | $1,547,232 | 6,245,061 | +1.3% |
| 2017-09-20 00:11 | 2017-09-15 | GPMT | Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. | TWO HARBORS INVESTMENT CORP. | 10% owner | Real Estate Investment Trusts | BUY | $18.92 | 73,439 | $1,389,370 | 33,268,045 | +0.2% |
| 2017-09-20 00:52 | 2017-09-15 | AYX | N/A | Abdiel Capital Management, LLC | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $18.98 | 60,000 | $1,138,800 | 3,926,344 | +1.6% |
| 2017-09-20 02:21 | 2017-09-15 | SYY | SYSCO CORP | Frank Joshua D. | Director | Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products | BUY | $53.68 | 889,561 | $47,752,969 | 44,480,774 | +2.0% |
| 2017-09-20 02:20 | 2017-09-15 | SYY | SYSCO CORP | PELTZ NELSON | Director | Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products | BUY | $53.68 | 889,561 | $47,752,969 | 44,480,774 | +2.0% |
| 2017-09-20 00:57 | 2017-09-13 | BW | Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. | Vintage Capital Management LLC | 10% owner | Heating Equipment, Except Electric & Warm Air Furnaces | BUY | $3.10 | 1,686,945 | $5,229,867 | 6,600,000 | +34.3% |
| 2017-09-18 23:19 | 2017-09-14 | CAPL | CrossAmerica Partners LP | Topper Joseph V. Jr. | Director, 10% owner | Wholesale-Petroleum & Petroleum Products (No Bulk Stations) | BUY | $27.52 | 39,057 | $1,074,665 | 1,652,219 | +2.4% |
| 2017-09-18 23:27 | 2017-09-18 | EPZM | N/A | MOTT DAVID M | Director | Other | BUY | $15.25 | 200,000 | $3,050,000 | 6,054,351 | +3.4% |
| 2017-09-19 00:50 | 2017-09-15 | SAFE | N/A | ISTAR INC. | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $19.37 | 67,566 | $1,308,517 | 6,164,659 | +1.1% |
| 2017-09-19 04:06 | 2017-09-14 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | DUGGAN ROBERT W | 10% owner | Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | BUY | $14.36 | 409,918 | $5,885,111 | 3,797,612 | +12.1% |
| 2017-09-16 01:52 | 2017-09-14 | SN | N/A | Sanchez Patricio D. | Officer - Executive Vice President | Other | BUY | $4.55 | 320,000 | $1,455,552 | 571,485 | +127.2% |
| 2017-09-15 15:30 | 2017-09-14 | OPK | OPKO HEALTH, INC. | FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL | Director, Officer, 10% owner - CEO & Chairman | Pharmaceutical Preparations | BUY | $5.98 | 260,000 | $1,555,632 | 260,000 | +100.0% |
| 2017-09-16 00:06 | 2017-09-14 | TPB | Turning Point Brands, Inc. | Standard General L.P. | 10% owner | Tobacco Products | BUY | $17.09 | 100,000 | $1,709,000 | 200,000 | +100.0% |
| 2017-09-16 03:00 | 2017-09-12 | FRGI | N/A | FRIEDMAN BRIAN P | Director | Other | BUY | $17.39 | 70,000 | $1,217,307 | 2,476,295 | +2.9% |
| 2017-09-15 21:05 | 2017-09-13 | RDUS | N/A | BIOTECH GROWTH N V | 10% owner | Other | BUY | $33.45 | 150,000 | $5,017,980 | 5,498,799 | +2.8% |
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.