Insider trading

Insider trading lists buy and sell transactions reported by company executives and other insiders, drawn from public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This page explains what the table shows, how to read insider activity, and how the total value and the overview totals are computed. The page is available to signed-in Pro Lite and Pro accounts.

Before you begin

Sign in with a Pro Lite or Pro account and open the insider trading page.
Know the ticker or insider name you want to study, or browse recent activity across the market.
Use the export menu to download the filtered list.

Quickstart

To check whether a company's insiders are buying or selling, follow these steps.

Open the insider trading page.
Enter the ticker in the search box. An exact ticker match floats to the top.
Read the Type column for Buy or Sell and the Total value column for the size of each transaction.
Select the ticker text to open the per-symbol detail panel.
Optional: select Filters to narrow by date range, transaction type, or value.

What it shows

A toolbar with a search box, a Filters button, and an export menu.
A transactions table showing Symbol, Date, Executive, Title, Type (Buy or Sell), Security, Shares, Price, and Total value. Rows load as you scroll and re-fetch from the start when you change the sort. Selecting a row opens the company page; selecting the ticker text opens the per-symbol detail panel.
An Insider trading overview panel on wider screens, with a Buy versus Sell summary, the most active symbols, top buyers, and top sellers within the loaded results, plus a per-symbol detail view when you select a ticker.
Filter chips under the toolbar that show every active filter and let you remove them.
On phones, a card list replaces the table.

Inputs

Search: free text that matches a ticker symbol or an executive name. An exact ticker match floats to the top. The default is empty.
Filters, Date range: a From and To transaction date. The default range is the last 90 days.
Filters, Transaction type: All, Buy, or Sell. The default is All.
Filters, Executive titles: one or more titles from the titles found in recent filings. The default is none, meaning all titles.
Filters, Symbols: one or more ticker symbols you type in and add. The default is none, meaning all symbols.
Filters, Share price: a minimum and maximum price per share. The default is no bound.
Filters, Shares: a minimum and maximum share count. The default is no bound.
Filters, Total value: a minimum and maximum total dollar value. The default is no bound. This bound applies to the rows already loaded.
Sort: select a column header to sort by Symbol, Date, Executive, Title, Type, Security, Shares, or Price. The first selection sorts descending, the second ascending, the third returns to the default. The default sort is Date, newest first. The Total value column is computed for display and is not sortable.
Export: CSV, Excel, or PDF. Available to signed-in visitors only.

Outputs and how to read them

Symbol: the company's ticker. Select the row to open the company page; select the ticker text to open the detail panel.
Date: the date of the reported transaction.
Executive: the name of the insider who transacted.
Title: the insider's role at the company, for example Chief Executive Officer or Director. A blank means no title was reported.
Type: Buy (an acquisition of shares, shown in green) or Sell (a disposition, shown in red).
Security: the kind of security transacted, for example common stock.
Shares: the number of shares in the transaction.
Price: the price per share, to two decimals. A blank means no price was reported, which is common for grants and gifts.
Total value: the dollar size of the transaction. A blank appears when either shares or price is missing.
Overview, Summary: Buys and Sells counts within the loaded results, each with the summed dollar value, formatted compactly (for example $4.2M).
Overview, Most active: the ten symbols with the most loaded transactions, each with a count.
Overview, Top buyers and Top sellers: the five insiders with the largest summed buy or sell dollar value within the loaded results.
Per-symbol detail: when you select a ticker, a panel shows that symbol's recent buy and sell counts and totals, the insiders involved, and a list of recent trades.

How it is calculated

Three readings on this page deserve a plain-English translation: the total value of one transaction, the buy and sell value totals, and the most active counts.

Total value

The total value is the dollar size of one insider transaction.

total value = shares × share price

In this formula, shares is the number of shares in the transaction and share price is the reported price per share, as of the transaction date. For example, 10,000 shares at $42.50 give a total value of $425,000. If either shares or price is missing, no total is shown. Reported prices can be zero or absent for grants, gifts, and option-related entries, which understates true activity for those rows.

Buy and Sell value totals

The buy and sell totals are the combined dollar value of buys or sells across the rows in view.

group total = sum of (shares × share price) over rows where both are present

Here shares and share price are the same per-row values, summed across the loaded rows, with buys being acquisitions and sells being dispositions. For example, three buys of $425,000, $90,000, and $1,200,000 give a buy total of $1,715,000, shown as $1.7M. These totals cover only the transactions currently loaded under your filters, not the entire history, so they grow as you scroll and load more.

Most active counts

The most active list shows which tickers appear most often in the loaded results.

count = number of loaded transactions per symbol, keep the top ten

In this formula, symbol is the company's ticker, and the value is a plain count of loaded rows for that ticker. For example, if a ticker has 14 loaded transactions and the next has 9, the first leads the Most active list. A count reflects only loaded rows and treats every transaction equally regardless of dollar size.

Data and timing

Insider transactions come from public filings in EDGAR, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing system, including Form 4 insider transaction reports. The feed refreshes daily with the latest filings. A buy means the filing reported an acquisition of shares, and a sell means it reported a disposition.

Use cases

Watch whether a company's executives are buying their own stock, which some investors read as a confidence signal.
Filter to large sells by senior officers to flag heavy insider selling for further research.
Open a single company's detail panel to see the recent pattern of insider activity before a position decision.
Export the filtered transaction list to track insider activity for a set of holdings.

Limitations and disclosures

Insider buying and selling has many causes, including tax planning, diversification, and scheduled trading plans, so it is not by itself a reliable signal. The overview totals reflect only the rows currently loaded, not the full history. The data is public filing information you may act on, so the standard information-only statement applies.

GNG Research provides equity research and educational tools, not investment advice. Nothing on the platform is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Do your own research and consider your circumstances before making any investment decision.