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Insider selling: the latest insider sales

Open-market stock sales by officers, directors and 10% owners at every US-listed company, newest first. Each one comes from the Form 4 the insider must file with the SEC within two business days.

Insider selling by month

How much are company insiders selling?

Open-market sales of $100,000 or more by officers, directors and 10% owners each month, and the number of companies with at least one. Forms with an impossible price or size are left out.

→Insiders sold $4.7B of stock at 550 companies in October 2026. The median month since January 2016: $11.8B at 845 companies.

Source: SEC Form 4 filings (Insider Transactions Data Sets) · as at 2026-11-02

Sales say less than buys. Most are planned months ahead under a 10b5-1 plan, or cover taxes and diversification. A buy is an insider spending their own money on the stock.

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Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Open-market sales at a price by officers, directors and 10% owners, of $100,000 or more, one line per insider and day at the average price. Filings read through 2 November 2026.

Insider selling, explained

What is insider selling?

Insider selling is when an officer, director or owner of more than 10% of a company sells its shares on the open market. It is legal, and the law requires them to report each sale to the SEC on a Form 4 within two business days.

Is insider selling a bad sign?

Not on its own. Insiders sell for many reasons: taxes, a house, spreading their wealth around, or shares from their pay that vest every year. A sale says less about what an insider expects than a buy does, which is why buys and sales are shown apart.

What is a 10b5-1 plan?

A Rule 10b5-1 plan is a trading schedule an insider sets up in advance, at a time they hold no inside information. The sales then run on that schedule, often months later. Sales made under a plan are marked in the list.

Which insider sales are listed?

Open-market sales at a price, of $100,000 or more, by officers, directors and 10% owners. Shares withheld for taxes when stock awards vest, gifts and option exercises are not open-market sales and are left out.

Why does insider selling rise and fall through the year?

Most companies stop insiders from trading in the weeks before they report results. Sales bunch up in the open windows after each earnings season, in February and March, May, August and November, and drop in January, April, July and October, the months most results come out.