Insider & Smart-Money Digest — Oct 15, 2026
Top signal: notable sale: MSFT $3.44M (C-suite sale of $3.44M across 2 tranches).
NYSE: OPEN · Form 4 filings through 06:15 AM PT · Edition window: filings dated Oct 14–Oct 15Top signal: notable sale: MSFT $3.44M (C-suite sale of $3.44M across 2 tranches).
A · Cluster buys — 3+ insiders, 14 days
No active clusters today — no ticker has 3+ distinct insiders buying within 14 days.
B · Today's Form 4 flow — the tracked universe
No new open-market buys filed since the last edition.
Notable sales — the ones that are not noise (2)
| Ticker | Insider | Role | Txn dates | Shares | Total value | Why flagged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSFT | Hood Amy | officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer | 2026-10-13 | 6,314 in 2 tranches | $3.44M | C-suite sale of $3.44M across 2 tranches |
| COST | Wilcox William Richard | officer: Executive Vice President | 2026-10-13 | 1,100 | $1.05M | sold 26% of the position in one tranche |
⚠️ PLTR: cluster selling — 3 distinct insiders sold in the last 14 days ($5.08M total). Weight with care: broad officer selling is often vest-cycle flow, not a coordinated exit.
⚠️ CRWD: cluster selling — 3 distinct insiders sold in the last 14 days ($42.41M total). Weight with care: broad officer selling is often vest-cycle flow, not a coordinated exit.
⚠️ ANET: cluster selling — 3 distinct insiders sold in the last 14 days ($132.53M total). Weight with care: broad officer selling is often vest-cycle flow, not a coordinated exit.
⚠️ AAPL: cluster selling — 4 distinct insiders sold in the last 14 days ($88.57M total). Weight with care: broad officer selling is often vest-cycle flow, not a coordinated exit.
Filtered as noise this edition: 6 routine open-market sales ($1.83M total).
C · High-conviction singles
No non-cluster buys tripped a conviction filter in this edition.
D · Clusters forming — one buyer away
No two-buyer names right now.
E · Congress — newly disclosed (last 7 days)
| Ticker | Member | Chamber | Type | Amount | Traded | Disclosed | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVDA | Daniel Meuser | House | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | 2026-08-31 | 2026-10-14 | Spouse |
| MSFT | Lisa McClain | House | Purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-12 | Spouse |
| AVGO | Gilbert Cisneros | House | Sale (Partial) | $1,001 - $15,000 | 2026-09-16 | 2026-10-12 | — |
| INTU | Gilbert Cisneros | House | Sale (Partial) | $1,001 - $15,000 | 2026-09-18 | 2026-10-12 | — |
| TSM | Gilbert Cisneros | House | Purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | 2026-09-22 | 2026-10-12 | — |
| AMZN | Ro Khanna | House | Purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | 2026-09-04 | 2026-10-09 | — |
STOCK Act disclosures lag the trade by up to ~45 days and amounts are ranges — corroborating sentiment, not a timing signal.
F · Smart-money context — active names
MSFT — Insider stats 2026 Q4: 0 open-market purchases vs 3 sales (last quarter: 0 vs 16) · free float 99.8% of 7.43B shares out · next earnings 2026-10-28 (13d) · 14d open-market sales: $3.98M by 1 insider(s) vs buys $0
COST — Insider stats 2026 Q4: 0 open-market purchases vs 1 sales (last quarter: 0 vs 2) · free float 99.8% of 0.44B shares out · next earnings 2026-12-10 (56d) · 14d open-market sales: $1.05M by 1 insider(s) vs buys $0
G · 14-day leaderboard — open-market insider flow
No open-market insider buying anywhere in the tracked universe in the last 14 days.
Method: Only open-market purchases (Form 4 code P) count as buy signals; sales are shown only when a notable-sale filter trips (C-suite ≥ $1M, any sale ≥ $10M, ≥25% of the seller's position, or 3+ sellers in 14 days). Option exercises, grants, gifts and tax-withholding dispositions are counted as noise. Clusters require ≥3 distinct insiders (by reporting CIK) with purchase transaction dates inside a rolling 14-day window, computed over a 120-day local store of Form 4 rows for the tracked tickers. Signal score (0–100): cluster size (40/50/60), $ bought (5/10/15), buyer seniority (3–10), stake increase ≥10%/25% (5/10), buying within 10% of the 52-week low (10), freshness ≤3 days (5). Every row links to its SEC EDGAR filing. Sources: FMP insider trading (latest feed + per-symbol history + statistics), senate/house disclosures, shares float, batch quotes, earnings calendar — 14 API calls this run.
Research for information only — not investment advice; see Disclosures.
