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Last completed week · October 5–9, 2026

Insider Trading Weekly: The Biggest Buys And Sells

Twenty purchase groups and twenty sale groups, each verified against SEC filings. Transaction dates determine inclusion; this is not an exhaustive ranking of the entire market or a list of trading recommendations.

Transactions: October 5–9, 2026 Verified: October 10, 2026 Finviz + SEC Form 4

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The week at a glance

The verified sample contains $78,493,337 in purchases and $1,172,541,081 in sales. Corebridge / Nippon Life leads purchases, followed by Borr Drilling / Tor Olav Trøim. Medline / GIC leads sales. These are screened reporting groups, not a full-market ranking.

These are gross transactions reported by management, directors and significant owners. They are not net fund flows or comparable measures of conviction. IPO sales, institutional ownership changes and tax-related transactions require their own context.

$78,493,337
20 purchase groups
$1,172,541,081
20 sale groups
57
Distinct SEC filings
40
Verified groups
5–9 Oct
Transaction dates
10 Oct 2026
Verification date

Methodology and scope. Finviz screens as of October 10 listed 200 entries per side. After filtering transaction dates October 5–9, the first 30 candidate groups per side were checked against SEC filings; the 20 largest eligible groups per side are shown. Only in-period non-derivative P/A purchases and S/D sales enter totals. Awards, gifts, derivatives, option exercises and out-of-period trades are excluded. GGR purchase agreements awaiting closing are excluded. IHT is excluded because its reported per-share price is anomalous and could not be verified; no substitute price is used. Lot quantity multiplied by reported price is summed with decimal arithmetic, then rounded half up to whole dollars; aggregate totals are rounded from unrounded values. Joint owners count once; distinct Silver Lake funds remain separate groups. Weighted-average prices are shown to four decimals. Codes P/S can include private transactions: only an explicit source supports an open-market label. A plan checkbox or footnote supports the plan label; an absent marker does not establish discretion. This bounded discovery sample may omit larger transactions.

20 largest verified purchase groups in the sample

Transaction dates October 5–9, 2026. USD values rounded to whole dollars; quantities and weighted-average prices match the linked filings.

#TickerInsiderRoleDatesAvg. priceSharesValueContextSource
1$CRBGNIPPON LIFE INSURANCE CO10% Owner2026-10-05
2026-10-06
2026-10-07
$34.5551788,968$27,262,829Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1 · SEC 2 · SEC 3
2$BORRTroim Tor OlavDirector2026-10-05
2026-10-06
2026-10-07
$4.22394,250,000$17,951,550No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1 · SEC 2 · SEC 3
3$BPREKAMFAR RAMINDirector2026-10-05
2026-10-06
2026-10-07
2026-10-08
2026-10-09
$13.0139744,807$9,692,835Fund; ownership through Bluerock. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1 · SEC 2
4$AVRL1 Capital Pty Ltd10% Owner2026-10-05
2026-10-06
$7.4123921,150$6,827,847Common stock only; CDIs and warrants excluded. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1 · SEC 2
5$PSUSISRAEL RYANChief Investment Officer2026-10-05
2026-10-06
$37.5838178,475$6,707,763Fund; open-market purchases. October 2 excluded. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
6$SAHRusnak Paul P.10% Owner2026-10-05
2026-10-06
2026-10-07
$59.770142,576$2,544,772No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1 · SEC 2 · SEC 3
7$PRTASCULLY WILLIAM P10% Owner2026-10-07
2026-10-08
$8.4700215,000$1,821,054No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
8$LWAYDivisadero reporting group10% Owner2026-10-05
2026-10-06
$20.889686,202$1,800,725Joint reporting owners counted once. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
9$NXHLEMONIS MARCUSEXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN & CEO2026-10-06$2.7600362,319$1,000,000No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
10$MXFSaba Capital Management, L.P.10% Owner2026-10-05$20.090025,900$520,331Fund; Saba ownership. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
11$FULBAILLY R JEFFREYDirector2026-10-07$50.000010,000.0000$500,000No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
12$GFSaba Capital Management, L.P.10% Owner2026-10-05
2026-10-06
2026-10-07
$10.497331,864$334,487Fund; Saba ownership. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1 · SEC 2 · SEC 3
13$IMMRSinger EricPresident and CEO2026-10-07$7.141541,000$292,800No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
14$PDIFLATTUM DAVID CDirector2026-10-06$14.300017,448.13$249,508Investment fund. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
15$PHKFLATTUM DAVID CDirector2026-10-06$4.140060,204.17$249,245Investment fund. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
16$ECFSaba Capital Management, L.P.10% Owner2026-10-07$11.970017,548$210,050Fund; Saba ownership. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
17$HRLNewlands William AChairman of the Board2026-10-05$20.100010,000$201,000No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
18$AGMBEpstein David RDirector2026-10-05
2026-10-06
2026-10-08
$8.723315,000$130,850No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1 · SEC 2
19$NXRTMcGraner MattSee Remarks2026-10-05$18.42005,500$101,310No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
20$AGMBKnotnerus Tim JasperChief Executive Officer2026-10-05
2026-10-06
$8.580011,000$94,380No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1

20 largest verified sale groups in the sample

Transaction dates October 5–9, 2026. USD values rounded to whole dollars; quantities and weighted-average prices match the linked filings.

#TickerInsiderRoleDatesAvg. priceSharesValueContextSource
1$MDLNGIC Private Ltd / GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd / Hux Investment Pte. Ltd.10% Owner2026-10-05
2026-10-06
$35.162510,960,690$385,404,928Distinct direct and indirect lots; October 2 excluded. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
2$ESTCSchuurman StevenDirector2026-10-05$90.13001,500,000$135,195,000No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
3$ANETUllal JayshreeCEO and Chairperson2026-10-06
2026-10-07
$212.9723557,366$118,703,535Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1 · SEC 2
4$NBISNave OphirCOO2026-10-05$235.5309500,000$117,765,468Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1
5$CBLCANYON CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC / Friedman Joshua S / Julis Mitchell RMember of 10% owner group2026-10-06$52.19001,307,500$68,238,425Canyon: open-market sale for managed accounts. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
6$HOODTenev VladimirChief Executive Officer2026-10-05$113.7161375,000$42,643,527Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1
7$NETZatlyn MichellePresident and Board Co-Chair2026-10-05
2026-10-06
2026-10-07
$355.883499,009$35,235,659Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1
8$DELLSilver Lake Partners IV / Egon DurbanDirector2026-10-06$575.238254,236$31,198,621Separate Silver Lake fund, distinct from other DELL lots. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
9$NTNXRAMASWAMI RAJIVChief Executive Officer2026-10-06
2026-10-07
$73.6511400,000$29,460,437Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1
10$DELLSilver Lake SPV-2 / Egon DurbanDirector2026-10-06$575.432946,323$26,655,778Separate Silver Lake fund, distinct from other DELL lots. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
11$TTRegnery David SChair and CEO2026-10-06$480.000048,091$23,083,680Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1
12$GAPFISHER WILLIAM SYDNEYDirector2026-10-05
2026-10-06
$23.6392933,656$22,070,868No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
13$UTHRROTHBLATT MARTINE AChairperson & CEO2026-10-05
2026-10-06
2026-10-07
2026-10-08
$540.891738,000.00$20,553,883Sale leg counted; option exercise excluded. Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1 · SEC 2 · SEC 3 · SEC 4
14$WDAYDUFFIELD DAVID A10% Owner2026-10-06$187.317299,228$18,587,115Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1
15$BNTXSahin UgurChief Executive Officer2026-10-05
2026-10-06
2026-10-07
2026-10-08
2026-10-09
$95.8894180,209$17,280,130Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1 · SEC 2 · SEC 3
16$HPENeri Antonio FPresident and CEO2026-10-05$68.3102250,000$17,077,550Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1
17$DUOLvon Ahn LuisPresident & CEO, Co-Founder2026-10-07$151.7002110,046$16,694,000Option exercises excluded. Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1
18$SNOWDageville BenoitDirector2026-10-07$333.420050,000$16,671,000Gifts excluded. Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1
19$DELLSilver Lake Partners V / Egon DurbanDirector2026-10-06$575.432826,539$15,271,411Separate Silver Lake fund, distinct from other DELL lots. No plan indicated; this does not establish discretion.SEC 1
20$DDOGLe-Quoc AlexisChief Technology Officer2026-10-07$273.595353,912$14,750,067Reported Rule 10b5-1 plan.SEC 1

Five interpretation checks

Dates before headlines

Only October 5–9 transactions enter this edition. For example, the October 2 Medline and Pershing Square USA transactions are excluded even when they appear in one of the linked filings.

Joint owners are not multiple trades

A filing can identify several beneficial owners of the same shares. Joint reporting is counted once; distinct lots and distinct Silver Lake funds remain distinguishable.

Units and currencies matter

AVR totals use common-stock purchases only. Its derivative table also contains CHESS instruments and Australian-dollar references; those instruments do not enter this USD common-stock total.

Purchase and sale codes need footnotes

GGR reports agreements to buy shares upon closing; it is excluded from completed purchases. IHT has an anomalous reported unit price and is also excluded until it can be verified. A filing is primary evidence, but its numerical fields still require scrutiny.

Plans change the interpretation

Nippon Life’s CRBG purchases were under a plan adopted August 7. Many executive sales also carry plan markers. A prearranged plan is not evidence of a new discretionary view.

What stands out on the buy side

Borr Drilling / Tor Olav Trøim

The filings report $17,951,550 of purchases on October 5–7 through Drew Holdings. The size merits attention, but the filings do not establish the future operating performance of the drilling business.

Corebridge / Nippon Life

Nippon Life reports $27,262,829 of purchases on October 5–7 under a disclosed Rule 10b5-1 plan. This is accumulation by a significant shareholder, not a spontaneous CEO purchase.

Prothena / William Scully

William Scully reports $1,821,054 of Prothena purchases on October 7–8. The transaction is distinct from clinical evidence and does not establish the probability of a successful trial.

What stands out on the sell side

Large-owner sales dominate the sample

Medline / GIC totals $385,404,928 for October 5–6, excluding the prior-week lots in the same filing. Elastic / Steven Schuurman totals $135,195,000. Canyon’s CBL filing explicitly describes an open-market sale worth $68,238,425. These large-owner events differ from compensation-related executive sales.

Read the sale mechanism

ANET, HOOD, UTHR and other rows carry plan disclosures. For UTHR and DUOL only the sale legs enter the totals; option exercises are excluded. SNOW gifts are excluded. Separate DELL fund positions are identified rather than presented as repeated sales of the same shares.

How the data were verified

Each lot was checked against transaction dates, prices, security types and plan disclosures. GGR and IHT were excluded for the reasons above. AVR uses only common stock; the October 2 lots in MDLN and PSUS are outside the edition. The result is a bounded, reproducible sample, not a claim to cover every SEC filing.

Sources and disclosure limits

The initial transaction list comes from Finviz, as of October 10. Each ranked group links to its primary SEC Form 4 evidence: 57 distinct filings for 40 groups. Amounts sum in-period non-derivative P/A purchases and S/D sales at reported prices. Exclusion evidence: IHT filing; GGR filing.

Reported prices can be weighted averages, so displayed values are estimates based on filing precision. Rounded group totals may not add exactly to the aggregate rounded total. This screen is not a full-market census; it can omit filings outside the discovery sample. Ownership changes and trading plans do not by themselves establish investment merit.

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