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I posted this dashboard here back in March, but with the recent investigations into insider trading by Kodak and the USPS Postmaster General I thought it was ve
by greatwave1 6y ago
I posted this dashboard here back in March, but with the recent investigations into insider trading by Kodak and the USPS Postmaster General I thought it was very relevant once again.
There are a lot of sites out there which list off every insider transaction. That’s good if you want to find more detail on a specific case of suspected insider trading, but it makes it difficult to quickly identify companies with suspicious activity.
Instead of displaying data at the transaction-level, I decided to aggregate transactions from a 6-month rolling period. I then created the “Insider Confidence Index”, which measures a company’s insider trading activity relative to their total market volume.
I also created a graph showing daily net purchases/sales across all S&P 500 insiders, to give an idea of the aggregate sentiment among insiders. It was interesting to see a huge spike in selling back in early February, and then again a couple of weeks ago.
I’d love to hear any thoughts or suggestions you have on how to improve this dashboard, and if you’d prefer to see the data at a transaction-level.
- edoceo 6y agoHow frequently is it update? Where is the data sources from? Could add a couple of these answers at the bottom of the page, or a link to some FAQ with these details.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't do multiple Show HNs for the same project, unless there has been a major change. This is in the rules: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html. (A dozen in a few months is way too much.)
- greatwave1 6y agoHi Daniel, Mind if I do a non-Show HN post for this dashboard? I mentioned it in a thread last night (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24164904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24164904) and there was positive reception. I think the content is very relevant right now, and I'd love to share in a stand-alone thread
- dang 6y agoThat's fine.