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Alexander Merk bought $487k of ASA

COO at ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd. 24,168 shares at an average of $20.17, traded Dec 26, 2024, filed Dec 30, 2024.

Conviction score
62
Value
$487k
24,168 shares
Holdings after
135,457
+22% from before
From 52-week low
+7%
low $18.94, close $20.27
From 52-week high
-10%
high $22.60, as of Dec 26, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    COO
    +20
  • Trade size
    $487k at market
    +18
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 22%
    +6
  • Price context
    7% above the 52-week low
    +10
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +12.9%, 3m +50.0%, 6m +57.2%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

ASAOct 9, 2026 · close 56.36
Since filing Dec 30, 2024: +181.0%SPY +34.9% · excess +146.2%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001435109-24-000474, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 26, 2024POpen-market purchase
ASA Gold & Pecious Metals Ltd
+1,100$20.30$22k112,389Dec 30, 2024
Dec 27, 2024POpen-market purchase
ASA Gold & Pecious Metals Ltd
+23,068$20.16$465k135,457Dec 30, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
64Notable
ASAsell
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd
Alexander Merk
COO
$943k
13,355 shares
-100%
32Weak
ASAbuy
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$9.4M
134,093 shares
+2%
27Weak
ASAbuy
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$2.9M
40,222 shares
+1%
32Weak
ASAbuy
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$6.2M
88,140 shares
+2%
31Weak
ASAbuy
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$2.0M
31,219 shares
+1%
27Weak
ASAbuy
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$2.3M
35,121 shares
+1%
25Weak
ASAbuy
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$544k
8,466 shares
+0%
27Weak
ASAbuy
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$2.7M
38,783 shares
+1%
32Weak
ASAbuy
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$4.6M
60,895 shares
+1%
12Weak
ASAbuy
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$102k
1,400 shares
+0%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Alexander Merk bought $487k of ASA | InsiderTell