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Michael Balkin bought $171k of HRZN

Chief Executive Officer at Horizon Technology Finance Corp. 20,000 shares at an average of $8.53, traded Dec 16, 2024, filed Dec 17, 2024.

Conviction score
34
Value
$171k
20,000 shares
Holdings after
20,000
change unknown
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $171k at market
    +11
  • Relative to holdings
    First purchase: no shares before this trade
    +8
  • Price context
    No price history yet
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • 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 +5.8%, 3m +9.4%, 6m -9.5%.

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.

HRZNOct 9, 2026 · close 4.59
Since filing Dec 17, 2024: -27.5%SPY +31.8% · excess -59.3%

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 0001437749-24-037709, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 16, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Self as Trustee for Michael P. Balkin Revocable Trust dated 11/1/93 as Amended
+20,000$8.53$171k20,000Dec 17, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at Horizon Technology Finance Corp and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
52Moderate
HRZNbuy 6
Horizon Technology Finance Corp
Kimberley Ann O'Connor
director
$44k
10,000 shares
-
46Moderate
HRZNbuy 6
Horizon Technology Finance Corp
Thomas J. Allison
director
$26k
6,000 shares
+12%
75Notable
HRZNbuy 6
Horizon Technology Finance Corp
Michael Balkin
Chief Executive Officer
$434k
100,000 shares
+81%
53Moderate
HRZNbuy 6
Horizon Technology Finance Corp
Jonathan Joseph Goodman
director
$26k
6,000 shares
+260%
55Moderate
HRZNbuy 6
Horizon Technology Finance Corp
Paul G Seitz
Chief Investment Officer
$50k
11,477 shares
+1500%
62Notable
HRZNbuy 6
Horizon Technology Finance Corp
Daniel R. Trolio
Executive VP and CFO
$50k
11,500 shares
+326%
36Weak
HRZNbuy 2
Horizon Technology Finance Corp
Gerald A. Michaud
President
$75k
8,000 shares
+5%
35Weak
HRZNbuy 2
Horizon Technology Finance Corp
Joseph J Savage
director
$88k
9,500 shares
+19%

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.