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Alexander Merk bought $635k of ASA

COO at ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd. 28,860 shares at an average of $21.99, traded Jan 8, 2025, filed Jan 10, 2025.

Conviction score
63
Value
$635k
28,860 shares
Holdings after
243,357
+13% from before
From 52-week low
+15%
low $18.94, close $21.72
From 52-week high
-4%
high $22.60, as of Jan 8, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    COO
    +20
  • Trade size
    $635k at market
    +20
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 13%
    +3
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    3 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    5 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • 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 +16.5%, 3m +35.3%, 6m +49.7%.

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 Jan 10, 2025: +159.5%SPY +36.7% · excess +122.8%

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 0001435109-25-000012, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jan 8, 2025POpen-market purchase
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd
+700$21.67$15k215,197Jan 10, 2025
Jan 10, 2025POpen-market purchase
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd
+28,160$22.00$620k243,357Jan 10, 2025

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 $635k of ASA | InsiderTell