Skip to content
buyModerate cluster of 2

Andrew Dakos bought $116k of SWZ

President and CEO at Total Return Securities Fund. 20,000 shares at an average of $5.79, traded Sep 25, 2026, filed Sep 29, 2026.

Conviction score
53
Value
$116k
20,000 shares
Holdings after
60,000
+50% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $116k at market
    +10
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 50%
    +10
  • Price context
    No price history yet
    0
  • 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.

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.

SWZOct 9, 2026 · close 5.78
Since filing Sep 29, 2026: +0.9%SPY +1.9% · excess -1.0%

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 0001398344-26-017532, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Sep 25, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+7,649$5.81$44k47,64913 d ago
Sep 25, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,351$5.82$14k50,00013 d ago
Sep 28, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+1,000$5.76$5,76051,00013 d ago
Sep 28, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+9,000$5.77$52k60,00013 d ago

Related signals

Other insiders at Total Return Securities Fund and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
31Weak
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Moritz A Sell
director
$12k
2,000 shares
+7%
18Weak
SWZbuy
Total Return Securities Fund
Moritz A Sell
director
$18k
3,000 shares
+12%
59Moderate
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Andrew Dakos
President and CEO
$66k
11,200 shares
+16%
57Moderate
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Andrew Dakos
President and CEO
$36k
6,000 shares
+9%
48Moderate
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Phillip Goldstein
Secretary
$60k
10,000 shares
+10%
56Moderate
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Andrew Dakos
President and CEO
$30k
5,024 shares
+8%
69Notable
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Andrew Dakos
President and CEO
$147k
24,500 shares
+65%
48Moderate
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Phillip Goldstein
Secretary
$60k
10,000 shares
+11%
46Moderate
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Phillip Goldstein
Secretary
$30k
5,000 shares
+6%
67Notable
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Andrew Dakos
President and CEO
$90k
14,918 shares
+66%

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.

Andrew Dakos bought $116k of SWZ | InsiderTell