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buyWeak cluster of 2

Edward J Smith bought $12k of DAIO

director at DATA I/O CORP. 5,000 shares at an average of $2.46, traded May 7, 2025, filed May 8, 2025.

Conviction score
26
Value
$12k
5,000 shares
Holdings after
42,815
+13% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $12k at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 13%
    +3
  • 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.

This signal so far: 1m +11.3%, 3m +33.1%, 6m +19.8%.

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.

DAIOOct 9, 2026 · close 2.91
Since filing May 8, 2025: +17.3%SPY +40.1% · excess -22.7%

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 0001654954-25-005281, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 7, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+5,000$2.46$12k42,815May 8, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at DATA I/O CORP and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
34Weak
DAIObuy 2
DATA I/O CORP
William O. Wentworth
President
$25k
10,585 shares
+43%
39Weak
DAIObuy 2
DATA I/O CORP
William O. Wentworth
President
$25k
10,332 shares
+29%

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.

Edward J Smith bought $12k of DAIO | InsiderTell