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Michael A Syrek bought $3,493 of BOTJ

President - Bank of the James at BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC. 250 shares at an average of $13.97, traded Aug 11, 2025, filed Aug 12, 2025.

Conviction score
35
Value
$3,493
250 shares
Holdings after
13,600
+2% from before
From 52-week low
+20%
low $11.26, close $13.52
From 52-week high
-13%
high $15.60, as of Aug 11, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    President
    +20
  • Trade size
    $3k at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 1.9%
    0
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    5 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • 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 +6.2%, 3m +23.9%, 6m +47.1%.

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.

BOTJOct 12, 2026 · close 27.17
Since filing Aug 12, 2025: +99.3%SPY +22.7% · excess +76.6%

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 0001437749-25-026210, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 11, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock, Par Value 2.14
+7$14.00$9813,357Aug 12, 2025
Aug 11, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock, Par Value 2.14
+243$13.97$3,39513,600Aug 12, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
30Weak
BOTJbuy 4
BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Michael A Syrek
President - Bank of the James
$2,705
100 shares
+1%
35Weak
BOTJbuy 4
BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Lewis C Addison
director
$1,905
70 shares
+0%
35Weak
BOTJbuy 4
BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
William C Bryant III
director
$18k
650 shares
+1%
25Weak
BOTJbuy 4
BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Watt R Foster Jr
director
$13k
447 shares
+0%
33Weak
BOTJbuy 3
BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Phillip C Jamerson
director
$23k
1,000 shares
+6%
30Weak
BOTJbuy 3
BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Lewis C Addison
director
$1,900
82 shares
+0%
35Weak
BOTJbuy 3
BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
William C Bryant III
director
$24k
1,043 shares
+1%
35Weak
BOTJbuy 3
BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
William C Bryant III
director
$20k
996 shares
+1%
35Weak
BOTJbuy 3
BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Robert R Chapman
President
$25k
1,200 shares
+1%
30Weak
BOTJbuy 3
BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Lewis C Addison
director
$1,907
93 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.

Michael A Syrek bought $3,493 of BOTJ | InsiderTell