buyWeak

Ronald I Simon bought $75k of EFC

director at Ellington Financial Inc.. 5,544 shares at an average of $13.56, traded Sep 11, 2025, filed Oct 2, 2025.

Conviction score

Value

$75k

5,544 shares

Holdings after

80,000

+7% from before

From 52-week low

+26%

low $9.47, close $11.90

From 52-week high

-3%

high $12.21, as of Sep 11, 2025

Score components

Role
Director
+15
Trade size
$75k at market
+8
Relative to holdings
Holdings up 7%
+3
Price context
Near the top of the 52-week range
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.

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.

EFCOct 9, 2026 · close 11.66

Since filing Oct 2, 2025: -0.1%SPY +17.6% · excess -17.7%

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 0001628280-25-043750, as filed. Open on EDGAR

Date	Transaction	Shares	Price	Value	Holdings after	Filed
Sep 10, 2025	AGrant or award Common Stockindirect: By Trust	+9,198	$0.00	$0	74,456	Oct 2, 2025
Sep 11, 2025	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Trust	+5,544	$13.56	$75k	80,000	Oct 2, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Ellington Financial Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

Score	Company	Insider	Value	Holdings	Filed
35Weak	EFCsell Ellington Financial Inc.	Michael W Vranos Co-Chief Investment Officer	$355k 28,361 shares	-16%	Oct 16, 2024

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