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Phillip Goldstein bought $35k of PCF

director at HIGH INCOME SECURITIES FUND. 5,787 shares at an average of $6.02, traded Dec 16, 2025, filed Dec 18, 2025.

Conviction score
31
Value
$35k
5,787 shares
Holdings after
5,934
+3937% from before
From 52-week low
+11%
low $4.90, close $5.45
From 52-week high
-4%
high $5.66, as of Dec 16, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $35k at market
    +6
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 3937%
    +10
  • 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.

This signal so far: 1m +2.8%, 3m -6.1%, 6m -1.1%.

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.

PCFOct 12, 2026 · close 5.07
Since filing Dec 18, 2025: -6.0%SPY +16.3% · excess -22.3%

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 0001104659-25-122595, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 16, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,487$6.04$15k2,634Dec 18, 2025
Dec 17, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+800$6.03$4,8243,434Dec 18, 2025
Dec 18, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,500$5.99$15k5,934Dec 18, 2025

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-99%
35Weak
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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.

Phillip Goldstein bought $35k of PCF | InsiderTell