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W Whitney George sold $157k of FUND

director, owner, other at SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.. 17,700 shares at an average of $8.85, traded Jan 6, 2026, filed Jan 7, 2026.

Warning score
26
Value
$157k
17,700 shares
Holdings after
306,805
-5% from before
From 52-week low
+47%
low $5.82, close $8.53
From 52-week high
0%
high $8.53, as of Jan 6, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $157k at market
    +11
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 5.5% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider selling within 14 days
    0

What happened after comparable sells

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 +10.7%, 3m +12.0%, 6m +12.9%.

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.

FUNDOct 9, 2026 · close 9.75
Since filing Jan 7, 2026: +16.1%SPY +13.8% · excess +2.3%

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 0001193125-26-005892, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jan 6, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+1,785$8.89$16k8,078,033Jan 7, 2026
Jan 6, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: Held by Trust
-17,700$8.85$157k306,805Jan 7, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
40Moderate
FUNDbuy
SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.
W Whitney George
director, owner, other
$1.8M
181,813 shares
+2%
38Weak
FUNDbuy
SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.
W Whitney George
director, owner, other
$848k
88,058 shares
+1%
45Moderate
FUNDbuy
SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.
W Whitney George
director, owner, other
$1.2M
135,086 shares
+2%
15Weak
FUNDbuy
SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.
W Whitney George
director, owner, other
$16k
1,785 shares
+0%
40Moderate
FUNDbuy
SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.
W Whitney George
director, owner, other
$2.3M
270,237 shares
+3%
20Weak
FUNDsell
SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.
Thomas W Ulrich
See Remarks
$9,314
1,117 shares
-12%
40Moderate
FUNDbuy
SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.
W Whitney George
director, owner, other
$1.5M
179,607 shares
+2%
28Weak
FUNDsell
SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.
W Whitney George
director, owner, other
$244k
29,800 shares
-9%
40Moderate
FUNDbuy
SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.
W Whitney George
director, owner, other
$1.5M
196,329 shares
+2%
32Weak
FUNDsell
SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.
W Whitney George
director, owner, other
$215k
29,900 shares
-11%

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.

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