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Andrew Dakos bought $30k of SWZ

President and CEO at Total Return Securities Fund. 5,000 shares at an average of $5.92, traded Jul 2, 2026, filed Jul 7, 2026.

Conviction score
55
Value
$30k
5,000 shares
Holdings after
131,000
+4% from before
From 52-week low
+1%
low $5.85, close $5.92
From 52-week high
-6%
high $6.32, as of Jul 2, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $30k at market
    +5
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 4.0%
    0
  • Price context
    1% above the 52-week low
    +10
  • Cluster
    3 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    5 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return -16% over 11 past buys
    -5

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.

SWZOct 9, 2026 · close 5.78
Since filing Jul 7, 2026: -3.3%SPY +4.3% · excess -7.7%

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 0001398344-26-011834, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jul 2, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Limited Partnership
+233$5.92$1,379126,233Jul 7, 2026
Jul 2, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Limited Partnership
+4,767$5.92$28k131,000Jul 7, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Total Return Securities Fund and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
31Weak
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Moritz A Sell
director
$12k
2,000 shares
+7%
53Moderate
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Andrew Dakos
President and CEO
$116k
20,000 shares
+50%
36Weak
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Moritz A Sell
director
$18k
3,000 shares
+12%
43Moderate
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
P Das Rajeev
Secretary
$18k
3,066 shares
+918%
33Weak
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Moritz A Sell
director
$5,910
1,000 shares
+4%
28Weak
SWZbuy
Total Return Securities Fund
Moritz A Sell
director
$15k
2,517 shares
+12%
36Weak
SWZbuy 2
Total Return Securities Fund
Moritz A Sell
director
$8,780
1,483 shares
+7%
44Moderate
SWZbuy 3
Total Return Securities Fund
Phillip Goldstein
Secretary
$36k
5,980 shares
+5%
46Moderate
SWZbuy 3
Total Return Securities Fund
Moritz A Sell
director
$24k
4,091 shares
+25%
28Weak
SWZbuy
Total Return Securities Fund
Moritz A Sell
director
$12k
2,000 shares
+14%

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.

Andrew Dakos bought $30k of SWZ | InsiderTell