buyModerate

John P Calamos Sr bought $296k of CPZ

President and Chairman at Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust. 19,980 shares at an average of $14.83, traded Dec 18, 2023, filed Dec 19, 2023.

Conviction score

Value

$296k

19,980 shares

Holdings after

33,695

+146% from before

From 52-week low

+11%

low $9.55, close $10.64

From 52-week high

-5%

high $11.20, as of Dec 18, 2023

Score components

Role
President
+20
Trade size
$296k at market
+14
Relative to holdings
Holdings up 146%
+10
Price context
Near the top of the 52-week range
0
Cluster
No other insider buying within 14 days
0
Repeat buying
2 buys in 90 days
+5
Track record
Too few past buys to judge (1 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.

CPZOct 12, 2026 · close 12.78

Since filing Dec 19, 2023: +18.6%SPY +69.2% · excess -50.6%

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 0001248580-23-000004, as filed. Open on EDGAR

Date	Transaction	Shares	Price	Value	Holdings after	Filed
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+505	$14.77	$7,459	14,220	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+605	$14.78	$8,942	14,825	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+1,631	$14.79	$24k	16,456	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+1,060	$14.80	$16k	17,516	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+2,385	$14.81	$35k	19,901	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+4,987	$14.82	$74k	24,888	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+900	$14.83	$13k	25,788	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+3,800	$14.84	$56k	29,588	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+100	$14.85	$1,485	29,688	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+2,100	$14.86	$31k	31,788	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+200	$14.89	$2,978	31,988	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+105	$14.90	$1,565	32,093	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+302	$14.91	$4,503	32,395	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+1,200	$14.92	$18k	33,595	Dec 19, 2023
Dec 18, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+100	$14.93	$1,493	33,695	Dec 19, 2023

Related signals

Other insiders at Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust and this insider’s other filings.

Score	Company	Insider	Value	Holdings	Filed
52Moderate	CPZsell Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	John P Calamos Sr President and Chairman	$199k 13,517 shares	-100%	Dec 18, 2025
55Moderate	CPZsell Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	John P Calamos Sr President and Chairman	$368k 25,000 shares	-64%	Dec 17, 2025
48Moderate	CPZsell Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	John P Calamos Sr President and Chairman	$511k 35,000 shares	-48%	Dec 16, 2025
58Moderate	CPZsell Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	Thomas E Herman VP and CFO	$418k 26,783 shares	-100%	Jan 31, 2025
25Weak	CPZbuy Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	Christopher M Toub director	$23k 1,500 shares	+100%	Jan 10, 2025
51Moderate	CPZsell Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	John S. Koudounis Vice President	$381k 24,739 shares	-100%	Sep 20, 2024
45Moderate	CPZbuy Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	Thomas E Herman VP and CFO	$254k 16,308 shares	+156%	May 2, 2024
23Weak	CPZbuy Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	Mark Mickey Chief Compliance Officer	$22k 1,500 shares	-	Feb 15, 2024
44Moderate	CPZbuy Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	John P Calamos Sr President and Chairman	$267k 18,000 shares	+36%	Dec 21, 2023
44Moderate	CPZbuy Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	John P Calamos Sr President and Chairman	$234k 15,813 shares	+47%	Dec 20, 2023

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