buyModerate

John P Calamos Sr bought $267k of CPZ

President and Chairman at Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust. 18,000 shares at an average of $14.85, traded Dec 20, 2023, filed Dec 21, 2023.

Conviction score

Value

$267k

18,000 shares

Holdings after

67,508

+36% from before

From 52-week low

+13%

low $9.55, close $10.76

From 52-week high

-4%

high $11.20, as of Dec 20, 2023

Score components

Role
President
+20
Trade size
$267k at market
+13
Relative to holdings
Holdings up 36%
+6
Price context
Near the top of the 52-week range
0
Cluster
No other insider buying within 14 days
0
Repeat buying
4 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 21, 2023: +20.0%SPY +70.0% · excess -50.0%

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 0001679182-23-000004, as filed. Open on EDGAR

Date	Transaction	Shares	Price	Value	Holdings after	Filed
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+500	$14.78	$7,390	50,008	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+1,410	$14.79	$21k	51,418	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+3,505	$14.80	$52k	54,923	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+1,401	$14.81	$21k	56,324	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+185	$14.82	$2,742	56,509	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+300	$14.83	$4,449	56,809	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+1,154	$14.84	$17k	57,963	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+630	$14.85	$9,356	58,593	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+666	$14.86	$9,897	59,259	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+2,244	$14.87	$33k	61,503	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+1,000	$14.88	$15k	62,503	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+2,610	$14.89	$39k	65,113	Dec 21, 2023
Dec 20, 2023	POpen-market purchase Common Stockindirect: By Calamos Family Partners, Inc.	+2,395	$14.90	$36k	67,508	Dec 21, 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
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	$234k 15,813 shares	+47%	Dec 20, 2023
44Moderate	CPZsell Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	John S. Koudounis Vice President	$81k 5,400 shares	-100%	Dec 20, 2023
40Moderate	CPZbuy Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	John P Calamos Sr President and Chairman	$201k 13,715 shares	-	Dec 19, 2023
49Moderate	CPZbuy Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust	John P Calamos Sr President and Chairman	$296k 19,980 shares	+146%	Dec 19, 2023

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.