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John Chester Ball bought $251 of BCV

Treasurer at BANCROFT FUND LTD. 16 shares at an average of $15.72, traded Feb 22, 2024, filed Feb 23, 2024.

Conviction score
30
Value
$251
16 shares
Holdings after
16
change unknown
From 52-week low
+12%
low $11.45, close $12.85
From 52-week high
-10%
high $14.27, as of Feb 22, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    CFO
    +22
  • Trade size
    $251 at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    First purchase: no shares before this trade
    +8
  • 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.

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.

BCVOct 9, 2026 · close 23.21
Since filing Feb 23, 2024: +82.2%SPY +58.2% · excess +23.9%

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 0001271163-24-000018, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 22, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Shares
+16$15.72$25116Feb 23, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at BANCROFT FUND LTD and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
48Moderate
BCVsell 2
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Anthonie C Vanekris
director
$27k
1,150 shares
-92%
20Weak
BCVsell
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$29k
1,300 shares
-5%
26Weak
BCVbuy
BANCROFT FUND LTD
James Andrew Dinsmore
President
$4,730
220 shares
+29%
23Weak
BCVsell 2
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$23k
1,000 shares
-4%
20Weak
BCVsell
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$27k
1,500 shares
-5%
20Weak
BCVsell
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$31k
2,000 shares
-6%
20Weak
BCVsell
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$32k
2,000 shares
-1%
20Weak
BCVsell
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$31k
2,000 shares
-6%
30Weak
BCVbuy
BANCROFT FUND LTD
James Andrew Dinsmore
President
$4,622
300 shares
+79%
20Weak
BCVsell
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$28k
1,732 shares
-1%

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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