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buyWeak cluster of 3

William A Housey Jr bought $51k of FTHY

other at FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND. 3,600 shares at an average of $14.25, traded Apr 10, 2024, filed Apr 11, 2024.

Conviction score
36
Value
$51k
3,600 shares
Holdings after
11,600
+45% from before
From 52-week low
+19%
low $9.18, close $10.91
From 52-week high
-1%
high $11.04, as of Apr 10, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    Other
    +8
  • Trade size
    $51k at market
    +7
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 45%
    +6
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    3 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • 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.

FTHYOct 12, 2026 · close 12.79
Since filing Apr 11, 2024: +18.9%SPY +54.6% · excess -35.7%

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 0001445546-24-002807, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Apr 10, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Shares
+100$14.25$1,4258,100Apr 11, 2024
Apr 10, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Shares
+3,500$14.25$50k11,600Apr 11, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
29Weak
FTHYbuy 2
FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND
William A Housey Jr
other
$32k
2,500 shares
+11%
44Moderate
FTHYbuy 2
FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND
David McGarel
Officer-Investment Adviser
$129k
10,000 shares
+71%
35Weak
FTHYbuy 2
FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND
William A Housey Jr
other
$65k
5,000 shares
+30%
30Weak
FTHYbuy 2
FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND
William A Housey Jr
other
$68k
5,241 shares
+45%
22Weak
FTHYbuy
FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND
Kevin L Ziets
other
$44k
3,000 shares
-
43Moderate
FTHYbuy
FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND
James M Dykas
President, CEO
$5,521
400 shares
-
38Weak
FTHYbuy
FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND
James A Bowen
director, other
$434k
30,000 shares
+22%
31Weak
FTHYbuy
FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND
James A Bowen
director, other
$251k
17,000 shares
+16%
35Weak
FTHYbuy
FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND
David McGarel
Officer-Investment Adviser
$196k
14,000 shares
-
55Moderate
FTHYbuy 3
FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND
James A Bowen
director, other
$281k
20,000 shares
+23%

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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