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David McGarel bought $196k of FTHY

Officer-Investment Adviser at FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND. 14,000 shares at an average of $14.01, traded Jun 18, 2024, filed Jun 18, 2024.

Conviction score
35
Value
$196k
14,000 shares
Holdings after
14,000
change unknown
From 52-week low
+19%
low $9.18, close $10.93
From 52-week high
-2%
high $11.21, as of Jun 18, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $196k at market
    +12
  • 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.

This signal so far: 1m +5.3%, 3m +8.5%, 6m +10.5%.

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 Jun 18, 2024: +17.0%SPY +46.0% · excess -29.1%

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 0001445546-24-004308, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jun 18, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Shares
+6,000$14.02$84k6,000Jun 18, 2024
Jun 18, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Shares
+5,000$14.01$70k11,000Jun 18, 2024
Jun 18, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Shares
+3,000$14.01$42k14,000Jun 18, 2024

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
29Weak
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William A Housey Jr
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+11%
44Moderate
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$129k
10,000 shares
+71%
35Weak
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William A Housey Jr
other
$65k
5,000 shares
+30%
30Weak
FTHYbuy 2
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William A Housey Jr
other
$68k
5,241 shares
+45%
22Weak
FTHYbuy
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Kevin L Ziets
other
$44k
3,000 shares
-
43Moderate
FTHYbuy
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James M Dykas
President, CEO
$5,521
400 shares
-
38Weak
FTHYbuy
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James A Bowen
director, other
$434k
30,000 shares
+22%
35Weak
FTHYbuy
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James A Bowen
director, other
$183k
12,130 shares
+10%
28Weak
FTHYbuy
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James A Bowen
director, other
$66k
4,370 shares
+4%
31Weak
FTHYbuy
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James A Bowen
director, other
$251k
17,000 shares
+16%

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.

David McGarel bought $196k of FTHY | InsiderTell