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Mario J Gabelli bought $9,468 of GDL

director, owner, other at GDL FUND. 1,200 shares at an average of $7.89, traded Oct 7, 2022, filed Oct 11, 2022.

Conviction score
20
Value
$9,468
1,200 shares
Holdings after
48,000
+3% from before
From 52-week low
0%
low $6.14, close $6.14
From 52-week high
-9%
high $6.78, as of Oct 7, 2022

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $9k at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 2.6%
    0
  • Price context
    0% above the 52-week low
    +10
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return -4% over 49 past buys
    -5

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.

GDLOct 12, 2026 · close 8.36
Since filing Oct 11, 2022: +35.6%SPY +129.1% · excess -93.4%

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 0001271163-22-000045, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Oct 7, 2022POpen-market purchase
Common Shares, Par Value $0.001indirect: GPJ Retirement Partners
+1,200$7.89$9,46848,000Oct 11, 2022

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
25Weak
GDLsell
GDL FUND
Mario J Gabelli
director, owner, other
$6,816
800 shares
-0%
25Weak
GDLsell
GDL FUND
Mario J Gabelli
director, owner, other
$6,712
800 shares
-0%
25Weak
GDLsell
GDL FUND
Mario J Gabelli
director, owner, other
$20k
2,500 shares
-1%
25Weak
GDLsell
GDL FUND
Mario J Gabelli
director, owner, other
$2,484
307 shares
-0%
40Moderate
GDLbuy
GDL FUND
John Chester Ball
President & Treasurer
$253
32 shares
-
15Weak
GDLsell
GDL FUND
Mario J Gabelli
director, owner, other
$16k
2,000 shares
-0%
20Weak
GDLbuy
GDL FUND
Mario J Gabelli
director, owner, other
$1,766
221 shares
+0%
60Notable
GDLbuy
GDL FUND
Mario J Gabelli
director, owner, other
$2.0M
200,000 shares
+67%
60Notable
GDLsell
GDL FUND
Mario J Gabelli
director, owner, other
$2.0M
200,000 shares
-100%

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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