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Mario J Gabelli sold $2.0M of GDL

director, owner, other at GDL FUND. 200,000 shares at an average of $10.00, traded Oct 17, 2022, filed Oct 19, 2022.

Warning score
60
Value
$2.0M
200,000 shares
Holdings after
0
-100% from before
From 52-week low
+2%
low $6.14, close $6.27
From 52-week high
-8%
high $6.78, as of Oct 17, 2022

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $2.0M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 100% of holdings
    +20
  • Cluster
    No other insider selling within 14 days
    0

What happened after comparable sells

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 19, 2022: +34.1%SPY +122.4% · excess -88.3%

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 0001271163-22-000047, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Oct 17, 2022SOpen-market sale
Series E Cumulative Preferred Sharesindirect: E3M 2018, LLC
-200,000$10.00$2.0M0Oct 19, 2022
Oct 17, 2022POpen-market purchase
Series E Cumulative Preferred Shares
+200,000$10.00$2.0M500,000Oct 19, 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%
20Weak
GDLbuy
GDL FUND
Mario J Gabelli
director, owner, other
$9,468
1,200 shares
+3%

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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