Insider Transactions by Ticker
GET/v1/insider-transactions/{ticker}
Retrieve SEC Form 4 insider purchase and sale transactions for a ticker. Each row includes reporting person, transaction type, shares, price, value, filing date and links to the underlying EDGAR filing. Pagination via page and limit (default 50, max 250). Purchases and sales only - filtered for clean buy/sell activity.
Use cases
- Insider buying and selling monitors for a single issuer
- Governance and alignment research on company profile pages
- Event feeds for unusual insider activity on watchlist names
- Compliance review of officer and director transactions
Input parameters
Required
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ticker(*) | string | Ticker. |
| page | integer | Zero-based page (default 0). |
| limit | integer | Page size, 1-250 (default 50). |
Output parameters
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| results | array | Form 4 insider transactions (purchases and sales). |
| results[].insiderName | string | Reporting person name. |
| results[].relationship | string | Officer, director, or other relationship. |
| results[].transactionDate | string | Transaction date (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| results[].transactionType | string | Purchase or Sale. |
| results[].price | float | Transaction price per share. |
| results[].shares | integer | Shares transacted. |
| results[].value | float | Total transaction value. |
| results[].sharesOwnedFollowing | integer | Shares owned after the transaction. |
| results[].filingId | string | SEC filing accession id. |
| results[].filedAt | string | Filing timestamp (ISO 8601). |
| count | integer | Number of rows on this page. |
| total | integer | Total matching transactions. |
| page | integer | Zero-based page index. |
from vantafin import RESTClient
client = RESTClient("vf-live-your_api_key")
result = client.get_insider_transactions("AAPL", limit=50)
print(result){
"results": [
{
"insiderName": "Borders Ben",
"relationship": "officer: Principal Accounting Officer",
"transactionDate": "2026-05-08",
"transactionType": "Sale",
"price": 290,
"shares": 1274,
"value": 369460,
"sharesOwnedFollowing": 38713,
"filingId": "0000320193_000114036126020871",
"filedAt": "2026-05-12"
},
{
"insiderName": "LEVINSON ARTHUR D",
"relationship": "director",
"transactionDate": "2026-05-06",
"transactionType": "Sale",
"price": 284.57,
"shares": 149527,
"value": 42550898.39,
"sharesOwnedFollowing": 3920049,
"filingId": "0000320193_000114036126020298",
"filedAt": "2026-05-08"
}
],
"count": 50,
"total": 5761,
"page": 0
}