Insider Trades in Screener

Insider activity gives you a glimpse into how people within the company are acting, promoters, directors, and key employees.

While insider trades don’t always predict price moves, they can add useful context when seen alongside trend, momentum, or key levels.

Tradomate brings this into the screener, so you can filter stocks based on recent insider activity, just like any other indicator.

Here’s how it works

You can start with a pre-made screener or build your own from scratch.

If you already have a setup in mind, click on “create new screen” and type it in plain English. For example: “Stocks where insiders have been active in the last 10 days”

If you prefer setting it up manually:

Click on “+” to add a new filter
Select Deals
Choose Insider Trades Count
Set how many deals you want to filter for by choosing a Transaction Type and entering a number (e.g., greater than 0)

Timeframe

Set how recent the deal activity should be by choosing between Last or Around, and defining the number of days, weeks, or months.

This helps you focus on fresh participation or activity within a specific time window.

Data is available from January 2020 onwards.

Transaction Type

Choose the type of insider activity you want to track:

Acquisition → insiders buying shares, often seen as a sign of confidence
Disposal → insiders selling shares, which may indicate profit booking or liquidity needs
Pledge → shares being pledged as collateral, sometimes linked to funding requirements
Invoke → pledged shares being invoked, can signal stress or forced selling
Revoke → pledged shares being released, indicates reduced leverage

You can select one or multiple transaction types depending on your use case.

Deal Count

This defines how frequently insider activity should occur.

Greater than 0 → at least one insider trade
Greater than 1 → repeated activity

Repeated insider activity can often be more meaningful than a single transaction.

How to use this

Insider Acquisition in last 7 days > 0 → recent insider buying activity
Insider Disposal in last 5 days > 1 → increased selling activity
Insider Trades in last 30 days > 2 → consistent insider participation

Used alongside your existing setup, this helps you add an internal layer of context to your screening.

Backtest your ideas

You can also backtest screeners built using insider activity.

Once you’ve created your screener with insider trade conditions, run a backtest to see how similar setups have performed in the past. This helps you move from just spotting activity to understanding whether it has historically led to meaningful price moves.