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SEC EDGAR Form 4 Insider Trades Scraper
DeprecatedScrapes SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings to extract insider trading data (purchases, sales, awards) for any US-listed company. Returns structured JSON with insider name, title, transaction type, shares, price, and total value.
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Scrapes SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings to extract structured insider trading data for any US-listed company. No API key required — uses only public SEC EDGAR endpoints.
What You Get
Each row in the output dataset represents one transaction from a Form 4 filing:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
filing_date | Date the Form 4 was filed with the SEC |
transaction_date | Actual date of the transaction |
issuer_ticker | Stock ticker symbol |
issuer_name | Company name |
insider_name | Full name of the insider |
insider_title | Role (CEO, CFO, Director, 10% Owner, etc.) |
transaction_type | Human-readable type (Purchase, Sale, Award/Grant, Option Exercise, etc.) |
direction | buy, sell, or other |
transaction_code | SEC transaction code (P=Purchase, S=Sale, A=Award, M=Option Exercise...) |
security_type | Security name (e.g. "Common Stock", "Restricted Stock Unit") |
transaction_category | non-derivative (direct shares) or derivative (options, warrants) |
shares_transacted | Number of shares in the transaction |
price_per_share | Price per share in USD |
total_value | Total transaction value (shares × price) |
shares_owned_after | Total shares held after the transaction |
ownership_type | Direct or Indirect |
exercise_price | Option exercise price (derivatives only) |
expiration_date | Option expiration date (derivatives only) |
underlying_shares | Underlying shares for derivative (derivatives only) |
accession_number | SEC EDGAR accession number |
filing_url | Direct link to the filing on SEC.gov |
Input Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker | string | — | Stock ticker (e.g. AAPL). Provide this or cik. |
cik | string | — | SEC CIK number. Alternative to ticker. |
daysBack | integer | 90 | How far back to search (days). Max 3650. |
maxFilings | integer | 40 | Max Form 4 filings to process. Max 200. |
includeDerivatives | boolean | true | Include options/warrants transactions. |
userAgent | string | — | Custom User-Agent for SEC requests (include your email). |
Example Input
Example Output
How It Works
- Resolves the ticker to a SEC CIK number using the EDGAR company tickers registry
- Fetches Form 4 filing metadata from
data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK{cik}.json - Downloads each Form 4 XML document from the EDGAR archives
- Parses the XML to extract all transaction records
- Pushes structured records to the Apify dataset
SEC EDGAR Rate Limits
SEC allows a maximum of 10 requests per second. This actor throttles to ~8 req/s. If you run many actors in parallel against the same IP, consider adding delay. SEC may block IPs that exceed their limits.
The userAgent parameter should include your contact email so SEC can reach you if needed — this is their stated policy.
Data Source
All data comes directly from the SEC EDGAR public database:
https://data.sec.gov/submissions/— filing metadatahttps://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/— filing documents
No third-party data providers. Data is as accurate as what insiders report to the SEC.
Use Cases
- Monitor insider buying/selling for investment research
- Build insider trading alerts and signals
- Aggregate insider activity for screening
- Track specific executives across companies
- Academic research on insider trading patterns
