Insider Trading API GET

Insider Trading returns recent SEC Form 4 insider transactions for a US public company by ticker - who bought or sold, their role, the number of shares, price and transaction type - plus a derived insider-sentiment summary with net buy/sell activity and cluster-buy detection calculated for you.

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Request

GETapi.apiverve.com/v1/insidertrading

Verification

Format

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200 OK

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    // Insider Trading response payload
  }
}

About the Insider Trading API

Insider Trading works by parsing SEC Form 4 ownership filings for US public companies into clean, normalized transactions and layering on derived intelligence the raw filings do not carry - open-market buy versus sell totals, net insider activity, distinct insiders, and a bullish/bearish sentiment read. Compensation noise like option grants and tax withholding is separated from real open-market signals. Data is refreshed continuously from official SEC filings.

Ways to call it

One endpoint, many ways in — REST with JSON, XML, YAML and CSV, plus GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents.

JSON: Default REST response
XML: Markup format
YAML: Human-readable
CSV: Tabular export
GraphQL: Query language
MCP: For AI agents

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Other ways to use Insider Trading

Same data, same APIVerve account, same credit balance — one key works on all of them.

Give it to an AI agentConnect over MCP and your agent calls it as a native tool — Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT.on VerveKit Google Sheets or ExcelA =VERVE() formula fills a column — no script, no export, recalculates in place.on VerveSheets Ground an agent on itA cited, machine-checkable fact your model can't produce on its own.on VerveContext

Questions.

Common questions about the Insider Trading API.

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What does the Insider Trading API do?

How do I authenticate Insider Trading API requests?

Pass your API key in the x-api-key header over HTTPS. One key works across all 300+ APIVerve APIs — there are no per-endpoint credentials.

How much does the Insider Trading API cost?

Each call spends 6 credits from your shared pool. The free tier includes 200 credits every month, and paid plans add more headroom.

How fast is the Insider Trading API?

Response time depends on the endpoint — the p50 through p99 latency for this API is published on this page. Requests are served over HTTPS through a global edge network.

What response formats does the Insider Trading API support?

JSON by default, plus XML and YAML via the format parameter. GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents are available across the catalog.

What HTTP method does the Insider Trading API use?

GET over HTTPS, following standard REST conventions with a consistent { status, error, data } response envelope.

Request parameters — GET /v1/insidertrading

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them. Anything not listed here is dropped rather than passed through.

Required

Parameter	Type	Example	Description
`ticker`Required	string	`AAPL`	Stock ticker symbol (e.g. AAPL, MSFT, ADBE) length 1-6

Optional

Parameter	Type	Example	Description
`type`OptionalPremium	string	`buy`	Filter to open-market buys or sells (buy or sell).
`limit`OptionalPremium	integer	`10`	Number of transactions to return (1-25). Defaults to 5. range 1-25

Example request

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/insidertrading?ticker=AAPL&type=buy&limit=10" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — no token exchange, and no per-endpoint scope to configure.

Header	When	Value
`x-api-key`Required	Every request	Your API key. Header names are case-insensitive, so `X-API-Key` is the same header.
`Authorization`Alternate	Instead of the above	`Bearer <key>` — for clients that only expose bearer auth. Resolves to the same account and the same billing.

401 is the only auth verdict

A 401 means the key is missing, invalid or expired. A 403 means the key is valid but not permitted here — blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Running out of credits is a 429.

Response — GET /v1/insidertrading

Every APIVerve endpoint returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape.

Sample response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "ticker": "AAPL",
    "cik": "0000320193",
    "company": "Apple Inc.",
    "totalRecentForm4": 512,
    "count": 5,
    "lastTransactionDate": "2025-10-14",
    "daysSinceLastTransaction": 64,
    "transactions": [
      {
        "filingDate": "2025-10-16",
        "transactionDate": "2025-10-14",
        "insiderName": "COOK TIMOTHY D",
        "insiderTitle": "Chief Executive Officer",
        "relationship": {
          "director": true,
          "officer": true,
          "tenPercentOwner": false
        },
        "security": "Common Stock",
        "transactionCode": "S",
        "transactionType": "Sale",
        "direction": "sell",
        "acquiredDisposed": "D",
        "shares": 511000,
        "pricePerShare": 245.5,
        "value": 125450500,
        "sharesOwnedAfter": 3280000,
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000118",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000118/xslF345X05/wf-form4.xml"
      },
      {
        "filingDate": "2025-10-02",
        "transactionDate": "2025-10-01",
        "insiderName": "MAESTRI LUCA",
        "insiderTitle": "Senior Vice President, CFO",
        "relationship": {
          "director": false,
          "officer": true,
          "tenPercentOwner": false
        },
        "security": "Common Stock",
        "transactionCode": "S",
        "transactionType": "Sale",
        "direction": "sell",
        "acquiredDisposed": "D",
        "shares": 74213,
        "pricePerShare": 241.18,
        "value": 17899091,
        "sharesOwnedAfter": 112884,
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000112",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000112/xslF345X05/wf-form4.xml"
      },
      {
        "filingDate": "2025-08-20",
        "transactionDate": "2025-08-18",
        "insiderName": "WILLIAMS JEFFREY E",
        "insiderTitle": "Chief Operating Officer",
        "relationship": {
          "director": false,
          "officer": true,
          "tenPercentOwner": false
        },
        "security": "Common Stock",
        "transactionCode": "P",
        "transactionType": "Purchase",
        "direction": "buy",
        "acquiredDisposed": "A",
        "shares": 5000,
        "pricePerShare": 226.4,
        "value": 1132000,
        "sharesOwnedAfter": 489210,
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000101",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000101/xslF345X05/wf-form4.xml"
      },
      {
        "filingDate": "2025-08-04",
        "transactionDate": "2025-08-01",
        "insiderName": "ADAMS KATHERINE L",
        "insiderTitle": "Senior Vice President, General Counsel",
        "relationship": {
          "director": false,
          "officer": true,
          "tenPercentOwner": false
        },
        "security": "Common Stock",
        "transactionCode": "A",
        "transactionType": "Grant/Award",
        "direction": null,
        "acquiredDisposed": "A",
        "shares": 25000,
        "pricePerShare": 0,
        "value": 0,
        "sharesOwnedAfter": 312450,
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000098",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000098/xslF345X05/wf-form4.xml"
      },
      {
        "filingDate": "2025-08-04",
        "transactionDate": "2025-08-01",
        "insiderName": "O'BRIEN DEIRDRE",
        "insiderTitle": "Senior Vice President",
        "relationship": {
          "director": false,
          "officer": true,
          "tenPercentOwner": false
        },
        "security": "Common Stock",
        "transactionCode": "F",
        "transactionType": "Tax Withholding",
        "direction": null,
        "acquiredDisposed": "D",
        "shares": 8123,
        "pricePerShare": 232.1,
        "value": 1885348,
        "sharesOwnedAfter": 145200,
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000097",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000097/xslF345X05/wf-form4.xml"
      }
    ],
    "summary": {
      "totalTransactions": 5,
      "distinctInsiders": 5,
      "buys": {
        "count": 1,
        "shares": 5000,
        "value": 1132000
      },
      "sells": {
        "count": 2,
        "shares": 585213,
        "value": 143349591
      },
      "netShares": -580213,
      "netValue": -142217591,
      "buySellRatio": 0.01,
      "sentiment": "Bearish",
      "clusterBuy": false
    }
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Field	Type	Example	Description
`ticker`	string	`"AAPL"`	Stock ticker symbol for the company
`cik`	string	`"0000320193"`	SEC Central Index Key unique identifier
`company`	string	`"Apple Inc."`	Official registered name of the company
`totalRecentForm4`	number	`512`	Total Form 4 filings in the company's recent feed
`count`	number	`5`	Number of transactions returned in this response
`lastTransactionDate`	string	`"2025-10-14"`	Date of the most recent insider transaction
`daysSinceLastTransaction`Premium	number	`64`	Days since the most recent insider transaction
`transactions`	array[5]		Recent insider transactions, most recent first
`filingDate`	string	`"2025-10-16"`	Date the Form 4 was filed
`transactionDate`	string	`"2025-10-14"`	Date the transaction occurred
`insiderName`	string	`"COOK TIMOTHY D"`	Name of the reporting insider
`insiderTitle`	string	`"Chief Executive Officer"`	Role or title of the insider
`relationship`	object	`{...}`	Insider relationship flags (director, officer, 10% owner)
`director`	boolean	`true`	Whether the insider is a director of the company
`officer`	boolean	`true`	Whether the insider is an officer of the company
`tenPercentOwner`	boolean	`false`	Whether the insider owns 10% or more of the company's stock
`security`	string	`"Common Stock"`	Title of the security transacted
`transactionCode`	string	`"S"`	SEC transaction code (P, S, A, M, F, ...)
`transactionType`	string	`"Sale"`	Human-readable transaction type
`direction`	string	`"sell"`	Open-market direction (buy or sell), when applicable
`acquiredDisposed`	string	`"D"`	Whether shares were acquired (A) or disposed (D)
`shares`	number	`511000`	Number of shares in the transaction
`pricePerShare`	number	`245.5`	Price per share for the transaction
`value`	number	`125450500`	Total transaction value (shares x price)
`sharesOwnedAfter`	number	`3280000`	Shares owned by the insider after the transaction
`accessionNumber`	string	`"0000320193-25-000118"`	SEC accession number for the filing
`url`	string	`"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000118/xslF345X05/wf-form4.xml"`	Direct link to the Form 4 filing
`summary`	object	`{...}`	Derived insider-sentiment summary
`totalTransactions`Premium	number	`5`	Transactions in the summarized window
`distinctInsiders`Premium	number	`5`	Number of distinct insiders transacting
`buys`Premium	object	`{...}`	Open-market buy totals (count, shares, value)
`count`Premium	number	`1`	Number of open-market buy transactions
`shares`Premium	number	`5000`	Total shares acquired in open-market buy transactions
`value`Premium	number	`1132000`	Total dollar value of open-market buy transactions
`sells`Premium	object	`{...}`	Open-market sell totals (count, shares, value)
`count`Premium	number	`2`	Number of open-market sell transactions
`shares`Premium	number	`585213`	Total shares disposed of in open-market sell transactions
`value`Premium	number	`143349591`	Total dollar value of open-market sell transactions
`netShares`Premium	number	`-580213`	Net shares bought minus sold (open-market)
`netValue`Premium	number	`-142217591`	Net dollar value bought minus sold (open-market)
`buySellRatio`Premium	number	`0.01`	Ratio of buy value to sell value
`sentiment`Premium	string	`"Bearish"`	Insider sentiment read (Bullish, Bearish, Neutral)
`clusterBuy`Premium	boolean	`false`	Whether multiple insiders bought in the window

Response headers

Every response carries your balance, so your own code always knows where it stands without polling anything. All four are exposed to browsers through CORS.

Header	What it carries
`x-api-remaining-credits`	Credits left in the current cycle
`x-api-credits-used`	Credits spent in the current cycle
`x-api-max-credits`	The allowance for the cycle
`x-api-version`	Version of the endpoint that answered

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change.

Status	Meaning	What to do
`400`	Input was rejected	Read `error`; it names the parameter that has to change.
`401`	Key missing or invalid	Check the header name and the key value.
`403`	Key valid, but not permitted here	A key restriction or an IP allow-list — never a bad key.
`429`	Rate limited, or out of credits	Read `error` to tell them apart, then back off or top up.

What a call costs — 6 credits per call

Credits are shared across every APIVerve API — one balance, one key, one bill. Failed requests never count against it, so a rejected input costs nothing.

Plan	Per month	Credits	Insider Trading calls	Per 1,000 calls
Free	Free	200	33	Free
Starter	$29.99	200,000	33,333	$0.90
Pro	$99.99	1,000,000	166,666	$0.60
Mega	$299.99	4,000,000	666,666	$0.45

Calls are what the credits buy at this API's rate — spend them here, on any of the other APIs, or across both. Nothing is reserved per endpoint.

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Call it from cURL — GET /v1/insidertrading

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/insidertrading with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

cURL

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/insidertrading" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Resources

ReferenceInsider Trading API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from Node.js — GET /v1/insidertrading

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/insidertrading with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/insidertrading", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Resources

ReferenceInsider Trading API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from Python — GET /v1/insidertrading

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/insidertrading with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

Python

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/insidertrading",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(res.json()["data"])

Resources

ReferenceInsider Trading API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from C# / .NET — GET /v1/insidertrading

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/insidertrading with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

C# / .NET

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");

var json = await client.GetStringAsync("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/insidertrading");
Console.WriteLine(json);

Resources

ReferenceInsider Trading API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from Go — GET /v1/insidertrading

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/insidertrading with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/insidertrading", nil)
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))

Resources

ReferenceInsider Trading API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from PHP — GET /v1/insidertrading

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/insidertrading with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

PHP

$ch = curl_init("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/insidertrading");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;

Resources

ReferenceInsider Trading API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/insidertrading

No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/insidertrading with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.

Ruby

require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/insidertrading")
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY"

res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |h| h.request(req) }
puts res.body

Resources

ReferenceInsider Trading API docsEvery parameter, every response field, and the errors.ParametersWhat this call acceptsRequired and optional inputs, with example values.

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Insider Trading API GET

Try it — live request, no key required

About the Insider Trading API

Ways to call it

Other ways to use Insider Trading

Questions.

Request parameters — GET /v1/insidertrading

Required

Optional

Authentication

Response — GET /v1/insidertrading

Response fields

Response headers

Errors

What a call costs — 6 credits per call

Call it from cURL — GET /v1/insidertrading

Resources

Call it from Node.js — GET /v1/insidertrading

Resources

Call it from Python — GET /v1/insidertrading

Resources

Call it from C# / .NET — GET /v1/insidertrading

Resources

Call it from Go — GET /v1/insidertrading

Resources

Call it from PHP — GET /v1/insidertrading

Resources

Call it from Ruby — GET /v1/insidertrading

Resources

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