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Insider Trading skill

Get insider trading activity (SEC Form 4 filings) for one or more stocks. Use when user asks about insider buying/selling, executive transactions, insider sentiment, or Form 4 activity.

$npx skills add staskh/trading_skills --skill insider-trading
View this skill on GitHubstaskh/trading_skills/.claude/skills/insider-trading/SKILL.md
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Updated
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License
MIT
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Install Insider Trading

Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.

$npx skills add staskh/trading_skills --skill insider-trading

The open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.

01

Install it

Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.

02

Ask naturally

Describe the task. Your agent loads insider-trading when the request matches its description.

03

Name it if needed

If it does not trigger, say “use the insider-trading skill”. In Codex, type $insider-trading.

The skill itself

SKILL.md

FolderGitHub

Insider Trading

Fetch recent insider transactions from Yahoo Finance (SEC Form 4 data).

Instructions

Note: If uv is not installed or pyproject.toml is not found, replace uv run python with python in all commands below.

uv run python scripts/insider_trading.py SYMBOLS [--days DAYS]

Arguments

  • SYMBOLS - Single ticker or comma-separated list (e.g., NVDA or NVDA,PLTR,GOOG)
  • --days - Trailing days to look back (default: 90)

Output

Returns JSON with:

  • transactions - List of insider trades with insider name, role, transaction type, shares, price, value, date, ownership type
  • summary - Net sentiment (net_buying, net_selling, neutral), buy/sell counts and values

For multiple symbols, results are ranked by net buying value (most buying first).

Use Cases

  • "Show me insider buys for NVDA in the last 90 days"
  • "Compare insider activity across NVDA, PLTR, GOOG"
  • "Which of these stocks has the most insider selling recently?"

Dependencies

  • yfinance

Timezone

All timestamps and time-based calculations must use the America/New_York timezone. All JSON output must include generated_at (NY time string) and data_delay fields.

Tips for Insider Trading

  • • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
  • • This skill ships scripts. Read them before the first run, and run it in a project without secrets first.
  • • It is part of a pack with 30 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
  • • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.

Questions about Insider Trading

What does the Insider Trading skill do?

Get insider trading activity (SEC Form 4 filings) for one or more stocks. Use when user asks about insider buying/selling, executive transactions, insider sentiment, or Form 4 activity.

How do I install Insider Trading?

Run "npx skills add staskh/trading_skills --skill insider-trading" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.

Does Insider Trading work in Cursor and Codex?

Yes. Insider Trading uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.

Is Insider Trading free?

Insider Trading is open source on GitHub under the MIT license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.

Who made Insider Trading?

Insider Trading is published by staskh in the staskh/trading_skills repository, together with 29 other skills.

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