SEC EDGAR API: List insider trades
Lists stock transactions reported on Form 4 filings by a company's officers, directors and major owners, newest first. Trades without a reported price have no calculated value.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.
- Company, required
company Company name or stock ticker, for example Nvidia or NVDA.
Nvidia
- Start Date optional
start_date Earliest trade date to include, as YYYY-MM-DD, such as 2026-06-30. Defaults to 90 days ago.
Not set
- Trade Type optional
trade_type Show any reported transaction, only purchases, or only sales.
sales
One of
any,purchases,sales. Defaultany.- Max Results optional
max_results Maximum number of trades, from 1 to 200; for example 50.
10
Whole number from 1 to 200. Default
50.
Input as JSON
{ "company": "Nvidia", "trade_type": "sales", "max_results": 10}Output
{ "cik": "0001045810", "trades": [ { "role": "EVP, General Counsel and Sec", "shares": 12483, "trade_date": "2026-09-21", "trade_type": "sale", "filing_date": "2026-09-23", "form_4_link": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000169684126000014/0001696841-26-000014-index.html" , "insider_name": "Teter Timothy S.", "total_value_usd": 2773637.72, "accession_number": "0001696841-26-000014", "transaction_code": "S", "price_per_share_usd": 222.1932, "shares_owned_after_trade": 2705637 }, { "role": "EVP, General Counsel and Sec", "shares": 13478, "trade_date": "2026-09-21", "trade_type": "sale", "filing_date": "2026-09-23", "form_4_link": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000169684126000014/0001696841-26-000014-index.html" , "insider_name": "Teter Timothy S.", "total_value_usd": 3006253.07, "accession_number": "0001696841-26-000014", "transaction_code": "S", "price_per_share_usd": 223.0489, "shares_owned_after_trade": 2692159 }, { "role": "EVP, General Counsel and Sec", "shares": 4499, "trade_date": "2026-09-21", "trade_type": "sale", "filing_date": "2026-09-23", "form_4_link": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000169684126000014/0001696841-26-000014-index.html" , "insider_name": "Teter Timothy S.", "total_value_usd": 1006641.8, "accession_number": "0001696841-26-000014", "transaction_code": "S", "price_per_share_usd": 223.7479, "shares_owned_after_trade": 2687660 } ], "company_name": "NVIDIA CORP"}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"sec.gov/list_insider_trades","input":{"company":"Nvidia","trade_type":"sales","max_results":10}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "sec.gov/list_insider_trades" , "input": { "company": "Nvidia", "trade_type": "sales", "max_results": 10 }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "sec.gov/list_insider_trades" , "input": { "company": "Nvidia", "trade_type": "sales", "max_results": 10 } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run sec.gov/list_insider_trades# with {"company":"Nvidia","trade_type":"sales","max_results":10}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "company" ], "properties": { "company": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Company name or stock ticker, for example Nvidia or NVDA." }, "start_date": { "type": "string", "description": "Earliest trade date to include, as YYYY-MM-DD, such as 2026-06-30. Defaults to 90 days ago." }, "trade_type": { "enum": [ "any", "purchases", "sales" ], "type": "string", "default": "any", "description": "Show any reported transaction, only purchases, or only sales." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 50, "maximum": 200, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum number of trades, from 1 to 200; for example 50." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "company_name", "cik", "trades" ], "properties": { "cik": { "type": "string", "description": "Issuer CIK assigned by the SEC." }, "trades": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "insider_name", "role", "trade_date", "trade_type", "shares", "price_per_share_usd", "total_value_usd", "shares_owned_after_trade", "filing_date", "form_4_link", "transaction_code", "accession_number" ], "properties": { "role": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Reported position or ownership relationship." }, "shares": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "trade_date": { "type": "string", "format": "date" }, "trade_type": { "enum": [ "purchase", "sale", "option exercise", "gift", "other" ], "type": "string" }, "filing_date": { "type": "string", "format": "date" }, "form_4_link": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }, "insider_name": { "type": "string", "description": "Name of the reporting insider." }, "total_value_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Shares times the reported per-share price, in USD, when both are available." }, "accession_number": { "type": "string", "description": "Accession number of the Form 4 filing." }, "transaction_code": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "SEC transaction code, such as S or P." }, "price_per_share_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Reported price per share in USD, when provided." }, "shares_owned_after_trade": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } }, "company_name": { "type": "string" } }, "additionalProperties": false}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
sec.gov/list_insider_trades- Returns
- insider name, role, trade date and type, shares, price, total value, shares owned after trade, filing date, Form 4 link
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method sec.gov/list_insider_trades with the inputs above.
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