Significant insider buying in a company by the people most knowledgeable of the company’s prospects in the near future, can be a good sign. It should be used alongside other investment criteria and not alone as a sure sign to invest. Insiders can sell shares for many different reasons, but only buy believing the share price will appreciate. Click here for director trades article.
Director trades per week
The below chart shows director buys and sells per week, the data lags a couple of weeks as directors have five business days to inform the market after a trade. As you can see director buys increased markedly during the Covid-19 downturn. Director trade activity is usually subdued around Christmas/New year and during reporting season.
Latest multiple director buys
New companies with two or more directors buying and no sells in the last 30 days. This is updated weekly and is also sent out in our weekly newsletter:
| Company | Directors | Industry | Mkt Cap (m) |
| AF Legal (ASX: AFL) | 2 | Legal | $12 |
| Alloy Resources (ASX: AYR) | 3 | Copper-gold, nickel-copper Miner | $8 |
| Benjamin Horngold (ASX: BHD) | 3 | Listed Investment Company | $5 |
| Bowen Coking Coal (ASX: BCB) | 5 | Coal Miner | $46 |
| Bulletin Resources (ASX: BNR) | 2 | Gold Miner | $14 |
| CML Group (ASX: CGR) | 2 | Debtor Finance | $58 |
| Devex Resources (ASX: DEV) | 2 | Copper-Gold, Uranium, Lithium Miner | $21 |
| Ingenia Communities (ASX: INA) | 2 | Real Estate | $1,497 |
| Kip McGrath Education (ASX: KME) | 2 | Education | $50 |
| Proteomics International Labs (ASX: PIQ) | 3 | Pharmaceuticals | $39 |
| VGI Partners Global Investments (ASX: VG1) | 2 | Listed Investment Company | $740 |
| XTD Ltd (ASX: XTD) | 2 | Media | $7 |
Multiple trades: archive
Director trades chart of the week
Dicker Data (ASX: DDR) is an Australian wholesale distributor of computer hardware, software and related products. The below chart shows director trades in financial year 2020. Green dots represent director buys and red dots are sells.
Please see below table for the latest relevant Australian share market director trades…
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Latest director trades
| Company | Date | Name | Trade | Shares | Price$ | Amount$ |
| G Medical Innovations (ASX: GMV) | 3/7/20 | Y Geva | Sell | 3,125,000 | 0.080 | 250,000 |
| Kairos Minerals (ASX: KAI) | 3/7/20 | N Hutchison | Sell | 1,960,000 | 0.058 | 114,600 |
| Aurora Labs (ASX: A3D) | 3/7/20 | T Stinson | Buy | 136,644 | 0.070 | 9,578 |
| Ellerston Global Investments (ASX: EGI) | 3/7/20 | S Brougham | Buy | 500,000 | 1.032 | 515,999 |
| Global Value Fund (ASX: GVF) | 3/7/20 | M Staude | Buy | 10,000 | 0.925 | 9,250 |
| Eneco Refresh (ASX: ERG) | 3/7/20 | C Teh | Sell | 300,000 | 0.060 | 18,000 |
| Advance Nanotek (ASX: ANO) | 2/7/20 | L Mizikovsky | Buy | 6,630 | 5.629 | 37,317 |
| ResApp Health (ASX: RAP) | 2/7/20 | Dr T Keating | Sell | 10,000,000 | 0.150 | 1,500,000 |
| Aurora Labs (ASX: A3D) | 2/7/20 | M Ashton | Buy | 91,323 | 0.060 | 5,479 |
| Phoslock Environmental Technologies (ASX: PET) | 1/7/20 | Z Zhang | Sell | 1,500,000 | 0.290 | 435,000 |
| United Malt Group (ASX: UMG) | 1/7/20 | M Palmquist | Buy | 17,615 | 4.070 | 71,693 |
| Matadoor Mining (ASX: MZZ) | 1/7/20 | I Murray | Buy | 1,000,000 | 0.200 | 200,000 |
| ImExHS (ASX: IME) | 1/7/20 | D Banks | Buy | 793,079 | 0.030 | 23,818 |
| Benjamin Horngold (ASX: BHD) | 1/7/20 | S Ravell | Buy | 199,175 | 0.210 | 41,827 |
| VGI Partners Global Investments (ASX: VG1) | 1/7/20 | L Myers | Buy | 5,000 | 1.835 | 9,175 |
| Eclipse Metals (ASX: EPM) | 1/7/20 | G Dale | Sell | 3,000,000 | 0.007 | 21,000 |
| QEM Ltd (ASX: QEM) | 1/7/20 | D Fitch | Buy | 390,776 | 0.105 | 41,003 |
| AF Legal (ASX: AFL) | 30/6/20 | K Lynch | Buy | 40,000 | 0.200 | 8,000 |
| TerraCom (ASX: TER) | 30/6/20 | M Hunter | Buy | 1,236,250 | 0.150 | 185,438 |
| Benjamin Horngold (ASX: BHD) | 30/6/20 | M Glennon | Buy | 221,531 | 0.200 | 44,306 |
| Walkabout Resources (ASX: WKT) | 30/6/20 | M Elliot | Buy | 300,000 | 0.135 | 40,500 |
| Magnis Energy Technologies (ASX: MNS) | 30/6/20 | F Poullas | Buy | 132,207 | 0.080 | 10,514 |
| Freelancer (ASX: FLN) | 30/6/20 | S Clausen | Buy | 52,524 | 0.416 | 21,824 |
| Carsales .com (ASX: CAR) | 30/6/20 | W Pisciotta | Sell | 388,000 | 17.541 | 6,805,893 |
| Love Group (ASX: LVE) | 30/6/20 | M Yee | Buy | 545,959 | 0.056 | 30,607 |
| VGI Partners Global Investments (ASX: VG1) | 30/6/20 | L Myers | Buy | 5,000 | 1.835 | 9,175 |
| Galaxy Resources (ASX: GXY) | 30/6/20 | J Turner | Buy | 25,000 | 0.790 | 19,750 |
| BSA Ltd (ASX: BSA) | 30/6/20 | D Prescott | Buy | 626,000 | 0.278 | 174,028 |
| Benjamin Horngold (ASX: BHD) | 30/6/20 | G Miller | Buy | 100,000 | 0.211 | 21,060 |
| Mach7 Technologies (ASX: M7T) | 30/6/20 | M Lampron | Buy | 29,000 | 0.983 | 28,510 |
| Blackwall Property Trust (ASX: BWR) | 30/6/20 | JR Glew | Buy | 125,000 | 1.389 | 173,588 |
| Benjamin Hornigold (ASX: BHD) | 30/6/20 | M Glennon | Buy | 155,942 | 0.210 | 32,748 |
| Dicker Data (ASX: DDR) | 30/6/20 | F Brown | Buy | 4,350 | 7.020 | 30,537 |
| GDI Property Group (ASX: GDI) | 29/6/20 | J Tuxworth | Buy | 30,000 | 1.100 | 33,000 |
| Aspen Group (ASX: APZ) | 29/6/20 | J Carter | Buy | 48,777 | 1.043 | 50,877 |
| Walkabout Resources (ASX: WKT) | 29/6/20 | T Benson | Sell | 836,567 | 0.156 | 130,421 |
| Wisetech Global (ASX: ETC) | 29/6/20 | R White | Sell | 2,245,925 | 18.400 | 41,325,020 |
| QV Equities (ASX: QVE) | 29/6/20 | A Tagliaferro | Buy | 50,000 | 0.783 | 39,137 |
| Northern Minerals (ASX: NTU) | 29/6/20 | A Griffin | Buy | 421,476 | 0.018 | 7,586 |
| CML Group (ASX: CGR) | 29/6/20 | D Riley | Buy | 100,000 | 0.230 | 23,030 |
| Spirit Telecom (ASX: ST1) | 29/6/20 | G Ridder | Buy | 154,546 | 0.234 | 36,135 |
| Incitic Pivot (ASX: IPL) | 29/6/20 | J Johns | Buy | 108,339 | 1.839 | 199,279 |
| Academies Australasia (ASX: AKG) | 29/6/20 | J Schlederer | Buy | 65,094 | 0.220 | 14,320 |
| Empire Resources (ASX: ERL) | 28/6/20 | M Ruane | Buy | 1,634,165 | 0.012 | 19,775 |
| BSA Ltd (ASX: BSA) | 26/6/20 | D Prescott | Buy | 3,971,903 | 0.267 | 1,060,498 |
| Alloy Resources (ASX: AYR) | 26/6/20 | P Skinner | Buy | 1,635,000 | 0.019 | 31,065 |
| Alloy Resources (ASX: AYR) | 26/6/20 | G Powell | Buy | 1,000,000 | 0.021 | 21,000 |
| Veem (ASX: VEE) | 26/6/20 | M Bailey | Buy | 15,000 | 0.410 | 6,150 |
| Bowen Coking Coal (ASX: BCB) | 26/6/20 | G Redelinghuys | Buy | 500,000 | 0.055 | 27,400 |
| Bowen Coking Coal (ASX: BCB) | 26/6/20 | J Agenbag | Buy | 300,000 | 0.560 | 168,000 |
| Story-I (ASX: SRY) | 26/6/20 | M Chan | Buy | 7,199,646 | 0.012 | 86,395 |
| Bowen Coking Coal (ASX: BCB) | 26/6/20 | M Lattimore | Buy | 1,000,000 | 0.560 | 560,000 |
| Great Northern Minerals (ASX: GNM) | 26/6/20 | C McLean | Buy | 1,150,000 | 0.018 | 20,700 |
| WiseTech (ASX: WTC) | 26/6/20 | M Issaacs | Sell | 18,359 | 22.020 | 404,265 |
| WiseTech (ASX: WTC) | 26/6/20 | R White | Sell | 206,439 | 22.020 | 4,545,787 |
| Kip McGrath Education (ASX: KME) | 26/6/20 | D Pass | Buy | 50,473 | 0.986 | 49,786 |
| Bounty Oil & Gas (ASX: BUY) | 26/6/20 | G Reveleigh | Sell | 1,000,000 | 0.016 | 16,000 |
| Metcash (ASX: MTS) | 26/6/20 | M Jordan | Buy | 14,790 | 2.770 | 40,968 |