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CSQ Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Funds & Trusts · Registered investment company · CIK 0001275214
SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
104
13F, latest reported quarter

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

No insider purchases or sales are on record for CALAMOS STRATEGIC TOTAL RETURN FUND in the period covered. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-27.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
VP and CFO
BUY
2025-01-31 SECtraded 2025-01-30
11,507
$211.6K
+22.8%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 buy), the last on Jan 29, 2025.
  • The trade is 49.6% of the 23,190 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 104 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: VP and CFO Herman Thomas E bought about $211.6K of CSQ on Jan 30, 2025; 104 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
VP and CFO
BUY
2025-01-31 SECtraded 2025-01-29
11,683
$213.0K
+22.8%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 100.0% of the 11,683 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 104 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: VP and CFO Herman Thomas E bought about $213.0K of CSQ on Jan 29, 2025, the largest insider purchase at the company since 2022; 104 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Vice President
SELL
2023-12-06 SEC
1,191
$16.9K
+71.4%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 9.8% of the 12,119 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 104 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Vice President Koudounis John S. sold about $16.9K of CSQ on Dec 6, 2023, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 104 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Vice President
SELL
2023-12-06 SEC
912
$12.9K
+71.4%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 104 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Vice President Koudounis John S. sold about $12.9K of CSQ on Dec 6, 2023, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 104 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Vice President
SELL
2023-12-06 SEC
100
$1.4K
+71.4%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 0.8% of the 13,310 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 104 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Vice President Koudounis John S. sold about $1.4K of CSQ on Dec 6, 2023, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 104 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
9 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
no insider buys or sells on file
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
104 funds bought in last quarter
more than 87% of Funds & Trusts
Revenue
no revenue reported in any filing
Margin
no margin: no revenue reported
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
1.0 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+12.0%12M
-10%-1%+9%+18%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10
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Who owns CSQ: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
$100.0M
4,298,735 sh
$88.4M
3,937,493 sh
$81.0M
$62.6M
$48.4M

Congress trades in CSQ

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

CSQ planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.

CSQ mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
RiverNorth Active Income ETF
$722.7K position · as of 2026-07-31
1.8%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
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Why this name is on the desk
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The record shows 104 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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Institutional and government
87
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter104 · 87 pct, sector of 210
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
6 not measured: Profitability, Financial health, Growth, Insider conviction, Risk and compliance, US patents
  • Profitability needs 2 of 4 inputs, 0 present: not filed
  • Financial health needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: not filed
  • Growth needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog; no revenue for this year and the year before
  • Insider conviction needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) in 180 days; no insider trades in 180 days
  • Risk and compliance needs 1 of 4 inputs, 0 present: needs two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs); no short interest or no free float on file; revenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

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