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FTHY First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund (FTHY) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Funds & Trusts · Registered investment company · CIK 0001810523
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C-suite buying · 1
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
0
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about FTHY

Insiders, 180 days
+$293.8K net bought
2 buyers

First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund insider trades (Form 4)

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

Over the last 180 days, FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND insiders bought a net $293.8K of stock across 26 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 2 insiders buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR
BUY
2026-09-29 SECtraded 2026-09-28
2,500
$32.2K
+2.5%
Context
  • 6 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (6 buys), the last on Sep 24, 2026.
  • -2.5% median (-2.5% mean) 90-day return after 2 previous buys.
  • The trade is 10.3% of the 24,341 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR bought about $32.2K of FTHY on Sep 28, 2026; 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
MCGAREL DAVID
Officer-Investment Adviser
BUY
2026-09-28 SECtraded 2026-09-25
10,000
$129.2K
+2.1%
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (3 buys), the last on Jun 18, 2024.
  • The trade is 41.7% of the 24,000 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Officer-Investment Adviser MCGAREL DAVID bought about $129.2K of FTHY on Sep 25, 2026, the largest insider purchase at the company since 2025; 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR
BUY
2026-09-25 SECtraded 2026-09-24
5,000
$64.5K
+2.5%
Context
  • 5 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (5 buys), the last on Sep 23, 2026.
  • -2.5% median (-2.5% mean) 90-day return after 2 previous buys.
  • The trade is 22.9% of the 21,841 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR bought about $64.5K of FTHY on Sep 24, 2026; 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR
BUY
2026-09-24 SECtraded 2026-09-23
241
$3.1K
+1.3%
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (3 buys), the last on Apr 10, 2024.
  • -2.5% median (-2.5% mean) 90-day return after 2 previous buys.
  • The trade is 2.0% of the 11,841 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR bought about $3.1K of FTHY on Sep 23, 2026, the largest insider purchase at the company since 2025; 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR
BUY
2026-09-24 SECtraded 2026-09-23
5,000
$64.8K
+1.3%
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (3 buys), the last on Apr 10, 2024.
  • -2.5% median (-2.5% mean) 90-day return after 2 previous buys.
  • The trade is 29.7% of the 16,841 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR bought about $64.8K of FTHY on Sep 23, 2026, the largest insider purchase at the company since 2025; 1 other insider bought within 30 days.
26 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
net +$293.8K over 180 days
+$293.8K over 90 days
more than 74% of Funds & Trusts
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
under five funds report holding it
Revenue
no revenue reported in any filing
Margin
no margin: no revenue reported
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
1.4 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
What changed in the last 30 days
Sep 29Insider HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR bought $32.2K (Sep 28)

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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.
+0.5%12M
-3%-0%+2%+5%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-09-25 · MCGAREL DAVID bought $129.2K2026-09-23 · HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR bought $64.8K2026-09-24 · HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR bought $64.5K2026-09-28 · HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR bought $32.2K2026-09-23 · HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR bought $3.1K
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Who owns FTHY: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
SEC 13F
No reported 13F holders

No fund above the reporting threshold listed this stock last quarter. That is a fact, not missing data.

Congress trades in FTHY

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.

FTHY planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
Insiders are net buyers of their own stock.
The record shows a net $293.8K bought by insiders over 180 days. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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Insider conviction
71
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d$294K · 73 pct, sector of 142
  • Insider buyers, 180d2 · 70 pct, sector of 142
6 not measured: Profitability, Financial health, Growth, Institutional and government, 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
  • Institutional and government needs 1 of 4 inputs, 0 present: fewer than five funds report holding it; no Congress trades in 365 days; no federal contracts in 180 days; no lobbying filings in the last four quarters
  • 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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FTHY filings, in plain words

Are First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund insiders buying or selling FTHY?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund insiders were net buyers, a net $293.8K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 2 buyers.

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In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund insiders were net buyers of FTHY, a net $293.8K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 2 buyers. 2 different insiders reported purchases within the last 90 days, a cluster buy, which is rarer than a single purchase. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-28, dated the day the filing was made public.

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