GDL GDL Fund (GDL) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades
Funds & Trusts · Registered investment company · CIK 0001378701
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
9
13F, latest reported quarter
GDL 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 GDL FUND in the period covered. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.
Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
Context
- 15 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (8 buys, 7 sales), the last on Jan 9, 2026.
- +0.5% median (+0.5% mean) 90-day return after 8 previous buys.
- The trade is 0.0% of the 2,747,977 shares held after it.
- No other insider sold within 30 days.
- 9 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director GABELLI MARIO J sold about $6.8K of GDL on Feb 23, 2026, the largest insider sale at the company since 2024; 9 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.Context
- 14 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (8 buys, 6 sales), the last on Nov 26, 2024.
- +0.5% median (+0.5% mean) 90-day return after 8 previous buys.
- The trade is 0.0% of the 2,748,777 shares held after it.
- No other insider sold within 30 days.
- 9 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director GABELLI MARIO J sold about $6.7K of GDL on Jan 9, 2026, the largest insider sale at the company since 2024; 9 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.Context
- 13 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (8 buys, 5 sales), the last on Aug 29, 2024.
- +0.5% median (+0.5% mean) 90-day return after 8 previous buys.
- The trade is 1.0% of the 242,000 shares held after it.
- No other insider sold within 30 days.
- 9 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director GABELLI MARIO J sold about $20.1K of GDL on Nov 26, 2024, the largest insider sale at the company since 2021; 9 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.Context
- 12 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (8 buys, 4 sales), the last on Dec 11, 2023.
- +0.5% median (+0.5% mean) 90-day return after 8 previous buys.
- The trade is 0.0% of the 1,846,636 shares held after it.
- No other insider sold within 30 days.
- 9 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director GABELLI MARIO J sold about $2.5K of GDL on Aug 29, 2024; 9 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.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 32 shares held after it.
- No other insider bought within 30 days.
- 9 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President & Treasurer Ball John Chester bought about $253 of GDL on Feb 22, 2024; 9 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.18 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.
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
9 funds bought in last quarter
below 96% 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.
+2.6%12M
Insider sell
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Who owns GDL: institutional holders (13F)
13F holdings, latest reported quarter
1,846,636 sh
$15.6M
508,773 sh
$4.3M
504,243 sh
$4.3M
441,931 sh
$3.7M
409,748 sh
$3.5M
Congress trades in GDL
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.
GDL planned insider sales (Form 144)
No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.
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The record shows 9 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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