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SPE Special Opportunities Fund (SPE) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Funds & Trusts · Registered investment company · CIK 0000897802
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
22
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about SPE

Insiders, 180 days
-$90.1K net sold
1 seller · 0% of sales under a 10b5-1 plan

Special Opportunities 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, SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. insiders sold a net $90.1K of stock across 28 Form 4 purchases and sales, with no insider buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
President and CEO
SELL
2026-06-04 SECtraded 2026-06-03
133
$1.9K
-10.3%
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (3 sales), the last on Jun 2, 2026.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 22 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President and CEO Dakos Andrew sold about $1.9K of SPE on Jun 3, 2026; 22 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
President and CEO
SELL
2026-06-04 SECtraded 2026-06-03
5,184
$73.1K
-10.3%
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (3 sales), the last on Jun 2, 2026.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 22 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President and CEO Dakos Andrew sold about $73.1K of SPE on Jun 3, 2026, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 22 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
President and CEO
SELL
2026-06-04 SECtraded 2026-06-02
1,077
$15.1K
-10.3%
Context
  • 2 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 sales), the last on Dec 30, 2025.
  • The trade is 20.8% of the 5,184 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 22 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President and CEO Dakos Andrew sold about $15.1K of SPE on Jun 2, 2026; 22 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
President
SELL
2025-12-31 SECtraded 2025-12-30
4,098
$60.1K
-11.8%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Sep 20, 2024.
  • The trade is 67.6% of the 6,064 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 22 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President Dakos Andrew sold about $60.1K of SPE on Dec 30, 2025, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 22 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Chairman and Secretary
BUY
2025-04-08 SECtraded 2025-04-04
3,000
$41.4K
+1.9%
Context
  • 10 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (9 buys, 1 sale), the last on Dec 28, 2023.
  • +4.4% median (+1.7% mean) 90-day return after 8 previous buys.
  • The trade is 8.6% of the 34,822 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 22 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chairman and Secretary GOLDSTEIN PHILLIP bought about $41.4K of SPE on Apr 4, 2025, the largest insider purchase at the company since 2023; 22 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
28 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 -$90.1K over 180 days
below 85% of Funds & Trusts
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
22 funds bought in last quarter
below 83% 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
Oct 28Insider selling stopped: no sales in 90 days after 3 in the prior 90
Why it matters
The absence is the signal: 3 sales in one 90-day window and none in the next is a change of behaviour, not a filing.

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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.
-9.8%12M
-10%-5%+0%+5%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-06-03 · Dakos Andrew sold $73.1K2025-12-30 · Dakos Andrew sold $60.1K2026-06-02 · Dakos Andrew sold $15.1K2026-06-03 · Dakos Andrew sold $1.9K
Insider sell
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Who owns SPE: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
$16.8M
122,529 sh
$1.7M
$1.5M

Congress trades in SPE

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.

SPE planned insider sales (Form 144)

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

SPE mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
RiverNorth Active Income ETF
$229.2K position · as of 2026-07-31
0.6%
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund
$2.9K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
The complete filing record, in one place.
The record shows a net $90.1K sold by insiders over 180 days, 22 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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SPE Stock Sonar score 2/7 axes

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Insider conviction
7
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d-$90K · 14 pct, sector of 142
  • Insider buyers, 180d0 · 0 pct, sector of 142
Institutional and government
17
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter22 · 17 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
5 not measured: Profitability, Financial health, Growth, 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
  • 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

2 of 7 axes scored. Each is a percentile against sector peers (all companies when the sector is thin); higher is better. An unscored axis is unmeasured, not low. How it is scored

SPE filings, in plain words

Are Special Opportunities Fund insiders buying or selling SPE?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Special Opportunities Fund insiders were net sellers, a net $90.1K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 1 seller.

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In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Special Opportunities Fund insiders were net sellers of SPE, a net $90.1K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 1 seller. None of the 3 insider sales was flagged as made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. 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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