SEC Form 4 tracker: how to monitor insider filings

An SEC Form 4 tracker watches public filings from company insiders: officers, directors and large shareholders. The goal is to turn raw regulatory disclosures into a workflow that is fast, searchable and easy to verify.

What a Form 4 tracker should capture

• Company ticker and CIK.
• Insider name and role.
• Transaction code such as P, S, A, F or M.
• Shares, price, total value and transaction date.
• Filing date and source filing URL.
• Whether the event is open-market, routine or footnote-dependent.

Why raw alerts are not enough

Many Form 4 events are not simple buys or sells. Grants, tax withholding and option exercises can look important in raw data but may be routine compensation mechanics. A useful tracker should label these clearly instead of treating every filing as a signal.

How Nortis helps

Nortis monitors watched companies, classifies filings, highlights cluster activity, keeps source links attached, and delivers alerts to the dashboard and Telegram. It is built for research workflow, not trading recommendations.

Start with the transaction code guide if you want to understand which Form 4 codes matter most.