A specialized tool for fetching real-time SEC Form 4 insider trading data from OpenInsider to track corporate executive signals.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install openinsider
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install openinsider using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is OpenInsider?
The OpenInsider skill allows developers and traders to programmatically access insider trading data directly from SEC Form 4 filings. By integrating this into Openclaw Skills, users can automate the surveillance of corporate officers, directors, and major shareholders to identify high-conviction buying or selling patterns. This tool simplifies the process of gathering market intelligence by scraping and parsing complex data tables into a structured format usable for financial analysis.
OpenInsider Use Cases
- Monitoring large share purchases by CEOs or CFOs as bullish market indicators.
- Automating research for equity analysis by tracking Form 4 filings for specific tickers.
- Building custom alert systems that trigger when insiders liquidate significant portions of their holdings.
- Collecting historical insider sentiment data to improve quantitative trading models within Openclaw Skills.
How OpenInsider Works
- The user provides a stock ticker symbol and an optional limit for the number of records to retrieve.
- The Openclaw Skills environment executes a Python script that targets the OpenInsider database.
- The script scrapes the relevant SEC Form 4 data using the lxml and requests libraries.
- Data is processed into a structured format, providing details such as trade date, insider title, and transaction value.
- The final output is presented to the user or agent for further decision-making or reporting.
OpenInsider Setup
To use this skill, you must have Python 3 installed. Follow these steps to configure the environment:
pip3 install pandas requests lxml
Once dependencies are installed, you can fetch trades using the script path:
skills/openinsider/scripts/fetch_trades.py TICKER --limit 10
OpenInsider Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill returns structured data containing the following fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| filing_date | The date the SEC Form 4 was officially filed. |
| trade_date | The actual date the transaction occurred. |
| insider_name | The full name of the reporting individual. |
| title | Corporate role (e.g., CEO, CFO, Director). |
| trade_type | Transaction type: Purchase (P) or Sale (S). |
| price | The price per share at which the trade was executed. |
| qty | The total number of shares involved in the transaction. |
| value | The total dollar value of the trade. |
OpenInsider Advanced Features
- Custom result limiting via the --limit flag to manage data volume and processing speed.
- Support for detailed insider identification including specific executive roles and 10% owners.
- High-performance data extraction using optimized Python scraping libraries within Openclaw Skills.
- Capability to pipe output into other data analytics tools for real-time portfolio monitoring.
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