Lance C Balk - Insider Trading Tracker

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Lance C Balk. Insiders are officers, directors, or significant investors in a company. It is illegal for insiders to make trades in their companies based on specific, non-public information. This does not mean it is illegal for them to make any trades in their own companies. However, they must report all trades to the SEC via a Form 4. Despite these restrictions, academic research suggests that insiders - in general - tend to outperform the market in their own companies.

Average Trade Profitability

Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate Lance C Balk has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Lance C Balk. Non-planned trade are trades that were not made as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. The stock performance is charted as cumulative percent change in share price. For example, if an insider trade was made on January 1, 2019, the chart will show the daily percent change of the security to the present day. If the share price were to go from $10 to $15 during this time, the cumulative percent change in share price would be 50%. A change in price from $10 to $20 would be 100%, and a change in price of $10 to $5 would be -50%.

Ultimately, we are trying to determine how closely the insider’s trades correlate to excess returns (positive or negative) in the share price in order to see if the insider is timing their trades to profit from insider information. Consider the situation where an insider was doing this. In this situation, we would expect either (a) positive returns after purchases, or (b) negative returns after sales. In the case of (a), the PURCHASE chart would show a series of upwardly sloping curves, indicating positive returns after each purchase transaction. In the case of (b), the SALE chart would show a series of downward sloping curves, indicating negative returns after each sale transaction.

However, this alone is not enough to draw conclusions. If, for example, the share price of the company was in a non-cyclical climb over many years, then we would expect all the post-purchase plots to be upwardly sloping. Likewise, non-cyclical declines over many years would result in downward sloping post-trade plots. Neither of these charts would suggest insider trading activity.

The strongest indicator would be a situation where the share price was extremely cyclical, and there were both positive signals in the PURCHASE chart and negative plots on the SALE chart. This situation would be highly suggestive of an insider that was timing trades to their financial advantage.

Insider Purchases CDTTW / CDT Equity Inc. - Equity Warrant - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in CDTTW / CDT Equity Inc. - Equity Warrant. This analysis helps to understand if the insider consistently generates abnormal returns, and is worth following. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market purchases that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date	Ticker	Insider	Reported Shares	Reported Price	Adjusted Shares	Adjusted Price	Cost Basis	Days to Max	Price at Max	Max Profit ($)	Max Return (%)
2016-08-26	BDC	BALK LANCE C	1,254	106.6972	1,254	106.6972	133,798	104	80.4800	-32,876	-24.57
2016-07-21	BDC	BALK LANCE C	5,000	100.0000	5,000	100.0000	500,000
2015-07-31	BDC	BALK LANCE C	3,000	63.1800	3,000	63.1800	189,540
2012-08-31	BDC	BALK LANCE C	700	34.1300	700	34.1300	23,891
2012-08-31	BDC	BALK LANCE C	400	34.1400	400	34.1400	13,656
2012-08-31	BDC	BALK LANCE C	900	34.1481	900	34.1481	30,733
2012-08-31	BDC	BALK LANCE C	1,000	34.1640	1,000	34.1640	34,164
2011-08-23	BDC	BALK LANCE C	100	26.8700	100	26.8700	2,687
2011-08-23	BDC	BALK LANCE C	900	26.8800	900	26.8800	24,192
2011-08-23	BDC	BALK LANCE C	100	26.8900	100	26.8900	2,689
2011-08-23	BDC	BALK LANCE C	900	26.8992	900	26.8992	24,209
2011-08-09	BDC	BALK LANCE C	5,000	27.9000	5,000	27.9000	139,500
2011-08-09	BDC	BALK LANCE C	5,000	28.8600	5,000	28.8600	144,300
2011-05-20	BDC	BALK LANCE C	9	35.8999	9	35.8999	323
2011-05-20	BDC	BALK LANCE C	172	35.9199	172	35.9199	6,178
2011-05-20	BDC	BALK LANCE C	69	35.9399	69	35.9399	2,480
2011-05-20	BDC	BALK LANCE C	100	35.9680	100	35.9680	3,597
2011-05-19	BDC	BALK LANCE C	400	37.0000	400	37.0000	14,800
2011-05-19	BDC	BALK LANCE C	400	37.2400	400	37.2400	14,896
2011-05-19	BDC	BALK LANCE C	600	37.0937	600	37.0937	22,256
2011-03-16	BDC	BALK LANCE C	1,000	34.1300	1,000	34.1300	34,130
2011-03-03	BDC	BALK LANCE C	500	37.1200	500	37.1200	18,560

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

Insider Sales CDTTW / CDT Equity Inc. - Equity Warrant - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in CDTTW / CDT Equity Inc. - Equity Warrant. A consistent pattern of loss avoidance may suggest that future sale transactions may predict declines in price. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market sales that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date	Ticker	Insider	Reported Shares	Reported Price	Adjusted Shares	Adjusted Price	Cost Basis	Days to Min	Price at Min	Max Loss Avoided ($)	Max Loss Avoided (%)
There are no known unplanned open-market trades for this insider and security combination

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Lance C Balk as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).