Viscount Systems, Inc.
US ˙ OTCPK

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Dennis R Raefield. 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

The average trade profitability is the average return of all the open market purchases made by the insider in the last three years. To calculate this, we examine every open-market, unplanned purchase made by the insider, excluding all trades that were marked as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. We then calculate the average performance of those trades over 3, 6, and 12 months, averaging each of those durations to generate a final performance metric for each trade. Finally, we average all of the performance metrics to calculate a performance metric for the insider. This list only includes insiders that have made at least three trades in the last two years.

If this insiders trade profitability is "N/A", then the insider either has not made any open-market purchases in the last three years, or the trades they’ve made are too recent to calculate a reliable performance metric.

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Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate Dennis R Raefield has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:VSYS / Viscount Systems, Inc. Director 402,890
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Dennis R Raefield. 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 VSYS / Viscount Systems, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in VSYS / Viscount Systems, Inc.. 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 (%)
2015-01-02 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 17,890 0.0800 17,890 0.0800 1,431 0 0.08 0 0.01
2014-09-24 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 25,000 0.0899 25,000 0.0899 2,248
2014-08-20 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 25,000 0.0890 25,000 0.0890 2,225
2014-06-30 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 20,000 0.1090 20,000 0.1090 2,180
2014-06-03 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 25,000 0.0900 25,000 0.0900 2,250
2014-05-20 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 9,500 0.0970 9,500 0.0970 922
2014-05-19 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 10,500 0.0990 10,500 0.0990 1,040
2014-04-10 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 5,000 0.0397 5,000 0.0397 198
2013-12-12 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 15,000 0.0682 15,000 0.0682 1,023
2013-11-25 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 30,000 0.0680 30,000 0.0680 2,040
2013-10-29 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 30,000 0.0660 30,000 0.0660 1,980
2013-08-26 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 20,000 0.0959 20,000 0.0959 1,918
2013-05-15 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 11,000 0.0990 11,000 0.0990 1,089
2013-05-09 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 9,000 0.0990 9,000 0.0990 891
2013-04-23 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 31,000 0.1100 31,000 0.1100 3,410
2013-04-05 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 19,000 0.0900 19,000 0.0900 1,710
2012-12-31 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 40,000 0.0600 40,000 0.0600 2,400
2012-12-27 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 30,000 0.0500 30,000 0.0500 1,500
2012-12-19 VSYS Raefield Dennis R 30,000 0.0590 30,000 0.0590 1,770

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

VSYS / Viscount Systems, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales VSYS / Viscount Systems, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in VSYS / Viscount Systems, Inc.. 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.

VSYS / Viscount Systems, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Dennis R Raefield as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).

File Date Tran Date Form Ticker Security Code 10b5-1 Shares Remaining Shares Percent
Change
Share
Price
Tran
Value
Remaining
Value
2015-04-14 2014-04-10 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 5,000 402,890 1.26 0.04 198 15,995
2015-01-23 2015-01-02 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
Common Stock
P - Purchase 17,890 397,890 4.71 0.08 1,431 31,831
2015-01-23 2015-01-02 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
A - Award 17,890 397,890 4.71 0.08 1,431 31,831
2014-09-26 2014-09-24 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 25,000 380,000 7.04 0.09 2,248 34,162
2014-08-20 2014-08-20 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 25,000 355,000 7.58 0.09 2,225 31,595
2014-06-30 2014-06-30 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 20,000 330,000 6.45 0.11 2,180 35,970
2014-06-03 2014-06-03 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 25,000 310,000 8.77 0.09 2,250 27,900
2014-05-23 2014-05-20 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 9,500 285,000 3.45 0.10 922 27,645
2014-05-23 2014-05-19 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 10,500 275,500 3.96 0.10 1,040 27,274
2013-12-12 2013-12-12 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 15,000 265,000 6.00 0.07 1,023 18,073
2013-11-25 2013-11-25 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 30,000 250,000 13.64 0.07 2,040 17,000
2013-10-30 2013-10-29 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 30,000 220,000 15.79 0.07 1,980 14,520
2013-10-07 2013-08-26 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 20,000 190,000 11.76 0.10 1,918 18,221
2013-05-16 2013-05-15 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 11,000 170,000 6.92 0.10 1,089 16,830
2013-05-16 2013-05-09 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 9,000 159,000 6.00 0.10 891 15,741
2013-04-24 2013-04-23 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 31,000 150,000 26.05 0.11 3,410 16,500
2013-04-11 2013-04-05 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 19,000 119,000 19.00 0.09 1,710 10,710
2013-02-26 2012-12-31 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 40,000 100,000 66.67 0.06 2,400 6,000
2013-02-26 2012-12-27 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 30,000 60,000 100.00 0.05 1,500 3,000
2013-02-26 2012-12-19 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
P - Purchase 30,000 30,000 0.06 1,770 1,770
2013-01-03 2012-12-31 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
A - Award 40,000 100,000 66.67 0.06 2,400 6,000
2012-12-31 2012-12-27 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
A - Award 30,000 60,000 100.00 0.05 1,500 3,000
2012-12-31 2012-12-19 4 VSYS VISCOUNT SYSTEMS INC
COMMON STOCK
A - Award 30,000 30,000 0.06 1,770 1,770
P
Open market or private purchase of non-derivative or derivative security
S
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
A
Grant, award, or other acquisition of securities from the company (such as an option)
C
Conversion of derivative
D
Sale or transfer of securities back to the company
F
Payment of exercise price or tax liability using portion of securities received from the company
G
Gift of securities by or to the insider
K
Equity swaps and similar hedging transactions
M
Exercise or conversion of derivative security received from the company (such as an option)
V
A transaction voluntarily reported on Form 4
J
Other (accompanied by a footnote describing the transaction)