Weekly recap
Insider trades and Congress trades, week of Oct 13–19, 2025
In the week of Oct 13–19, 2025, insiders filed 48 open-market purchases worth about $3.39M and 535 open-market sales; the largest purchase was $1.65M of Vivani Medical (VANI) by Gregg Williams; members of Congress disclosed 11 purchases and 15 sales; 10 purchases stood out against the company's record since 2006.
By filing date, Monday to Sunday. Every line links to its SEC, House or Senate record. Public filings, not investment advice.
Purchases that stand out against 20 years of filings
Jason D Papastavrou bought ~$126K of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (REFI)
4 REFI insiders bought within the same week. That happened twice before in filings since 2021: Dec 2021 and Dec 2022
Traded Oct 15, 2025, filed Oct 16, 2025 · the filing
John Mazarakis bought ~$102K of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (REFI)
5 REFI insiders bought within the same week. That happened once before in filings since 2021: Dec 2021
Traded Oct 16, 2025, filed Oct 16, 2025 · the filing
Peter Sack bought ~$101K of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (REFI)
3 REFI insiders bought within the same week. That happened twice before in filings since 2021: Dec 2021 and Dec 2022
Traded Oct 14, 2025, filed Oct 16, 2025 · the filing
Douglas A Virtue bought ~$96K of Virco Mfg (VIRC)
The largest open-market purchase by any VIRC insider in filings since 2006
Traded Oct 17, 2025, filed Oct 17, 2025 · the filing
Brandon Konigsberg bought ~$86K of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (REFI)
3 REFI insiders bought within the same week. That happened twice before in filings since 2021: Dec 2021 and Dec 2022
Traded Oct 14, 2025, filed Oct 16, 2025 · the filing
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ bought ~$68K of Bank of America (BAC)
Traded 5 days before BAC reported its results (Oct 15, 2025)
Traded Oct 10, 2025, filed Oct 14, 2025 · the filing
Cameron John Reynolds bought ~$56K of Volitionrx (VNRX)
3 VNRX insiders bought within the same week. That happened 4 times before in filings since 2013, most recently Dec 2024
Traded Oct 14, 2025, filed Oct 15, 2025 · the filing
Guy Archibald Innes bought ~$49K of Volitionrx (VNRX)
3 VNRX insiders bought within the same week. That happened 4 times before in filings since 2013, most recently Dec 2024
Traded Oct 14, 2025, filed Oct 15, 2025 · the filing
Hsenghung Sam Hsu bought ~$42K of Fastenal (FAST)
Traded 14 days before FAST filed an 8-K: changed a top executive or board member, and shared information with investors (Oct 30, 2025)
Traded Oct 16, 2025, filed Oct 16, 2025 · the filing
Connie Matsui bought ~$40K of Sutro Biopharma (STRO)
4 STRO insiders bought within the same week; no week in filings since 2018 had that many buyers
Traded Oct 15, 2025, filed Oct 16, 2025 · the filing
Measured against every open-market trade the company's insiders filed since 2006. See all of them on the rare insider trades page.
Largest insider purchases
Gregg Williams bought ~$1.65M of Vivani Medical (VANI)
Traded Oct 15, 2025, filed Oct 16, 2025 · the filing
Jason D Papastavrou bought ~$126K of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (REFI)
4 REFI insiders bought within the same week. That happened twice before in filings since 2021: Dec 2021 and Dec 2022
Traded Oct 15, 2025, filed Oct 16, 2025 · the filing
John Mazarakis bought ~$102K of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (REFI)
5 REFI insiders bought within the same week. That happened once before in filings since 2021: Dec 2021
Traded Oct 16, 2025, filed Oct 16, 2025 · the filing
Peter Sack bought ~$101K of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (REFI)
3 REFI insiders bought within the same week. That happened twice before in filings since 2021: Dec 2021 and Dec 2022
Traded Oct 14, 2025, filed Oct 16, 2025 · the filing
Kate W Duchene bought ~$100K of Resources Connection (RGP)
Traded Oct 15, 2025, filed Oct 16, 2025 · the filing
Douglas A Virtue bought ~$96K of Virco Mfg (VIRC)
The largest open-market purchase by any VIRC insider in filings since 2006
Traded Oct 17, 2025, filed Oct 17, 2025 · the filing
Brandon Konigsberg bought ~$86K of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance (REFI)
3 REFI insiders bought within the same week. That happened twice before in filings since 2021: Dec 2021 and Dec 2022
Traded Oct 14, 2025, filed Oct 16, 2025 · the filing
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ bought ~$68K of Bank of America (BAC)
Traded 5 days before BAC reported its results (Oct 15, 2025)
Traded Oct 10, 2025, filed Oct 14, 2025 · the filing
Jeffrey A Goldstein bought ~$60K of Fidelity National Information Services (FIS)
Traded Oct 15, 2025, filed Oct 17, 2025 · the filing
Cameron John Reynolds bought ~$56K of Volitionrx (VNRX)
3 VNRX insiders bought within the same week. That happened 4 times before in filings since 2013, most recently Dec 2024
Traded Oct 14, 2025, filed Oct 15, 2025 · the filing
Guy Archibald Innes bought ~$49K of Volitionrx (VNRX)
3 VNRX insiders bought within the same week. That happened 4 times before in filings since 2013, most recently Dec 2024
Traded Oct 14, 2025, filed Oct 15, 2025 · the filing
Christopher A Caldwell bought ~$45K of Concentrix (CNXC)
Traded Oct 10, 2025, filed Oct 14, 2025 · the filing
Largest insider sales
Argos Holdings GP LLC sold ~$500M of Chewy (CHWY)
Traded Oct 9, 2025, filed Oct 14, 2025 · the filing
ADAR1 Capital Management sold ~$77.9M of Keros Therapeutics (KROS)
Traded Oct 15, 2025, filed Oct 15, 2025 · the filing
Pontifax Management 4 G.P. (2015) Ltd. sold ~$40.6M of Keros Therapeutics (KROS)
Traded Oct 15, 2025, filed Oct 17, 2025 · the filing
Joseph Gebbia sold ~$22.2M of Airbnb (ABNB)
Traded Oct 13, 2025, filed Oct 15, 2025 · the filing
Casdin Partners Master Fund sold ~$21.4M of BioLife Solutions, Inc. (BLFS)
Traded Oct 15, 2025, filed Oct 17, 2025 · the filing
Adnan A. Nisar sold ~$21M of Phoenix Education Partners (PXED)
Traded Oct 10, 2025, filed Oct 14, 2025 · the filing
Martin H. Nesbitt sold ~$21M of Phoenix Education Partners (PXED)
Traded Oct 10, 2025, filed Oct 14, 2025 · the filing
TVG-I-E-AEG Holdings sold ~$21M of Phoenix Education Partners (PXED)
Traded Oct 10, 2025, filed Oct 14, 2025 · the filing
Saria Tseng sold ~$14.3M of Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR)
Traded Oct 15, 2025, filed Oct 17, 2025 · the filing
Ellen Jamison Kullman sold ~$12.3M of Dell Technologies (DELL)
Traded Oct 15, 2025, filed Oct 17, 2025 · the filing
Congress trades disclosed
- Rep. Kevin Hern (OK01) sold Accenture (ACN), $15K–$50KTraded Sep 26, 2025, disclosed Oct 16, 2025 · the report
- Rep. Kevin Hern (OK01) sold Microsoft (MSFT), $15K–$50KTraded Sep 26, 2025, disclosed Oct 16, 2025 · the report
- Rep. Thomas H. Kean (NJ07) sold Franklin Resources (BEN), $15K–$50KTraded Sep 3, 2025, disclosed Oct 14, 2025 · the report
- Rep. Thomas H. Kean (NJ07) sold Stryker Corporation (SYK), $15K–$50KTraded Sep 12, 2025, disclosed Oct 14, 2025 · the report
- Rep. Thomas H. Kean (NJ07) sold Oracle (ORCL), $15K–$50KTraded Sep 12, 2025, disclosed Oct 14, 2025 · the report
- Rep. Kevin Hern (OK01) sold Home Depot (HD), $15K–$50KTraded Sep 26, 2025, disclosed Oct 16, 2025 · the report
- Rep. Thomas H. Kean (NJ07) sold Markel Group (MKL), $15K–$50KTraded Sep 12, 2025, disclosed Oct 14, 2025 · the report
- Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ05) bought Independence Realty Trust (IRT), $1K–$15KTraded Sep 22, 2025, disclosed Oct 15, 2025 · the report
- Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ05) bought Tandem Diabetes Care (TNDM), $1K–$15KTraded Sep 22, 2025, disclosed Oct 15, 2025 · the report
- Rep. Thomas H. Kean (NJ07) bought Danaher Corporation (DHR), $1K–$15KTraded Sep 3, 2025, disclosed Oct 14, 2025 · the report
Members report a value range, not an exact amount; the trade can be up to 45 days older than its report.
Executives who announced they are leaving
Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR) · Oct 17, 2025
“On October 14, 2025, Mr. Alex Rose tendered his resignation as Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (the “ Company ”) to be effective as of December 16, 2025.” 8-K
Great Elm Group (GEG) · Oct 17, 2025
“On October 13, 2025, James H. Hugar notified Great Elm Group, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to retire and not to stand for re-election at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”).” 8-K
Rogers Corporation (ROG) · Oct 17, 2025
“On October 16, 2025, Peter C. Wallace notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rogers Corporation (the “Company”) that he has elected not to stand for re-election as a director at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”), and will step down from the Board effective on the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting.” 8-K
Femasys (FEMY) · Oct 17, 2025
“On October 13, 2025, Daniel Currie, Chief Operating Officer of Femasys Inc. (the “Company”) informed the Company of his decision to retire from the Company, effective as of December 15, 2025.” 8-K
Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT) · Oct 17, 2025
“On October 14, 2025, Mr. Alex Rose tendered his resignation as Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (the “ Company ”) to be effective as of December 16, 2025.” 8-K
West Bancorporation (WTBA) · Oct 17, 2025
“On October 14, 2025, James W. Noyce, age 70, director of West Bancorporation, Inc. (the "Company"), informed the Company that he would not stand for re-election to the board of directors of the Company at the Company's annual meeting of shareholders to be held in April of 2026 (the "2026 Annual Meeting").” 8-K
Expion Energy (XPON) · Oct 17, 2025
“On October 16, 2025 (the “ Resignation Date ”), in connection with the closing of the Private Placement and pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) accepted a letter from Brian Schaffner, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, in which he resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.” 8-K
Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) · Oct 17, 2025
“On October 15, 2025, Joseph R. White notified Zebra Technologies Corporation of his decision to resign from his position as Chief Product & Solutions Officer to pursue another opportunity, effective November 7, 2025.” 8-K
The company's own words, from the opening sentence of its Form 8-K (Item 5.02).
5% stakes filed (Schedules 13D and 13G)
- GABELLI FUNDS LLC filed an activist stake (13D) of 3.6% in Lennar (LEN)Filed Oct 14, 2025 · SEC
- BlackRock, Inc. reported a passive stake (13G) of 10.0% in BXP, Inc. (BXP)Filed Oct 17, 2025 · SEC
- BlackRock, Inc. reported a passive stake (13G) of 9.1% in Host Hotels & Resorts (HST)Filed Oct 17, 2025 · SEC
- BlackRock, Inc. reported a passive stake (13G) of 9.0% in Cboe Global Markets (CBOE)Filed Oct 17, 2025 · SEC
- Jeffrey P. Bezos reported a passive stake (13G) of 9.0% in Amazon (AMZN)Filed Oct 14, 2025 · SEC
- BlackRock, Inc. reported a passive stake (13G) of 8.9% in Howmet Aerospace (HWM)Filed Oct 17, 2025 · SEC
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. reported a passive stake (13G) of 8.5% in Fidelity National Information Services (FIS)Filed Oct 17, 2025 · SEC
- BlackRock, Inc. reported a passive stake (13G) of 8.2% in Datadog (DDOG)Filed Oct 17, 2025 · SEC
Largest federal contract awards
- Lockheed Martin (LMT): $329MOct 15, 2025 · the award
- DaVita (DVA): $26.8MOct 16, 2025 · the award
- Polaris (PII): $775KOct 15, 2025 · the award
- Polaris (PII): $348KOct 15, 2025 · the award
- General Dynamics (GD): $285KOct 15, 2025 · the award
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