Insider buying report — Monday, October 19, 2026: 30 open-market buys worth $71.2M
On Monday, October 19, 2026 the SEC published 30 open-market insider purchases worth $71.2M across 27 companies, against 17 insider sales of $1M or more worth $159.2M. By dollar value the selling outweighed the buying, which is the usual state of affairs — executives at large companies sell on schedule, and buy only on purpose.
The largest purchase
Lincoln Financial Investments Corp (10% owner) at Lincoln Bain Capital Total Credit Fund (LNBIX) filed the day's largest purchase: 2,477,701 shares at $10.09, $25.0M in total, transacted on Oct 15, 2026 and filed Oct 19, 2026.
Behind it: Life Insurance Co Nippon at CRBG ($17.1M), Rachlin Evan Lockwood at IAM ($11.5M), Zhang Jason Gechen at APLD ($5.7M).
Top ten insider buys
| Filed | Insider | Company | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | Lincoln Financial Investments Corp 10% owner | LNBIX Lincoln Bain Capital Total Credit Fund | Bought | 2,477,701 | $10.09 | $25.0M |
| 2026-10-19 | Life Insurance Co Nippon 10% owner | CRBG Corebridge Financial, Inc. | Bought | 510,873 | $33.43 | $17.1M |
| 2026-10-19 | Rachlin Evan Lockwoodfirst buydip Director | IAM Iambic Therapeutics, Inc. | Bought | 718,750 | $16.00 | $11.5M |
| 2026-10-19 | Zhang Jason Gechenfirst buydip President | APLD Applied Digital Corp. | Bought | 300,000 | $18.86 | $5.7M |
| 2026-10-19 | ARCH Venture Fund XII, L.P.first buydip 10% owner | CTY CITY THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Bought | 170,000 | $18.00 | $3.1M |
| 2026-10-19 | Robert Nelsenfirst buydip Director · 10% owner | CTY CITY THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Bought | 170,000 | $18.00 | $3.1M |
| 2026-10-19 | Ramin Kamfarclusterdip Director | BPRE Bluerock Private Real Estate Fund | Bought | 194,228 | $12.47 | $2.4M |
| 2026-10-19 | Cummins WesCEOchairfirst buydip CEO; Chairman | APLD Applied Digital Corp. | Bought | 55,803 | $18.04 | $1.0M |
| 2026-10-19 | Glenbrook Capital Managementdiplargest ever 10% owner | SNES SenesTech, Inc. | Bought | 983,804 | $0.72 | $706k |
| 2026-10-19 | Purcell Lynn Sebastianfirst buydip Director · 10% owner | CNXU Conexeu Sciences Inc. | Bought | 166,666 | $3.00 | $500k |
Showing 10 of 30 open-market purchases filed on 2026-10-19. The full list, sortable and filterable by role and size, is in the members Filings Browser; the same rows are available as JSON through the API.
Signals in the day's buying
Of the purchases filed: 7 purchases by a chief executive (API, APLD, CTTH, DLPN, FNGR, GRSD); 1 by a CFO (FNGR); 3 that belong to an active cluster (BPRE, FUL, MAGN); 15 first-ever purchases by the insider; 17 bought at least 25% below the recent high. These are the flags the members area scores on — a CFO buying with their own money has historically been the strongest single-insider signal, and a cluster of three or more buyers the strongest of all. The cluster guide explains the scoring.
LNBIX — two years of insider activity on the price
CRBG — two years of insider activity on the price
APLD — two years of insider activity on the price
Largest insider sales ($1M and up)
| Filed | Insider | Company | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | Control Empresarial de Capitales S.A. de C.V. 10% owner | TALO TALOS ENERGY INC. | Sold | 2,700,000 | $17.19 | $46.4M |
| 2026-10-19 | Dines Daniel CEO and Chairman | PATH UiPath, Inc. | Sold | 2,452,400 | $13.22 | $32.4M |
| 2026-10-19 | Dube Eric M CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | TVTX Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | Sold | 243,735 | $53.82 | $13.1M |
| 2026-10-19 | Conine Steven Director | W Wayfair Inc. | Sold | 117,000 | $111.25 | $13.0M |
| 2026-10-19 | Shah Niraj Chief Executive Officer | W Wayfair Inc. | Sold | 117,000 | $111.25 | $13.0M |
The largest sale was Control Empresarial de Capitales S.A. de C.V. at TALOS ENERGY INC. (TALO), $46.4M. Sales are shown from $1M upward only; below that they are overwhelmingly scheduled 10b5-1 plans and tax-driven, and listing them would bury the signal.
Context: the market-wide picture
For the week starting Oct 12, 2026, 26% of open-market insider filings across the whole market were buys (134 buys against 383 sales). The long-run average sits near a third, because insiders buy for one reason and sell for many. The full weekly series since 2019 is on the insider sentiment index.
Questions this post answers
Which insiders bought stock on Oct 19, 2026?
30 open-market purchases were filed with the SEC on Oct 19, 2026, worth $71.2M across 27 companies. The largest was Lincoln Financial Investments Corp at Lincoln Bain Capital Total Credit Fund (LNBIX), $25.0M. The ten largest are listed above.
Were insiders net buyers or net sellers on Oct 19, 2026?
By dollar value, sellers: $71.2M bought against $159.2M in sales of $1M or more. Selling normally dominates because executives sell on pre-set schedules; what matters is the buying, which is voluntary.
What counts as an insider buy here?
Only Form 4 transactions with code P — an open-market purchase paid for with the insider's own money. Grants (A), option exercises (M) and shares withheld for tax (F) are excluded, because they follow vesting schedules set years earlier and say nothing about what the insider thinks of the price.
How current is this?
The SEC publishes Form 4 filings through about 10 pm Eastern each business day. This report covers everything published on Oct 19, 2026 and was generated early the next morning from the same data the members area uses.