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The JSON API: insider buys, sells, clusters and sentiment for your own tools

GuideNumbers as of 2026-10-14

The same buys, sells and clusters the members pages show, as JSON you can pull into a notebook, a sheet or your own tools. Included with the subscription, rebuilt every morning with the site.

Endpoints

Base URL https://insiderfilingsdata.com/api/v1. Pass your key in the x-api-key header (or ?api_key= for a quick browser test).

EndpointQuery parametersReturns
/filingsticker, side (buy/sell), since (YYYY-MM-DD), min (usd), insider, limitOpen-market buys and $1M+ sells, last 24 months
/clustersticker, min_score, since, limitScored cluster buys
/sentiment—Weekly and monthly market-wide buy/sell counts and dollars since 2019

Examples

# the five strongest clusters
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" "https://insiderfilingsdata.com/api/v1/clusters?min_score=80&limit=5"

# every open-market buy of NVDA in the window
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" "https://insiderfilingsdata.com/api/v1/filings?ticker=NVDA&side=buy"

# CFO buys over $250k this quarter
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" "https://insiderfilingsdata.com/api/v1/filings?side=buy&min=250000&since=2026-07-01"

Keys

A key carries your subscription; anyone with it can read the API as you. Only a hash is stored — if a key is lost, revoke it on the members API page and make a new one. Keys are shown once, at creation.

Beyond the API

The trailing 24 months is what the API serves. For everything since 2019 there is the one-time data archive — gzipped CSV and a build script that produces an indexed SQLite database in about two minutes — and an MCP server so Claude, Cursor or any MCP-aware assistant can query it directly.

Included in the $29/month membership

All seven tools, the full two-year feed, the JSON API and email alerts, refreshed every morning. A free quarterly sample of the dataset needs no account.

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Questions this post answers

Is there an API for insider trading data?

Yes. Members get keyed access to /filings, /clusters and /sentiment at insiderfilingsdata.com/api/v1, returning the same open-market buys, $1M+ sells and scored clusters the members pages show.

How is the API authenticated?

With an API key in the x-api-key header. Keys are created and revoked on the members API page; only a hash is stored.

How far back does the API go?

The trailing 24 months of filings and clusters, and the full weekly sentiment series since 2019. The full seven-year history is in the one-time data archive.

How current is the data?

It is rebuilt every morning from the previous business day's SEC filings, at the same time as the site.

Can I use it commercially?

Yes, apart from reselling the compiled files as a competing dataset. See the terms.

Related

Built from SEC EDGAR ownership filings. Only open-market purchases (transaction code P) and sales of $1M or more are counted; grants, option exercises and tax withholding are excluded because they run on schedules set years earlier. Historical description, not a prediction, and not investment advice.