Whale Watch Basics

How to read Whale Watch: public trade disclosures from politicians, insiders and large funds, why they arrive late, and how to use them as research leads rather than signals.

What Whale Watch shows

Whale Watch is a Trade Desk tool that collects public trade disclosures from people and institutions whose moves many investors follow. Each row shows the trade date, the disclosure date, the person or entity, the stock, the side of the trade, the size as disclosed and a link to the public source. You can filter by category and open a five-year profile for each person or fund.

The categories are Politician, Founder / Insider, Mega Fund and Other. Each profile summarizes the trades over five years, buys and awards, and the most recent activity.

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