BAR Insider Trading
GraniteShares Gold Trust (BAR) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $1.34B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.41 to the broader market. BAR invests directly in physical gold stored in a London vault and custodied by ICBC Standard Bank. public since 2017-08-31.
In the last 12 months, GraniteShares Gold Trust insiders made 0 buy transactions and 0 sale transactions.
| Date | Name | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2006 | SIRMON GARY | A-Award | 532.57 | $37.72 | $20.1K |
How to Read BAR Insider Activity
Net insider activity is balanced over the trailing twelve months: 0 buys against 0 sales. Balanced activity typically reflects routine compensation-related vesting and tax-driven liquidity rather than directional information signals. The transaction table above includes the filer's reporting name, transaction type, share count, per-share price, and total dollar value where computable. For options traders, insider activity is one input to event-driven sizing alongside earnings calendar, analyst-rating cluster moves, and the implied-vol surface. Form 4 filings (the dominant Section 16 reporting form) must be submitted within two business days of the transaction; clusters of buys across multiple insiders within a short window are the strongest informational pattern. SEC EDGAR carries the underlying source filings for verification and additional historical depth.
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Frequently asked BAR insider trading questions
- Does BAR have corporate insiders to track?
- GraniteShares Gold Trust (BAR) is an exchange-traded fund, so the Section 16 insider-trading rules that produce Form 3, 4, and 5 filings on equity tickers do not apply. ETFs do not have corporate officers, directors, or 10% beneficial-owner shareholders in the registrant sense. The relevant disclosure surface for an ETF is its holdings schedule and the sponsor's investment-company filings on SEC EDGAR.
- What disclosures does BAR make at the fund level?
- Registered ETFs disclose at the fund level via the N-1A (open-end) or N-2 (closed-end) prospectus with subsequent 485 updates, N-CSR and N-CSRS semi-annual and annual shareholder reports with audited or reviewed financials, N-PX annual proxy-voting records, and N-CEN annual census filings, all searchable through SEC EDGAR. Many ETFs additionally publish daily holdings on the sponsor's website; index-tracking funds rebalance against published index methodology rather than discretionary insider activity.
- How does constituent-level news flow through BAR?
- For options traders, the analog to insider-trading on equity tickers is the constituent-level news and earnings flow for the top holdings. Concentration risk in a thematic or sector ETF means a small number of constituents drive most of the price action and most of the implied-volatility surface. Single-name catalysts (earnings, M&A, regulatory rulings) on top holdings flow through to the ETF's implied volatility, skew, and dealer gamma profile.
- Where can I find BAR holdings and AP activity?
- Daily holdings are typically published on the sponsor's website for transparent ETFs; full-year audited holdings appear in the N-CSR shareholder report. Authorized-participant creation and redemption baskets are not disclosed at the individual-AP level, but aggregate creation and redemption activity is observable through fund-level share-count changes reported in the daily NAV file and quarterly Form 13F filings of large institutional holders that include the ETF in their portfolios.