> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# GET /v1/insiders

> Return recent normalized insider trading records derived from Forms 3, 4, and 5 with date filters and cursor pagination

Return recent normalized insider trading records derived from Forms 3, 4, and 5 with date filters and cursor pagination

<Info>
  Audience: application and coding agent.
</Info>

## Agent mode

Pass `?view=agent` to receive the compact agent shape: trade essentials (ticker, form, dates, code, direction, security title, shares, price, value, accession) + lifted `filingUrl`. Ownership flags (`isDirector`, `isOfficer`, `sharesOwnedPrior/Following`) and metadata envelopes are dropped. Typical reduction: **\~55%**. See [api conventions → response formats](/api-conventions) for the full `?view=` contract.

## Canonical metadata

* `requestId`
* `traceparent`
* `provenance`
* `freshness`
* `materialization`

## Example request

<RequestExample>
  ```bash theme={null}
  curl -X GET -H "x-api-key: $SECAPI_API_KEY" -H "secapi-version: 2026-03-19" "https://api.secapi.ai/v1/insiders?ticker=AAPL&forms=4&limit=10"
  ```
</RequestExample>

## Example response

<ResponseExample>
  ```json theme={null}
  {
    "object": "list",
    "data": [{
      "object": "insider_trade",
      "ownerName": "Example reporting owner",
      "ownerTitle": "Chief Executive Officer",
      "form": "4",
      "filingDate": "2026-07-01",
      "transactionDate": "2026-06-30",
      "transactionCode": "P",
      "transactionDirection": "acquired",
      "transactionShares": 1000,
      "transactionPrice": 25.5,
      "transactionValue": 25500,
      "accessionNumber": "0000000000-00-000000",
      "provenance": { "source": "sec", "filingUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/..." }
    }],
    "hasMore": false,
    "nextCursor": null,
    "requestId": "req_2ZK8Q1W9F4M6P7R3"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

## Give this prompt to your agent

<Prompt>
  Use SEC API GET /v1/insiders to return recent normalized insider trading records derived from Forms 3, 4, and 5 with date filters and cursor pagination. Preserve `requestId`, `traceparent`, `provenance`, `freshness`, `materialization` in the output. Return a concise markdown summary plus the exact structured payload fields that a downstream engineer or agent should keep using this result.
</Prompt>

## Failure posture

* treat non-2xx responses as contract-aware failures, not free-form errors
* preserve `requestId` and `traceparent` in logs and downstream reports
* if provenance or freshness metadata is present, return it unchanged so trust is not lost in the handoff