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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund

NFJ · NYSE · CIK 0001260563 · Financial Services · Asset Management

INSIDER SIGNAL

41.7 / 100

1 buyers · 1 purchase transaction lines · $5.5K gross purchase

WHY THIS SIGNAL?

Buyer breadthLow
Purchase sizeLow
RoleStrong
RecencyLow
ConvictionStrong
Score anatomy

Each bar shows the contribution to the current score; the weights and formula stay unchanged.

Cluster+7.0 / 35
Purchase size+1.0 / 25
Role+20.0 / 20
Recency+3.7 / 10
Conviction+10.0 / 10

What is holding the score back?

  • ⚠ Cluster breadth is moderate · 1 insider(s), not 4+
  • ⚠ Purchase size is modest relative to the model scale
  • ⚠ Purchase activity is becoming less recent
  • ✓ Role scores high · most senior buyer: Director

Purchase-size comments are relative to the model scale. Average daily volume is a separate market-context diagnostic.

US-v1.2 ranks qualifying equity purchases under the current 180-day rules. The score is a research priority, not a return forecast or probability. Backtests have not shown that a higher US score is followed by better returns.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
MCDANIEL CONNIE DDirector
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Saba Capital Management, L.P.TenPercentOwner
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

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Purchase breadth & concentration

QUALIFYING BUYERS1
PURCHASE CONCENTRATION100%Largest buyer: MCDANIEL CONNIE D · $5.5K
CLUSTER BUYING · 15D1 insiderPeak activity: 2026-08-20–2026-08-20

Roles in the peak window: Director. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.

SIGNAL HISTORY

41.7 / 100

Latest recorded score

↓ -0.2 ptsversus the previous recorded snapshot
  1. 42.1
  2. 42.1
  3. 42.0
  4. 41.9
  5. 41.7

Only scores saved when a full US scoring run completed are shown; gaps are not reconstructed.

Recent Form 4 activity

20Purchases
0Sales
1Other Form 4 lines
15SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING1 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING0 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER1 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot detected in parsed evidence

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context provides additional background on recent price performance and risk. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Price performance

1M
-5.8%
3M
-3.6%
6M
+9.5%
12M
+11.3%

Volatility & liquidity

Volatility
15.9%
Beta
—
Avg daily value
USD 3.4M

Valuation

Market cap
—
P/E
—

Fundamentals

Profit margin
—
ROE
—
Industry
Asset Management

Market data

Price data up to: 2026-10-11 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance; volume from price cache (yfinance) · Status: PASS

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
515,445
Previous report
164,041
Avg daily volume
325,815
Days to cover
1.6

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-08-20MCDANIEL CONNIE DPurchase (P)Common Stock350USD 15.67USD 5,484SEC filing ↗
2026-04-01Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund3,509USD 12.65USD 44,389SEC filing ↗
2026-03-27Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock92,048USD 12.35USD 1,136,793SEC filing ↗
2026-03-26Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock68,783USD 12.52USD 861,163SEC filing ↗
2026-03-25Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock41,486USD 12.64USD 524,383SEC filing ↗
2026-03-24Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock16,685USD 12.45USD 207,728SEC filing ↗
2026-03-23Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock66,031USD 12.52USD 826,708SEC filing ↗
2026-03-19Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock28,190USD 12.41USD 349,838SEC filing ↗
2026-02-18Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock600USD 13.85USD 8,310SEC filing ↗
2026-02-12Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock17,176USD 13.76USD 236,342SEC filing ↗
2026-02-10Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock51,354USD 13.70USD 703,550SEC filing ↗
2026-02-09Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock5,300USD 13.58USD 71,974SEC filing ↗
2026-02-05Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock48,927USD 13.34USD 652,686SEC filing ↗
2026-02-04Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock11,642USD 13.52USD 157,400SEC filing ↗
2026-02-03Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock123,765USD 13.51USD 1,672,065SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

21 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 38 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-12Saba Capital Management, L.P.J (J)Common Stock8,242,167USD 15.92USD 131,215,299SEC filing ↗
2026-08-20MCDANIEL CONNIE DPurchase (P)Common Stock350USD 15.67USD 5,484SEC filing ↗
2026-04-01Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund3,509USD 12.65USD 44,389SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (21 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-12Saba Capital Management, L.P.J (J)Common Stock8,242,167USD 15.92USD 131,215,299SEC filing ↗
2026-08-20MCDANIEL CONNIE DPurchase (P)Common Stock350USD 15.67USD 5,484SEC filing ↗
2026-04-01Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund3,509USD 12.65USD 44,389SEC filing ↗
2026-03-27Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock92,048USD 12.35USD 1,136,793SEC filing ↗
2026-03-26Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock68,783USD 12.52USD 861,163SEC filing ↗
2026-03-25Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock41,486USD 12.64USD 524,383SEC filing ↗
2026-03-24Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock16,685USD 12.45USD 207,728SEC filing ↗
2026-03-23Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock66,031USD 12.52USD 826,708SEC filing ↗
2026-03-19Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock28,190USD 12.41USD 349,838SEC filing ↗
2026-02-18Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock600USD 13.85USD 8,310SEC filing ↗
2026-02-12Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock17,176USD 13.76USD 236,342SEC filing ↗
2026-02-10Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock51,354USD 13.70USD 703,550SEC filing ↗
2026-02-09Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock5,300USD 13.58USD 71,974SEC filing ↗
2026-02-05Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock48,927USD 13.34USD 652,686SEC filing ↗
2026-02-04Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock11,642USD 13.52USD 157,400SEC filing ↗
2026-02-03Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock123,765USD 13.51USD 1,672,065SEC filing ↗
2026-02-02Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock6,773USD 13.50USD 91,436SEC filing ↗
2026-01-30Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock40,566USD 13.44USD 545,207SEC filing ↗
2026-01-29Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock48,073USD 13.44USD 646,101SEC filing ↗
2026-01-28Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock42,762USD 13.50USD 577,287SEC filing ↗
2026-01-27Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock51,528USD 13.47USD 694,082SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerNFJ
CIK0001260563
SectorFinancial Services
IndustryAsset Management Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC6163 Loan Brokers
ExchangeNYSE

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history38 transaction lines from 2020-03-13 to 2026-10-12
32 P purchase lines · 5 S sale lines · 1 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.