Carlisle Melvin purchased ~$83K in Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation stock
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (OCSL) · CFO & Treasurer · Data via SEC EDGAR Form 4
Price Performance · 10 days before → 90 days after trade
▲ = insider buy date
90-day return
-17.2%vs SPY -11.1%
Trade Details · Public SEC Filing
Insider
Carlisle Melvin
Role
CFO & Treasurer
Transaction
Open-Market Purchase
Approx. Value
~$83K
Trade Date
Feb 21, 2020
Company
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation
Ticker
OCSLSource
SEC EDGAR Form 4
Why This Trade Stands Out
Strong conviction signal
Scored above average across multiple factors. Roughly 15% of insider trades qualify as Strong.
~$83K purchase
A personal investment by a corporate insider. Even smaller trades can be meaningful when combined with other factors like timing and role.
CFO & Treasurer
CFOs have direct access to financials before they become public. Their trades are among the most closely watched by institutional investors.
2 insiders traded in the same window
When multiple insiders independently buy within 30 days, it's called a cluster. Studies show clustered insider purchases outperform solo trades significantly, because several people with inside knowledge are reaching the same conclusion.
-17.2% in 90 days (S&P 500: -11.1%)
This trade underperformed the S&P 500 by 6.2 percentage points. Not every insider trade wins. We track all of them so you can focus on the insiders with the best records.
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Carlisle Melvin wasn't the only one buying.
2 insiders at Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation traded within the same 30-day window.
See who else bought · FreeOn February 21, 2020, Carlisle Melvin — CFO & Treasurer of Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation — filed a Form 4 with the SEC disclosing an open-market purchase of approximately ~$83K in Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (OCSL) stock.
This transaction was part of a cluster — 2 insiders at Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation made open-market purchases within the same 30-day window. Cluster activity from multiple independent insiders is one of the most studied patterns in insider trading research.
Under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, corporate insiders must report all open-market stock transactions to the SEC within two business days. These filings — known as Form 4s — are publicly available on the SEC's EDGAR database. VeritySignals filters and scores the full Form 4 stream to surface high-conviction signals like this one.
In the 90 days following this trade, OCSL returned -17.2% versus -11.1% for the S&P 500 over the same period.
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All data sourced from publicly available SEC Form 4 filings via EDGAR · Not financial advice · Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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