> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: /docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> Quiver Quantitative API: base URL https://api.quiverquant.com, endpoints under /beta/. Authenticate every request with the header `Authorization: Bearer <API key>`. Keys are on https://api.quiverquant.com/dashboard/ after subscribing at https://api.quiverquant.com/pricing/.
> AI agents can use the Quiver MCP server at https://mcp.quiverquant.com/ (streamable HTTP; OAuth sign-in, or the API key as a Bearer token). Setup: https://api.quiverquant.com/docs/mcp-server.
> Each dataset needs a plan (https://api.quiverquant.com/docs/plans-and-access) and each endpoint has a per-account rate limit (https://api.quiverquant.com/docs/rate-limits).

# Live Insider Trading

> Returns recent insider transactions.

**Plan:** Trader or above. A Hobbyist plan gets a `403` from this endpoint. See [Plans and data access](/docs/plans-and-access.md).


## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /beta/live/insiders
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Quiver API
  version: v1
  description: Tap into the power of alternative data
  contact:
    name: 'Us: info@quiverquant.com'
    email: info@quiverquant.com
  license:
    name: Terms of Service
    url: https://www.quiverquant.com/termsofservice/
servers:
  - url: https://api.quiverquant.com
security: []
tags:
  - name: Congress
    description: Stock trades, holdings and profiles of members of Congress.
  - name: Trump trades
    description: Stock trades by Donald Trump.
  - name: Insiders and institutions
    description: Insider trades, 13F holdings, shareholders and executive pay.
  - name: Government contracts
    description: Federal contracts awarded to public companies.
  - name: Lobbying and donations
    description: Corporate lobbying, revolving door lobbyists and PAC donations.
  - name: Market data
    description: Daily prices, off-exchange trading and Polymarket trades.
  - name: Patents
    description: Patents granted to public companies, and patent-based signals.
  - name: Company data
    description: Layoff notices, app ratings and the Quiver newsfeed.
  - name: New Constructs
    description: New Constructs ratings, a separate subscription.
paths:
  /beta/live/insiders:
    get:
      tags:
        - Insiders and institutions
      summary: Live Insider Trading
      description: Returns recent insider transactions.
      operationId: live_insiders_retrieve
      parameters:
        - in: query
          name: date
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date
          description: Date, formatted as YYYYMMDD
        - in: query
          name: limit_codes
          schema:
            type: boolean
          description: Limit codes for form4 search
        - in: query
          name: page
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: Page number
        - in: query
          name: page_size
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: Items / page
        - in: query
          name: ticker
          schema:
            type: string
          description: Ticker for any given stock
        - in: query
          name: uploaded
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date
          description: Date the transaction was uploaded, formatted as YYYYMMDD
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Form4Response'
          description: ''
      security:
        - WebPlatformTokenAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    Form4Response:
      title: Form4Response
      description: JSON Response structure for form4 (insiders) endpoint.
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Form4Entry'
    Form4Entry:
      title: Form4Entry
      description: Form4 entry information.
      type: object
      properties:
        Ticker:
          title: Ticker
          description: Company ticker
          type: string
        Date:
          title: Date
          description: Transaction date
          type: string
          format: date-time
        Name:
          title: Name
          description: Name of transactor
          type: string
        AcquiredDisposedCode:
          title: Acquireddisposedcode
          description: Indicates whether transaction was share acquisition or disposal
          type: string
        TransactionCode:
          title: Transactioncode
          description: >-
            Indicates type of transaction (see more:
            https://www.sec.gov/files/forms-3-4-5.pdf)
          type: string
        Shares:
          title: Shares
          description: Number of shares transacted
          type: number
        PricePerShare:
          title: Pricepershare
          description: Reported price per share transacted
          type: number
        SharesOwnedFollowing:
          title: Sharesownedfollowing
          description: Number of shares owned by insider following transaction
          type: number
        fileDate:
          title: Filedate
          description: Time that the transaction was filed (and became publicly available)
          type: string
          format: date-time
        officerTitle:
          title: Officertitle
          description: Corporate title of the transactor
          type: string
        isDirector:
          title: Isdirector
          description: Whether the transactor is a director of the company
          type: boolean
        isOfficer:
          title: Isofficer
          description: Whether the transactor is an officer of the company
          type: boolean
        isTenPercentOwner:
          title: Istenpercentowner
          description: Whether the transactor is a 10% owner of the company
          type: boolean
        isOther:
          title: Isother
          description: The transactor is not a director, officer, or 10% owner
          type: boolean
        directOrIndirectOwnership:
          title: Directorindirectownership
          description: Ownership type ('D' or 'I')
          type: string
        uploaded:
          title: Uploaded
          description: Time that the transaction was uploaded by Quiver
          type: string
          format: date-time
      required:
        - Date
        - Name
        - AcquiredDisposedCode
        - TransactionCode
        - fileDate
  securitySchemes:
    WebPlatformTokenAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````

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