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Form 4 · STOCK Act · 13F · 13D · options flow · filtered every trading day

Filings & News in.Smart Money Setups out.

Insiders, politicians and funds file thousands of disclosures every week. I filter them down to the few names where the signals overlap — an open-market insider buy, a Congress trade, new fund money on the same ticker — disclosed late, with the stock not yet repriced. Each one is delivered as a Smart Money Setup: ticker, direction, the level that invalidates it, and what “done” means.

SAMPLE SETUP · QUBTlong > 8.76 · invalid < 8.05
CLEARED THE BARWhich signals overlap
WHAT DIDN'TThe noise, named
LAG & ROOMDisclosed late, not repriced
THE SETUPDirection, invalidation, done

No card for the free file. Cancel anytime. Public filings only. Education, not financial advice.

How the filter works

The bar every setup clears

Every post opens with why the name cleared the bar — which filings overlap, what got discarded as noise — then gives the trade: ticker, direction, the level that invalidates it, and what “done” means. Everything comes from public disclosures on SEC EDGAR and the STOCK Act registers.

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Public filings only

Form 4 insider trades, STOCK Act politician disclosures, 13F fund positions, 13D activist stakes and reported options flow. Nothing non-public, ever.

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Overlap beats size

One buy is interesting. A Congress buy, an open-market insider buy and a new fund position on the same name is a setup. Scheduled 10b5-1 selling is noise, whatever the size — and the post names what didn't count.

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Lag and room

Filings arrive late by design. A name clears the bar only while the stock hasn't repriced. Already 15% through the insider price on a headline? Then there is no post.

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"No signal, no setup"

The exit is the filter breaking, not a round number — and when nothing cleared the bar, you hear that too. Quiet days get posted, not padded.

The execution playbook

How a filtered name gets timed

The filter gives you the name, the direction and the level that invalidates it. These fourteen setups are how the entry gets timed, on a 5-minute chart for a day trade or a daily chart for a swing. Amber is the entry, red is the stop and risk, green is the target and reward. They show the rules, not real fills.

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A week with the files

What lands, and when (ET)

Morning file by email and in Discord: last night's filings run through the filter, the one or two names that cleared the bar, the setup under each.

Discord only: an alert when a print clears the bar — a Form 4, politician disclosure or 13D that overlaps something already on watch, or unusual options flow on a flagged name.

Evening file: the after-close filing batch, what triggered today, which setups broke their filter, what to watch tomorrow.

Weekly smart-money map: cluster buys, politician trades, new activist stakes, fund rotations, the names on watch for the week.

13F deep-dive, 45 days after quarter end: what the biggest funds added, trimmed and dropped, and which moves are worth a file.

Two ways to get the setups

Pick how it reaches you

Start with the free weekly setups. Founding members keep their rate for as long as they stay.

Weekly file

$0every Sunday

For seeing what clears the bar before you pay for the daily filter.

  • Sunday smart-money map by email
  • The three names where the signals overlapped this week — insider, politician, fund — each delivered as a setup
  • No card required
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Insider Files

$39/ month

For traders and investors who want the filtered filings in their inbox and nothing else.

  • Morning setup every trading day, before 7:30 ET
  • Why the name cleared the bar: the insider, politician and fund prints that overlap, what got discarded, the lag and the room
  • The trade under it: ticker, direction, the level that invalidates it, and what “done” means
  • Evening filings file and the Sunday map · quarterly 13F deep-dive
  • No chat, no notifications to manage
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Smart Money Desk

$79/ month

For traders who want to see a name the moment it clears the bar, and a room to work it in.

  • Everything in Insider Files
  • Live alerts when a print clears the bar during market hours: Form 4s, politician disclosures, 13Ds, unusual options flow
  • #files, #alerts and #questions channels
  • Weekly live review: what cleared, what broke, what's still holding the filter
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Who's behind it

Serge P. Shuster

I worked with traders in more than a dozen banks and hedge funds, structuring trades in equities, futures, FX, cryptocurrencies, ETFs, commodities, fixed income, options and derivatives. I also led trading-desk AI at $QUBT, building the systems that turned research and filings into trade ideas. Insiders, politicians and funds leave a paper trail, but it is scattered across thousands of filings, most of it noise. This desk is the filter: it keeps the few names where the prints overlap and the market hasn't repriced, and delivers each one as a setup — ticker, direction, the level that invalidates it, and what “done” means.

Trading-desk AI · $QUBTForm 4 · 13F · 13DRules-based setups
"Cleared the bar: a $4.6M open-market director buy, a committee member's late-filed disclosure, two fund initiations — and the stock hasn't repriced. Long against the insider price. Invalid below it on a close."
Questions

Before you join

What is a Smart Money Setup?

One page on one name. It opens with why the name cleared the bar — the open-market insider buy, the politician disclosure, the new fund position, and how they overlap — plus what did not count: scheduled 10b5-1 sales, routine rebalances, adds to already-crowded names. Then the trade: ticker, direction, the level that invalidates it, and what “done” means. The exit is the filter breaking, not a round number.

Is this insider information? Is it legal?

Everything in the files is public. Insiders must report trades on SEC Form 4 within two business days, funds report holdings on 13F and stakes on 13D, and members of Congress disclose under the STOCK Act. The files read those disclosures; they never contain material non-public information.

What markets do you cover?

US-listed stocks and ETFs, where the filings are. The execution playbook also works on index futures (NQ, ES and the micros) for timing.

What does "half R" mean?

R is the amount you decide in advance that one trade may lose. Half R means risking half of that unit. Every setup states its risk so you can size it to your own account.

Is this financial advice?

No. The files and setups are educational examples of a rules-based process. You decide whether, and how much, to trade.

How do I get access?

Checkout and membership run through Whop. After you join, the files start the next trading day and the Discord invite appears in your Whop account.

Can I cancel?

Yes, anytime, from your Whop account. You keep access until the end of the period you paid for.