Screeners for stocks insiders are buying all promise the same thing: the buys, minus the grants, gifts, and option exercises. The difference between a good screener and a filing dump is one filter, transaction code P for open-market purchase. Five tools that actually apply it.
- OpenInsider: filter to P-code purchases by insider title and dollar size. Free.
- MarketBeat: All Access screener with insider-name and value filters. Paid.
- Fintel: insider buying pages with each insider's past track record.
- WallStreetZen: Bullish Insider Buys inside broader quant ratings, for part-timers.
- InsiderPulse (stockspro24.com): cluster-buy screener: only stocks with 3+ insiders buying. 5 free alerts a month, $9/mo unlimited.
Sources: [MarketBeat screener](https://www.MarketBeat.com/all-access/insider-trades-screener/), [WallStreetZen review](https://investingbrokers.com/wallstreetzen-review/)
The filter is the product. A screener that cannot isolate open-market buys is not a screener.