European Insider Trading: Four Registers, One Free Map
Under MAR Article 19 (UK MAR post-Brexit, same shape), directors and senior executives at EU and UK-listed companies must disclose their open-market trades within three business days. Each country publishes the resulting PDMR filings through its own national regulator: BaFin in Germany, the FCA in the United Kingdom, Finansinspektionen in Sweden, and the AFM in the Netherlands.
Tracefour aggregates all four registers free, refreshes every hour, and renders each as an interactive treemap heatmap, the same visual treatment as the US Insider Map. Every filing deep-links to its original regulator document. The equivalent data is behind paid subscriptions on every major commercial tracker.
Choose a market
BaFin Directors' Dealings
Open-market insider trades from BaFin's Directors' Dealings database. EUR-denominated.
604 filings in window
View Germany map →
FCA National Storage Mechanism
PDMR dealing notifications from the FCA National Storage Mechanism under UK MAR. GBP + EUR.
2.1K filings in window
View United Kingdom map →
Finansinspektionen Insynsregistret
Insynsregistret disclosures from Finansinspektionen, among the most active European registers. Native SEK.
4.7K filings in window
View Sweden map →
AFM Meldingenregister
Dutch PDMR notifications from the AFM Meldingenregister. EUR-denominated.
695 filings in window
View Netherlands map →
How European disclosure works
MAR Article 19 requires PDMRs (executives, directors, and closely associated persons such as spouses and entities they control) to notify their company and the national regulator within three business days of each open-market trade. The company then makes the notification public. The rule applies to anyone who routinely accesses inside information or has the power to make managerial decisions affecting the future development and business prospects of the issuer.
What Tracefour displays: open-market purchases (transaction type P) and open-market sales (S). Excluded: awards, option exercises, conversions, RSU-vest tax-withholding sales, and gifts, which are mechanical events that carry no directional intent. This is the same filter applied to US Form 4 data on the main Insider Map.
What the European pages do not yet have: per-issuer detail pages, conviction scoring, consecutive-week streaks, or sector clustering. Those require deeper price history and Yahoo Finance coverage for non-US listings, which is in progress.
European insider trading FAQ
Is European insider trading data free on Tracefour?
Yes. Tracefour publishes PDMR filings from BaFin (Germany), the FCA National Storage Mechanism (United Kingdom), Finansinspektionen (Sweden), and the AFM Meldingenregister (Netherlands) for free. The same data sits behind paid subscriptions on commercial platforms such as InsiderScreener or 2iQ Research. Every filing on Tracefour deep-links back to its original regulator document for verification.
Which European countries does Tracefour cover?
Tracefour covers four European markets: Germany (BaFin Directors' Dealings Database, /de), the United Kingdom (FCA National Storage Mechanism, /uk), Sweden (Finansinspektionen Insynsregistret, /se), and the Netherlands (AFM Meldingenregister, /nl). Each has its own treemap heatmap and filings table, refreshed hourly from each regulator.
What is a PDMR filing?
PDMR stands for Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities: the EU and UK term for corporate insiders required to disclose their open-market trades. Under MAR Article 19, PDMRs (directors, executives, and closely associated persons such as spouses and entities they control) must notify their company and the relevant national regulator within three business days of each transaction.
How fast do European insiders have to disclose their trades?
Under MAR Article 19, PDMRs must disclose open-market trades within three business days of the transaction date. The United Kingdom retained the same three-day deadline under UK MAR post-Brexit. In practice national regulators publish the filings within hours of receipt; Tracefour picks them up on its next hourly refresh.
Where does the European insider trading data come from?
Data is sourced directly from each country's official regulator portal: BaFin's Directors' Dealings database for Germany, the FCA's National Storage Mechanism for the United Kingdom, Finansinspektionen's Insynsregistret for Sweden, and the AFM's Meldingenregister for the Netherlands. Every row on the site carries a link back to the original regulator document. That is the authoritative record.
Data sourced from public regulatory filings: BaFin Directors' Dealings (Germany), FCA National Storage Mechanism (United Kingdom), Finansinspektionen Insynsregistret (Sweden), AFM Meldingenregister (Netherlands). Not investment advice.