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# Form 4
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/form-4
Last modified: 2026-10-17

Form 4 is the SEC filing a company insider must make within two business days of buying or selling the company's shares. It is near real time and free on [EDGAR](https://mochatrade.com/learn/start-here/how-to-read-us-market-news), and it comes from [the same disclosure rules as results](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/us-earnings-explained).

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- SEC: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/sec
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- Market correction: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/market-correction