van Melle, Blain Mitchell — Insider Profile

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van Melle, Blain Mitchell

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$TA

Companies Filed At

Open-Market Buys (2yr)

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Buy Value (2yr, open-market)

Jul 01, 2023

Most Recent Trade

Credibility
Score

63%

Hit Rate

+6.6%

Avg 90d Return

+4.8%

Median 90d Return

Evaluated Trades

+25.6%

Best Trade

-7.2%

Worst Trade

Hit rate and returns are based on 91 open-market buys with evaluable 90-day outcomes. Score reflects historical conviction, not a guarantee of future performance. Limited signal — either below-average timing or insufficient trade history.

Cross-Company Track Record

100%

Hit Rate · 90d

-3.3%

Median Alpha · 90d

Closed Buys Evaluated

33%

Beat XIU

All-insider base rate: 59% hit rate · +1.3% mean alpha (n=11504)

cluster buyer high frequency size concentrated

Entry: closing price on SEDI filing date (point-in-time). Exit: 90 calendar days later. Alpha vs XIU.TO (iShares TSX 60). Closed trades only. Not investment advice.

Research 6 closed buys with individual return outcomes available on the Research plan.

Date	Company	Role	Nature	Dir.	Shares	Price	Value	Score
Jul 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	109	$12.21	$1K	85
Jul 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	50	$12.21	$610	85
Jul 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	109	$12.21	$1K	85
Jul 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	42	$12.21	$513	85
Jul 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	93	$12.21	$1K	85
Jul 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	107	$12.21	$1K	85
Apr 06, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Plan / DRIP	Buy	73	$11.85	$865	85
Apr 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	100	$11.39	$1K	85
Apr 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	53	$11.39	$604	85
Apr 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	45	$11.39	$513	85
Apr 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	129	$11.39	$1K	85
Apr 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	52	$11.39	$592	85
Apr 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	114	$11.39	$1K	85
Apr 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	115	$11.39	$1K	85
Mar 29, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Open Market	Buy	6	$11.47	$69	85
Mar 16, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Exercise	Buy	26,857	$11.28	$303K	85
Mar 15, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Expiry	Sell	13,384	$11.28	$151K	85
Mar 13, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Expiry	Sell	38,268	$11.28	$432K	85
Feb 23, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Exercise	Buy	12,686	$12.18	$155K	85
Jan 06, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Exercise	Buy	3,016	$12.11	$37K	85
Jan 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	10,789	$12.02	$130K	85
Jan 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	27,000	$12.02	$325K	85
Jan 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	64	$12.02	$769	85
Jan 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	109	$12.02	$1K	85
Jan 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	94	$12.02	$1K	85
Jan 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Expiry	Sell	13,968	—	—	85
Jan 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	23,736	$12.02	$285K	85
Jan 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	203	$12.02	$2K	85
Jan 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	171	$12.02	$2K	85
Jan 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	43	$12.02	$517	85
Jan 01, 2023	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Expiry	Sell	6,349	—	—	85
Oct 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	137	$12.45	$2K	85
Oct 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	38	$12.45	$473	85
Oct 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	95	$12.45	$1K	85
Oct 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	56	$12.45	$697	85
Oct 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	12	$12.45	$149	85
Oct 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	82	$12.45	$1K	85
Oct 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	178	$12.45	$2K	85
Mar 23, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Open Market	Buy	6	$12.52	$75	85
Mar 18, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Exercise	Buy	26,400	$12.53	$331K	85
Mar 15, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Exercise	Sell	50,781	$12.53	$636K	85
Mar 14, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	9,249	$12.67	$117K	85
Mar 14, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	23,908	$12.67	$303K	85
Mar 14, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	20,348	$12.67	$258K	85
Mar 08, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Exercise	Buy	7,487	$12.52	$94K	85
Jan 24, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Exercise	Buy	7,767	$13.11	$102K	85
Jan 24, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Exercise	Buy	2,255	$13.11	$30K	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Expiry	Sell	8,674	—	—	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	24	$14.07	$338	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Expiry	Sell	14,939	—	—	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Expiry	Sell	4,337	—	—	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	139	$14.07	$2K	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	266	$14.07	$4K	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	53	$14.07	$746	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	12	$14.07	$169	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	27	$14.07	$380	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	23	$14.07	$324	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	15	$14.07	$211	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	59	$14.07	$830	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	49	$14.07	$689	85
Jan 01, 2022	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	31	$14.07	$436	85
Oct 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	50	$13.31	$666	85
Oct 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	253	$13.31	$3K	85
Oct 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	133	$13.31	$2K	85
Oct 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	46	$13.31	$612	85
Oct 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	56	$13.31	$745	85
Oct 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	23	$13.31	$306	85
Oct 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	15	$13.31	$200	85
Oct 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	20	$13.31	$266	85
Oct 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	25	$13.31	$333	85
Oct 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	10	$13.31	$133	85
Oct 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	29	$13.31	$386	85
Mar 23, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Open Market	Buy	6	$11.51	$69	85
Mar 23, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Open Market	Buy	19,223	$11.19	$215K	85
Mar 19, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Open Market	Buy	6	$11.06	$66	85
Mar 15, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	38,947	$11.19	$436K	85
Mar 10, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Open Market	Buy	20,673	$10.71	$221K	85
Mar 10, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Other	Sell	559	—	—	85
Mar 10, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	559	—	—	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	479	$9.80	$5K	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Other	Sell	3,105	$9.67	$30K	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Other	Sell	34,164	$9.67	$330K	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	58	$9.80	$568	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	16,381	$9.67	$158K	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Expiry	Sell	6,210	—	—	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	13	$9.80	$127	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	19	$9.80	$186	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	27	$9.80	$265	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	84	$9.80	$823	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	127	$9.80	$1K	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	7,446	$9.67	$72K	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	21,402	$9.67	$207K	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	27	$9.80	$265	85
Jan 01, 2021	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	37	$9.80	$363	85
Oct 01, 2020	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	43	$8.34	$359	85
Oct 01, 2020	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	31	$8.34	$259	85
Oct 01, 2020	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	560	$8.34	$5K	85
Oct 01, 2020	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	148	$8.34	$1K	85
Oct 01, 2020	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	97	$8.34	$809	85
Oct 01, 2020	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	31	$8.34	$259	85
Oct 01, 2020	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	22	$8.34	$183	85
Oct 01, 2020	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	16	$8.34	$133	85
Oct 01, 2020	$TA TransAlta Corporation	—	Comp. Grant	Buy	69	$8.34	$575	85

Muted rows are plan purchases, compensation grants, or DRIP — not open-market. Confluence Scores reflect the company's current score, not the score at time of trade.