Smart money leaves prints · we read them all

You always find out what the smart money bought. After the stock has run.

Everyone tracks the whales. Whales are mostly average.

We rank all 2,825 filers by how their disclosed buys actually performed and follow only the specialists. When several quietly converge on the same trade, you hear about it.

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LIVE FROM THE FEEDEVIDENCE AS OF 2026-07-31
2026-06-30MRVLturned Crowdedavoided −37% ✓
2026-06-05PANWmoved into Consensus+22% since ✓
2026-05-15ANETmoved into Consensus+27% since ✓
6 live convictions — the trades several specialists are building right now.
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2,825 filers
every fund over $100M, forced to disclose
graded on results
1.53M point-in-time holdings
the specialists
the few consistently right in their niche

One receipt, drawn out

This is what a Print looks like.

ASTS, from our timestamped record. The green marker is the day the institutional evidence appeared. The amber zone is when the crowd showed up — 4 weeks later, +111.9% in between.

ASTSEarly Conviction 2025-09-12 → Crowded 2025-10-10 · +111.9% · Receipt № FP-0111
$30$40$50$60$70$80$90AUG 8AUG 29SEP 19OCT 10OCT 31NOV 14TURNED CROWDED · OCT 10 · $82.03ASTS moved into Consensus · 2025-08-22ASTS moved into Consensus · 2025-10-24ASTS turned Crowded · 2025-11-07ENTERED EARLY CONVICTIONSEP 12 · $38.72+111.9% between the PrintsS&P 500 −0.4% over the same window

Weekly observed closes from the record. The green Print is dated the day the evidence appeared: $38.72 on 2025-09-12. The amber line is when the crowd showed up. Everything in between, 4 weeks, was the head start.

How the machine works

From 2,825 filings to one shortlist. Every week.

01

They can't hide

Every fund over $100M must disclose every position it holds. Every quarter. It's federal law. The best investors alive, forced to show their hand. All 2,825 of them.

02

We grade the graders

Anyone can copy one famous fund. We score all 2,825 on demonstrated, sector-specific results: 1.53M holdings graded. So when several proven specialists pile into the same stock independently, you know it means something.

03

We catch it while it's quiet

Fresh filings tell us who's buying. The live options tape tells us whether the crowd has noticed. Quiet tape: you're early. Hot tape: we say that too, so you're never the last one in.

The question was never whether watching the smartest money is smart. It's why you'd buy stocks without it.

The Conviction Curve

Every trade travels this curve.

Most people buy after Consensus. That's the definition of late. The evidence is legible long before. Fundprints tells you the stage, so you know where you stand.

FUNDPRINTS LIVES HEREUnknownEmergingEarly ConvictionConsensusCrowdedFadingfundprints.com

On the curve right now3 Emerging · 7 Early Conviction · 19 Consensus · 19 Crowded · 24 Fading · live, as of 2026-07-31

How we define crowd arrival: options-market activity (our Quiet / Neutral / Hot tape state) plus the breadth of institutional participation, measured against the stock's own history: a stable, auditable definition, not a feeling.

Emerging

The first graded specialists show up in the filings. On the radar, not yet a case.

Early Conviction

Several proven specialists converge, independently, while the tape is still quiet. The head start.

Consensus

Participation broadens and the tape picks up. The market is catching on.

Crowded

The crowd has arrived: hot tape, stretched participation. Warnings fire here.

Fading

The evidence unwinds. Specialists trim, support fades. The record shows what tends to follow.

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What you actually get

You don't do the work. You read the result.

WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO BUY

The Check

Any stock or fund, one answer in seconds: Late, Middle innings, Still early — or no conviction at all. With the base rate behind every verdict. Free, unlimited.

WHEN MONEY ARRIVES

Where it's quiet

The themes proven specialists are building right now, and how far along each one is. New clusters form a handful of times a year — we tell you when one is born.

ON YOUR NAMES

Alerts that matter

A name you hold changes stage, or a theme you're in turns Crowded. Two to six alerts a month, rare by design. We never delay a warning on your names.

The record

Tracked live. In the open.

Our highest-conviction book, tracked against the S&P 500 since December 2023, because you shouldn't have to take our word for it.

Total return
+171.9%
Annualized
+46.9%
S&P 500 same window
+64.8%
Excess vs S&P
+107.1 pts
FUNDPRINTS BOOK S&P 500 TR
Paper-traded · modeled costs · as of 2026-07-31
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26Jul '26-65%0%+65%+130%+195%

Tracked live. Paper-traded at real prices with modeled costs of 2 bps per side. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Receipts

Don't trust the pitch. Check the timestamps.

The warnings matter as much as the finds.

Every Print is dated the moment it fired. These are real journeys from the record. Check the timestamps against any chart yourself.

THE FINDS

CDERECEIPT № FP-0131
PRINT · Entered Early Conviction2026-02-06
PRINT · Turned Crowded2026-02-27
+26.6% between prints
S&P 500 -0.7% over the same window
ASMLRECEIPT № FP-0147
PRINT · Entered Early Conviction2026-05-15
PRINT · Turned Crowded2026-06-15
+26% between prints
S&P 500 +2.1% over the same window
ELVRECEIPT № FP-0145
PRINT · Entered Early Conviction2026-04-24
PRINT · Turned Crowded2026-07-02
+21.2% between prints
S&P 500 +4.6% over the same window

THE WARNINGS

TMUSRECEIPT № FP-0136
PRINT · Turned Crowded2026-03-13
PRINT · Support fading2026-07-23
−21.6% between prints
The warnings matter as much as the finds
FISVRECEIPT № FP-0134
PRINT · Turned Crowded2026-02-20
PRINT · Support fading2026-06-11
−13.7% between prints
The warnings matter as much as the finds
PFERECEIPT № FP-0133
PRINT · Turned Crowded2026-02-13
PRINT · Support fading2026-07-02
−11.8% between prints
The warnings matter as much as the finds

Outcomes describe what happened between Prints, never a promise about what happens next.

The three objections, answered

“Filings are 45 days late.”

They are, and it barely matters. These investors build over months and hold for quarters; a disclosed buy is usually still alive. Then we correct the lag itself, week after week.

“If it's so obvious, it's priced in.”

The edge is buried in tedium: 2,825 filers, unreadable at scale. Almost nobody does the work, and it regenerates every quarter. The infrastructure is the product.

“Is this insider trading?”

No. The opposite. Everything we read is public and mandatory. We don't know anything the market can't know. We just read it earlier, and more carefully.

Fit

Built for a specific investor. Maybe not you.

Fundprints is for you if
  • You hold positions for one to six months
  • You want evidence, not tips
  • You'd rather be early and patient than late and loud
It is not for
  • Day traders — nothing here moves intraday
  • Indexers — you're already doing fine; keep going
  • Anyone who wants certainty — markets don't sell it

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