BTZ — BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
499 daily closes shownAnonymous view is capped at two years of history. A free account extends it to five, and Pro opens the whole archive back to 2016-01-04.
Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Measured signals that fired on BTZ
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | Short volume far above its own normal short | -0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-17 | Volume shock without a price move price | -1.33% over 21 days · t = -4.53 · n = 16,432 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-03-26 | Equal lows taken out structure | -0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-03-03 | Equal lows taken out structure | -0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | Cucunato Jeffrey | Disposition to issuer | 10.4K | 10.64 | 111.0K |
| 2026-01-30 | Garfin Mitchell | Disposition to issuer | 8.1K | 10.64 | 86.4K |
| 2026-01-30 | Hung Charley | Disposition to issuer | 1.3K | 10.64 | 13.4K |
| 2026-01-30 | Hung Charley | Option exercise | 1.3K | — | — |
| 2026-01-30 | Garfin Mitchell | Option exercise | 8.1K | — | — |
| 2026-01-30 | Cucunato Jeffrey | Option exercise | 10.4K | — | — |
| 2025-01-31 | Garfin Mitchell | Disposition to issuer | 10.6K | 10.80 | 114.8K |
| 2025-01-31 | Cucunato Jeffrey | Disposition to issuer | 8.0K | 10.80 | 86.7K |
| 2025-01-31 | Hung Charley | Disposition to issuer | 900 | 10.80 | 9.7K |
| 2025-01-31 | Cucunato Jeffrey | Option exercise | 8.0K | — | — |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY | 51.7M | 5.1M |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 46.4M | 4.6M |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC | 19.4M | 1.9M |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | 15.3M | 1.5M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 12.6M | 1.2M |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | 10.2M | 1.0M |
| LPL Financial LLC | 8.8M | 867.6K |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 7.7M | 762.2K |
| Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 7.4M | 729.3K |
| Sowell Financial Services LLC | 7.2M | 712.3K |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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