Issued 2026-09-16 at $8.45 · now $8.45 (2026-09-16, +0.0% since)
Based on its own history, a month from the 2026-09-16 close, MFA has typically landed between $7.30 and $9.49 — a range of −13.6% to +12.3% from the issuance price $8.45.
- Actual close
- Typical path (median)
- Middle 50% of outcomes
- 90% range
5,001 overlapping 1 month windows · 2006-09-26 – 2026-08-17 · basis climatology · forecast (batch). Probability up 53.9% (90% CI 51.7–56.1%, ≈1,408 obs).
The cone is anchored at the 2026-09-16 issuance close ($8.45) — the price the forecast resolves against on 2026-10-15, not the latest close. The drawn path shape is illustrative (bands widen with √t); every labeled number is real — the anchor, the scored batch p90/IQR endpoints, and the typical move.
Where MFA has typically landed a month from the 2026-09-16 close of $8.45 — the range is history, not a prediction.
- now $8.45 (+0.0%)
- typicalThe typical outcome — half of similar past periods did better and half did worse (not an average, so a few wild periods don't skew it). $8.49 (+0.5%)
- middle 50%The central range of outcomes — half of similar past periods landed inside it, a quarter finished above, a quarter below. $8.08–$8.91
- 90% rangeA nine-in-ten range — in about nine of every ten similar past periods the outcome stayed within these bounds. $7.3–$9.49
| Start | Return | Max drop | Max rise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 worst | |||
| 2020-03-02 | −83.8% | −83.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020-03-03 | −83.6% | −83.6% | +1.9% |
| 2020-03-04 | −83.4% | −83.9% | +0.0% |
| 3 best | |||
| 2020-05-07 | +111.1% | −9.8% | +111.1% |
| 2020-05-08 | +88.1% | −10.9% | +108.4% |
| 2020-05-15 | +87.4% | +0.0% | +126.6% |
5,001 overlapping windows · 2006-09-26 – 2026-09-16 · not cherry-picked
Seasonality · by month iHow this security has tended to do in each calendar month historically — a frequency, never a prediction.
iFor each calendar month, the share of years this security closed higher than the month before, and the average month-over-month return, over ~20 years of its own price history. Cells are shaded by average return. This is historical frequency, not a prediction — no month is a signal.Up-frequency and average month-over-month return · historical frequency, not a prediction
Reported insider & political trades
Every Form 4 the people closest to this company have filed with the SEC — plotted against the share price, aggregated by month, and shown with the gap between when each trade happened and when it was disclosed. A public record, not advice.
| Date | Person | Role | Action | Shares @ price | Value | Ownership Δ | vs S&P 1m | vs S&P 6m | Owned after | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-15 | Lin Mei | officer | Sale | 2,775 @ $10.10 | $28K | −20.5% of holding | −5.8% | +5.2% | 10,778 | Form 4 · filed 1 day after the trade |
The vs-S&P columns are a labeled look-back on what the stock did after each filing, measured against the index over the same window. Descriptive history, not a claim about the person or a reason to trade.
170 award / exercise / gift records — not counted as purchases
Awards, option exercises, gifts and tax-withholding disposals are shown separately and never counted as open-market purchases or sales — they carry no conviction information.
| Date | Person | Role | Action | Shares | Owned after | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | Stamps Sheila A | director | Award / grant | 16,448 | 54,720 | Form 4 |
| 2026-06-08 | JOSEPHS ROBIN | director | Award / grant | 16,448 | 109,238 | Form 4 |
| 2026-06-08 | Goodman Laurie | director | Award / grant | 29,057 | 169,448 | Form 4 |
| 2026-06-08 | Wald Richard C. | director | Award / grant | 16,448 | 94,703 | Form 4 |
| 2026-06-08 | POLSKY LISA | director | Award / grant | 16,448 | 94,703 | Form 4 |
| 2026-06-08 | Small Christopher R. | director | Award / grant | 16,448 | 32,288 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-15 | Goodman Laurie | director | Option exercise | 3,473 | 9,480 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-15 | JOSEPHS ROBIN | director | Option exercise | 3,473 | 35,454 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-15 | JOSEPHS ROBIN | director | Option exercise | 3,473 | 35,454 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-15 | JOSEPHS ROBIN | director | Option exercise | 3,473 | 92,790 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-15 | Goodman Laurie | director | Option exercise | 3,473 | 140,391 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-15 | Goodman Laurie | director | Option exercise | 3,473 | 9,480 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-15 | JOSEPHS ROBIN | director | Option exercise | 3,473 | 92,790 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-15 | Goodman Laurie | director | Option exercise | 3,473 | 140,391 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Knutson Craig L | director | Withheld for tax | 81,087 | 1,225,469 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Knutson Craig L | director | Withheld for tax | 42,127 | 1,183,342 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Wulfsohn Bryan | officer | Withheld for tax | 35,432 | 404,854 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Schwartz Harold E | officer | Withheld for tax | 15,465 | 165,100 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Wulfsohn Bryan | officer | Withheld for tax | 13,339 | 391,515 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Samuels Lori R | officer | Withheld for tax | 9,479 | 96,075 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Roper Michael Charles | officer | Withheld for tax | 8,810 | 91,355 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Schwartz Harold E | officer | Withheld for tax | 5,582 | 159,518 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Samuels Lori R | officer | Withheld for tax | 3,461 | 92,614 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Roper Michael Charles | officer | Withheld for tax | 3,217 | 88,138 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Seemungal Natasha | officer | Withheld for tax | 2,266 | 31,560 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Lin Mei | officer | Withheld for tax | 2,057 | 33,466 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Seemungal Natasha | officer | Withheld for tax | 1,470 | 30,090 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Lin Mei | officer | Withheld for tax | 1,335 | 32,131 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Seemungal Natasha | officer | Option exercise | 16,823 | 33,826 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Wulfsohn Bryan | officer | Option exercise | 67,914 | 208,196 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Wulfsohn Bryan | officer | Option exercise | 232,090 | 440,286 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Knutson Craig L | director | Option exercise | 157,481 | 768,370 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Knutson Craig L | director | Option exercise | 538,186 | 1,306,556 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Lin Mei | officer | Option exercise | 4,922 | 15,700 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Lin Mei | officer | Option exercise | 16,823 | 35,523 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Roper Michael Charles | officer | Option exercise | 15,749 | 46,338 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Roper Michael Charles | officer | Option exercise | 53,827 | 100,165 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Samuels Lori R | officer | Option exercise | 15,749 | 51,727 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Samuels Lori R | officer | Option exercise | 53,827 | 105,554 | Form 4 |
| 2026-01-08 | Schwartz Harold E | officer | Option exercise | 26,575 | 89,744 | Form 4 |
Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Each row links to its original filing.
Across 2012–2021, stocks where a CEO, C-suite officer, or director had recently made an open-market common-stock purchase ran about +28 bp per month above the universe average (n=34,268 stock-weeks). A historical tendency, not a prediction.
Congressional disclosures
No congressional trades disclosed for this company.
Research tool, not investment advice — historical frequencies, not recommendations. A product of Marovel Technologies LLC. Full terms.