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Yuichi Iwaki

MNOV
PRESIDENT AND CEO · MEDICINOVA INC · CIK 0001263965
FILING MIX · LIFETIME81%/19%
BUYS
13
SELLS
3
TOTAL VALUE
$528.2K
COMPANIES
1
ACTIVE SINCE
Jul 2011
HOLDINGS NOW
450,000
AVG SELL PX
TRADE KIND
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Trades · vs SPY
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Performance · forward returns vs SPY
1 backtested trades · 8 horizons
Forward-return performance of every backtestable P/S trade by Yuichi Iwaki, measured at 8 horizons from 7 days to 2 years. Deduped per economic event so co-filings count once. Excess return = trade return minus SPY return over the same window.
HORIZONTRADESWIN RATEINSIDER RETURNSPY RETURNMEAN EXCESSMEDIAN EXCESST-STAT
7d1+100.00%+10.22%-3.06%+13.29%+13.29%
14d1+100.00%+7.99%+5.89%+2.09%+2.09%
30d1+100.00%+94.57%+12.78%+81.78%+81.78%
60d1+100.00%+70.29%+18.58%+51.71%+51.71%
90d1+100.00%+83.23%+29.32%+53.90%+53.90%
180d1+100.00%+64.86%+35.69%+29.17%+29.17%
1y1+100.00%+92.65%+61.80%+30.86%+30.86%
2y1+0.00%-28.11%+74.78%-102.89%-102.89%
How to read this: Insider Returnis the average raw return of the filer's trades over the horizon. SPY Return is what SPY did over those same windows — reference only, not a comparison. The headline alpha number is Mean Excess = Insider − SPY; green means the filer beat SPY, red means they trailed it. Win rate is the share of individual trades where the filer beat SPY. T-statvalues above 2 mean the alpha is unlikely to be chance given the sample size. "Pending" counts trades where the horizon hasn't elapsed yet; their stats are not included in the row average.
Holdings over time
MNOV · 450,000 shares · as of Jan 16, 2026
0241,733483,467725,200966,933201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026SHARES HELD
Trading cadence · quarterly flow
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FLOW · 13 buys / 3 sellsCOVERAGE · 59 quarters
Form 4 filings · all activity
COMPANYTYPESHARESPRICEVALUEHELD AFTERTRADE DATEFILEDDETAILS
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
450,000450,000Jan 16, 2026Jan 20, 2026View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
100,000100,000Feb 12, 2025Feb 14, 2025View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
400,000400,000Jan 7, 2025Jan 10, 2025View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
210,000210,000Jan 9, 2024Jan 11, 2024View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
235,125235,125Jan 23, 2023Jan 25, 2023View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
302,500302,500Jan 27, 2022Jan 31, 2022View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASE
President and CEO
39,583$2.54$100.5K966,933Jul 9, 2021Jul 23, 2021View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
SALE
President and CEO
39,5830Jul 9, 2021Jul 23, 2021View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASE
President and CEO
86,250$2.46$212.2K927,350Feb 25, 2021Mar 1, 2021View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
SALE
President and CEO
86,2500Feb 25, 2021Mar 1, 2021View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
495,000495,000Feb 2, 2021Feb 4, 2021View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASE
President and CEO
60,417$2.54$153.5K841,100Apr 8, 2020Apr 13, 2020View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
SALE
President and CEO
60,41739,583Apr 8, 2020Apr 13, 2020View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASE
President and CEO
20,000$3.10$62.0K780,683Mar 12, 2020Mar 12, 2020View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
412,500412,500Jan 9, 2020Jan 10, 2020View →
MNOV
MEDICINOVA INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
100,000100,000Jul 13, 2011Apr 13, 2020View →
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About this filer
CIK 0001263965
ROLE
President and CEO
PRIMARY
MNOV
COMPANIES
1
ACTIVE SINCE
Jul 2011
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