Mark G. Essig, Director at AK STEEL HOLDING CORP (AKS), bought 25,000 shares at $9.80 ($245K) on 2014-08-13, disclosed to the SEC on 2014-08-15.
Open-market purchase of $245k AKS by Director. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Something here stands out, but not much.