Insider Trading

A retail employee buys stock in their employer's company through a publicly offered employee stock purchase plan.

• Illegal

• Legal

An employee in the finance
department overhears a conversation about their company failing to meet financial targets. They advise their
family to sell their shares before this information is released.

• Illegal

• Legal

A person attends a public trade show where a new tech gadget is unveiled. Impressed by the product, they purchase stock in the manufacturing company.

• Illegal

• Legal

An employee in a biotech firm
buys stocks in their own company after seeing a positive trend in
the industry, with no specific
inside information.

• Illegal

• Legal

An intern at an energy company accidentally discovers plans for a large-scale layoff. They secretly inform a relative who then sells a significant amount of stock.

• Illegal

• Legal

An investor reads a publicly
available analyst report predicting growth in the renewable energy sector. They decide to invest in several renewable energy companies.

• Illegal

• Legal

After a company's quarterly earnings report is released to the public, showing better than expected results, a group of college friends decide to buy shares of the company.

• Illegal

• Legal

A software developer at a tech firm
is aware of a major security flaw in a
new product that is not yet public. They sell their stock expecting a decrease in
the company's stock value once the
flaw is revealed.

• Illegal

• Legal

A marketing manager at a
beverage company is aware of a soon-to-be-released, highly
anticipated advertising campaign.
They purchase additional stock before the campaign launches.

• Illegal

• Legal

An investor watches a news segment where an expert discusses the potential growth of the electric vehicle market.
They decide to buy stock in several car companies that are known to be developing electric vehicles.

• Illegal

• Legal