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Insider trade on Splunk acquisition?

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417 points mkmk | 1 comments | 21 Sep 23 15:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.407s | source
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jkubicek ◴[21 Sep 23 16:42 UTC] No.37600265[source]▶
Obviously I don't condone insider trading, but it's nice to see someone go all in and make some real money. If you're going to risk jail time, you might as well do it for life-changing amounts of cash.

Contrast this with Stephen Buyer who's going to trial and may well end up in jail for a piddly few $100k.

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paxys ◴[21 Sep 23 18:17 UTC] No.37601680[source]▶
On the contrary, to be a successful criminal you have to learn to stay under the radar. Yes millions might be available for the taking, but in doing so you will most certainly get caught. On the other hand no one will blink an eye at a trade that nets you a few hundred K, and that is still a significant amount of money.
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1. ghaff ◴[21 Sep 23 19:25 UTC] No.37602830[source]▶
And the one day thing. What would a more modest number of options one month or six months out have looked like. That falls well into the I had a feeling territory based on these things I read.