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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: 0.201s | 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. mcintyre1994 ◴[21 Sep 23 19:49 UTC] No.37603236[source]▶
> 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.

I wonder if that's actually true for a normal person, or if automated analytics would be looking at the relative value of your portfolio rather than just looking for the biggest wins in absolute terms.