HomeDefinitionsCompareDebt Insider tradingThe financial definition for Insider trading:Trading by officers, directors, major stockholders, or others who hold private inside information allowing them to benefit from buying or selling stock. Similar MatchesInsider informationInsider informationMaterial information about a company that has not yet been made public. It is illegal for holders of this information to make trades based on it, however received. Insider Trading & Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 (ITSFEA)Insider Trading & Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 (ITSFEA)Federal legislation that greatly increased the penalties for trading on material inside information. Insider Trading Sanctions Act of 1984Insider Trading Sanctions Act of 1984Act imposing civil and criminal penalties for insider trading violations. Click to compare definitions of Insider trading Click to view definitions beginning in |