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Members of Congress trading stocks while having access to sensitive info + writing policy is already bad, but buying up defense contractor stock while receiving classified briefings on Ukraine and voting on US involvement? Textbook case as to why this should be illegal

March 8, 2022 2:30 pm

Just out: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought stock in America's LARGEST defense contractor, Lockheed Martin $LMT, a day before tweeting "War and rumors of war is incredibly profitable…" (report condensed). https://t.co/6nnIyZsGxL pic.twitter.com/hPagelAPMA — congresstrading.com (@congresstrading) March 7, 2022 h/t welp007

Crypto Trading Platform Founder Indicted in $2 Billion ‘Global Ponzi Scheme’…

March 1, 2022 1:46 pm

A federal grand jury indicted the founder of a cryptocurrency investment and trading platform on charges related to fraud and creating a “global Ponzi scheme.” 36-year-old Indian national Satish Kumbhani is the founder of BitConnect, an online trading platform for …

Online Trading: Here’s Everything You Need To Know Before You Start

February 24, 2022 2:40 pmFebruary 22, 2022 9:42 pm

Online trading has become a world phenomenon which doesn’t look like it is going to stop any time soon. Started more than 10 years ago to become more relevant on financial markets, this activity boomed to the highest level during …

It only took the Federal Reserve about 109 years to ban insider trading among employees.

February 19, 2022 11:18 am

It only took the @federalreserve about 109 years to ban insider trading among employees. pic.twitter.com/1IMvPwBZp2 — Rudy Havenstein, Senior Markets Commentator. (@RudyHavenstein) February 18, 2022 https://t.co/zFuqcn1xip — Rudy Havenstein, Senior Markets Commentator. (@RudyHavenstein) February 18, 2022 Fed approves rules banning …

DOJ confirmed investigation of short sellers and their trading, including manipulation and spoofing.

February 16, 2022 12:13 pm

Source: https://t.co/ILJBXEZ5ce — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) February 16, 2022 https://twitter.com/RizoStonks/status/1493948604733693957

Fed staff trading stocks like it’s 1999…

February 11, 2022 3:37 pm

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1492213364172501003

Do you believe Congressional members should be day trading?

February 4, 2022 10:38 am

Do you believe Congressional members should be day trading? https://t.co/eycb2d6XQK — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) February 4, 2022

It is hard to suggest the Nasdaq is cheap, particularly when you have the most stocks every trading above 20x price-to-sales…Forward earnings are falling

February 2, 2022 10:12 pm

It is hard to suggest the Nasdaq is cheap, particularly when you have the most stocks every trading above 20x price-to-sales.More importantly, forward earnings are falling which, even if the #market stays where it is, will get more expensive.h/t @ISABELNET_SA …

SEC says: SHOW ME THE MONEY! Lemme take a look at those ATS (Alternative Trading Systems) that trade govt. securities and RRPs.

January 28, 2022 10:52 am

by laflammaster https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2022/34-94062.pdf https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2022/34-94062.pdf https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2022/34-94062.pdf

Put delta is nearing the put-heavy extremes from Dec ’18 and Mar ’20; Only 5% of Tech stocks are trading above their 50d moving average, the lowest since beginning of April 2020

January 26, 2022 9:23 am

call delta : put delta is nearing the put-heavy extremes from Dec '18 and Mar '20. pic.twitter.com/Tkv1WUN5qx — SpotGamma (@spotgamma) January 26, 2022 Only 5% of Tech stocks are trading above their 50d moving average, the lowest since beginning of …

Major liquidation last 3 trading days. Someone got margin called. Possibly huge, probably not…

January 23, 2022 11:30 am

by Either-Voice-9947

Pelosi says she’s open to stock trading ban for Congress

January 21, 2022 6:30 pm

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday appeared to suggest she is open to a ban on stock trading by members of Congress. Asked about the issue during her weekly press conference, Pelosi said she trusts lawmakers but would be willing …

67% of Americans support bill to ban stock trading by members of Congress, even as Pelosi resists

January 19, 2022 12:24 pm

Data for Progress found that 67% of voters support banning lawmakers from trading stocks. That figure jumped to 74% when voters were given reasons for and against a ban. But Pelosi continues to resist a ban, opting to consider raising …

SEC added a new version on the rule filing for “Insider Trading” – with unknown changes, so we have to read the whole thing.

January 15, 2022 11:28 am

by laflammaster Did you know that it costs ~$3B/year for companies to file all the SEC paperwork? Source: https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2022/33-11013.pdf

Economist Michael Hudson Says the FED “Broke the Law” with its Repo Loans to Wall Street Trading Houses.

January 14, 2022 1:56 pm

Even within economic circles, there is a growing nervousness that the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States – with the power to electronically create money out of thin air, bail out insolvent Wall Street megabanks, balloon its balance sheet to …

Vermont Democratic Rep. Peter Welch says he and his wife will stop trading in stocks after report showed they’d sold $6,000 in ExxonMobil shares

December 28, 2021 2:14 pm

Welch was one week late in disclosing his wife’s sale of $6,238 worth of shares of ExxonMobil in September, violating the bill he himself co-sponsored years ago ‘Rep. Welch has decided to no longer own individual stocks,’ the congressman’s communications …

CNBC “Options trading activity hits record, but most are playing a losing game”

December 25, 2021 11:43 am

by cclagator CNBC article link This 1% stat is bonkers, I would have guessed closer to 10% (which is still really bad): For example, 11% of Robinhood’s monthly active users made an options trade in the first three quarters of 2021. …

Nancy Pelosi’s Strange Response to Insider Trading Question

December 24, 2021 2:40 pm

Retail “more than 25%” of total options trading activity (2021)

December 24, 2021 2:35 pm

by PapaCharlie9 EDIT: CNBC article, linked in this thread goes into more detail about Robinhood active trader profiles, like single-leg traders outnumber multi-leg traders more than 10 to 1. Hopefully this puts things in perspective. Retail is not the tail that wags the …

Swing or Day Trading, Which Should You Choose?

December 20, 2021 1:27 pmDecember 20, 2021 9:27 am

There are various different ways that you can build a financial portfolio with your choice of securities and assets. You might decide to simply invest in long-term strategies that allow you to gradually make cash over time based on changes …

AOC Turns on Pelosi, wants Ban on Stock Trading for Congress -‘We write major policy and have access to sensitive information’

December 19, 2021 4:50 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pushed back against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s rejection of a ban on members of Congress from trading and holding individual stock while in office. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/aoc-pushed-back-on-nancy-pelosi-s-stance-against-banning-congressional-stock-trading-we-write-major-policy-and-have-access-to-sensitive-information/ar-AARWOQl?ocid=msedgntp What’s worse is that many who engage in these practices publicly tout …

GME/AMC are broken and unmeasurable. This goes for both trading options and the stock itself.

December 14, 2021 12:20 pm

by girthygirthmonster If you know, you know, but if you don’t, trading options on meme stocks is bad juju. What does going long on options feels like for GME? There is a curse on these stocks. Both GME and AMC are totally broken. They have …

48 members of Congress have violated a law designed to stop insider trading and prevent conflicts-of-interest

December 12, 2021 11:58 am

Insider and other media have identified numerous US lawmakers not complying with the federal STOCK Act. Their excuses range from oversights, to clerical errors, to inattentive accountants. Ethics watchdogs — and even some in Congress — want to ban lawmakers …

Oh no! How will we know what Nancy buys with her insider trading protection?

December 8, 2021 8:41 pm

by laflammaster

Joe Rogan: If Insider Trading Is Illegal, How Did Nancy Pelosi Get $150 Million Dollars?

November 30, 2021 12:34 pm

During a conversation with Jocko Willink on Friday, podcaster Joe Rogan wondered why no one has ever investigated the outstanding investment portfolio of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband for possible insider trading. See also via Business Insider: Retail traders are mirroring …

Can’t stop trading Options? You may be addicted

November 26, 2021 10:36 am

by Delicious_Reporter21 Addiction is the inability to stop consuming a chemical or pursuing an activity despite causing harm. Very much the same happens to people who trade. Can we define trading addiction as a crossing a line between being passionate about …

Options trading is poised to overtake the stock market

November 23, 2021 10:10 am

by Delicious_Reporter21 The average daily notional value of traded single-stock options has risen to more than $450 billion this year, compared with about $405 billion for stocks, according to Cboe Global Markets data

Cboe to Extend Global Trading Hours for VIX and SPX Options to Nearly 24 Hours, Beginning November 21, 2021

November 22, 2021 10:34 am

Aims to meet growing customer demand for SPX, VIX options to hedge and manage exposure to broad U.S. equity market and global equity volatility Move to extend global trading hours expected to complement upcoming planned launch of Cboe Europe Derivatives …

Gold About To Breakout of Trading Range? India & Russia Central Banks Buying Large Tonnage Orders

November 12, 2021 8:38 am

Gold is back above $1,850/oz again and we are getting more data that central banks in Russia and India are buying more gold. Indian Central Bank Accumulating Large Quantities of Gold almost under the Radar https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/ronan-manly/indian-central-bank-accumulating-large-quantities-of-gold-almost-under-the-radar/ Gold demand in India …