My understanding from dealing with this in a prior life is that the SEC will investigate these outliers as standard practice and 1) try to connect the dots betw

My understanding from dealing with this in a prior life is that the SEC will investigate these outliers as standard practice and 1) try to connect the dots between the buyers and any LNKD insiders, and 2) ask the buyers to show all of the due diligence and work product that went into deciding to make the trades. If you were the buyers and knew anyone with prior knowledge of the deal and couldn't document #2 in great depth then you are likely screwed. Presumably, anyone working in law or finance would know that this is standard practice and stay far away. Given how volatile LNKD's price has been over the last year, I could see these being legitimate trades (on the other hand, I actually took the other side of some Nov $160 covered calls and felt great about the hedge until this morning). Also keep in mind that these kinds of ''crazy'' trades are frequently placed as part of a larger more complex hedging strategy with net upside much lower than the numbers mentioned in the article.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks_advance-knowledge_conspiracy_theories#Insider_trading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks_advance-k...