Basically don't make outsized short dated option bets on earnings stocks if you want to stay out of jail. Almost every case of insider trading is because of th

Basically don't make outsized short dated option bets on earnings stocks if you want to stay out of jail. Almost every case of insider trading is because of this pattern. It makes sense. You have information that you think gives you an edge. Trading "linear" stocks is boring. You need something that will give you an asymmetric payoff to compensate you for the asymmetric info you just stole.