It is unfair, but does it actually do any damage to the market? The same amount of people would lose the same amount of money regardless. The problem with insid

It is unfair, but does it actually do any damage to the market? The same amount of people would lose the same amount of money regardless. The problem with insider trading is that it can create bad incentives (like the SEC employees choosing not to investigate companies they are invested in.) Just forcing them to sell before hand doesn't seem to bad.