And, as "prostoalex" stated in another reply: > ... the prosecution will assume you had some insider info to trade on. The onus is on you to prove that you did

And, as "prostoalex" stated in another reply: > ... the prosecution will assume you had some insider info to trade on. The onus is on you to prove that you didn't. If you want to tango with people that salivate at prosecuting people which profited from hedging while employed at the company which they hedged, I can only recommend against that course. It will end badly.