Avoiding Insider Trading Risk
20 min! Run Time
Employees
only
of Completion
What you'll learn
Skills covered in this course
Description
Insider trading rules are easy to break by accident. Through a story-based scenario, this course shows how everyday transactions can cross the line into securities violations.
What this course covers:
- What does and does not count as insider trading
- Transactions that trigger SEC enforcement under federal securities law
- How material, non-public information creates risk
- Key employee responsibilities for minimizing exposure
Built for employees who handle or overhear confidential company information.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
Avoiding Insider Trading Risk
Frequently Asked Questions
The course uses a story-based scenario to show how everyday transactions can cross the line into securities violations, since insider trading rules are easy to break by accident when an employee does not realize what information they are actually holding.
This module explains what does and does not count as insider trading, helping learners draw a clear line between permissible transactions and those that create legal risk, using the scenario to make an abstract legal distinction feel concrete.
The course covers transactions that trigger SEC enforcement under federal securities law, connecting the everyday scenario to the regulator that investigates violations and the kind of trades that draw federal scrutiny in the first place.
Learners see how material, non-public information creates risk, a central concept used to explain why certain knowledge changes what an employee can legally do with company stock or shares they might otherwise trade freely without a second thought.
This course is built for employees who handle or overhear confidential company information, since that access is what creates exposure to insider trading risk even for people who never intended to trade on what they learned.
This awareness course discusses insider trading and the circumstances and types of transactions that can lead to violations of federal securities laws enforced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Using a story-based format, the course describes what is and is not insider trading and outlines key responsibilities for minimizing risks of insider trading violations.