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by illumin8 2495 days ago
This is incorrect. If you trade on material non-public information, it is insider trading.

The only questions you have to ask yourself are: - is the information material? (would an average investor learning of it impact the stock price or valuation) - is the information non-public?

If the answer to both of the above is yes, you are insider trading, whether you heard about it from a friend, family member, or overheard someone in a bar. It's not only unethical to trade on such info, it's illegal.