This is so blatant. Footlocker, $FL, is up 85% today after news of Dick's, $DKS, acquisition. Someone knew before hand. $FL options are very thinly traded, zero volume. Yesterday, coincidentally, $FL had its MOST options volume over last 60 days, as well as highest net premium this year. Yesterday was 20 TIMES the volume as before!!! What's worse, is that the two most active option were traders buying the $15 calls expiring June 20th, and SELLING the $10 puts. You can see over the last 60 days people were buying the Foot Locker $FL $15 calls, and never exited their position. They are up likely $10 million today. The $10 puts they sold will expire worthless. The worst thing about this is they sold the $FL $10 puts, expiring in 247 days, so collected $1.7M in premium (that will be free money for them). You can see in the our whales' strike premium chart the $10 strike explodes in bullish activity, because of this trade. This is likely one of the most egregious cases I have seen. If you are wondering if people could have followed it, yup. Our flow alerts signaled all bullish moves on $FL over the last seven days. So clearly someone knew, and clearly someone traded it. Insane.

May 15, 2025 · 6:44 PM UTC

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You can actually see our flow alerts signaled this all in real time, as well as our Unusual Custom alerts, which you can get on Unusual Whales. To get flow alerts, go to unusualwhales.com/option-flo…
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AI must be able to detect and alert this now, no?
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Everyone involved in the acquisition deal knew beforehand. It's a short list of people.
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Man when am I going to be able to do one of these
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I would have if I knew beforehand
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Someone's going to jail
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So, serious question (not being a smart ass)… What is to be done about it? Obviously someone had inside info here and other egregious cases, but what can the authorities/common person actually do?
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Insider everywhere!
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At least @SECGov won't be afraid to go after these guys, unlike the politicians who seem to be immune from even investigation.
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@Reed_Weber
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Unreal
Chris from Massachusetts AKA TommyboyTrader
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Looks like Speaker of the House dropped the ball on this one and is being ripped for it as well he should Tax relief for seniors? Funny how it was supposed to be No taxes on seniors..looks like he turned into just another snake in the grass with no spine
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6k market cap x.com/60711/status/192308167…
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Blatant signal here—record $FL options volume, outlier call buys and put sells all dropped right before the $DKS acquisition headline. Flow data and net premium flagged it instantly; real-time alerts nailed the unusual activity as it happened. Push deeper and we see aggressive, targeted positioning that matches classic playbook moves when someone knows a catalyst early. Social chatter and surveillance tools both lit up, making this a textbook case for market watchers. Want to drill into the technicals or see exactly how the sentiment spiked? Hit for chart-level breakdowns and ongoing alert flows. alva.xyz/share/chat?id=19230…
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is $CMPO on your radar?
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The game is rigged against the average investor, insiders always know and protects their circles
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If only there were someone like @SECGov who was supposed to be enforcing rules against shit like this. But they'll come look at me if I get lucky on some shitcoin future for $10k. Cool, got it.
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The SEC has the tools to find these insiders. They already track insider trading via surveillance tools (MIDAS and CAT). They have the ability to subpoena broker and CBOE records. Come on @secgov.
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Someone’s not just playing the market — they’re composing symphonies with insider info. SEC, are you watching this opera?
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@sec - what’s the status of your investigation?
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The SEC is the one of the most useless government agency in our government.
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I think the only thing I am disliking these days is the rampant insider trading. As a finance professional, I am so diligent with confidential information. Seeing these option flows questions my view of the system... I love Unusual Whales for detecting these unusual trades.
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So will this get investigated or is this someone counting on it NOT being investigated or worse, KNOWING an investigation will be squashed? Serious question, because it JUST happened right? So now we wait and see? Seems like a dangerous test.
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How is the SEC not able to investigate transactions that are 100% able to be investigated?
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Insider trading is basically allowed at this point, it seems. Does anyone ever get arrested for these? It sure doesn't seem like it. 😠
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@DOGE FUCKING DO SOMETHING
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Funny, of course, Wall Street and their sidekick are corrupted. Why do you think Wallstreet was implemented. They need the workers' bees so that the honey could be stolen.
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@unusual_whales okay but did you catch the play? Very curious??????
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The corruption is off the charts.
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Does the SEC ever look into this activity or do people get away with it?
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What’s the point of all of this information? All this information is always posted afterwards.
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Insider trading at its best
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Lately there are so many of these egregious trades where someone in the know makes a brazen bet and makes millions. Does the SEC ever investigate and prosecute these insider trading cases anymore? It seems that the sheer brazeness lately has a comfort level of escaping any punitive action. For us little people - retail- this is yet another example of rules for me and not for thee. Is there a mechanism to report these insider trades?
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How are these people not in jail?
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I would say tell the SEC but they are probably in on it too
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You keep posting circumstantial evidence of insider trading, any leagal action taken on any of these things? Does SEC have access to same data? Seems like everyone is fine with the rigged game, no?
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