This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - What constitutes material nonpublic information and how it's tested on the exam. - The specific requirements for establishing tipper-tippee liability, including the 'personal benefit' test. - How firms use 'Chinese Walls' as a procedural safeguard to prevent the misuse of inside information. - Key market manipulation tactics like wash trades, marking the close, and pump and dump schemes. - The severe civil and criminal penalties for insider trading, including treble damages and imprisonment. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep