although gold futures traded lower this morning on thursday there were a few notable insider trades when insiders sell shares it indicates their concern in the company’s prospects or that they view the stock as being overpriced either way this signals an opportunity to go short on the stock insider sales should not be taken as the only indicator for making an investment or trading decision at best it can lend conviction to a selling decision below is a look at a few recent notable insider sales for more check out benzingas insider transactions platform   the trade kellogg company nyse k 10 owner kellogg w k foundation sold a total of 146153 shares at an average price of 6840 the insider received around 10 million from selling those shares   what’s happening morgan stanley recently maintained kellogg with an equalweight and lowered the price target from 67 to 65   what kellogg does founded in 1906 kellogg is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of cereal cookies crackers and other packaged foods   the trade accenture plc nyse acn chair and ceo julie spellman sweet sold a total of 3287 shares at an average price of 31522 the insider received around 104 million from selling those shares   what accenture does accenture is a leading global itservices firm that provides consulting strategy and technology and operational services also check this 3 stocks under 2 insiders are aggressively buying   the trade bjs wholesale club holdings inc nyse bj president and ceo robert eddy sold a total of 45000 shares at an average price of 6685 the insider received around 301 million as a result of the transaction   what’s happening bjs wholesale club recently announced the chainwide rollout of sameday select a membership addon to its popular sameday delivery service   what bjs wholesale club does bjs wholesale club holdings inc is a warehouse club and gas station operator have a look at our premarket coverage here    the trade alphabet inc nasdaq goog director larry page sold a total of 13789 shares at an average price of 255350 the insider received around 3521 million from selling those shares   what’s happening citigroup recently upgraded alphabet from neutral to buy and raised the price target from 2965 to 3500   what alphabet does alphabet inc is a holding company with google the internet media giant as a wholly owned subsidiary google generates 99 of alphabet revenue of which more than 85 is from online ads   the trade snap inc nyse snap chief business officer jeremi gorman sold a total of 42239 shares at an average price of 3228 the insider received around 136 million from selling those shares   what’s happening citigroup upgraded snap from neutral to buy and raised the price target from 41 to 50   what snap does snap which refers to itself as a camera company has one of the most popular social networking apps snapchat in developed regions such as north america and europe