us gold futures traded higher this morning on friday investors meanwhile focused on some 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 sba communications corporation director chief executive officer  pres jeffrey stoops sold a total of 30000 shares at an average price of 34407 the insider received around 1032 million from selling those shares   what’s happening the company last month posted upbeat quarterly earnings   what sba communications does sba communications owns and operates roughly 34000 cell towers throughout north america south america and africa it leases space on its towers to wireless service providers who install equipment on the towers to support their wireless networks   the trade berry corporation 10 owner thomas gahan sold a total of 741000 shares at an average price of 1108 the insider received around 821 million from selling those shares   what berry does berry corp is a western united states independent upstream energy company with a focus on the conventional longlived oil reserves in the san joaquin basin of california also check this insiders buy around 2m of 2 penny stocks   the trade morningstar inc executive chairman joseph mansueto sold a total of 10377 shares at an average price of 24562 the insider received around 255 million as a result of the transaction   what morningstar does morningstar inc is a provider of independent investment research to financial advisers asset managers and investors the company focuses its operations on two core sectors data and research have a look at our premarket coverage here    the trade rpc inc director gary w rollins sold a total of 564879 shares at an average price of 898 the insider received around 507 million from selling those shares   what rpc does rpc inc is an oilfield services company it provides specialized oilfield services and equipment primarily to independent and major oil and gas companies engaged in the exploration production and development of oil and gas properties throughout the united states   the trade talos energy inc 10 owner ilx holdings ii llc sold a total of 198242 shares at an average price of 2099 the insider received around 416 million from selling those shares   what’s happening keybanc maintained talos energy with an overweight and raised the price target from 22 to 24   what talos energy does talos energy inc is an independent oil and gas company primarily involved in offshore exploration and production the company has operations in the united states gulf of mexico and offshore mexico