Insider Selling on October 2, 2026: CRWD, STX and LITE Lead $307.3M of Sales
Every open-market insider sale filed with the SEC on October 2, 2026: CRWD, STX, LITE, SNOW and more, with each insider's stake, the price since and 90-day insider history.
Company insiders filed 162 open-market sales worth $307.3M with the SEC on October 2, 2026, across 122 companies. 123 of them (76%) were made under Rule 10b5-1 plans set up months in advance, which makes a sale less telling. Below are the largest, with what each insider owns now, how the stock has moved since, and each company's insider trading over the past 90 days.
The 15 largest insider sales filed Oct 2
| Ticker | Company | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Traded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRWD | CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. | Sentonas Michael | PRESIDENT | 241,944 | $265.45 | $64.2M | Sep 30 |
| LITE | Lumentum Holdings Inc. | Ali Wajid | EVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | 24,542 | $1,048.50 | $25.7M | Oct 1 |
| SNOW | Snowflake Inc. | Speiser Michael L | Director | 50,741 | $344.00 | $17.5M | Oct 2 |
| STX | Seagate Technology Holdings plc | Mosley William D | CEO, Director | 18,998 | $914.67 | $17.4M | Oct 1 |
| STX | Seagate Technology Holdings plc | Mosley William D | CEO, Director | 11,002 | $935.60 | $10.3M | Oct 1 |
| CRDO | Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd | Lam Yat Tung | Chief Operating Officer, Director | 50,000 | $205.22 | $10.3M | Oct 1 |
| RKLB | Rocket Lab Corp | Spice Adam C. | Chief Financial Officer | 140,157 | $70.82 | $9.9M | Oct 1 |
| PTGX | Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc | Ali Asif | Chief Financial Officer | 58,629 | $141.78 | $8.3M | Sep 30 |
| ROIV | Roivant Sciences Ltd. | Venker Eric | President & Immunovant CEO | 200,000 | $36.62 | $7.3M | Sep 30 |
| CRWV | CoreWeave, Inc. | Intrator Michael N | CEO and President, Director, 10% Owner | 78,552 | $87.69 | $6.9M | Sep 30 |
| WHD | Cactus, Inc. | Bender Scott | Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% Owner | 100,000 | $61.97 | $6.2M | Oct 1 |
| WHD | Cactus, Inc. | Bender Joel | President, Director, 10% Owner | 100,000 | $61.97 | $6.2M | Oct 1 |
| CRWV | CoreWeave, Inc. | Venturo Brian M | Chief Strategy Officer, Director | 65,616 | $87.69 | $5.8M | Sep 30 |
| UTHR | UNITED THERAPEUTICS Corp | Rothblatt Martine A | Chairperson & CEO, Director | 9,500 | $576.47 | $5.5M | Oct 1 |
| CRWD | CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. | Kurtz George | PRESIDENT AND CEO, Director | 20,000 | $265.46 | $5.3M | Sep 30 |
Unscheduled sales
The largest sales made outside Rule 10b5-1 plans by officers and directors rather than 10% owners. These are the sales worth reading.
- Venturo Brian M (Chief Strategy Officer, Director) at CRWV sold 65,616 shares at $87.69 ($5.8M), cutting their holding 18%.
- McBee Brannin (Chief Development Officer) at CRWV sold 56,531 shares at $87.69 ($5.0M), cutting their holding 13%.
- Batista de Lima Filho Pedro (Director) at AXIA3 sold 404,000 shares at $10.69 ($4.3M), cutting their holding 7.5%.
- Shipchandler Khozema (Chief Executive Officer, Director) at TWLO sold 13,898 shares at $294.08 ($4.1M), cutting their holding 6.7%.
- Foundation Fighting Blindness Retinal Degeneration Fund (Director, See Remarks) at IRD sold 556,000 shares at $4.96 ($2.8M), cutting their holding 15%.
- Viggiano Aidan (Chief Financial Officer) at TWLO sold 9,084 shares at $294.65 ($2.7M), cutting their holding 8.4%.
- Freifeld Daniel (Director) at MRT sold 1,350,000 shares at $1.91 ($2.6M), cutting their holding 18%.
- Dhanasekaran Satish (President and CEO, Director) at KEYS sold 3,000 shares at $364.13 ($1.1M), cutting their holding 2.5%.
Biggest stake cuts
The sales that shrank an insider's holding the most, in percent.
- Bernstein Harold (President, R&D & CMO) at MAZE sold 16,141 shares at $26.93 ($435K), their entire reported stake.
- Lee Chan Henry (SVP, General Counsel) at ONC sold 1,115 shares at $375.00 ($418K), their entire reported stake.
- Skates Spenser (CEO and President, Director, 10% Owner) at AMPL sold 4,913 shares at $14.45 ($71K), their entire reported stake.
- Grech Patricia Y (SVP, Chief Accounting Officer) at QCOM sold 98 shares at $186.55 ($18K), their entire reported stake.
- King-Jones Heidy (See Remarks) at SYRE sold 28,933 shares at $91.03 ($2.6M), cutting their holding 91%.
- Blumenthal Neil Harris (Co-Chief Executive Officer, Director) at WRBY sold 100,000 shares at $27.69 ($2.8M), cutting their holding 74%.
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD)
Sentonas Michael (PRESIDENT) sold 241,944 shares starting Sep 30 at an average $265.45, about $64.2M. That cut their holding 16.3%, leaving 1,245,517 shares. The trade was made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up in advance. Read the Form 4.
Kurtz George (PRESIDENT AND CEO, Director) sold 20,000 shares starting Sep 30 at an average $265.46, about $5.3M. That cut their holding 0.3%, leaving 7,551,504 shares. The trade was made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up in advance. Read the Form 4.
CRWD last closed at $261.15 on Oct 29, -1.6% from the average sale price. Since Aug 1, CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases ($0) and 37 sales ($391.3M). 590 13F filers hold CRWD among their 50 largest positions, including Hamilton Helmer, David Shaw and Jim Simons. Members of Congress disclosed 6 trades in CRWD over the past year; most recently Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA) bought $1,001–$15,000 on Jul 17.
Who traded CRWD since Aug 1:
- Podbere Burt W. (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): 3 sales of 521,504 shares, about $135.0M
- Kurtz George (PRESIDENT AND CEO, Director): 26 sales of 549,065 shares, about $122.4M
- Sentonas Michael (PRESIDENT): 2 sales of 291,807 shares, about $75.8M
- Watzinger Gerhard (Director): 1 sale of 120,000 shares, about $28.6M
- Austin Roxanne S (Director): 1 sale of 50,000 shares, about $11.9M
- Gandhi Sameer K (Director): 2 sales of 40,000 shares, about $8.5M
- Davis Cary (Director): 1 sale of 29,940 shares, about $7.4M
- Saha Anurag (CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER): 1 sale of 7,016 shares, about $1.6M
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Seagate Technology Holdings plc (STX)
Mosley William D (CEO, Director) sold 18,998 shares starting Oct 1 at an average $914.67, about $17.4M. That cut their holding 4.8%, leaving 373,110 shares. The trade was made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up in advance. Read the Form 4.
Mosley William D (CEO, Director) sold 11,002 shares starting Oct 1 at an average $935.60, about $10.3M. That cut their holding 2.9%, leaving 362,108 shares. The trade was made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up in advance. Read the Form 4.
STX last closed at $700.47 on Oct 29, -24.1% from the average sale price. Since Aug 1, Seagate Technology Holdings plc insiders filed 0 open-market purchases ($0) and 33 sales ($378.8M). 411 13F filers hold STX among their 50 largest positions, including Stephen Mandel, Stanley Druckenmiller and Steve Cohen. Members of Congress disclosed 6 trades in STX over the past year; most recently Kevin Hern (R-OK) partly sold $1,001–$15,000 on Sep 15.
Who traded STX since Aug 1:
- Mosley William D (CEO, Director): 9 sales of 210,747 shares, about $171.6M
- Romano Gianluca (EVP & CFO): 8 sales of 134,072 shares, about $108.1M
- Teh Ban Seng (EVP & Chief Commercial Officer): 6 sales of 77,653 shares, about $62.9M
- Morris John Christopher (EVP & CTO): 6 sales of 30,091 shares, about $24.6M
- Lee James CI (EVP & CLO): 3 sales of 13,646 shares, about $11.1M
- Conyers Yolanda Lee (Director): 1 sale of 750 shares, about $611K
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Lumentum Holdings Inc. (LITE)
Ali Wajid (EVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) sold 24,542 shares starting Oct 1 at an average $1,048.50, about $25.7M. That cut their holding 24.6%, leaving 75,074 shares. The trade was made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up in advance. Read the Form 4.
LITE last closed at $919.53 on Oct 29, -12.3% from the average sale price. Since Aug 1, Lumentum Holdings Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases ($0) and 19 sales ($90.5M). 205 13F filers hold LITE among their 50 largest positions, including Josh Resnick, Nehal Chopra and David Shaw. Members of Congress disclosed 4 trades in LITE over the past year; most recently Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA) sold $1,001–$15,000 on Jul 17.
Who traded LITE since Aug 1:
- Retort Vincent (SEE REMARKS): 3 sales of 44,329 shares, about $37.9M
- Ali Wajid (EVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): 1 sale of 24,542 shares, about $25.7M
- Wupen Yuen (PRESIDENT, GLOBAL BUS. UNITS): 11 sales of 14,807 shares, about $13.3M
- Kim Jae (SVP, GENERAL COUNSEL): 3 sales of 15,270 shares, about $13.0M
- Hurlston Michael E. (President and CEO, Director): 1 sale of 548 shares, about $525K
See every LITE insider trade and which funds own LITE.
Snowflake Inc. (SNOW)
Speiser Michael L (Director) sold 50,741 shares on Oct 2 at an average $344.00, about $17.5M. That cut their holding 70.0%, leaving 21,767 shares. The trade was made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up in advance. Read the Form 4.
Kleinerman Christian (EVP, Product Management) sold 15,000 shares starting Oct 1 at an average $341.57, about $5.1M. That cut their holding 4.6%, leaving 313,738 shares. The trade was made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up in advance. Read the Form 4.
SNOW last closed at $330.27 on Oct 29, -3.8% from the average sale price. Since Aug 1, Snowflake Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases ($0) and 23 sales ($379.9M). 229 13F filers hold SNOW among their 50 largest positions, including Ram Parameswaran, Brad Gerstner and Lee Ainslie. Members of Congress disclosed 1 trade in SNOW over the past year; most recently Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA) bought $1,001–$15,000 on Aug 7.
Who traded SNOW since Aug 1:
- Slootman Frank (Director): 3 sales of 608,191 shares, about $200.4M
- Dageville Benoit (Director): 4 sales of 200,000 shares, about $66.0M
- Speiser Michael L (Director): 3 sales of 152,223 shares, about $51.9M
- Kleinerman Christian (EVP, Product Management): 8 sales of 118,324 shares, about $38.3M
- Garrett Mark (Director): 1 sale of 50,000 shares, about $17.5M
- Beaulier Jonathan Mead (Chief Revenue Officer): 2 sales of 13,047 shares, about $4.4M
- Raghunathan Vivek (SVP, Engineering): 1 sale of 3,876 shares, about $1.2M
- Ho Emily (Chief Accounting Officer): 1 sale of 768 shares, about $256K
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CoreWeave, Inc. (CRWV)
Intrator Michael N (CEO and President, Director, 10% Owner) sold 78,552 shares starting Sep 30 at an average $87.69, about $6.9M. That cut their holding 12.5%, leaving 548,935 shares. Read the Form 4.
Venturo Brian M (Chief Strategy Officer, Director) sold 65,616 shares starting Sep 30 at an average $87.69, about $5.8M. That cut their holding 17.8%, leaving 302,526 shares. Read the Form 4.
McBee Brannin (Chief Development Officer) sold 56,531 shares starting Sep 30 at an average $87.69, about $5.0M. That cut their holding 12.6%, leaving 392,279 shares. Read the Form 4.
5 more insider filings for CRWV came in the same day.
CRWV last closed at $60.74 on Oct 29, -30.7% from the average sale price. Since Aug 1, CoreWeave, Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases ($0) and 50 sales ($878.5M). 101 13F filers hold CRWV among their 50 largest positions, including Brad Gerstner, Leopold Aschenbrenner and Gavin Baker. Members of Congress disclosed 3 trades in CRWV over the past year; most recently Cleo Fields (D-LA) sold $15,001–$50,000 on Dec 11.
Who traded CRWV since Aug 1:
- Magnetar Financial LLC (10% Owner): 3 sales of 4,376,261 shares, about $478.8M
- Intrator Michael N (CEO and President, Director, 10% Owner): 11 sales of 2,860,909 shares, about $255.0M
- McBee Brannin (Chief Development Officer): 13 sales of 1,060,141 shares, about $96.2M
- McVeety Kristen J (GC and Secretary): 5 sales of 259,585 shares, about $22.4M
- Agrawal Nitin (Chief Financial Officer): 5 sales of 137,916 shares, about $11.8M
- Venturo Brian M (Chief Strategy Officer, Director): 2 sales of 71,515 shares, about $6.3M
- Goldberg Chen (EVP, Product & Engineering): 5 sales of 63,059 shares, about $6.0M
- Jain Sachin (Chief Operating Officer): 4 sales of 19,952 shares, about $1.8M
See every CRWV insider trade and which funds own CRWV.
Cactus, Inc. (WHD)
Bender Scott (Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% Owner) sold 100,000 shares starting Oct 1 at an average $61.97, about $6.2M. That cut their holding 45.3%, leaving 120,527 shares. The trade was made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up in advance. Read the Form 4.
Bender Joel (President, Director, 10% Owner) sold 100,000 shares starting Oct 1 at an average $61.97, about $6.2M. That cut their holding 70.7%, leaving 41,519 shares. The trade was made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up in advance. Read the Form 4.
WHD last closed at $65.49 on Oct 29, +5.7% from the average sale price. Since Aug 1, Cactus, Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases ($0) and 12 sales ($54.5M). 9 13F filers hold WHD among their 50 largest positions.
Who traded WHD since Aug 1:
- Bender Scott (Chairman and CEO, Director, 10% Owner): 4 sales of 386,700 shares, about $24.6M
- Bender Joel (President, Director, 10% Owner): 4 sales of 386,700 shares, about $24.6M
- Tadlock Stephen (EVP/CEO Cactus Intl): 1 sale of 38,455 shares, about $2.5M
- Bender Steven (COO, EVP and CEO-SpoolableTech): 1 sale of 25,000 shares, about $1.7M
- Odonnell John A (Director): 1 sale of 10,000 shares, about $661K
- Marsh William D (GC, EVP and Secretary): 1 sale of 7,178 shares, about $476K
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (CRDO)
Lam Yat Tung (Chief Operating Officer, Director) sold 50,000 shares starting Oct 1 at an average $205.22, about $10.3M. That cut their holding 2.2%, leaving 2,254,169 shares. The trade was made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up in advance. Read the Form 4.
CRDO last closed at $165.29 on Oct 29, -19.5% from the average sale price. Since Aug 1, Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd insiders filed 0 open-market purchases ($0) and 11 sales ($82.9M). 131 13F filers hold CRDO among their 50 largest positions, including Gavin Baker, Steve Cohen and Duan Yongping. Members of Congress disclosed 7 trades in CRDO over the past year; most recently Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA) sold $1,001–$15,000 on Jul 2.
Who traded CRDO since Aug 1:
- Lam Yat Tung (Chief Operating Officer, Director): 3 sales of 255,441 shares, about $53.4M
- Cheng Chi Fung (Chief Technology Officer, Director): 6 sales of 141,263 shares, about $26.1M
- Brennan William Joseph (Pres & Chief Executive Officer, Director): 1 sale of 16,672 shares, about $2.5M
- Laufman James (Chief Legal Officer, Secretary): 1 sale of 5,000 shares, about $925K
See every CRDO insider trade and which funds own CRDO.
Rocket Lab Corp (RKLB)
Spice Adam C. (Chief Financial Officer) sold 140,157 shares starting Oct 1 at an average $70.82, about $9.9M. That cut their holding 10.8%, leaving 1,155,967 shares. The trade was made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up in advance. Read the Form 4.
RKLB last closed at $59.10 on Oct 29, -16.5% from the average sale price. Since Aug 1, Rocket Lab Corp insiders filed 0 open-market purchases ($0) and 9 sales ($27.0M). 84 13F filers hold RKLB among their 50 largest positions, including Spencer Waxman and Cathie Wood.
Who traded RKLB since Aug 1:
- Spice Adam C. (Chief Financial Officer): 3 sales of 289,991 shares, about $19.4M
- Klein Frank (Chief Operations Officer): 2 sales of 81,250 shares, about $5.5M
- Clevenger Marvin Bradford (President, Rocket Lab USA, Inc): 1 sale of 15,051 shares, about $1.0M
- Kampani Arjun (SVP & General Counsel): 2 sales of 13,788 shares, about $942K
- Ricupati Agostino (VP Corp Controller & CAO): 1 sale of 669 shares, about $47K
See every RKLB insider trade and which funds own RKLB.
Every number here comes from the original Form 4 filings. See all of the day's trades in the Oct 2 insider recap, or screen every Form 4 in the insider screener.
Questions and answers
What were the biggest insider sales on October 2, 2026?
Sentonas Michael (PRESIDENT) sold $64.2M of CRWD; Ali Wajid (EVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) sold $25.7M of LITE; Speiser Michael L (Director) sold $17.5M of SNOW; Mosley William D (CEO, Director) sold $17.4M of STX; Mosley William D (CEO, Director) sold $10.3M of STX.
How many insider sales were filed on October 2, 2026?
162 open-market sales worth $307.3M at 122 companies, from SEC Form 4 filings.
Does insider selling mean the stock will fall?
Not necessarily. Insiders sell for taxes, diversification and planned liquidity, and many sales run on Rule 10b5-1 plans set up months ahead. Purchases are the stronger signal: there is only one reason to buy.
Sources: SEC Form 4 filings dated 2026-10-02. Written from the data on this site on Oct 30, 2026; every figure links to the page it comes from. Not investment advice.