The market's recent volatility has highlighted the activities of directors who are trading with the sole purpose of supporting their company's share price.
However, there are those who actively trade with the same objective as the average investor - to make a quick profit.
What distinguishes these traders is their in-depth knowledge of the value and prospects of the company, the industry and familiarity with the movements of the share price.
One director who fits this category is Ronald McAulay of CLP Holdings. He has been active in CLP shares in the past two months, acquiring 600,000 shares and selling 500,000 from January 9 to March 2.
The transactions during the seven-week period netted him a profit of $780,000. The impressive feature of this was he was able to record respectable gains from slight movements in the share price.
His strategy was simple - buy when the stock was slightly below $40 and sell when it was more than $40.20.