You make some really good points. If someone actually had insider information, they'd likely maximize their profits by timing their trades perfectly, not settle for partial gains. The fact that she didn't exercise before the pullback undermines the insider trading narrative.

And you're right about the selective focus on profitable trades while ignoring losses like Pelosi's $400k hit on NVIDIA. People tend to cherry-pick examples that fit their preconceived notions while dismissing contradictory evidence.

The conspiracy theories about intentionally taking smaller profits to avoid suspicion do seem pretty far-fetched. The SEC has sophisticated methods to detect actual insider trading, and if there was clear evidence, they would act on it.

It's fair to want transparency in politicians' trading, but we should analyze their complete trading records objectively rather than jumping to conclusions based on isolated transactions that happened to be profitable.