Directors' trades rocketed to $65 million this week, thanks largely to bulk selling by three members of the Xero boardroom.
Shares in the accounting software outfit have fallen some way to earth from their $40-plus highs in 2014, but nevertheless the company is still valued by the market at $2.5 billion.
The group recently reported its results for the September half-year and it remained an earnings and positive cash-flow-free zone.
Craig Winkler, Rodney Drury and Samuel Morgan collected nearly $46 million among them.
The overall scorecard registered $9.2 million to $55.5 million in favour of folk taking a little something off the table.
Alan Rydge made a rare appearance when he added to his stakes in entertainment group Amalgamated Holdings and Carlton Investments.
Also outlaying a little petty change was Leonard Ainsworth, executive chairman of the gaming machine business bearing his name.
Ainsworth scrip fell sharply after tidings at the annual general meeting left punters unimpressed.
Current-half earnings were expected to be similar to the previous corresponding period and the full-year pre-tax was also expected to be in line with the previous year's result.
The day before the annual meeting the scrip was fetching $3.10 and since then the share price has largely been on the slippery slope, falling as low as $2.26.
Leonard Ainsworth paid $2.35 a share for $1.2 million of stock while chief executive officer Daniel Gladstone and non-executive director Colin Henson also bought at those levels.
There was also multi-director buying of Nine Entertainment Co Holdings scrip by non-executive directors Holly Kramer and former politician Peter Costello.
Shareholders in regenerative medicine group Mesoblast recently had to call for an oxygen tent after a severe share-price decline; Donal O'Dwyer and Brian Jamieson surfaced as buyers.
David Bryant, the managing director of Rural Funds Group, continued soaking up paper in the agricultural assets manager.
