Richard S. Walker, Director at Venoco, Inc. (VQ), bought 4,000 shares at $2.49 ($10K) on 2008-12-22, disclosed to the SEC on 2008-12-23.
Open-market purchase of $10k VQ by Director. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Something here stands out, but not much.