Congressional stock trades, screened for an edge
Trade with the people who write the rules.
Members of Congress see legislation, contracts and closed-door briefings before the market does, and they're free to buy stock while they do. We read every disclosed purchase against what the politician knew and flag the ones that look like an information edge, then email them to you every morning.
Why their trades are worth watching
They sit in the room
Committee members hear closed briefings, draft the bills and question the regulators long before a headline reaches the market.
They steer the money
Appropriations and armed services seats decide which companies win federal contracts. Those awards move share prices.
They're allowed to trade
The STOCK Act doesn't stop members buying stock. It only makes them report the trade, and they get up to 45 days to do it.
How we find the edge
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Every filing, every day
We collect House and Senate periodic transaction reports as soon as they're published and pull out each purchase.
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What they knew, and when
Each buy is checked against the politician's committee seats, career and family ties, and the company's federal contracts and SEC filings, using only what existed before the trade date.
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An edge score with receipts
A model rates how closely the purchase lines up with what the politician could have known, from none to high, and cites the facts behind the rating.
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Scored against the market
We track every analyzed buy 30, 90 and 180 days out against SPY, so you can see whether the flagged trades actually paid.
One score per purchase
Every analyzed buy carries a badge in the trades table. Open it to see each connection the model found and the facts it relied on.
- High edge · 9/10A direct line from the politician's work to the company
- Medium edge · 6/10A plausible link worth watching
- Low edge · 3/10A loose or indirect connection
- No edge · 0/10Nothing connects them to the company
Questions
- Where does the data come from?
- From the periodic transaction reports that members of the House and Senate must file under the STOCK Act. They are public records published by the House Clerk and the Senate.
- Does a high score mean someone broke the law?
- No. A score is a model's judgement of how closely a purchase lines up with information the politician had access to. It is not a finding of insider trading or any other wrongdoing.
- How quickly do new trades show up?
- We screen new filings every day, so a purchase is analyzed shortly after its report is published, and subscribers get it in the next morning's email. Members can wait up to 45 days to report a trade, so the trade itself may be weeks old.
- What does a subscription include?
- A daily email of every purchase analyzed since the last one, highest edge first, with the model's summary and a link to the full analysis. You can pay monthly or yearly and cancel any time from your account.
- Is this investment advice?
- No. It's research on public disclosures. Past returns on flagged trades don't predict future ones. Do your own research before you trade.
See what Congress is buying.
Get every newly analyzed purchase in your inbox each morning, highest edge first, with a link to the facts behind each score.