Politician Trades

What it is

Stock trades disclosed by members of Congress under the STOCK Act: track what lawmakers are buying and selling. Under the STOCK Act, members of Congress must disclose personal stock trades within 45 days of execution.

What you see

• Member & Party: The politician's name, chamber (House or Senate), and party affiliation. Bipartisan buying in the same stock is a stronger signal than single-party positioning.
• Transaction Type: Purchase or Sale. Large purchases are the primary signal.
• Amount Range: Disclosures report trade values in ranges (e.g., $15,001–$50,000 or $1,000,001+) rather than exact dollar amounts.
• Transaction Date vs. Disclosure Date: Both dates are shown. The gap tells you how quickly the politician reported.

How to use legislative flow

• Look for clustering: multiple members buying the same ticker within the same period — especially across party lines — suggests shared knowledge of a tailwind.
• Cross-reference with news: research what legislation is pending that could benefit that company or sector.
• Match with options flow: run the ticker through Ticker Search. If institutional options flow is also bullish around the same period, you have two independent data sources pointing the same direction.
• Size matters: A $1M+ purchase by a senator on the relevant committee is meaningfully different from a $15K purchase by a freshman representative. Weight your attention accordingly.

Timing caveat: Disclosures can lag the actual trade by up to 45 days. Use this data for multi-week to multi-month swing positioning, not day trading.