Congressional trades

Under the STOCK Act, members of Congress must publicly report trades in stocks and other securities, generally within 45 days of the trade. Market Rodeo reads these reports (called periodic transaction reports) from the official House and Senate disclosure websites.

When you get an alert

We check for new House reports twice a day and Senate reports once a day. An alert can arrive up to about a day after a report is published.

The alert fires when the report is published, which can be weeks after the trade. It always shows both dates, so you can see the gap.

What the alert shows

You get one alert per report, even when the report lists many trades.

A report with one trade:

• Title: for example "Congress trade · Jane Doe".
• What happened, for example "Jane Doe bought NVDA in the House".
• Symbol, Amount and Type (Buy, Sell, Sell (partial), Sell (full) or Exchange).
• Dates: for example "Disclosed Jun 2 · traded May 15 (~3 weeks earlier)".

A report with several trades:

• Title: for example "Jane Doe disclosed 12 trades".
• The chamber, the date it was disclosed and the range of trade dates.
• The 6 largest trades, then "…and 6 more".

Each alert links to the original report.

Amounts are ranges

Members don't report exact amounts. They pick a range, such as $1,001 to $15,000 or $50,001 to $100,000, and the alert shows that range.

What isn't covered

• Paper reports. Some members file on paper, and those are published as scanned images. We only cover reports filed electronically.
• Former members. We cover reports filed by current members of Congress.
• Withdrawn trades. When a member files a correction that withdraws a trade reported earlier, the withdrawn trade is not shown and doesn't send an alert.

An amended Senate report is published as a new report, so it may send a second alert for trades you've already seen.

Browsing congressional trades

The Congress page lists recent trades with both the Traded and the Disclosed date. Click a member's name to open their page, with their trades, sponsored legislation and campaign fundraising.