Congress stock trades, explained with data
Guides and data stories built from the official STOCK Act filings in our database: 10 articles, updated as the record grows.
House vs Senate: how congressional stock trade disclosures differ
The two chambers file under the same law but produce very different records: 46,096 House transactions against 11,166 in the Senate, different speeds, different owner patterns and different file formats.
October 13, 2026 · 3 min read
What is a congressional trading cluster, and how AI Scanning finds one
When several members of Congress file trades in the same company within a few weeks, that is a cluster. Here is how Hillradar AI detects and scores them, what the back-test shows, and the caveats that come with it.
October 13, 2026 · 4 min read
How to get alerts when a member of Congress files a stock trade
A step-by-step guide to being told the moment a congressional trade is disclosed: choosing who to follow, connecting Telegram, WhatsApp or email, and what an alert actually contains.
October 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Why congressional stock trades are reported as ranges, and how to use them anyway
Lawmakers never disclose exact dollar amounts, only bands like $15,001–$50,000. Here are the bands, how 57,262 filings are distributed across them, and the honest way to estimate volume.
October 13, 2026 · 3 min read
The most active stock traders in Congress, ranked by disclosed transactions
Ten members of Congress account for roughly a third of all 57,262 disclosed transactions since 2014. Here is the ranking, with buys, sells and active years, and what a high count does and does not mean.
October 13, 2026 · 4 min read
The 45-day rule: how late Congress really files its stock trades
The STOCK Act gives lawmakers 45 days to disclose a trade. We measured the gap on 57,262 filings: the median is 27 days, but 14.6% are late and 5,548 arrived more than 90 days after the trade.
October 13, 2026 · 3 min read
The 15 stocks traded by the most members of Congress
Which companies appear in the most lawmakers' disclosures? Apple, Microsoft and Amazon lead a list of 15 stocks ranked by how many members of Congress have bought or sold them since 2014.
October 13, 2026 · 4 min read
Congress stock trades by the numbers: 57,262 filings from 2014 to 2026
Every disclosed congressional transaction since 2014 in one data story: filings per year, buys versus sells, Republicans versus Democrats, House versus Senate, and the states that trade the most.
October 13, 2026 · 4 min read
How to read a congressional Periodic Transaction Report (PTR), field by field
A line-by-line guide to a congressional stock trade filing: owner codes, asset names and tickers, transaction type, dates, amount ranges, and the traps that trip up first-time readers.
October 13, 2026 · 4 min read
The STOCK Act, explained: what members of Congress must disclose, and when
What the 2012 STOCK Act requires US senators and representatives to disclose about their stock trades, the 45-day deadline, what a filing contains, and where the records are published.
October 13, 2026 · 4 min read