I started in the markets at 16. Ten years later, I built the tool I always wished existed.
I bought my first stock at 16. Not with a ton of money — I just had a brokerage account, a curiosity about how companies worked, and way too much time reading earnings reports. By the time I was 18 I was tracking macro events, legislative calendars, and sector rotations. I developed a habit of asking: who has information I don't?
That question led me to the STOCK Act disclosures. Congressional members are required by law to report their personal stock trades within 45 days. The data is public. But it was buried in government PDFs, scattered across two separate databases, and nearly impossible to monitor in real time.
I built the first version of this platform entirely for myself — a simple script that pulled new filings and sent me a Telegram message. Then friends asked to be added. Then strangers. So I cleaned it up, added proper infrastructure, and turned it into what you see now.
This is not a hedge fund. It's not financial advice. It's a transparency tool — one that levels the playing field by giving retail investors the same public information that's always been available, just actually readable.
Every trade on this platform comes directly from two official U.S. government sources. We do not scrape third-party websites, infer data, or fill in gaps with estimates.
An automated system polls both the House and Senate disclosure APIs on a continuous basis. When a new filing is detected, it is parsed, normalized, and pushed as a structured alert to our Telegram channel — typically within 15 minutes of the government publishing the document.
We do not manually curate which trades appear. Every transaction filed by a member of Congress that contains a publicly traded security is included. No cherry-picking, no editorial bias.
The platform currently covers: stocks, ETFs, options, and mutual funds disclosed by both chambers. Transaction sizes are reported in ranges as defined by the STOCK Act (e.g., $1,001–$15,000), which is a legal limitation of the source data, not a platform limitation.
Congress members sit on committees that vote on legislation directly affecting sectors and companies. They receive classified briefings. They shape regulatory environments. The STOCK Act was passed in 2012 precisely because lawmakers were caught trading on non-public information.
The data has always been public. The problem was accessibility. Congressional Trades makes that data fast, readable, and actionable — so you can factor it into your own research like any other public signal.
Important disclaimer: Congressional Trades is a data aggregation and transparency service. Nothing published here constitutes financial advice, investment recommendations, or signals to buy or sell any security. All data is sourced from public government records. Past trading patterns by any individual do not predict future activity or market performance. Always consult a licensed financial advisor before making investment decisions.
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