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Congress Stock Trades Tracker

US House members must disclose every personal stock transaction within 45 days under the STOCK Act, filed as public Periodic Transaction Reports (PTRs). This tracker parses those filings directly from the House Clerk — nothing estimated, nothing inferred.

Disclosed trades tracked: 10,152 Disclosed trades
House members tracked: 142 House members

Data sourced directly from disclosures-clerk.house.gov. Senate disclosures coming soon.

The Leaderboard

Which Members of Congress Trade Stocks the Most?

Ranked by number of disclosed transactions on file. Updated weekly from official House Clerk filings.

Past the Deadline

Which Members Report Their Trades Late?

1,971 of 10,152 disclosed transactions (19.4%) were reported more than 45 days after the trade, across 49 House members. Ranked by number of late transactions.

How this is counted: each Periodic Transaction Report prints the date of the trade and the date it was reported. A transaction is listed here when the second date is more than 45 days after the first, the outer limit in the STOCK Act (5 U.S.C. app. § 105(d)(1)). It is a count from the filings themselves. It does not show whether a late fee was paid or waived, or why a report was late, and an amended report can carry a later date than the original.

Live Feed

Recent Congressional Stock Trades

The most recently disclosed transactions, newest first.

How It Works

How Congressional Stock Trade Disclosures Work

Trade, file, parse — the same path every disclosure on this page travels, start to finish.

1
A member trades
A House member — or their spouse or dependent child — buys or sells a stock, bond, or other covered asset worth more than $1,000.
2
They file a PTR
Within 45 days they must file a public Periodic Transaction Report listing the asset, ticker, transaction type, and a bracketed dollar range.
3
We parse it
We pull every PTR directly from the House Clerk’s public filing system and surface it here — nothing estimated, nothing inferred.

The STOCK Act (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act), signed into law in 2012, requires every member of the US House and Senate — along with their spouses and dependent children — to publicly disclose any purchase, sale, or exchange of stocks, bonds, or other covered securities worth more than $1,000. Each disclosure must be filed within 45 days of the transaction via a Periodic Transaction Report (PTR).

A PTR doesn’t report an exact dollar amount — it discloses a bracketed range (e.g. “$1,001–$15,000” or “$50,001–$100,000”), along with the asset name, ticker symbol, transaction type, the date of the trade, and the date it was reported. This tracker parses those disclosures directly from the House Clerk’s public filing system — nothing here is estimated or inferred.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it legal for members of Congress to trade stocks?

Yes. Members of Congress and their spouses may legally buy and sell individual stocks. The 2012 STOCK Act (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act) does not ban trading — it requires every trade over $1,000 to be publicly disclosed within 45 days via a Periodic Transaction Report (PTR). Trading on material non-public information obtained through their official position remains illegal, but proving that standard in an individual case is difficult, which is why several bills to ban congressional stock trading outright have been introduced in recent years.

Which member of Congress trades stocks the most?

Trading activity varies significantly by member and by year — some members hold no individual stocks at all, while a small number file hundreds of disclosures annually. The leaderboard on this page reflects trade counts from real PTR filings synced directly from the House Clerk, updated weekly.

What is a Periodic Transaction Report (PTR)?

A PTR is the disclosure form House and Senate members must file within 45 days of any stock, bond, or other covered-asset transaction over $1,000. It lists the asset name, ticker, transaction type (purchase or sale), transaction date, notification date, and the dollar amount as a bracketed range (e.g. "$1,001–$15,000") rather than an exact figure.

How can I track congressional stock trades for free?

This page pulls trade disclosures directly from the House Clerk's public financial disclosure system and updates weekly. Search by official name, filter by ticker symbol or transaction type, or view any individual member's full trade history on their official profile page — no account or paywall required.

Do Senators have to disclose stock trades too?

Yes, the STOCK Act applies to both chambers. Senate disclosures are filed through a separate system (efdsearch.senate.gov) and are not yet covered by this tracker, which currently covers House members only.

Search All Disclosures

Search by official name, or filter by ticker symbol or transaction type across every trade on file.