CapitolStockWatch — Free Real-Time Congressional Stock Trading Intelligence
Track live stock, options, and corporate bond transactions disclosed by U.S. Senators and Representatives under the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012. Built with 100% free access, no paywalls, hourly automated ingestion, and quantitative analytics to level the playing field for retail investors.
Why We Track Congressional Financial Disclosures
Members of the United States Congress oversee federal budgets exceeding $6 trillion annually, draft legislation governing emerging technologies and defense procurement, and participate in confidential economic, military, and regulatory committee hearings. Under federal ethics disclosure mandates, lawmakers and their immediate families must submit Periodic Transaction Reports (PTRs) detailing every transaction between $1,000 and $5,000,000.
CapitolStockWatch automatically ingests, normalizes, and analyzes certified filings from the Senate Office of Public Records and House Office of the Clerk. We cross-reference trades against congressional committee jurisdictions, historical win rates, corporate insider SEC Form 4 filings, and statutory 45-day filing deadlines to provide institutional-grade market transparency completely free of charge.
Core Analytical Modules & Free Tool Suite
🛡️ Committee Conflict Radar
Flags whenever lawmakers trade stocks in companies under their direct legislative committee oversight (e.g. Armed Services, Energy & Commerce, Financial Services).
🤝 Bipartisan Consensus Radar
Detects high-conviction market signals where both Democrats and Republicans are independently accumulating the same ticker within a rolling 45-day window.
⏱️ STOCK Act Late Filers Watchdog
Maintains an open public registry auditing statutory compliance, highlighting disclosures filed well past the federal 45-day legal deadline.
🐋 Whale Anomaly Radar
Filters for maximum-bracket institutional capital trades exceeding $250,000 executed by lawmakers with proven historical market-beating returns.
Original Quantitative Research & Educational Guides
Explore our comprehensive educational articles, empirical case studies, and quantitative guides authored by founder Michael:
- Inside Rep. Lisa McClain’s $18M Portfolio: What House Republican Leadership Trades Behind Closed Doors
- The Position Sizing Illusion: Why We Added Politician Net Worth & How to Trade With It
- What Stocks Is Congress Buying Today? How to Track Politician Trades in Real Time
- Inside Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Disclosures: What the Secretary of Defense Sold to Take the Reins at the DoD
- Fact Check: Does Ilhan Omar Trade Stocks? What Official Disclosures Reveal Amid Recent Headlines
- The Power of Compound Interest: How Exponential Growth Creates Generational Wealth
- Why We Track Congress: Transparency, Generational Wealth, and Leveling the Playing Field
- The Congressional Alpha Playbook: How Retail Investors Can Ethically Copy Congress
- SPY vs. Congressional Portfolios: Analyzing $NANC & $KRUZ Copycat ETFs
- Double Whammy Insider Alignment: Combining Congressional PTRs with Corporate SEC Form 4 Filings
- From $20/Week in VEQT to Copying Congress: Why I Built CapitolStockWatch