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How to track Congress stock trades
To track the stock trades members of Congress make, read the periodic transaction reports they file under the STOCK Act: House reports on the Clerk of the House's financial disclosure site, Senate reports on the Senate's electronic financial disclosure (eFD) site. Both are free. A tracker such as VolaIntel reads them for you and links each trade to its report.
Step 1: search the official House and Senate sites
On the House Clerk's financial disclosure reports database, search by a member's last name, the filing year and the state, and open the reports marked as periodic transaction reports. Senate reports are on efdsearch.senate.gov, which asks you to accept its terms before you search. The House site says the reports may not be used for any commercial purpose other than by news and communications media for the general public.
Step 2: read the report
Each trade on a periodic transaction report lists the asset (with its ticker when there is one), the type (purchase, sale or exchange), the trade date, the date the member was notified and the value as a range such as $1,001 - $15,000. The filing date is on the report itself. Some House reports are filed on paper and published as scanned images.
Step 3: allow for the delay
Members have up to 45 days after a trade to report it. In VolaIntel's count of House stock trades filed Aug 31, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the median gap was 22 days and 9.5% came after the 45-day deadline. A report tells you what a member did weeks ago, not what they hold today. More in the Congress trading statistics.
Step 4: follow members and stocks in one place
VolaIntel reads every e-filed House report daily and lists each trade with its report: latest Congress trades, trades by member and trades by stock. In the iPhone app you can follow a member or a stock and switch on alerts for Congress trades. To see what copying a member would have returned, use the trade return calculator.
Step 5: check insiders and funds too
Company insiders report on SEC Form 4 within two business days, and large funds on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter, both on SEC EDGAR. VolaIntel puts them next to Congress: insider trades, fund holdings.
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Questions
Where can I see what stocks members of Congress buy?
In their periodic transaction reports, published free by the Clerk of the House (disclosures-clerk.house.gov) and the Senate (efdsearch.senate.gov). VolaIntel lists every trade with a link to its report.
How soon are Congress stock trades made public?
Within 45 days of the trade under the STOCK Act. In VolaIntel's House data for Aug 31, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the median was 22 days.
Is there a free way to track Congress stock trades?
Yes. The House Clerk and Senate disclosure sites are free, and VolaIntel's filing pages on volaintel.com are free to read.
Can I get alerts when a member of Congress trades?
Yes. In the VolaIntel app you can switch on alerts for Congress trades and follow the members and stocks you care about.
Do the reports show how much a member made?
No. They show the trade, its date and a value range. VolaIntel's calculator shows what the same purchases did afterwards, using daily closing prices.
How do I track Nancy Pelosi's trades?
Her reports are on the House Clerk site under her name; VolaIntel collects them on one page with every trade and its report.
VolaIntel reports public filings. It is not investment advice. Amounts for congressional trades are the value ranges members report.