Track Congress Stock Trades with AI
Members of Congress trade stocks while simultaneously voting on legislation, budget priorities, and regulations that affect public companies. The STOCK Act (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act), signed into law in 2012, requires senators and representatives to disclose securities transactions within 45 days of the trade date. These disclosures are public record. Pineify Finance Agent lets you query those filings in plain English — ask about specific legislators, sectors, or time windows — and surfaces patterns across hundreds of disclosed trades without requiring you to manually sort through government filing portals.
STOCK Act Disclosures, Not Insider Trading Cases
The STOCK Act mandates that members of Congress and senior staff file a periodic transaction report (PTR) within 45 days of any securities trade exceeding $1,000. These filings are submitted to the House Clerk or Senate Office of Public Records and made publicly available online. The 45-day disclosure window means trades are sometimes reported weeks after execution, but the data is official and verifiable. Traders and researchers track congressional disclosures for two reasons: first, legislators sit on committees with direct jurisdiction over industries — a senator on the Banking Committee who buys bank stocks, or a representative on the Armed Services Committee who trades defense contractors, raises questions about information advantages. Second, even setting aside intent, the aggregate buying and selling patterns of hundreds of legislators can reflect sentiment toward specific sectors before regulatory or legislative outcomes become public. Pineify aggregates PTR filings across both chambers, normalizes the data, and lets you query it conversationally.
How It Works
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Ask a question in plain English — for example, "What stocks did Nancy Pelosi trade last quarter?" or "Which senators bought semiconductor stocks this year?"
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Pineify queries the public STOCK Act disclosure database, filters by legislator name, ticker, sector, chamber, or date range based on your question.
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Results include the legislator's name, chamber, party, transaction type (purchase or sale), asset name and ticker, dollar range, and the disclosure filing date.
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For sector patterns, Pineify aggregates purchases across all legislators and ranks the most frequently traded tickers or sectors within a given timeframe.
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You can follow up in the same conversation: "Now show me the committee assignments for those senators" or "Compare this to the same period last year."
Pineify vs. Unusual Whales vs. Quiver Quantitative
| Feature | Pineify Finance Agent | Unusual Whales | Quiver Quantitative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plain-English questions | Yes — conversational queries by legislator, ticker, or sector | No — dashboard and filter UI only | No — table-based interface with filters |
| Legislator-specific lookup | Yes — "What did Ted Cruz buy this year?" | Yes — individual politician pages | Yes — politician profile pages |
| Sector sweep queries | Yes — "Which members of Congress traded energy stocks last quarter?" | Partial — sector filter available, no summarization | Partial — sector filter, manual review required |
| Source filing links | Every result links to the original STOCK Act filing | Yes | Yes |
| Combined with financials | Yes — follow up with company revenue, earnings, or price data | No | Partial — separate data views |
| Free tier access | Yes — limited queries per day | Yes (basic) | Yes (basic) |
Real Use Cases
High-Profile Legislator Trade Review
User asks
“What stocks has Nancy Pelosi traded in the past 12 months, and what sectors do they fall into?”
Agent returns
Pineify returned a chronological list of disclosed transactions, including NVDA call options and technology sector purchases, each with the reported dollar range and STOCK Act filing date. The results linked directly to the source House disclosure filings so the dates and transaction types could be verified independently.
Committee Overlap Check
User asks
“Did any members of the Senate Armed Services Committee trade defense contractor stocks this year?”
Agent returns
Pineify cross-referenced committee membership against STOCK Act disclosures and identified several transactions in defense and aerospace tickers. Each result included the senator's name, the disclosed transaction range, and the 45-day filing window so the timeline could be assessed.
Sector Sentiment Sweep
User asks
“Which sectors have seen the most congressional buying in the last 90 days?”
Agent returns
Pineify aggregated disclosures across both chambers and ranked sectors by total purchase volume. Technology and healthcare led the list, with individual ticker breakdowns showing the most frequently purchased names among all legislators who filed during that window.
Sample Questions to Try
- ›What stocks did Nancy Pelosi buy or sell in the last six months?
- ›Which senators traded pharmaceutical stocks during the drug pricing debate?
- ›Show me all congressional trades in semiconductor companies this year.
- ›Did any House members on the Financial Services Committee trade bank stocks last quarter?
- ›Which members of Congress have the most disclosed trades in the energy sector?
- ›What was the largest single congressional stock purchase disclosed this month?
- ›Compare congressional trading activity in defense stocks before and after the latest defense budget vote.
- ›Which legislators disclosed NVDA trades in 2025 or 2026?
- ›Show me all congressional sales above $50,000 in technology stocks this quarter.
- ›Which party's members traded healthcare stocks more frequently last year?
Frequently Asked Questions
This content is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.