How to track Congress trades

The House Clerk and Senate publish financial disclosures through separate portals. Search the member and reporting year, then open the periodic transaction report. A tracker is a convenient view of these records, not their original authority.

House reports are filed with the House Clerk; Senate reports use the Senate public disclosure system. A Senate stock tracker and a House tracker organize different source collections. Search the member in the correct chamber before deciding that a trade is missing. The official portals are linked in the source records on this page.

The earlier-of-30-or-45-day rule is a deadline, not a mandatory waiting period. Reporters can file sooner. A late-looking date gap also needs review for amendments, earlier disclosures and source errors before it becomes a legal finding.

The report can concern a member, spouse or dependent child. Keep those labels. A band such as $1,001 to $15,000 does not establish an exact investment amount, entry price or current holding.

A single document can contain many transactions. Repeated ticker and date fields are not enough to merge rows, and a managed-account disclosure is not proof that the member personally chose every investment.

Our Q3 2026 House filing-gap study provides downloadable transaction rows and a coverage manifest. It separates New, Amended and Deleted labels and identifies unmeasured documents. Filing timing is distinct from when the document first became publicly accessible.

Start with the transaction date in the report. Next, record its filing or signature date. Finally, note when your tracker detected it. Those are different clocks: a newly delivered alert can describe an older trade, and an amended document can correct an earlier record. Keep the original report and amendment together rather than counting both as new purchases.

AlphaYou's politician directory links members to disclosed records. Following a source helps organize new publications; it does not reveal undisclosed transactions.