Congress and insider stock trades, filed and scored
Members of Congress and company insiders must report their stock trades in public. Filed Trades collects those filings, removes duplicates and checks every buy against the S&P 500, starting the clock on the first trading day after the filing, the earliest you could have bought too. The result is shown with its sample size, whatever it turns out to be.
Key Facts
- 51,017 stock trades by 280 members of Congress and 27,814 open market insider trades are on file.
- The newest Congress filing was published 2026-09-23 (23 September 2026) and the newest insider filing is dated 2026-09-29 (29 September 2026).
- Congress: -0.7% against the S&P 500 over 90 days across 12,732 scored buys, 46% of them ahead, which is modestly below the market, but could still be chance.
- Insiders: -3.3% against the S&P 500 over 90 days across 2,393 scored buys, 41% of them ahead, which is based on too few months of entries (4) to judge.
- Every return is measured from the first trading day after the filing, the earliest a follower could buy, and compared with the S&P 500 (SPY) over the same dates.
Did copying them beat the market?
prices as of 2026-09-28The short answer. Congress buys trailed the S&P 500 by 1.9% on average over 180 days, a gap larger than luck would usually explain. That is a measured historical average, not a forecast, and it can change as new trades mature. The insider results cover too few months of entries to judge either way.
| Days after entry | Congress | Insiders | Cluster buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0d | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 7d | +0.19% | -0.65% | -0.47% |
| 14d | +0.02% | -1.00% | -0.18% |
| 21d | +0.14% | -1.53% | -0.45% |
| 28d | +0.08% | -1.90% | -1.12% |
| 35d | +0.17% | -1.95% | -1.67% |
| 42d | -0.01% | -2.68% | -2.51% |
| 49d | -0.02% | -3.73% | -3.41% |
| 56d | +0.03% | -4.21% | -3.56% |
| 63d | -0.35% | -3.93% | -2.77% |
| 70d | -0.42% | -3.84% | -3.05% |
| 77d | -0.52% | -4.42% | -4.92% |
| 84d | -0.63% | -3.24% | -4.29% |
| 91d | -0.69% | -3.26% | -4.52% |
| 98d | -0.79% | -3.90% | -4.84% |
| 105d | -0.81% | -4.80% | -5.01% |
| 112d | -0.83% | -5.04% | -5.44% |
| 119d | -1.08% | -6.45% | -7.32% |
| 126d | -1.17% | -7.64% | -8.25% |
| 133d | -1.27% | -8.05% | -8.70% |
| 140d | -1.45% | -8.59% | -7.96% |
| 147d | -1.51% | -9.81% | -8.72% |
| 154d | -1.81% | -9.90% | -8.42% |
| 161d | -1.86% | -9.69% | -7.39% |
| 168d | -1.91% | -9.86% | -7.12% |
| 175d | -1.90% | -9.62% | -6.54% |
| 180d | -1.91% | -9.58% | -9.86% |
Each line averages every scored buy from the day after its filing. Full results, by horizon and by year, and the method.
Latest Congress filings
as of 2026-09-23| Filed | Member | Stock | Type | Size | Days to file | 90 day vs S&P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2026 | Rick Allen (R-GA) | AVGO | buy | 1K–15K | 41 | n/a |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Sheri Biggs (R-SC) | ALPHAKEYS BLACKSTONE LIFE SCIENCES VI LP | buy | 1K–15K | 22 | n/a |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Pete Sessions (R-TX) | AAPL | sell | 100K–250K | 0 | n/a |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Rick Allen (R-GA) | ROL | sell | 15K–50K | 41 | n/a |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Sheri Biggs (R-SC) | BNS | sell | 500K–1M | 34 | n/a |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Rick Allen (R-GA) | TSM | buy | 1K–15K | 41 | n/a |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Sheri Biggs (R-SC) | BNS | buy | 500K–1M | 21 | n/a |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Sheri Biggs (R-SC) | APOLLO DEBT SOLUTIONS BDC | buy | 1K–15K | 25 | n/a |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Scott Peters (D-CA) | TPT RO | buy | 250K–500K | 49 | n/a |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Scott Peters (D-CA) | US TREASURY BILLS | sell | 50K–100K | 39 | n/a |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Scott Peters (D-CA) | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | buy | 500K–1M | 39 | n/a |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Scott Peters (D-CA) | WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF EDUCATION | buy | 250K–500K | 46 | n/a |
Latest insider buys
as of 2026-09-29| Filed | Insider | Stock | Type | Shares | Price | Value | 90 day vs S&P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2026 | Sutherland Paul Howard | GAIA | buy | 2,000 | $1.30 | $2.6K | n/a |
| 29 Sep 2026 | HORIZON KINETICS ASSET MANAGEM | TPL | buy | 1 | $340.12 | $340 | n/a |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Brown Melinda | DTIL | buy | 1,135 | $6.27 | $7.1K | n/a |
| 29 Sep 2026 | HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR | FTHY | buy | 2,500 | $12.87 | $32.2K | n/a |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Leonard Daniel J | OVLY | buy | 125 | $34.03 | $4.3K | n/a |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | GF | buy | 1,272 | $10.73 | $13.6K | n/a |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Germano Geno J | DTIL | buy | 2,609 | $6.28 | $16.4K | n/a |
| 29 Sep 2026 | HORIZON KINETICS ASSET MANAGEM | RCG | buy | 756 | $3.04 | $2.3K | n/a |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Bimes Randy S. | QNBC | buy | 221 | $45.30 | $10.0K | n/a |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Ben-Noon Dagi Shahar | QTEX | buy | 168,894 | $0.71 | $120K | n/a |
| 29 Sep 2026 | HORIZON KINETICS ASSET MANAGEM | TPL | buy | 1 | $339.72 | $340 | n/a |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | MXF | buy | 4,133 | $20.74 | $85.7K | n/a |
Most bought by Congress, last 90 days
Most bought by insiders, last 30 days
Recent cluster buys
Leaderboard, ranked out of sample
Members are chosen on their record before 2023-04-25 and ranked on the trades after it, so a lucky streak in the past does not top the list.
| # | Name | Avg vs S&P after | Trades after | Beat S&P after | Avg vs S&P before | Trades before | Avg vs S&P overall | Std error |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Sessions | +3.9% | 7 | 86% | -2.0% | 37 | -1.1% | 2.1% |
| 2 | Shelley Moore Capito | +3.9% | 10 | 60% | +0.8% | 20 | +1.8% | 2.2% |
| 3 | Marjorie Taylor Greene | +3.7% | 19 | 58% | -3.9% | 86 | -2.5% | 2.3% |
| 4 | Mark Green | +2.8% | 5 | 40% | -0.3% | 68 | -0.1% | 3.0% |
| 5 | Michael Burgess | +2.2% | 14 | 79% | -9.6% | 17 | -4.3% | 4.0% |
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Frequently asked questions
What is Filed Trades?
Filed Trades lists stock trades that members of the US Congress and company insiders were required to file publicly, and measures whether buying after each filing would have beaten the S&P 500. Every number shows its sample size.
Can I copy Congress and insider trades?
Only after the filing is public, which is days or weeks after the trade. This site therefore measures returns from the first trading day after each filing, the earliest you could act. It is information, not investment advice.
Where does the data come from?
Congress trades come from STOCK Act disclosures collected by CapitolTrades. Insider trades come from SEC Form 4 filings collected from Finviz. Prices come from Yahoo Finance. The Sources page lists each source and its known limits.
Did copying these trades beat the market?
Congress buys trailed the S&P 500 by 1.9% on average over 180 days, a gap larger than luck would usually explain. That is a measured historical average, not a forecast, and it can change as new trades mature. The insider results cover too few months of entries to judge either way.
Sources: Congressional trades: STOCK Act disclosures, collected from CapitolTrades. Insider trades: SEC Form 4 filings, collected from Finviz. Prices: Yahoo Finance daily adjusted closes. Data as of 2026-09-29 (29 September 2026). About these sources.
Not investment advice. Past disclosed trades do not predict future returns. Disclosures are published late, so the trades shown are ones you could only have copied after the fact. Talk to a licensed adviser before you invest.