congressional_trades
Congressional stock trades
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Stock trades disclosed by members of Congress (House and Senate Periodic Transaction Reports), by member name, ticker, transaction type or date. Returns one row per transaction with the disclosed amount range and the filing PDF. limit caps the FILINGS read, not the trades returned, and filings_matching is how many exist: when truncated is set, far more trades exist than are shown and returned_trades must never be quoted as a total.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| politician | string | no | Member name (partial) |
| ticker | string | no | Ticker traded |
| transaction_type | string | no | purchase | sale |
| since | string | no | ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD); only rows on or after this date |
| limit | number | no | Max rows, 1-25 (default 10) |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"politician": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Member name (partial)"
},
"ticker": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Ticker traded"
},
"transaction_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "purchase | sale"
},
"since": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD); only rows on or after this date"
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Max rows, 1-25 (default 10)"
}
}
}