When Congress members trade stocks in industries they regulate — that's a signal nobody else is scoring.
Every Congress member must disclose stock trades under the STOCK Act. Most trackers stop there. Fin45 goes further — cross-referencing each trade against the member's committee assignments to identify trades where the member has direct oversight over the company or industry.
An Armed Services Committee member buying Lockheed Martin has different informational weight than a random representative making the same trade. A Finance Committee member buying JPMorgan before a regulatory change is a higher-signal event. That's what this page surfaces.
Congressional trade data will appear here once the disclosure pipeline is active.
STOCK Act disclosures are filed with a 45-day window — data arrives as filings are processed.
| Committee | Sector Oversight | Key Tickers |
|---|---|---|
| Armed Services | Defense & Aerospace | LMT, RTX, NOC, GD, BA, HII |
| Finance / Banking | Financial Services | JPM, BAC, GS, MS, WFC, C |
| Energy & Commerce | Energy, Telecom, Health | XOM, CVX, T, VZ, UNH, PFE |
| Judiciary | Tech Antitrust | AAPL, GOOGL, META, AMZN, MSFT |
| Agriculture | Food & Agriculture | DE, ADM, CTVA, MOS, CF |
| Transportation | Airlines, Rail, Logistics | UAL, DAL, UNP, FDX, UPS |
Congressional trades are a Tier 1 signal in Fin45's confluence engine — the highest-weight
category alongside insider clusters, dark pool blocks, and 13F accumulation. A committee-relevant
congressional trade gets an additional signal_boost multiplier because the information
asymmetry is structurally higher.
When a committee-relevant congressional trade aligns with insider buying and dark pool accumulation in the same stock, that's triple-source Tier 1 confluence — the strongest signal the system produces.
Trading frequency varies significantly. Some members actively trade individual stocks while others only hold index funds or blind trusts. Fin45 tracks all disclosures but weights committee-relevant trades higher because they carry more informational value.
Yes, but the STOCK Act prohibits trading on material non-public information obtained through official duties. Enforcement has been limited. Several bills proposing full stock trading bans for Congress members have been introduced but not passed.
Congress members have 45 days to file disclosures after a trade. Some file within days, others push the deadline. This delay means the data is most useful as a medium-term directional indicator, not a real-time signal.
Each company is mapped to the congressional committees with regulatory jurisdiction over its sector. When a trade matches (e.g., Armed Services member → defense stock), it's flagged as committee-relevant and receives a scoring boost in the confluence engine.