How to Track Politician Stock Trades Free (What Congress Is Buying in 2026)
US politicians must report their stock trades. The STOCK Act of 2012 requires members of Congress to disclose transactions within 45 days, and senior executive branch officials file too. The disclosures are public, but they are scattered and awkward to read, so most people never do.
Days from trade to disclosure. The legal limit is 45
Our analysis found the late filing is concentrated in the executive branch, not Congress. House Democrats disclosed 97% of equity trades inside the window. The story everyone tells is the wrong way round.
Source: SteadyShares analysis of disclosed political equity trades, Jan 2025 to Jul 2026
What the Hill has been buying
From the disclosures filed over the last twelve months, the most-bought names among the politicians we track:
- Microsoft (MSFT): 21 disclosed buys by 5 different members, roughly $21.4 million at the midpoints of the filed ranges
- AT&T (T): 14 buys by 5 members
- Apple (AAPL): 14 buys by 4 members, about $5.4 million
- JPMorgan (JPM): 13 buys by 4 members
- Home Depot (HD): 9 buys by 4 members
- Alphabet (GOOGL): 15 buys by 3 members
- Meta (META): 12 buys by 3 members, about $21.6 million
One honest caveat: disclosures report ranges, not exact amounts. A filing says "$100,001 to $250,000", so every dollar figure above is a midpoint estimate of the filed band, never a precise number.
Why people watch this
Congress writes the rules that industries live under. When several members buy the same stock in the same quarter, people notice, and academic studies of congressional trading returns keep the debate alive. Whatever your view, the record is public and you are entitled to read it.
Read the record
[SteadyShares's Politician Trades desk](/app/capitol) shows every disclosed trade as it is filed, who made it, the range, and how late it was filed, plus which stocks Congress and the big 13F funds agree on. Free.
Disclosure data reflects filed reports, which can be late or amended. Educational information, not financial advice.
The bottom line
Members of Congress must disclose their trades by law. Here is how to read those disclosures, and which stocks the Hill has been buying this year.
Our own analysis of the disclosure data, including who actually files late, is at the 45-day rule. The method and its limits are printed on the page.
This is educational information, not financial advice.
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