I found that John Boozman does quite a lot of trading but his data is not visible on your site because he reports it only on scanned-in paper forms.
Now, maybe Senator Boozman just really loves paper forms, but maybe he's one of the many people who have realized that one of the best ways to hide legally required disclosures is to make it inaccessible to automated analysis.
I suggest making an annual report of which senators are filing in a way that inhibits analysis of their trades. Mr Boozman would be a star on that list, but there may be others and I think we should call them on it.
Nice job, I really like this and find it useful. A couple ideas I'd love to see implemented, depending on how far you want to go with this:
(1) On the "top 5 traded tickers" display, just go ahead and list all the tickers and not just top 5. This will summarize the day-by-day info on the left panel. Would be nice to sort the traded tickers summary by either count or ticker.
(2) So right now, we can select a date and see the reports from Senators that reported that day. Additionally, I'd like to name a Senator and see all their trades across all reports in a single screen. Finally, I'd like to click (or input) a ticker and see all reported trades for a given ticker among all Senators and all dates.
Thanks again. I wasn't even aware this info was now publicly reported. A small step forward, I guess.
I posted elsewhere in the thread, but figured it was worth replying directly - is there any way to find out who is making their own investment decisions, and who is having their money managed in a blind trust on their behalf? The two situations are obviously very different with respect to possible abuse.
Just realized, you could get the info manually if it's not already publicly available, given that there are only 100 senator. Their offices would probably just give that info, otherwise "refused to answer" would still be useful info to put on your site next to each senator's trades.
Now, maybe Senator Boozman just really loves paper forms, but maybe he's one of the many people who have realized that one of the best ways to hide legally required disclosures is to make it inaccessible to automated analysis.
I suggest making an annual report of which senators are filing in a way that inhibits analysis of their trades. Mr Boozman would be a star on that list, but there may be others and I think we should call them on it.