Show HN: A website that tracks every stock trade Congress makes

[hubraumhugo]

Congressional trading data is relatively commoditized, but I couldn't find any open-source version with the features I wanted.

The data is lagged (median 28 days from trade to disclosure, and 19% miss this deadline), but there's still interesting patterns to explore.

Repo: https://github.com/kadoa-org/congress-trading-monitor

Let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements!

[krunck]

It's the undisclosed trades hidden behind shell companies and family connections that we should all be scrutinizing.

[tkcashman]

This is exactly the kind of visibility we need for our leaders. Unfortunately, these days many people are so jaded about them that we accept any malfeasance to be business as usual.

[bixdot]

Open-source repo + public source disclosures + reproducible pipeline already puts this above 90% of “AI insight” products.

[ramon156]

Does it? Unusualwhales already provides the same data with a bit of insight. They also trade via shell companies (used to just call them straw buyers).

Id say its just another version

[scamdrill]

Nice job with this. Easy to use interface with timely info to keep people informed and improve transparency.

[conditionnumber]

Cool. It looks like you're packaging the data as json files in the repo. Would be neat to see the pipeline that collects it.

[hubraumhugo]

The data pipelines need some more work to be OS ready, but it's on my list.

[trick-or-treat]

What does imaginary portfolio mean? It's not clear whether you're claiming these numbers are real or imaginary.

[bicepjai]

How is this okay? Public service used to mean sacrifice. Now it’s just self-enrichment

[_blk]

What do you mean? Prohibit trading while in office? I'd argue that it's a pretty big sacrifice to have to make your trades public while in office (but IMHO the reporting deadline should be sooner i.e. automated instant-reporting.)

[imviky]

Great work and looks really neat. is the disclouse made within 45 days of the trade?

[nexadecimal]

This looks cool. Exactly what I've been looking for.

[slater]

Could you add a column with the person's political affiliation?

[frasermarlow]

Remind me to come check this tracker after the SpaceXAI IPO.

[3eb7988a1663]

Is there going to be any accountability to the people at NASDAQ who made this decision? Surely the big investors not on the inside of SpaceX must be mad about these shenanigans? Or is it all an insider's club, where each party is hoping for their own turn to make a big gift?

[frasermarlow]

On that topic: this is both entertaining and scary, especially the bit that says they fast-tracked into the NASDAQ 100 so whether you like it or not you have to buy into Elon Musk's financial house of cards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHD8BDFYyGI

[troyvit]

Naive question but you could move all your stuff out of NASDAQ before the IPO right? The downside is that you'd have to keep it out of NASDAQ until SPCX is finished cratering it?

There's a section in this article that offers some slightly different views on the IPO: https://rubbishtalk.com/world/dow-50k-2t-ipo-and-the-iran-de...

It make it more solidly clear how this really is an IPO for all 3 orgs: SpaceX, X, and xAI which helped me understand more of the video.

> The Launch segment posted $4.1 billion in revenue but a $657 million operating loss, driven by roughly $3 billion in Starship R&D — a deliberate strategic bet, not a distressed business.

All in all it reflects a ton of what the youtube video says though (I haven't finished the video though). It adds some color.

[exabrial]

I wish it were realtime. We could all be quazillionnaires.

[tracker1]

I wish congress members, staffers and 2nd level family all had to pre-announce buy/sale orders by 1 business day.

[Laurel1234]

It's crazy they don't need to, honestly.

[exabrial]

precisely!

[dzhiurgis]

Can you make sure cmd+click works correctly

[photonair]

useful data. thanks for putting it together. what's some of your data source?

[zitoshi]

Trumps not holding Micron?

[hubraumhugo]

At least it's not disclosed in any of his 278-T transactions (1,391 trades, which is not the full picture)