Glossary
Plain-English definitions of every term you need to read congressional stock disclosures. Each entry is its own page with a longer explanation and citable answer — feel free to link to or cite specific terms.
The 2012 federal law requiring members of Congress and senior executive-branch officials to publicly disclose stock trades within 45 days.
The form a member of Congress files within 45 days of a single stock trade, as required by the STOCK Act.
The yearly net-worth-style filing each member of Congress submits, separate from per-trade PTRs.
Members of Congress must file a Periodic Transaction Report within 45 days of any individual security trade.
All House Periodic Transaction Reports are filed at disclosures-clerk.house.gov as public PDFs.
All Senate Periodic Transaction Reports are filed at efdsearch.senate.gov as public web forms.
Alpha is the return of a politician's trades above what they'd have earned holding the S&P 500 over the same period.
CAGR is the annualized rate of return on a simulated portfolio that follows the politician's disclosed trades.
Members of Congress can trade options the same way they trade stocks. PTRs include strike + expiration but not exact contract quantities.
A 1–10,000 numeric score we publish per trade indicating how 'notable' the position is, based on size, leverage, sector context, and politician history.
Three or more members of Congress trading the same ticker within a 72-hour window. Often signals coordinated information.