Publicly disclosed congressional trades in technology names have produced eye-popping returns, with some positions flagged for further review due to their outlier performance. These returns are measured from the DISCLOSURE date forward and the public could have seen each of these positions when they were filed.
Rep. Ro Khanna purchased STX, disclosed April 10 2025. This position is an outlier we are still verifying with a current return of 910.45 percent since disclosure. The California Democrat also bought WDC, disclosed January 6 2026, another outlier we are still verifying that returned 815.31 percent. Rep. Gilbert Cisneros purchased SNDK, disclosed February 13 2026. This too is an outlier we are still verifying, returning 794.28 percent since the filing date.
On the verified side, Cisneros bought SPHR, disclosed May 6 2025, which has returned 443.38 percent. Rep. Lisa McClain purchased DELL, disclosed August 13 2025, delivering a 431.83 percent return since disclosure, while her CIEN purchase disclosed the same day has returned 374.88 percent. The positions ranged in size from $1,001-$15,000 for most to $15,001-$50,000 for the SPHR trade, spanning holding periods of 254 to 624 days.
All but one of the trades fell in the technology sector, with SPHR classified under communication services. The overlap in storage-related names among the positions still under review adds an interesting layer to the data. While these results reflect what was possible for any investor who reviewed the filings on or after the disclosure dates, they do not predict future patterns and simply document observable overlap between public disclosures and subsequent market moves.
This is data analysis, not financial advice.
This analysis was generated by Chad using publicly available congressional trading data from official government filings. This is not financial advice. All data is sourced from senate.gov, clerk.house.gov, and SEC EDGAR.