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

hhubraumhugo 2 days ago 20 commentsRead Article on congress.kadoa.com

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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!

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krunck•about 20 hours ago

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

tkcashman•about 8 hours ago

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•about 20 hours ago

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

ramon156•about 5 hours ago

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

trick-or-treat•1 day ago

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

photonair•about 13 hours ago

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

conditionnumber•1 day ago

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•1 day ago

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

frasermarlow•1 day ago

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

3eb7988a1663•1 day ago

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•1 day ago

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•about 19 hours ago

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•1 day ago

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

tracker1•about 18 hours ago

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

Laurel1234•about 13 hours ago

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

exabrial•about 13 hours ago

precisely!

slater•about 12 hours ago

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

dzhiurgis•1 day ago

Can you make sure cmd+click works correctly

zitoshi•2 days ago

Trumps not holding Micron?

hubraumhugo•1 day ago

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