Congress Stock Trading Statistics
How often members of Congress trade stocks, how quickly they disclose those trades under the STOCK Act, and which stocks they trade most. Each statistic below is a complete sentence you can quote, with a link to that statistic.
Disclosures through November 3, 2026. Recalculated daily. Source: House and Senate periodic transaction reports, as collected in Signal8's dataset. See the methodology, or the month-by-month STOCK Act Disclosure Report.
Key statistics for 2025
In 2025, 134 members of Congress disclosed 9,854 trades across 611 periodic transaction reports in Signal8's dataset (House 8,883, Senate 971).
Link to this statisticIn 2025, 10.0% of congressional trade reports (61 of 610) included at least one trade disclosed more than 45 days after it happened, the latest the STOCK Act allows.
Link to this statisticIn 2025, 45 of the 134 members of Congress who disclosed trades filed at least one report containing a trade disclosed after the 45-day deadline.
Link to this statisticIn 2025, the median congressional stock trade was disclosed 29 days after it was made, and 15.4% of trades were disclosed after the 45-day deadline.
Link to this statisticIn 2025, 62.8% of congressional trades with a stated owner were made by a member's spouse and 29.9% were held jointly, compared with 5.1% by the member alone.
Link to this statisticIn 2025, 51.1% of congressional stock trades disclosed as a purchase or sale were purchases (5,009 purchases, 4,799 sales).
Link to this statisticIn 2025, Republicans accounted for 58.3% of disclosed congressional trades and Democrats for 41.5%.
Link to this statisticIn 2025, the trades members of Congress disclosed had a combined reported value between $244.2 million and $757.1 million, because the law requires value ranges rather than exact amounts.
Link to this statisticIn 2025, MSFT was the stock traded by the most members of Congress: 35 members disclosed 117 trades in it.
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2026 so far
In 2026 through November 3, 2026, 128 members of Congress disclosed 6,695 trades across 466 periodic transaction reports in Signal8's dataset (House 4,996, Senate 1,699).
Link to this statisticIn 2026 through November 3, 2026, 13.9% of congressional trade reports (65 of 466) included at least one trade disclosed more than 45 days after it happened, the latest the STOCK Act allows.
Link to this statisticIn 2026 through November 3, 2026, 44 of the 128 members of Congress who disclosed trades filed at least one report containing a trade disclosed after the 45-day deadline.
Link to this statisticIn 2026 through November 3, 2026, the median congressional stock trade was disclosed 28 days after it was made, and 22.8% of trades were disclosed after the 45-day deadline.
Link to this statisticIn 2026 through November 3, 2026, 44.8% of congressional trades with a stated owner were made by a member's spouse and 24.7% were held jointly, compared with 20.7% by the member alone.
Link to this statisticIn 2026 through November 3, 2026, 54.2% of congressional stock trades disclosed as a purchase or sale were purchases (3,609 purchases, 3,044 sales).
Link to this statisticIn 2026 through November 3, 2026, Republicans accounted for 48.0% of disclosed congressional trades and Democrats for 51.8%.
Link to this statisticIn 2026 through November 3, 2026, the trades members of Congress disclosed had a combined reported value between $168.6 million and $567.6 million, because the law requires value ranges rather than exact amounts.
Link to this statisticIn 2026 through November 3, 2026, MSFT was the stock traded by the most members of Congress: 30 members disclosed 74 trades in it.
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STOCK Act late filers, last 180 days
Members of Congress with at least one periodic transaction report, for trades made in the last 180 days, that included a trade disclosed more than 45 days after the transaction, the latest the STOCK Act allows: 13 members in Signal8's dataset. A long gap is a fact about the dates on the report; an extension, an amendment or a late notice of the trade can each explain it.
| Member | Late reports | Late trades | Longest delay | Latest late report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel M. Lee (R, FL) | 2 | 5 | Filed 70 days after the transaction | 2026-10-19 |
| John Boozman (R, AR) | 2 | 4 | Filed 46 days after the transaction | 2026-08-17 |
| Michael T. McCaul (R, TX) | 1 | 69 | Filed 74 days after the transaction | 2026-10-16 |
| Gilbert Ray Cisneros (D, CA) | 1 | 121 | Filed 68 days after the transaction | 2026-09-07 |
| Tony Wied (R, WI) | 1 | 7 | Filed 62 days after the transaction | 2026-08-10 |
| Harold Rogers (R, KY) | 1 | 1 | Filed 54 days after the transaction | 2026-09-28 |
| Richard Blumenthal (D, CT) | 1 | 16 | Filed 49 days after the transaction | 2026-08-26 |
| Dan Crenshaw (R, TX) | 1 | 7 | Filed 46 days after the transaction | 2026-07-17 |
| Jared Moskowitz (D, FL) | 1 | 3 | Filed 46 days after the transaction | 2026-08-28 |
| Jonathan L. Jackson (D, IL) | 1 | 1 | Filed 46 days after the transaction | 2026-10-20 |
| Michael A. Rulli (R, OH) | 1 | 6 | Filed 46 days after the transaction | 2026-08-10 |
| Michael Guest (R, MS) | 1 | 1 | Filed 46 days after the transaction | 2026-08-17 |
| Thomas H. Kean (R, NJ) | 1 | 2 | Filed 46 days after the transaction | 2026-11-02 |
Congress stock trade reports disclosed late, by year
Share of STOCK Act periodic transaction reports with at least one trade disclosed after the 45-day deadline, in Signal8’s dataset.
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Year by year
| Year | Members | Reports | Trades | Reports with a late trade | Median delay | Spouse share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to date) | 128 | 466 | 6,695 | 13.9% | 28 days | 44.8% |
| 2025 | 134 | 611 | 9,854 | 10.0% | 29 days | 62.8% |
| 2024 | 120 | 507 | 5,696 | 9.5% | 26 days | 56.2% |
| 2023 | 127 | 543 | 11,541 | 10.9% | 28 days | 66.7% |
| 2022 | 143 | 701 | 13,120 | 13.3% | 26 days | 69.6% |
Most widely traded stocks, 2026 to date
Ranked by how many different members of Congress disclosed a trade in the stock, so one active trader cannot top the list alone.
| Rank | Stock | Members trading it | Trades |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MSFT | 30 | 74 |
| 2 | AAPL | 29 | 73 |
| 3 | NVDA | 22 | 58 |
| 4 | GOOGL | 20 | 53 |
| 5 | AMZN | 19 | 48 |
| 6 | META | 17 | 37 |
| 7 | HD | 16 | 45 |
| 8 | ACN | 16 | 36 |
| 9 | ABT | 15 | 30 |
| 10 | MU | 14 | 35 |
Most widely traded stocks, 2025
Ranked by how many different members of Congress disclosed a trade in the stock, so one active trader cannot top the list alone.
| Rank | Stock | Members trading it | Trades |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MSFT | 35 | 117 |
| 2 | AAPL | 31 | 93 |
| 3 | NVDA | 26 | 131 |
| 4 | UNH | 25 | 78 |
| 5 | AMZN | 24 | 89 |
| 6 | GOOGL | 24 | 77 |
| 7 | AVGO | 23 | 72 |
| 8 | JNJ | 22 | 54 |
| 9 | JPM | 22 | 50 |
| 10 | PG | 22 | 42 |
Methodology
Source. Periodic transaction reports filed by members of the House (Office of the Clerk) and Senate (Senate Office of Public Records) under the STOCK Act, as collected in Signal8's dataset. Figures describe that dataset; a report missing from it is not counted.
Year. Trades are counted in the year they were disclosed, not the year they were made, so a year's late trades are counted once they become public. The current year is year to date.
Late. A trade is counted as late when it was disclosed more than 45 days after the transaction date, the outer limit the STOCK Act sets. A long gap is not by itself proof of a violation: extensions, amendments and late notice of a trade can explain it. A report counts as late when at least one of its trades is late.
Exclusions. Trades whose transaction date appears to carry a mistyped year (one trade dated about a year before every other trade on an on-time report) and trades dated after their own disclosure are left out of every delay figure rather than counted as late or on time. Executive-branch officials are not included.
Owner and party. Owner shares use only trades whose report states an owner (self, spouse, joint or dependent); party shares use only trades by members with a recorded party.
Value. The law requires value ranges (for example $1,001 to $15,000), so values are reported as the sum of the low and high ends of those ranges.
See also the financial disclosure methodology, the monthly STOCK Act Disclosure Report and every member's individual trades on Signal8's politician pages.
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