Trending politicians by trade surge
GET
/api/v1/public/senate-insiders/discovery/politician-surge3 credits / callAPI key required
Ranks politicians by their 7-day trade-count surge relative to a 90-day baseline, updated hourly. Each row reports trades in the last 7 days, the 90-day baseline, the surge multiplier, and top tickers. Cold-start politicians with under 90 days of history are flagged `isNew=true` with a null multiplier and sorted first.
Parameters
Query
Restrict to one chamber.
Maximum number of results (1-500, default 50)
Number of results to skip (default 0)
Code example
cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.signal8.ai/api/v1/public/senate-insiders/discovery/politician-surge?limit=10&offset=0' \
-H "X-Api-Key: $SIGNAL8_API_KEY"Request URL
GET
https://api.signal8.ai/api/v1/public/senate-insiders/discovery/politician-surge?limit=10&offset=0example · 200
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"asOf": "2026-06-16T11:37:49.113Z",
"windowDays": 7,
"baselineDays": 90,
"rows": [
{
"politicianSlug": "marjorie-taylor-greene",
"fullName": "Marjorie Taylor Greene",
"party": "R",
"state": "GA",
"chamber": "house",
"tradesLast7d": 14,
"tradesBaseline90d": 22,
"baselinePer7d": 1.71,
"surgeMultiplier": 8.2,
"isNew": false,
"topTickers": [
{
"ticker": "NVDA",
"count": 4
},
{
"ticker": "AAPL",
"count": 3
}
]
},
{
"politicianSlug": "ro-khanna",
"fullName": "Ro Khanna",
"party": "D",
"state": "CA",
"chamber": "house",
"tradesLast7d": 9,
"tradesBaseline90d": 0,
"baselinePer7d": 0,
"surgeMultiplier": null,
"isNew": true,
"topTickers": [
{
"ticker": "MSFT",
"count": 5
}
]
}
],
"total": 18
}
}