get_policy_trade_leaderboard
Get Policy-Trade Leaderboard
What it does
Rank politicians (Congress + executive branch) by trades that occurred near executive-order signings in sectors the orders affect. Each row includes the politician, flaggedTradeCount, totalEstimatedUsd, topSector, and an exampleEvent. Use for "who trades most around policy activity" style questions.
Defaults to the same "traded 1-14 days before signing" lens as get_policy_trade_overlap; same-day trades are always excluded. IMPORTANT: matches are sector-level co-occurrence — the official traded a stock in a sector the executive order affects, within a window of its signing date.
Sector matches are broad and many trades will coincide with policy activity by chance; a match is a starting point for research, not evidence of foreknowledge. The matchBasis field describes match strength only ('sector' = broad sector match), never culpability, and matchCount shows how many EOs matched in the window (a noise indicator).
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
sortoptional | "usd" | "count" | Ranking order: 'usd' (default — estimated USD value) or 'count' (flagged-trade count) |
windowoptional | number | Match window in days around the EO signing date (default: 14, max: 30) |
directionoptional | "before" | "after" | "both" | Which side of the signing date to include: 'before' (default), 'after', or 'both' |
limitoptional | number | Maximum results to return (default: 50, max: 100) |
offsetoptional | number | Pagination offset (default: 0) |
Other Campaign finance & policy tools
- get_donor_aggregatesMarket-wide campaign-finance rollups for a cycle.
- get_policy_eventsMirrored executive orders from the Federal Register.
- get_policy_trade_overlapA politician's trades near policy events.
- get_politician_donor_summaryDonor summary: cycle totals and top donors.
- get_politician_donorsCampaign donors (individuals + PACs) for a politician.