Congressional Trading Rankings
US Congress members ranked by disclosed trading activity over the last 12 months under the STOCK Act.
Rankings are based on the number of individual trades disclosed over the last 12 months in Periodic Transaction Reports (PTRs) filed with the House and Senate disclosure offices. A higher trade count indicates more frequent personal investment activity, rather than necessarily higher dollar values. Some members may have higher volume from a smaller number of large transactions. Browse all trades, politician profiles, or committee assignments for more detail.
What this ranking counts
One transaction line on a Periodic Transaction Report counts as one trade. A lawmaker who rebalances a portfolio across twenty holdings in a single afternoon files twenty lines and will rank far above a colleague who made one $5 million purchase. The ranking measures frequency of disclosed activity, not the size of a position, the performance of a portfolio, or the total wealth of the member.
Why the leaders are often the same names
Rankings skew toward members whose assets are actively managed. Where a financial advisor or a spouse trades on the member's behalf, every one of those transactions is still reportable, so an account someone else runs day-to-day can place a lawmaker near the top. Members who hold index funds, Treasury bonds, or blind trusts may file almost nothing and appear inactive despite substantial holdings.
How to read it responsibly
A high rank is a measure of disclosure volume and nothing more. It is not evidence of insider trading, and it does not mean a member outperformed the market, because the disclosure form reports dollar ranges, never prices or returns, so profit cannot be calculated from these filings at all. For the questions a ranking cannot answer, a member's individual profile shows each trade with its date, asset, and reported range, and committee assignments show which industries a lawmaker actually has oversight of.
Most Active Traders (Last 12 Months)
| # | Politician | Trades |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 5478 |
| 2 |  | 1129 |
| 3 |  | 1116 |
| 4 |  | 703 |
| 5 |  | 664 |
| 6 |  | 291 |
| 7 |  | 239 |
| 8 |  | 239 |
| 9 |  | 179 |
| 10 |  | 168 |
About these rankings
Rankings are based on the number of trades disclosed in periodic transaction reports (PTRs) by each member of Congress over the last 12 months. These reports are required under the STOCK Act and are publicly available.