A website that tracks every stock trade Congress makes
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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-monitorLet me know if you have any suggestions for improvements!
HN · launched May 26, 2026 · 63 upvotes (top 14%) · 1 view
Niche: stock and market analysis software · 355 launches, 42 in the last 7 days ▲ +11% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Government
- Analytics & BI
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes It is a data pipeline that scrapes public STOCK Act financial disclosure filings, stores them in a database, and displays them via a standard interactive dashboard.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Unusualwhales - provides same data with insight
Concerns raised: Shell companies and family connections hide actual trades, Reporting deadline too long (45 days) - should be instant, Disclosure loopholes allow circumventing transparency requirements, Unclear if portfolio numbers are real or imaginary
Feature requests: Add political affiliation column, Pre-announcement of buy/sell orders (1 business day advance), Fix cmd+click functionality, Include congress staffers and second-level family members, Clarify data sources
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 349 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #34 of 350 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 209 days after the earliest competitor.
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