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Capitol Trades API

Capitol Trades (capitoltrades.com) has 2 public methods: list recent congressional trades and get politician trades. Each costs 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.

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Methods

2

  • List recent congressional trades

    Lists the newest disclosed congressional stock trades on Capitol Trades, optionally filtered by company, party, chamber and trade type.

    Returns politician, party, chamber, state, company, ticker, trade type, amount range, trade and disclosure dates, link

    Readcapitoltrades.com/list_recent_trades

  • Get politician trades

    See a member of Congress's disclosed trades from a chosen date, newest trade first. Capitol Trades provides up to three years of history; prices and other details may be unavailable for some trades.

    Returns politician, party, chamber, state, trades with dates, asset, ticker, type, amount range, owner, price, link

    Readcapitoltrades.com/get_politician_trades