# Capitol Trades API: List recent congressional trades > Lists the newest disclosed congressional stock trades on Capitol Trades, optionally filtered by company, party, chamber and trade type. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Capitol Trades. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/capitoltrades.com/list-recent-trades - Method: `capitoltrades.com/list_recent_trades`, version 1 - Website: capitoltrades.com - Returns: politician, party, chamber, state, company, ticker, trade type, amount range, trade and disclosure dates, link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `party` | string | no | | Political party, such as democrat. One of "any", "democrat", "republican". Default "any". | | `chamber` | string | no | | Congress chamber, such as senate. One of "any", "house", "senate". Default "any". | | `company` | string | no | | Company name or ticker, such as Microsoft or MSFT. | | `trade_type` | string | no | | Transaction type, such as buy. One of "any", "buy", "sell". Default "any". | | `max_results` | integer | no | `25` | Maximum number of trades to return, such as 25. Default 25. | ## Output From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "max_results": 25 } ``` Its output: ```json { "trades": [ { "party": "Republican", "state": "KY", "ticker": "EA:US", "chamber": "House", "currency": "USD", "trade_date": "2026-08-05", "trade_link": "https://www.capitoltrades.com/trades/20003802930", "trade_type": "Sell", "amount_range": "1K–15K", "amount_low_usd": 1000, "amount_high_usd": 15000, "disclosure_date": "2026-09-28", "politician_name": "Hal Rogers", "company_or_asset_name": "Electronic Arts Inc" }, { "party": "Republican", "state": "OK", "ticker": "AAPL:US", "chamber": "House", "currency": "USD", "trade_date": "2026-09-08", "trade_link": "https://www.capitoltrades.com/trades/20003802830", "trade_type": "Sell", "amount_range": "1K–15K", "amount_low_usd": 1000, "amount_high_usd": 15000, "disclosure_date": "2026-09-28", "politician_name": "Kevin Hern", "company_or_asset_name": "Apple Inc" }, { "party": "Republican", "state": "OK", "ticker": "AAPL:US", "chamber": "House", "currency": "USD", "trade_date": "2026-09-08", "trade_link": "https://www.capitoltrades.com/trades/20003802831", "trade_type": "Sell", "amount_range": "1K–15K", "amount_low_usd": 1000, "amount_high_usd": 15000, "disclosure_date": "2026-09-28", "politician_name": "Kevin Hern", "company_or_asset_name": "Apple Inc" } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"capitoltrades.com/list_recent_trades","input":{"max_results":25}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Show me the latest stock purchases of NVDA by senators - Which Republican House members have recently sold Tesla shares? Pull from capitoltrades.com - Get the 50 most recent disclosed trades by members of Congress, any party - What are Democrats in Congress buying lately? List the newest buy transactions with amounts and disclosure dates - On Capitol Trades, find recent congressional trades in Microsoft and include the politician, state, and amount range ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "properties": { "party": { "enum": [ "any", "democrat", "republican" ], "type": "string", "default": "any", "description": "Political party, such as democrat." }, "chamber": { "enum": [ "any", "house", "senate" ], "type": "string", "default": "any", "description": "Congress chamber, such as senate." }, "company": { "type": "string", "description": "Company name or ticker, such as Microsoft or MSFT." }, "trade_type": { "enum": [ "any", "buy", "sell" ], "type": "string", "default": "any", "description": "Transaction type, such as buy." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 25, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum number of trades to return, such as 25.", "x-fous-developer": true } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "trades" ], "properties": { "trades": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "politician_name", "party", "chamber", "state", "company_or_asset_name", "ticker", "trade_type", "amount_range", "amount_low_usd", "amount_high_usd", "currency", "trade_date", "disclosure_date", "trade_link" ], "properties": { "party": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "state": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "ticker": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "chamber": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "currency": { "type": "string" }, "trade_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "trade_link": { "type": "string" }, "trade_type": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "amount_range": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "amount_low_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "amount_high_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "disclosure_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "politician_name": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "company_or_asset_name": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [Capitol Trades API: Get politician trades](https://fous.com/methods/capitoltrades.com/get-politician-trades.md): 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. - [SEC EDGAR API: List insider trades](https://fous.com/methods/sec.gov/list-insider-trades.md): Lists stock transactions reported on Form 4 filings by a company's officers, directors and major owners, newest first. Trades without a reported price have no calculated value. - [Finviz API: List insider trades](https://fous.com/methods/finviz.com/list-insider-trades.md): Lists recent Form 4 insider trades on Finviz, optionally for one company or ticker and filtered to buys, sales, or both. - [SEC EDGAR API: List company SEC filings](https://fous.com/methods/sec.gov/get-company-filings.md): Finds a public company by name or ticker in SEC EDGAR and lists its filings, newest first, optionally narrowed by filing type and filing date. - [PolitiFact API: Search fact checks](https://fous.com/methods/politifact.com/search-fact-checks.md): Finds PolitiFact fact checks matching a claim, topic, or person, newest first. An exact person match returns that person's checked statements; otherwise fact-check text is searched. An optional Truth-O-Meter rating filters the results. - [CNBC API: List headlines](https://fous.com/methods/cnbc.com/list-headlines.md): Lists CNBC article headlines in the order they appear on a public news section page, with summary, time, authors and image. - [TradingView API: Screen stocks by country, sector and size](https://fous.com/methods/tradingview.com/screen-stocks.md): Finds publicly listed stocks in a country, filtered by sector, US-dollar market cap band and minimum dividend yield, in the requested order. Quotes may be delayed. - [Companies House API: List company filing history](https://fous.com/methods/find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/list-filing-history.md): Lists a UK company's Companies House filings, newest first, with date, form code, type, description, page count and PDF link. Finds the company by name, company number or Companies House link; a category picks accounts, confirmation statements, officers, address, capital, charges or incorporation filings. - [All Capitol Trades methods](https://fous.com/methods/capitoltrades.com.md)