Capitol Trades

Congressional stock trades and politician trades

Capitol Trades shows disclosed US congressional stock trades, with up to three years of history; recent trades are newest first and can be filtered.

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.

Your information

Politician

Member of Congress to find by name, for example Nancy Pelosi.

Start DateOptional

Earliest trade date, for example 2026-01-01. Defaults to 12 months ago.

Trade TypeOptional

Trade direction to include, for example buy.

Max ResultsOptional

Maximum trades to return, for example 50.

1 credit per run

Example results

Party: Republican
State: Kentucky
Chamber: Senate
Politician: Mitch McConnell
Trades: None

Example data · Run in Studio for fresh results.

About Capitol Trades

Capitol Trades returns a member of Congress’s disclosed trades through Get politician trades, using a politician’s name and optional filters.

List recent trades returns newly disclosed congressional trades, optionally filtered by company, party, chamber, or trade type.

Built by Fous from capitoltrades.com and checked automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 29, 2026. Fous is not affiliated with Capitol Trades.

Actions

Get politician trades

1 credit per run

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Politician`politician`	Text	Required	Member of Congress to find by name, for example Nancy Pelosi.Example: Mitch McConnell
Start Date`start_date`	Date	Optional	Earliest trade date, for example 2026-01-01. Defaults to 12 months ago.Example: 2026-01-01
Trade Type`trade_type`	Text	Optional	Trade direction to include, for example buy.Example: Sell
Max Results`max_results`	Number	Optional	Maximum trades to return, for example 50.Example: 3

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Party`party`	Text	Example: Republican
State`state`	Text	Example: Kentucky
Trades`trades`	List
Owner`trades[].owner`	Text	Example: Spouse
Ticker`trades[].ticker`	Text	Example: BE:US
Asset Type`trades[].asset_type`	Text	Example: Stock
Trade Date`trades[].trade_date`	Date	Example: 2026-07-28
Trade Link`trades[].trade_link`	Text	Example: https://www.capitoltrades.com/trades/20003802222
Trade Type`trades[].trade_type`	Text	Example: Buy
Amount Range`trades[].amount_range`	Text	Example: 500K–1M
Amount Low (USD)`trades[].amount_low_usd`	Number	Amount in USD.Example: 500000
Amount High (USD)`trades[].amount_high_usd`	Number	Amount in USD.Example: 1000000
Disclosure Date`trades[].disclosure_date`	Date	Example: 2026-08-24
Price Per Share (USD)`trades[].price_per_share_usd`	Number	Amount in USD.Example: 166.84
Days Until Disclosed`trades[].days_until_disclosed`	Number	Example: 27
Company or Asset Name`trades[].company_or_asset_name`	Text	Example: Bloom Energy Corp
Chamber`chamber`	Text	Example: Senate
Politician`politician`	Text	Example: Mitch McConnell

Example result

For Politician: Mitch McConnell, Start Date: 2026-01-01, Trade Type: Sell, Max Results: 3

JSON

{
  "party": "Republican",
  "state": "Kentucky",
  "trades": [],
  "chamber": "Senate",
  "politician": "Mitch McConnell"
}

List recent trades

1 credit per run

List the newest disclosed congressional stock trades, optionally filtered by company, party, chamber, and trade type. Capitol Trades displays up to three years of history.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Party`party`	Text	Optional	Political party, such as democrat.Example: Democrat
Chamber`chamber`	Text	Optional	Congress chamber, such as senate.Example: House
Company`company`	Text	Optional	Company name or ticker, such as Microsoft or MSFT.Example: Microsoft
Trade Type`trade_type`	Text	Optional	Transaction type, such as buy.Example: Buy
Max Results`max_results`	Number	Optional	Maximum number of trades to return, such as 25.Example: 25

What you get

Field	Type
Trades`trades`	List
Party`trades[].party`	Text
State`trades[].state`	Text
Ticker`trades[].ticker`	Text
Chamber`trades[].chamber`	Text
Currency`trades[].currency`	Text
Trade Date`trades[].trade_date`	Text
Trade Link`trades[].trade_link`	Text
Trade Type`trades[].trade_type`	Text
Amount Range`trades[].amount_range`	Text
Amount Low (USD)`trades[].amount_low_usd`	Number
Amount High (USD)`trades[].amount_high_usd`	Number
Disclosure Date`trades[].disclosure_date`	Text
Politician Name`trades[].politician_name`	Text
Company or Asset Name`trades[].company_or_asset_name`	Text

Example result

For Company: Zzznosuchtickerxyz, Max Results: 25

JSON

{
  "trades": []
}

For developers

Run this workflow from your own code. In Studio, turn on Developer mode and create an API key.

cURL

# First set your key: export FOUS_API_KEY='YOUR_FOUS_API_KEY'
: "${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY before running this example}"

curl 'https://api.fous.com/v1/query' \
  --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 120 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "api": "@capitol-trades",
  "visibility": "public",
  "operation": "get_politician_trades",
  "version": 1,
  "input": {
    "politician": "Mitch McConnell",
    "start_date": "2026-01-01",
    "trade_type": "sell",
    "max_results": 3
  },
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}'

What you can do with it

Review a member of Congress’s disclosed trades.
Track recent congressional trades by company or ticker.
Compare disclosed trades by political party or chamber.
Filter congressional trades by transaction type.
Review trade dates, disclosure dates, and reported amount ranges.

Questions

Is Fous affiliated with Capitol Trades?

No. Fous is not affiliated with Capitol Trades. This workflow reads the public capitoltrades.com website and returns its data.

How much does it cost?

Each run costs 1 credit. With pay-as-you-go, a credit costs 1¢; monthly plans cost less per credit.

Do I need a Capitol Trades account?

No. You only need a Fous account.

How current is the data?

Fous gets the data from capitoltrades.com when you run it; repeating the same request within a day may return the saved result. Fous checks this workflow automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 29, 2026.