CluenexBest Congress stock trading trackers in 2026: free and paid, compared
Short answer
The best free Congress trade tracker is Capitol Trades: every disclosed trade by member, ticker and party at no cost. Quiver Quantitative is best if you also want lobbying, government contracts and other alternative data. Unusual Whales suits options traders who want politician trades next to options flow. Cluenex is the pick if you want each trade linked to its filing and next to a fair value and business check on the stock. Whichever you use, trades are public only after members file, which by law can be up to 45 days later.
The numbers right now
In the 90 days to Oct 23, 2026, 38 members of Congress disclosed 402 stock trades. The median trade was disclosed 23 days after it happened, and 5 of the 38 members disclosed at least one trade after the 45-day limit set by the STOCK Act.
From Congress stock trading: how much, which stocks, how late, Cluenex Data, as of . Free to cite.
The picks at a glance
| Tool | Best for | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Capitol Trades | Free, fast browsing of every disclosed trade by member, ticker and party | Free |
| Quiver Quantitative Premium | Congress trades plus lobbying, government contracts and other alternative data | Free tier; Premium about $25 a month, billed $300 a year |
| Unusual Whales | Options traders who want politician trades next to real time options flow | Retail Basic $50 a month or $504 a year; Retail Pro $75 a month |
| Cluenex Our product | Checking the stock behind a Congress trade: the filing, the fair value and the business | Core $690 a year (about $58 a month) or $69 monthly; Pro $1,990 a year (about $166 a month) or $199 monthly; free plan available |
| Official House and Senate disclosure sites | Reading the original periodic transaction reports yourself | Free |
How we picked
- Where the data comes from: official House and Senate disclosures, and whether paper filings are included
- How fast a filed trade shows up, and whether the page shows the trade date and the filing date
- What you can do with it: search by member or ticker, alerts, and context on the stock itself
- Price, and what the free tier really includes
1. Capitol Trades
Best for: Free, fast browsing of every disclosed trade by member, ticker and party.
Price: Free
- Free with no paywall on the trade data
- Clean search by politician, issuer and party
- Run by 2iQ Research, a financial data company
- No valuation or business data on the stocks being traded
- Trade sizes are the ranges members must report, not exact amounts (true of every tracker)
3. Unusual Whales
Best for: Options traders who want politician trades next to real time options flow.
Price: Retail Basic $50 a month or $504 a year; Retail Pro $75 a month
- Politician trades, insider trades and options flow in one product
- Fast alerts and a large community
- Priced for active traders
- No fair value or business quality view
4. Cluenex (our product)
Best for: Checking the stock behind a Congress trade: the filing, the fair value and the business.
Price: Core $690 a year (about $58 a month) or $69 monthly; Pro $1,990 a year (about $166 a month) or $199 monthly; free plan available
- Every Congress trade linked to its filing, including transcribed paper filings
- Shows trade date and disclosure date, so you see how late each trade was reported
- The same page gives a cautious, base and optimistic fair value, business health and insider trades
- Free monthly statistics on Congress trading, including disclosure delays
- Covers trades in about 1,000 large US stocks, not every small cap or fund
- Senate filings can appear later when the Senate disclosure site blocks automated access
5. Official House and Senate disclosure sites
Best for: Reading the original periodic transaction reports yourself.
Price: Free
- The primary source every tracker reads from
- Free and complete for what members file
- Hard to search: many reports are PDFs, some are scanned paper forms
- No alerts, no totals, no context on the stocks
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Where Cluenex is not the right fit
- Covers about 1,000 large US-listed stocks only: no small caps, no non-US stocks, no mutual funds
- A young service: the public sealed record started in October 2026, so it is short
- No community of contributor articles
Questions people ask
Is there a free app to track Congress stock trades?
Yes. Capitol Trades is free and lists every disclosed trade. Quiver Quantitative has a free tier, and Cluenex publishes free monthly statistics on Congress trading. The original reports are free on the House Clerk and Senate disclosure sites.
How late are Congress stock trades reported?
The STOCK Act gives members up to 45 days from the trade to disclose it. Cluenex's live count at the top of this page shows the median delay and how many trades came in after the 45 day limit.
Can you make money copying Congress stock trades?
Results are mixed. By the time a trade is public it is usually weeks old, and studies disagree on whether members as a group beat the market. A tracker is most useful as one input when you research a stock, not as a signal to copy.
Where can I see Nancy Pelosi's stock trades?
Every member's disclosed trades, including Nancy Pelosi's, appear on the House Clerk disclosure site and on trackers such as Capitol Trades, Quiver Quantitative, Unusual Whales and Cluenex. Most of her household's reported trades are made by her husband and are disclosed as spouse transactions.
Sources
- Congressional trade tracking explained (BIT Knowledge Hub)
- Quiver Quantitative review 2026
- Unusual Whales pricing (official page)
- Cluenex plans
- Clerk of the House: Financial Disclosure Reports
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