What Changed
Every weekday our pipeline reads new SEC filings and congressional reports. This page lists what each update added, and every fix we made to the data.
- Added 278 Senate periodic transaction reports from January 2025 to October 2026 (1,393 stock trades by 28 senators), entered by hand from the Senate's disclosure site.
- Removed 3 Congress trades whose trade date was after their filing date, a typo on the original forms.
- Fixed service dates for members who left Congress and later returned (for example Rep. Cleo Fields, 1993 to 1997 and again since 2025).
- Made Congress trades public: House reports are read automatically every day.
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About this page
WallStPal explains public SEC filings and congressional stock trade reports in plain English. Nothing is for sale; the site is free and supported by ads.
How to read it
- Form 4
- The form a company insider (officer, director or owner of more than 10%) must file with the SEC within two business days of buying or selling the company's shares.
- 13F
- A quarterly list of U.S. stocks held by an investment manager with more than $100 million, filed within 45 days after each quarter ends.
- STOCK Act
- A 2012 law that requires members of Congress to report stock trades by themselves, a spouse or a dependent child within 45 days.
A real example
In January 2016, when bank stocks were falling, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon bought 500,000 JPMorgan shares with his own money, worth about $26 million. His Form 4 made the purchase public within days, and investors read it as a strong sign of confidence.
Explain it like I'm 13
We read the long, boring forms that grown-ups file with the government and tell you what they say in normal words.
Data from public SEC filings and congressional reports. Information, not investment advice. Check every number against the filing linked on the page.