Political Alpha Leaderboard
Ranked by copy-trade return (entry on public disclosure date)
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3-Line Performance Graph
Politician actual return vs Copy Trade (45-day lag) vs S&P 500 — indexed to 100 at first entry
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Politician (actual)
Copy Trade (45-day lag)
S&P 500
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Your Portfolio (copy trade)
S&P 500
Most Traded Instruments
Ranked by number of buy disclosures across all 25 politicians
Instrument Frequency Chart
Buy count vs disclosed volume across all politicians
SEC Form 4 — Corporate Insider Tracker
Open-market CEO/CFO/Director purchases only (2-day disclosure lag) — strongest institutional signal
Signal Strength Guide:
HIGH = CEO/CFO open-market buy or cluster buy (3+ insiders same stock within 30 days) — academic research shows +4-8% annual excess return |
MEDIUM = Large single insider buy (>$1M) |
All option exercises and automatic plan trades excluded
13F Whale Tracker
Quarterly 13F filings from top fund managers (45-day lag from quarter end) — Q1 2026 filings
Cross-Fund Consensus Positions
Tickers held by 3 or more whale funds simultaneously — highest conviction signal
Individual Fund Holdings
Intelligence Methodology
How data is sourced, calculated, and interpreted
The STOCK Act & 45-Day Delay
The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act requires members of Congress and senior executive branch officials to disclose stock trades within 45 days of execution. This creates an unavoidable information lag for copy traders. This dashboard models exactly what a copy trader would have achieved by entering on the public disclosure date — not the original trade date.
Return Calculation Formula
Politician Return = (Current Price − Politician Entry Price) / Politician Entry Price × 100
Copy Trade Return = (Current Price − Disclosure Date Price) / Disclosure Date Price × 100
Alpha vs S&P 500 = Copy Trade Return − SPY Return over same holding period
All returns are open positions (not annualised) unless stated.
Copy Trade Return = (Current Price − Disclosure Date Price) / Disclosure Date Price × 100
Alpha vs S&P 500 = Copy Trade Return − SPY Return over same holding period
All returns are open positions (not annualised) unless stated.
Rolling Time Windows
The leaderboard supports four rolling windows: 3M (last 90 days — momentum signal), 12M (recommended default — full annual cycle, comparable to fund performance), 24M (smooths outliers), and All-Time (full track record since first disclosure). The 12M window is the institutional standard and is recommended for most analysis.
Politician Tiers
Tier 1 — Alpha Generators: Consistently outperform S&P 500 on a copy-trade basis. Highest signal quality.
Tier 2 — High Volume: Large disclosed trade volumes ($10M+). Volume signals conviction.
Tier 3 — Committee Insiders: Members of key committees (Financial Services, Armed Services, Intelligence) with structural information advantages by sector.
Tier 2 — High Volume: Large disclosed trade volumes ($10M+). Volume signals conviction.
Tier 3 — Committee Insiders: Members of key committees (Financial Services, Armed Services, Intelligence) with structural information advantages by sector.
SEC Form 4 Signals
Form 4 requires insiders to disclose trades within 2 business days. Only open-market purchases (transaction code P) are tracked — option exercises, grants, and automatic plan trades are excluded as they carry no informational signal. Cluster buys (3+ insiders buying same stock within 30 days) generate the strongest signal, with academic research showing +4-8% annual excess return above market.
13F Whale Filings
Institutional managers with >$100M AUM must file 13F quarterly, within 45 days of quarter end. Long positions only — short positions and derivatives are not disclosed. ARK Invest is the only major fund disclosing daily (zero lag), making it the most actionable institutional signal available. Cross-fund consensus positions (held by 3+ funds) represent the highest-conviction institutional view.
Important Disclaimers
This dashboard is for educational and informational purposes only. Past performance of politicians' disclosed trades does not guarantee future results. The 45-day disclosure lag means copy traders always enter after the politician. Trade data is based on public STOCK Act disclosures via Capitol Trades. Stock prices sourced from Yahoo Finance. This is not financial advice.
Update Schedule
This dashboard is designed for weekly updates (recommended). New trade disclosures are filed on a rolling basis — the STOCK Act allows up to 45 days, so new data appears continuously. Run the update script weekly via cron to refresh all performance calculations and rebuild the dashboard. During high-activity periods (elections, earnings season), consider daily updates.