ssurmic Political Trade Firehose
Monitors stock trades by politicians and government officials, covering two separate disclosure systems:
| System | Who | Form | Timing | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOCK Act PTR | Congress (Senate + House) | Periodic Transaction Report | Within 45 days | JSON/XML (scrapeable) |
| OGE Form 278-T | Executive (President, Cabinet) | Periodic Transaction Report | Within 30-45 days | PDF only |
Politicians tracked (12)
Executive (OGE 278-T):
- Trump (President) — 3,642 Q1 2026 trades
- Bessent (Treasury Secretary) — macro lens on policy
- Lutnick (Commerce Secretary)
Senate (STOCK Act):
- Tuberville (R-AL) — P1, most active Senate trader
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Whitehouse (D-RI)
House (STOCK Act):
- Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) — P1, legendary track record
- Austin Scott (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) — P1
- McCaul (R-TX), Gottheimer (D-NJ), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)
Edit scripts/politician_registry.py to add/remove.
Cron
Three times daily, weekdays only:
13:00 UTC( 9 AM ET) — catches overnight + pre-market OGE filings17:00 UTC( 1 PM ET) — mid-day21:00 UTC( 5 PM ET) — post-close
Manual run
# Test mode (no Telegram)
TEST_MODE=1 PRIORITY_MAX=2 python3 scripts/political_firehose.py
# Congress backtest (last 30 days, all trades)
python3 scripts/backtest_congress.py
# OGE PDF backtest (known Trump filings)
python3 scripts/backtest_oge.py
OGE limitations
OGE 278-T PDFs report amount ranges (not exact prices):
- J = $1K–$15K | K = $15K–$50K | L = $50K–$100K | M = $100K–$250K
- N = $250K–$500K | O = $500K–$1M | P1 = $1M–$5M | P2 = $5M–$25M | P3 = $25M+
No exact trade prices. No transaction cost basis.
State
scripts/state.json tracks seen Congress trade keys and OGE PDF URLs.
Pre-seeded with 4 known Trump 278-T PDFs (Oct 2025, Oct 2025, Feb 2026, May 2026) to avoid flood on first run.
Adding a politician
- Find their name exactly as listed on disclosures (check efdsearch.senate.gov or disclosures.house.gov)
- Add to
POLITICIANSlist inpolitician_registry.py - Set
system="CONGRESS"orsystem="OGE"and correctchamber
Example Telegram alerts
These are real alerts rendered from backtest data. Data is objective disclosure records — not investment recommendations.
OGE 278-T — Trump Q1 2026 (filed 2026-05-08)
Source: OGE Form 278-T, 2,707 parsed transactions (of 3,642 total in filing).
ORCL (Oracle Corp) bought 3/17/2026, amount range P1 = $1M–$5M, as disclosed.
🏛 *OGE 278-T* ⚡ NEW FILING
👤 *Donald J. Trump* 🔴 `R`
🎯 President of the United States
🗓 Filed: `5/8/2026` | *2,707* total transactions (*2,415* buys / *292* sells)
🟢 *TOP BUYS* (2,415 total):
🟢 `MSFT` Microsoft Corp *$5M–$25M* _3/17/2026_
🟢 `NOW` ServiceNow Inc *$1M–$5M* _2/10/2026_
🟢 `NVDA` Nvidia Corp *$1M–$5M* _2/10/2026_
🟢 `ORCL` Oracle Corp *$1M–$5M* _3/17/2026_
🟢 `QCOM` Qualcomm Inc *$1M–$5M* _1/12/2026_
🟢 `HOOD` Robinhood Markets *$1M–$5M* _2/10/2026_
_...+2,409 more buys_
🔴 *TOP SELLS* (292 total):
🔴 `VIG` Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF *$5M–$25M* _?_
🔴 `META` Meta Platforms *$5M–$25M* _?_
🔴 `AMZN` Amazon.com Inc *$1M–$5M* _?_
🔴 `MSFT` Microsoft Corp *$1M–$5M* _?_
🔴 `GOOGL` Alphabet Inc *$1M–$5M* _?_
_...+287 more sells_
📎 [OGE 278-T PDF](https://extapps2.oge.gov/...)
_3,642 trades in Q1 2026. MSFT $5M-25M top buy; ORCL/NVDA/HOOD among $1M-5M buys; VIG/META top sells_
Note on ORCL: Oracle Corp (ORCL) appears as a $1M–$5M purchase on 3/17/2026 in Trump's Q1 2026 278-T. This is public mandatory disclosure data under the Ethics in Government Act — presented here as raw signal, same as every other trade in the filing.
STOCK Act PTR — Congress (House example)
Source: House disclosures XML + PDF, filed 2026-05-13.
🏛 *STOCK Act PTR* ⚡ NEW FILING
👤 *Rep. Mary Peltola* 🔵 `D-AK`
🎯 U.S. House of Representatives
🗓 Filed: `2026-05-13` | *3* transactions
🟢 `AAPL` Apple Inc - Common Stock *$1K–$15K* _2026-05-13_
🟢 `NVDA` NVIDIA Corporation *$1K–$15K* _2026-05-13_
🔴 `MSFT` Microsoft Corporation *$15K–$50K* _2026-05-12_
📎 [PTR Filing](https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/...)
Alert field reference
| Field | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Filed date |
Filing metadata | Date OGE/House received the form |
| Transaction date | Per-row data | Date the trade actually executed; may be ? if not in PDF |
| Amount | OGE letter code → range | Never exact; ranges only (J=$1K–$15K … P2=$5M–$25M) |
| Ticker | Extracted from asset name | Best-effort regex; may be blank for funds/options |
| Buys/sells | Transaction type field | Purchase=🟢, Sale=🔴 |