https://www.insideroption.com/blog Research and explainers on how Congress, corporate insiders, and institutions trade stocks. en-us Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.insideroption.com/blog/insider-and-congress-cluster-buying https://www.insideroption.com/blog/insider-and-congress-cluster-buying Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two disclosure regimes, two very different sets of motives. When a company officer and a member of Congress both buy the same stock, is the overlap a signal — or just arithmetic? Here's how to read it honestly. Corporate insiders https://www.insideroption.com/blog/how-to-track-congress-stock-trades https://www.insideroption.com/blog/how-to-track-congress-stock-trades Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practical walkthrough of every way to follow Congressional stock trades — the official House and Senate portals, bulk data, RSS, ETFs, and trackers — with the trade-offs of each. Congress trading https://www.insideroption.com/blog/form-4-filings-explained https://www.insideroption.com/blog/form-4-filings-explained Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Form 4 is how corporate insiders disclose their trades within two business days. Here's what every box and transaction code means, and how to tell a meaningful buy from routine compensation. Corporate insiders https://www.insideroption.com/blog/13f-filings-explained https://www.insideroption.com/blog/13f-filings-explained Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Every institutional manager over $100m must disclose their US equity holdings quarterly. Here's what a 13F contains, the four things it deliberately hides, and how to use it without being misled. Institutional investors https://www.insideroption.com/blog/can-you-copy-congress-trades https://www.insideroption.com/blog/can-you-copy-congress-trades Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT An honest look at whether following politicians' disclosed trades produces excess returns — what the academic research found, why the 45-day lag matters so much, and how to test it yourself. Congress trading https://www.insideroption.com/blog/insider-selling-vs-insider-buying https://www.insideroption.com/blog/insider-selling-vs-insider-buying Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Insiders buy for one reason and sell for a dozen. Here's why insider purchases carry information, why most insider selling is noise, and how to spot the sales that do matter. Corporate insiders https://www.insideroption.com/blog/nancy-pelosi-etf-nanc-kruz https://www.insideroption.com/blog/nancy-pelosi-etf-nanc-kruz Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two ETFs track the disclosed stock holdings of Democratic and Republican members of Congress. Here's how NANC and KRUZ are built, what they can and can't do, and whether they beat doing it yourself. Congress trading https://www.insideroption.com/blog/how-to-read-a-periodic-transaction-report https://www.insideroption.com/blog/how-to-read-a-periodic-transaction-report Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A field-by-field walkthrough of the disclosure form members of Congress use to report stock trades — including the amount ranges, the asset codes, and the five traps that produce wrong conclusions. Guides & tools https://www.insideroption.com/blog/measuring-which-politicians-trade-best https://www.insideroption.com/blog/measuring-which-politicians-trade-best Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Leaderboards of Congress's best-performing traders circulate constantly and almost all of them are methodologically broken. Here are the six errors that inflate them, and how a defensible ranking works. Congress trading https://www.insideroption.com/blog/how-insider-buying-signals-work https://www.insideroption.com/blog/how-insider-buying-signals-work Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT When a CEO buys their own company's stock on the open market, is that a signal worth trading on? Decades of academic research say yes — with important caveats. Here's the evidence. Corporate insiders https://www.insideroption.com/blog/best-congress-trading-trackers-2026 https://www.insideroption.com/blog/best-congress-trading-trackers-2026 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Capitol Trades, Quiver Quantitative, Unusual Whales, NANC, Insider Option — every major way to track Congressional stock trades in 2026, honestly compared. Guides & tools https://www.insideroption.com/blog/stock-act-explained https://www.insideroption.com/blog/stock-act-explained Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 forced US lawmakers to publicly disclose their stock trades. Here's what it requires, what it doesn't, and what's changed since. Congress trading https://www.insideroption.com/blog/nancy-pelosi-stock-portfolio https://www.insideroption.com/blog/nancy-pelosi-stock-portfolio Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nancy Pelosi's stock portfolio is one of the most-watched in the world. Here's exactly how to see every trade, where the data comes from, and what the track record actually looks like. Congress trading https://www.insideroption.com/blog/what-is-congress-stock-trading https://www.insideroption.com/blog/what-is-congress-stock-trading Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Members of the US Congress legally buy and sell stocks — and publicly disclose every trade. Here's how it works, why it's controversial, and what retail investors can do with the data. Congress trading