political-firehoselisted

# 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 filings - `17:00 UTC` ( 1 PM ET) — mid-day - `21:00 UTC` ( 5 PM ET) — post-close ## Manual run ```bash # 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 O