How Wolf of Washington turns STOCK Act filings into a searchable record of congressional trades

Under the 2012 STOCK Act, members of the U.S. House and Senate must disclose stock trades above $1,000 within 45 days, but those disclosures are scattered across thousands of PDFs on two government sites. Wolf of Washington, founded by Mees Wijnants, collects these filings, extracts the relevant fields, matches assets to companies, and checks each entry against the original document. The firm says its database now covers more than 102,000 trades by over 350 members since 2012. Among recently active traders, Representative Ro Khanna leads by trade count, while Nancy Pelosi's activity is notable mainly for large option positions. The author cautions that amounts are only ranges, reporting can lag by up to 45 days, and many trades are made by spouses rather than the politicians themselves.