name

political-trades

description

Research publicly disclosed U.S. politician stock trades via the political-trades MCP server. Use when the user asks about politician/congress trades, freshest filings, golden opportunities, daily political trade reports, politician backtests or leaderboards, copy-trading simulations, or autotrade status. Triggers on "politician trades", "congress trades", "freshest buys", "golden opportunities", "daily political report", "copy congress".

Political Trades (Capitol Alpha Terminal MCP)

Query the local political-trades MCP server for STOCK Act disclosure research.

Ground rules (always)

This is PUBLIC disclosure data, delayed up to 45 days. Never call it insider data.
Always mention filing delays when discussing trades.
Never give financial advice or say "buy this". Frame everything as research.
Amounts are ranges, not exact sizes.

Tool map

Need	Tool
Freshest filings	`get_latest_trades` with `delayMaxDays` (7 = fresh, 21 = actionable window)
Still-actionable trades (price near their entry)	`get_golden_opportunities`
Daily report	`generate_daily_briefing` (mode: research, youtube, or newsletter)
Search anything	`search_trades` (ticker, politician, party, dates, delay)
One politician's profile	`get_politician_profile`
Simulate copying a politician ($10k)	`backtest_politician` (holdDays 0 = follow their actual sale filings, the best-performing rule)
Precomputed 30/60/90d rankings	`get_full_leaderboard` (includes "their return" vs "your delayed return" and delay cost)
Screen one trade for relevance	`screen_trade`
Autotrader config + decision log	`autotrade_status`
Ticker deep-dive	`get_ticker_activity`
Watchlist	`manage_watchlist`
Video content	`generate_youtube_segment`

Recipes

Morning check (the daily loop):

get_latest_trades with delayMaxDays: 7, limit: 20
get_golden_opportunities with limit: 10
Summarize: who bought what, how late the filings are, which are still near the entry price. Flag anything on the watchlist.

Daily purchases and sales report:

generate_daily_briefing with mode: "research"
search_trades twice: transactionTypes: ["purchase"] and ["sale"], dateFrom = today - 2 days
Present as two tables (buys / sells) with politician, ticker, amount range, filing delay. End with the disclaimer.

"Is this trade worth copying?"

screen_trade with the trade id → golden/ok/late/stale verdict with drift
If relevant, backtest_politician for that politician (lookbackDays 365, holdDays 0) for context on their track record.

Leaderboard story: get_full_leaderboard with periodDays: 90 → lead with the your-return vs their-return gap (delay cost). Note the top 5 are picked with hindsight.

Output style

Terminal-terse. Tables over prose. Always include filing delay per trade. Close substantive analyses with one line: delayed public disclosures, not financial advice.

Political Trades (Capitol Alpha Terminal MCP)

Query the local political-trades MCP server for STOCK Act disclosure research.

Ground rules (always)

This is PUBLIC disclosure data, delayed up to 45 days. Never call it insider data.

Always mention filing delays when discussing trades.

Never give financial advice or say "buy this". Frame everything as research.

Amounts are ranges, not exact sizes.

Tool map

Need

Tool

Freshest filings

get_latest_trades with delayMaxDays (7 = fresh, 21 = actionable window)

Still-actionable trades (price near their entry)

get_golden_opportunities

Daily report

generate_daily_briefing (mode: research, youtube, or newsletter)

Search anything

search_trades (ticker, politician, party, dates, delay)

One politician's profile

get_politician_profile

Simulate copying a politician ($10k)

backtest_politician (holdDays 0 = follow their actual sale filings, the best-performing rule)

Precomputed 30/60/90d rankings

get_full_leaderboard (includes "their return" vs "your delayed return" and delay cost)

Screen one trade for relevance

screen_trade

Autotrader config + decision log

autotrade_status

Ticker deep-dive

get_ticker_activity

Watchlist

manage_watchlist

Video content

generate_youtube_segment

Recipes

Morning check (the daily loop):

get_latest_trades with delayMaxDays: 7, limit: 20

get_golden_opportunities with limit: 10

Summarize: who bought what, how late the filings are, which are still near the entry price. Flag anything on the watchlist.

Daily purchases and sales report:

generate_daily_briefing with mode: "research"

search_trades twice: transactionTypes: ["purchase"] and ["sale"], dateFrom = today - 2 days

Present as two tables (buys / sells) with politician, ticker, amount range, filing delay. End with the disclaimer.

"Is this trade worth copying?"

screen_trade with the trade id → golden/ok/late/stale verdict with drift

If relevant, backtest_politician for that politician (lookbackDays 365, holdDays 0) for context on their track record.

Leaderboard story: get_full_leaderboard with periodDays: 90 → lead with the your-return vs their-return gap (delay cost). Note the top 5 are picked with hindsight.

Output style

Terminal-terse. Tables over prose. Always include filing delay per trade. Close substantive analyses with one line: delayed public disclosures, not financial advice.