Year | Trades | Volume (millions) | Members |
|---|---|---|---|
2021 | 10,413 | 583.98 | 138 |
2022 | 14,752 | 610.77 | 154 |
2023 | 11,491 | 751.17 | 118 |
2024 | 9,261 | 706.37 | 113 |
2025 | 7,810 | 362.47 | 108 |
The Members of Congress Making the Most Trades
These are the members who have made the most trades through July 2025 and their trade volume, according to Capitol Trades.
Member | Trades | Volume |
|---|---|---|
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) | 2,938 | $41.09M |
Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) | 626 | $7.29M |
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) | 410 | $37.68M |
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) | 348 | $19.74M |
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) | 192 | $34.17M |
Rep. Julie Johnson (D-TX) | 270 | $2.33M |
Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-CA) | 249 | $6.93M |
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) | 228 | $3.70M |
Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) | 213 | $1.90M |
Rep. Tim Moore (R-NC) | 119 | $9.79M |
Republicans Holding | Democrats Holding | Both Parties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sector | Value | Percent | Value | Percent | Total Value | Total Percent |
Technology | $44,137,120 | 16% | $102,903,894 | 49% | $147,041,014 | 31% |
Energy | $39,752,130 | 14% | $2,108,323 | 1% | $41,860,453 | 9% |
Consumer cyclical | $37,683,477 | 14% | $15,655,932 | 8% | $53,339,409 | 11% |
Financial services | $31,219,362 | 11% | $27,945,054 | 13% | $59,164,416 | 12% |
Industrials | $30,620,735 | 11% | $12,781,018 | 6% | $43,401,753 | 9% |
Other | $22,653,692 | 8% | $6,909,793 | 3% | $29,563,485 | 6% |
ETF/Fund | $21,028,637 | 7% | -- | -- | $21,028,637 | 4% |
Healthcare | $18,286,283 | 7% | $1,168,481 | 6% | $19,454,764 | 4% |
Communication services | $12,216,058 | 4% | $12,387,237 | 6% | $24,603,295 | 5% |
Consumer defensive | $10,459,465 | 4% | $6,902,738 | 3% | $17,362,203 | 4% |
Basic materials | $6,838,008 | 3% | $3,752,633 | 2% | $10,590,641 | 2% |
Real estate | $3,806,525 | 1% | $3,029,220 | 2% | $6,835,745 | 1% |
Utilities | -- | -- | $2,281,724 | 1% | $2,281,724 | <1% |
Did Congress Beat the Market in 2024?
Congress as a whole beat the market in 2024. Democrats managed an average return of 31.1%, and Republicans saw an average return of 26.1%, according to estimates from Unusual Whales. The S&P 500 returned 23.3%.
Forty-eight of the 113 members of Congress that traded stocks in 2024 beat the S&P 500, up from 33 in 2023, per return data from Unusual Whales.
Democrats held portfolios heavily weighted toward technology stocks, while Republicans had more diversified holdings. That resulted in Democrats’ stronger performance in 2024.
Unusual Whales calculates performance based on the value of stocks held at the start of the year and end of the year, not the performance of individual positions since they were originally opened. As a result, their estimates are likely conservative.
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