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Congress trades · August 2026

Biggest Congress Stock Buys and Sells in August 2026

Ranked by the midpoint of the reported dollar range; the ranges themselves are shown. By trade date.

Members of Congress disclosed 310 trades made in August 2026 (99 buys, 206 sells) by 27 members. The largest reported buy was Rep. Josh Gottheimer's MSFT purchase ($500K–$1M); the most-traded ticker was MSFT. These are public disclosures, not recommendations.

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Biggest buys

MemberTickerBuy/sellTradedDisclosedReported amount
Rep. Josh Gottheimer D NJ05 48% hit · 855MSFTBuy (option)Aug 14, 2026Sep 14, 2026$500K–$1M
Rep. Josh Gottheimer D NJ05 48% hit · 855MSFTBuy (option)Aug 14, 2026Sep 14, 2026$250K–$500K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376CHRWBuyAug 3, 2026Sep 9, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376FWONKBuyAug 3, 2026Sep 9, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376LTHBuyAug 3, 2026Sep 9, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. D CA31 46% hit · 1163MOG.ABuyAug 7, 2026Sep 10, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376FWONKBuyAug 7, 2026Sep 9, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. D CA31 46% hit · 1163MSFTBuyAug 18, 2026Sep 10, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. D CA31 46% hit · 1163GMEDBuyAug 19, 2026Sep 10, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376HUBBBuyAug 19, 2026Sep 9, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar R FL27 33% hit · 96MRKBuyAug 19, 2026Sep 9, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar R FL27 33% hit · 96MRKBuyAug 19, 2026Sep 9, 2026$15K–$50K
Sen. Alan Armstrong R OK 80% hit · 692WMBBuy (option)Aug 20, 2026Sep 17, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. D CA31 46% hit · 1163ETNBuyAug 27, 2026Sep 10, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. D CA31 46% hit · 1163PWRBuyAug 27, 2026Sep 10, 2026$15K–$50K

Biggest sells

MemberTickerBuy/sellTradedDisclosedReported amount
Rep. Josh Gottheimer D NJ05 48% hit · 855MSFTSell (option)Aug 14, 2026Sep 14, 2026$500K–$1M
Rep. Josh Gottheimer D NJ05 48% hit · 855MSFTSell (option)Aug 14, 2026Sep 14, 2026$250K–$500K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376ITTSellAug 25, 2026Sep 9, 2026$250K–$500K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376MLMSellAug 25, 2026Sep 9, 2026$250K–$500K
Sen. Cory A. Booker D NJ hit n/a (<10)AMZNSellAug 11, 2026Sep 9, 2026$100K–$250K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376BROSellAug 25, 2026Sep 9, 2026$100K–$250K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376BWXTSellAug 25, 2026Sep 9, 2026$100K–$250K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376CHRWSellAug 25, 2026Sep 9, 2026$100K–$250K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376CNMSellAug 25, 2026Sep 9, 2026$100K–$250K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376EMESellAug 25, 2026Sep 9, 2026$100K–$250K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376ENTGSellAug 25, 2026Sep 9, 2026$100K–$250K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376HUBBSellAug 25, 2026Sep 9, 2026$100K–$250K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376LHSellAug 25, 2026Sep 9, 2026$100K–$250K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376FWONKSellAug 25, 2026Sep 9, 2026$100K–$250K
Rep. April McClain Delaney D MD06 34% hit · 376LTHSellAug 25, 2026Sep 9, 2026$100K–$250K

Most-traded tickers

MSFT9 trades
NVDA6 trades
MIDD6 trades
VIK6 trades
CHRW5 trades
HUBB5 trades
LTH5 trades
TDY5 trades
ACN5 trades
AAPL4 trades

Most active members

Rep. April McClain Delaney D78 trades
Rep. Kevin Hern R68 trades
Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. D57 trades
Rep. David J. Taylor R14 trades
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar R12 trades
Rep. Scott Franklin R11 trades
Sen. John Boozman R8 trades
Rep. Josh Gottheimer D7 trades
Rep. Kelly Morrison D7 trades
Rep. Byron Donalds R6 trades

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Education, not investment advice. This page reorganizes public disclosures so you can see what members of Congress reported. A disclosure is not evidence of wrongdoing, and past trades say nothing about future returns. Amounts are the ranges members report, not exact values. Members have up to 45 days to disclose, so recent trades may be missing. Paper filings that need manual review, trades without a confident ticker match, options, mutual funds, bonds and private holdings are not shown. Always check the source filing.

Sources: U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Reports (disclosures-clerk.house.gov) and U.S. Senate eFD Periodic Transaction Reports (efdsearch.senate.gov), filed 2024 to present; SEC EDGAR submissions (Form 4 and 8-K filing dates); committee assignments from the unitedstates/congress-legislators project (current membership); daily closing prices from Yahoo Finance's public chart data (query1.finance.yahoo.com), which is unofficial and may be revised. Built 2026-11-03.