Unusual Trades by Ticker

GET https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/congress/unusual-trades/by-tickers

Request

Security: Bearer Auth Authorization: Bearer <token>

Query Parameters

tickers string optional

Comma-separated list of tickers to filter by.

transaction_type string optional

Filter to either buy- or sell-side transactions.

enum: buy, sell

date_from string optional

Inclusive lower bound on transaction_date (ISO 8601).

date_to string optional

Inclusive upper bound on transaction_date (ISO 8601).

politician string optional

Case-insensitive substring match against the politician's full name.

limit integer optional

Default: 100

>= 1 <= 500

page integer optional

Default: 1

>= 1

Responses

200 422 500

Response Body 200 OK

amount string

The disclosed amount range as a string.

Example: $1,001 - $15,000

asset string

Asset description as disclosed.

Example: NVIDIA Corp - Common Stock

asset_type string

The asset type.

Example: stock

company_name string

The full company name behind the traded ticker.

Example: NVIDIA Corp

description string

Additional disclosure description, if any.

filing_date string

The date the trade was disclosed.

Example: 2025-10-04

id string

The trade's unique ID.

Example: 5fbe81ac-1157-4bc8-9d76-c77e6164fe25

politician_id string

The politician's ID.

Example: e138f347-ae92-4cfb-8f41-7036ff09a213

politician_name string

The politician's full name.

Example: Nancy Pelosi

ticker string

The traded ticker symbol.

Example: NVDA

transaction_date string

The date the transaction occurred.

Example: 2025-09-12

transaction_type string

The type of transaction (e.g., Buy, Sell, Sale Partial).

Example: Buy

unusual_activity_meta array[object]

Per-tag metadata explaining why each flag was applied.

unusual_activity_tags array[string]

Reason tags this trade was flagged as unusual.

Example: ["committee_conflict"]

Try It GET

API Token

Query Parameters

tickers string

transaction_type string

date_from string

date_to string

politician string

limit integer

page integer

Request Sample

curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/congress/unusual-trades/by-tickers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.unusualwhales.com")
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn.request("GET", "/api/congress/unusual-trades/by-tickers", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))

Response Example 200

{
  "data": [
    {
      "amount": "$1,001 - $15,000",
      "asset": "NVIDIA Corp - Common Stock",
      "asset_type": "stock",
      "company_name": "NVIDIA Corp",
      "description": "string"
    }
  ]
}