# Unusual Trades Aggregate Stats

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/congress/unusual-trades/stats`

Returns the most recent cached overview statistics: top 30 politicians by unusual trade count,
party/chamber breakdowns, committee and industry groupings, top tickers, biggest trades,
and daily trade volume series with SPY benchmark.

This is a premium endpoint. Contact dev@unusualwhales.com to request access.



## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```


## Response (200)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `data` | object | Aggregated unusual-trade statistics. Includes top politicians, party/chamber breakdowns, committee groups, industry groups, top tickers, biggest trades, and per-day trade volumes (with SPY benchmark). |
| `date` | string |  |
| `type` | string |  |


## Example

### curl

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

### Python

```python
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/stats", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": null,
  "date": "string",
  "type": "overview"
}
```