---
title: "Most active congressional traders"
method: GET
path: "/senate-insiders/discovery/most-active"
tags: ["Senate Insiders"]
---

# Most active congressional traders

`GET /senate-insiders/discovery/most-active`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.signal8.ai/api/v1/public`
- URL: `https://api.signal8.ai/api/v1/public/senate-insiders/discovery/most-active`
- Auth: API key in header `X-Api-Key`

Ranks members of Congress and executive-branch officials by STOCK Act
trade count over a lookback window. Returns each politician's trade
count, distinct tickers traded, buy/sell/net disclosed value, and top
tickers. Use `insiderCategory` to scope to one chamber, or `all` (the
default) to merge congressional and executive activity.

**Credit cost: 3**

## Query parameters

- `period` string
- `insiderCategory` string
- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

Ranked politicians by trade count

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request parameters
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key
- `402`: Not enough credits for this request
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/signal8/apis/signal8-public-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/signal8/apis/signal8-public-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/signal8/apis/signal8-public-api/revisions/5a18ae8d6d58?raw)