@shortstories @marlathetourist @Tfmonkey The disclosures are after-the-fact and quarterly (maybe different for different positions?), so generally you won't be getting fresh indications. It is legal because you're relying on public information. People have been attempting the strategy for years, but I don't know the numbers to say if it has been profitable.
@shortstories @marlathetourist @Tfmonkey This is what the "Unusual Whales" group does
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Is it legally and technologically possible to make a computerized trading program that copies the trading patterns of Congress person's who are suspected to do insider trading
You would not be doing insider trading yourself but copying someone else who you suspect is doing insider trading
Do they list the trades of these people publicly in a way that is legal & possible to access