House Stock Watcher
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How HN took it
4 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Execution: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting and useful project
From 2 comments
Well this is fascinating. Thanks for making it. The SEC probably already does this kind of analysis but it makes me wonder if you could look at historical data to see which…
paulz_ on HNVery cool. I looked into this myself a couple years ago and the fact that the transaction data was in PDFs and that across years and representatives the format of the PDFs was…
sc68cal on HN
Objections
Pages render blank for some users
From 3 comments
The link shows a blanco page.
GrumpyNl on HNThe page render as a white page with no content I use is the latest Firefox
noxer on HNblank page over here
avipars on HN
No way to filter or search by representative
From 2 comments
Agree, the title "See the stock trades your representative is making" led me to believe I could select my representative and see what they are trading. There doesnt appear to be…
ac29 on HNIs it possible to filter by rep? Is there any information about subcommittee membership as well? I know I can probably find the latter info somewhere, but it would be a…
_z1234 on HN
Data is delayed by up to 45 days
From 1 comment
Note, this data is delayed by up to 45 days
vmception on HN
Requests
Filter by representative
From 2 comments
I really wish I could look up my representative and see their trades. Now, I understand that this might require a lot more data than you have access to. But, to be honest, that…
gwbas1c on HNIs it possible to filter by rep? Is there any information about subcommittee membership as well? I know I can probably find the latter info somewhere, but it would be a…
_z1234 on HN
Returns leaderboard
From 1 comment
A returns leaderboard on this would be so awesome.
maxore44 on HN
Cross-reference tickers between House and Senate data
From 1 comment
Do you think you'll setup a way to cross reference tickers between the two? E.g. what stocks are most traded by Congress but not the House, which are traded most frequently by…
dmux on HN
Include family members' trades
From 1 comment
You really need to also look at family members, (spouse, children, etc). Many times these trades are through their spouses, as well.
ajsellars on HN
Questions
Primary use case given proposals to limit congressional trading
From 1 comment
What do you see as the primary use-case for this, especially in light of new proposals to limit congressional stock trading? For example, is there a plan to surface the names and…
mushufasa on HN
Whether an ETF tracks senators' trades
From 1 comment
Now I want to know if there's an ETF that tracks transactions by senators.
colinb on HN
Alternatives named
Senate Stock Watcher, the maker's earlier site for Senate data
From 1 comment
Related from a year ago: Senate Stock Watcher - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22834524 - April 2020 (239 comments)
dang on HN