JANEWAY

Just A Neutral Engine With Autonomous Yield

Status: active
Version: v1
Trades: 23

Signal

congressional

Follows stock purchases disclosed by members of Congress

Members of Congress must publicly disclose personal stock trades within 30–45 days (the STOCK Act, 2012). Academic research has found that their purchases — especially in sectors they oversee on committee — tend to outperform the market. This signal buys alongside those disclosed purchases, with filters to avoid noise.

Trailing 90d Attribution

— no data yet

Kill Criteria

MIN TRADES FOR EVAL

23/30

DRAWDOWN VS CAP

NaN%

SHARPE VS MIN

NaN

HIT RATE VS MIN

NaN%

— awaiting evidence (23/30 trades; metrics hidden until threshold met)

Alpha Decay Monitor

insufficient_dataas of 2026-05-10

Baseline Sharpe

0.40

Realized 30d Sharpe

—

Realized 90d Sharpe

—

Closed trades

0/30

Not enough closed trades yet to evaluate decay. Threshold is 30 closed trades; until then this card tracks accumulation rather than judgment.

Mechanism (Technical)

Members of Congress sit on committees with oversight of specific industries and receive briefings from regulated entities. Even without illegal trading on MNPI, congressional information flow is richer than the public's. Academic work (Ziobrowski et al. 2004, 2011) documented outperformance; post-STOCK-Act tracking (since 2012) shows a persistent but smaller edge. Constraint to committee-aligned trades is essential — random congressional trades do not outperform.

Sizing

Method

fixed_notional

Base Notional

$250

Normal

1×

High Vol

0.5×

Crisis

0.25×

Recent Trades

23 shown

2026-07-22 21:43:17 UTCABBVBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased ABBV on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:17 UTCAMDBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased AMD on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:16 UTCGOOGBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased GOOG on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $50,001-$100,000
2026-07-22 21:43:15 UTCAAPLBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased AAPL on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $250,001-$500,000
2026-07-22 21:43:14 UTCAMATBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased AMAT on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:13 UTCTBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased T on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:13 UTCBACBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased BAC on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:12 UTCCSCOBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased CSCO on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:11 UTCCBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased C on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:11 UTCKOBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased KO on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:10 UTCGEBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased GE on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:09 UTCGSBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased GS on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:08 UTCJNJBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased JNJ on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:07 UTCMUBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased MU on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:06 UTCNFLXBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased NFLX on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:05 UTCNVDABUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased NVDA on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $50,001-$100,000
2026-07-22 21:43:05 UTCORCLBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased ORCL on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:04 UTCPLTRBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased PLTR on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:03 UTCRTXBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased RTX on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:02 UTCTSLABUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased TSLA on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:02 UTCUNPBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased UNP on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-22 21:43:01 UTCUNHBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Alan Armstrong (senate) purchased UNH on 2026-03-27, disclosed 2026-07-21. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000
2026-07-09 21:09:28 UTCCOHRBUY$250.0000SUBMITTED
Congressional disclosure: Sheldon Whitehouse (senate) purchased COHR on 2026-06-25, disclosed 2026-07-08. disclosed amount $15,001-$50,000

Lifecycle Events

2 events

2026-04-23 18:46:46 UTCRESUMEDtransition: proposed→active
2026-04-23 18:46:45 UTCFIREDtransition: none→proposedcontract_path: /Users/joshuagafni/Documents/Janeway/Repositories.nosync/janeway/signals/congressional.yamlcontract_version: 1

References

Ziobrowski, Cheng, Boyd, Ziobrowski (2004) — 'Abnormal Returns from the Common Stock Investments of the U.S. Senate'
Ziobrowski, Cheng, Boyd, Ziobrowski (2011) — 'Abnormal Returns from the Common Stock Investments of Members of the U.S. House of Representatives'
STOCK Act (2012)
housestockwatcher.com aggregation of PTR filings

Kill CriteriaiAutomatic retirement thresholds. If the signal's drawdown exceeds its cap, Sharpe falls below its minimum, or hit rate drops below its floor, the signal is auto-retired. Enforced by infrastructure — no override.

Mechanism (Technical)iThe technical mechanism from this signal's contract — the academic or empirical basis + specific rules. Written for researchers. See the hero summary above for the plain-English version.

SizingiHow much capital each trade gets. Base notional × regime multiplier. The regime shifts automatically halve (high-vol) or quarter (crisis) every position size.

Recent TradesiEnd-of-day trade history for this signal with thesis captured at entry — the reason this trade was made. Real-time trades appear at EOD on the blog and on F&F dashboards.