US Congress Trades Stats Unusual API
Scrape US Congress Trades Stats Unusual data with one API call. Returns tickers whose recent disclosed-trade count is well above their historical average, with the politicians involved.
Last updated October 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns tickers whose recent disclosed-trade count is well above their historical average.
Use it to spot spikes, then pass the ticker as keyword to ticker/trades.
Searching 68 platforms in parallel
What can you do with the Stats Unusual API?
The Stats Unusual endpoint gives you structured US Congress Trades data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/stats/unusual?days=30"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/stats/unusual",
params={
'days': '30',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/stats/unusual?days=30",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| days | No | Recent window in days, 1 to 365. Default 30. |
| limit | No | How many tickers to return, 1 to 50. Default 10. |
What does the US Congress Trades Stats Unusual API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "us_congress_trades",
"endpoint": "/v1/us_congress_trades/stats/unusual",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"ticker": "BNS:US",
"issuer_name": "The Bank of Nova Scotia",
"recent_trades": 4,
"historical_avg": 0.1,
"spike_ratio": 44,
"politicians": [
"Rohit Khanna",
"Sheri Biggs"
]
},
{
"ticker": "8376923Z:LN",
"issuer_name": "Barclays Bank PLC",
"recent_trades": 4,
"historical_avg": 0.2,
"spike_ratio": 22,
"politicians": [
"Rohit Khanna"
]
}
],
"total": 10,
"dropped": 0
},
"credits_used": 1,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false,
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": null,
"has_more": false,
"page_size": 10
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"source": "captured",
"captured_at": "2026-10-02T13:06:26.544Z",
"redacted": true
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the US Congress Trades Stats Unusual API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
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"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
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