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Congress STOCK Act for COST
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Congress: Large-scale net selling
moderateNet selling by congress members is significant in count and dollar size. Bearish lean is meaningful, though partisanship and cluster concentration should be checked — not every sale is a policy read.
What will probably happen
- Large-dollar congressional selling suggests members see risk ahead. Expect continued pressure until the legislative picture clears.
- Selling concentrated in one party — may reflect a partisan legislative view rather than a fundamental concern.
What to do
- If you HOLD this stock
- Large-dollar congressional selling is a yellow flag. Consider trimming on the next bounce; add a stop or hedge.
- If you TRADE this stock (no options)
- Short bias or avoid new longs. If partisan, the signal depends on that party's legislative agenda — size risk accordingly.
- If you trade OPTIONS
- Bear put spread — captures downside if legislative risk materializes over the next 30–60 days. Keep premium outlay contained.
4 trades in window; partisan composition, concentrated cluster.
Technical details
Technical analysis
- Branch
- Senate 9 / House 0 (senate heavy)
- Cluster
- Concentrated
- Magnitude
- Large
- Bipartisan
- Partisan
- Net direction
- Bearish sell
- Buy midpoint $
- $8.0K
- Exchange trades
- 1
- Sell midpoint $
- $558.0K
- Buy trades (90d)
- 1
- Distinct members
- 3
- Sell trades (90d)
- 3
- Party (dominant side)
- Republican: 3
- Most recent disclosure
- 2026-10-13
- Max single trade midpoint
- $375.0K
Key levels
| Level | Value |
|---|---|
| buy count | 1 |
| sell count | 3 |
| house count | 0 |
| senate count | 9 |
| distinct members | 3 |
| buy midpoint total | 8,000.5 |
| max single midpoint | 375,000.5 |
| sell midpoint total | 558,001.5 |
Caveats
- STOCK Act disclosures are filed up to 45 days AFTER the trade — the catalyst that drove the congressional trade may already be partially or fully priced into the stock.
- Amount ranges are wide (e.g. '$1M–$5M'). The midpoint ($3M) may be far from actual size. Do not over-anchor on midpoint precision.
- 1 'Exchange' transaction(s) excluded from directional math — typically stock-for-stock swaps with no clear buy/sell signal.
- One member (Pete Sessions) dominates the net position — a single reversal changes the entire read.
- Dominant side is heavily Republican. Partisan trades may reflect party-specific dynamics rather than a fundamental view.