Every quarter of STOCK Act filings tells a slightly different story than the last. Here's what the second quarter of 2026 looked like, based on every disclosure in Capitol Trader's database with a transaction date between April 1 and June 30, 2026.
The Headline Numbers
Congress disclosed 1,059 stock transactions in Q2 2026, filed by 50 members across 322 different tickers. That breaks down to 379 purchases and 677 sales, with a small number of exchanges rounding out the total.
| Metric | Q2 2026 |
|---|---|
| Total disclosed trades | 1,059 |
| Purchases | 379 |
| Sales | 677 |
| Members who traded | 50 |
| Unique tickers traded | 322 |
One Lawmaker Accounts for 39% of All Activity
The single biggest driver of Q2 volume isn't a stock — it's a person. Rep. Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA) filed 418 trades in the quarter: 180 purchases and 237 sales. That's more disclosed activity from one member than the next nine most-active traders combined.
| Rank | Lawmaker | Chamber | Trades | Purchases | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilbert Cisneros | House (CA) | 418 | 180 | 237 |
| 2 | April McClain Delaney | House (MD) | 160 | 51 | 109 |
| 3 | Josh Gottheimer | House (NJ) | 83 | 24 | 59 |
| 4 | David J. Taylor | House (OH) | 47 | 23 | 24 |
| 5 | Maria Elvira Salazar | House (FL) | 45 | 30 | 15 |
| 6 | Matthew Robert Van Epps | House (TN) | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Brian Babin | House (TX) | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Elizabeth Fletcher | House (TX) | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Rick Larsen | House (WA) | 18 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | John Boozman | Senate (AR) | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Trade counts reflect disclosures with a transaction date in Q2 2026, aggregated from official House and Senate STOCK Act filings.
This is worth sitting with before drawing any conclusion about "Congress" as a bloc. A single high-volume filer can dominate an aggregate count without representing any broader trend — Cisneros's 418 trades are nearly 2.5x the combined total of the rest of the top 10. When you see a quarterly headline number, check who's actually behind it before treating it as a signal about Congress collectively.
The one senator in the top 10, John Boozman (R-AR), stands out for a different reason: 17 of his 18 disclosed trades were purchases — the most purchase-heavy pattern of anyone on this list.
The Most-Traded Stocks of Q2 2026
Ranked by number of disclosed transactions:
| Ticker | Trades | Purchases | Sales | Lawmakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSFT | 19 | 7 | 12 | 8 |
| TDG | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
| DASH | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| LPLA | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| FLEX | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| WRB | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| TSCO | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| T | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| SCI | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| NVDA | 12 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
Microsoft tied for the most disclosed transactions of any stock, and had the broadest participation on this list — 8 different lawmakers filed MSFT trades. But unlike the buying-heavy pattern from earlier in the year, Q2 activity skewed toward selling, 12 sales to 7 purchases.
TDG, LPLA, FLEX, WRB and SCI all show a pattern worth flagging: every one of them was traded by exactly one lawmaker. A stock ranking in a "most-traded" table because of a single filer's activity is a fundamentally different signal than a stock like Microsoft or NVDA, where six or more independent members disclosed trades. Always check the lawmaker count before reading a ranking as broad congressional interest.
NVDA is the second-broadest name on the list (6 lawmakers) and, like Microsoft, tilted toward selling in Q2 — 11 disclosed sales against a single purchase.
House vs. Senate: A Lopsided Quarter
Of the 1,059 trades disclosed in Q2 2026, 1,028 came from the House and just 31 from the Senate. The gap isn't only about trade volume — it's about participation. Only 6 senators filed any trade at all in the quarter, compared with 44 House members.
Part of this reflects chamber size (435 House seats vs. 100 Senate seats), but the disparity in trading activity is larger than the roughly 4-to-1 seat ratio would suggest. Browse the full breakdowns on House stock trades and Senate stock trades.
The Biggest Single Disclosures
Dollar amounts in STOCK Act filings are reported as ranges, not exact figures, but a few Q2 disclosures stood out by size and by name recognition:
- Nancy Pelosi disclosed a sale of Intel (INTC) valued over $1,000,000 and a purchase of Uber (UBER) valued over $500,000, both dated May 29, 2026.
- Sara Jacobs disclosed two Qualcomm (QCOM) sales in the $500,000–$1,000,000 range, on May 6 and May 7, 2026.
These are individual disclosures, not evidence of a broader pattern — but they're exactly the kind of filing worth knowing about as soon as it posts. Set up a free alert for any ticker or lawmaker on Capitol Trader and you'll know within a day of the filing, not a quarter later.
Methodology
All figures in this report are drawn from Capitol Trader's database of official House and Senate STOCK Act disclosures, filtered to transactions with a trade date between April 1 and June 30, 2026. The STOCK Act requires members to disclose trades within 45 days, so a small number of Q2 trades may still be pending disclosure and are not yet reflected here. Read more about how the data is collected on the methodology page.
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