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Understand the disclosures

What congressional stock-trade filings can tell you—and what they cannot.

What am I seeing?

OmegaX displays reported securities transactions from public congressional disclosures. A purchase or sale represents a disclosed transaction type, not a recommendation to buy or sell a stock.

Why aren't transactions live?

Congressional disclosure forms may become public weeks after a transaction occurs. OmegaX shows the transaction date and the disclosure date separately when available. The dashboard periodically checks our own imported database; those browser refreshes do not accelerate government reporting.

Where do records come from?

Automated imports currently use the CapitolStockWatch open dataset (CC BY 4.0 attribution). We preserve source links whenever supplied; confirm whether each URL points directly to a government filing. Parsing can introduce errors or omit entries; review original House filings and Senate filings before relying on a transaction. OmegaX does not independently verify every imported row.

Are the amounts and share counts exact?

Often not. Disclosures commonly report dollar ranges and may involve a spouse or dependent. Exact quantities, prices, cost basis, realized returns and current holdings may be unavailable. An imported trade does not establish a politician's present holdings.

How often is the site updated?

The Hostinger server runs a scheduled importer. The dashboard's Import status panel shows the last successful sync timestamp when one has been recorded. You can refresh the page data without re-running the importer.

Is this investment advice?

No. OmegaX is an independent research tool. Stocks involve financial risk, and disclosed transactions are not independently validated investment recommendations.