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Jan 2 • 7 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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🚨BREAKING🚨

I have just released the full report on politicians trading in 2023.

Like every year since 2020, US politicians beat the market.

And many in Congress made unusually timed trades resulting in huge gains.

Here are the top performers of 2023. Image
This year, Democrats absolutely dominated their Republican counterparts.

Dems were up 31%, and Republicans 18%.

Meanwhile, the S&P500 itself was up 24%.

Many traded despite conflicts in their committees in record numbers.

Read the full report here: unusualwhales.com/politics/artic…
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Many members in Congress made huge gains in their portfolios after a market record year for $SPY.

Sadly many members had more trades than legislative votes this year.

Here are some of the highest realized gains this year.

Read the full report here: unusualwhales.com/politics/artic…
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What is absolutely insane is that Congress was trading options once again in 2023.

Notionally, they traded more in 2023 than last year!

The amounts are crazy: +$150 million while Congress was in session including Pelosi’s $NVDA trades.

Read the report: unusualwhales.com/politics/artic…
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Here is a longer table for many member’s portfolio returns.

The names are across the aisle, from Democrats to Republicans.

Famous traders like Dan Crenshaw, Nancy Pelosi, Josh Gottheimer and others all beat the market this year.

Read report here: unusualwhales.com/politics/artic…
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Congress on average beat the market in 2022 and did better in 2023.

I will not stop fighting market and political transparency until Congress is banned from trading.

You can read last year’s report here:
Once again, Congress has beaten the market.

Since our first 2020 report, we showed how Congress continues to outperform.

You can follow any politician’s portfolio at

You can also read our full report here: unusualwhales.com/portfolios
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Nov 7, 2023
JUST IN: Senator Thomas Carper disclosed he profited shorting the US economy.

Since he will be retiring, I wanted to highlight his unusual trading while in Congress for 40 years.

He became a millionaire many times over on a modest federal salary from trading.

Take a look: Image
Thomas Carper bought 30k in $PSQ, an ultrashort $QQQ index, on July 13 2023.

He hedged/shorted in the past with great results with $HDGE, $SH & $PSQ.

He got out of his positions in August/September, as the market fell and he sold for a cool +15%.
Before the vaccines were announced, Carper held $RMD, $APO, and $OHI.

On 07/09 he sold his positions in $RMD, $APO, $OHI. Two weeks later, $RMD drops 15% on vaccine news (no need for ventilators), $APO / $OHI 10-20% over 3 months.

Now all down significantly since then.
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Oct 20, 2023
BREAKING: Kevin Hern has announced he is going to run for speaker of the House after Jim Jordan's attempt failed.

Kevin Hern currently is the Congressman who benefits most from the current wars in Ukraine and Israel, per his stock holdings.

Here are more of his unusual trades: Image
Kevin Hern has a tendency of buying military companies before news.

For example, Rep. Kevin Hern bought Lockheed Martin stocks back in August 2021.

He bought another $100k in $LMT just 2 weeks before Lockheed Martin won the $10.9 billion Air Force contract.
House Republican Kevin Hern, who sat on the Committee on Ways and Means, bought and sold FS Investments, $FSK.

$FSK lobbied Congress on “Taxation/Internal Revenue Code”, and Hern supported their efforts.

Rep. Hern was up 33.2% at the time of selling.
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Oct 14, 2023
JUST IN: Senator Thomas Carper profited on his shorts on the US Economy.

He has been one of the best traders in office for 40 years.

So much so, that he became a multimillionaire many times over on a modest federal salary.

Seriously, take a look: Image
Thomas Carper bought 30k in $PSQ, an ultrashort $QQQ index, on July 13 2023.

He hedged/shorted in the past with great results with $HDGE, $SH & $PSQ.

He got out of his positions in August/September, as the market fell and he sold for a cool +15%.
Before the vaccines were announced, Carper held $RMD, $APO, and $OHI.

On 07/09 he sold his positions in $RMD, $APO, $OHI.

Two weeks later, $RMD drops 15% on vaccine news (no need for ventilators), $APO / $OHI 10-20% over 3 months.

Now all down significantly since then.
Read 11 tweets
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Oct 2, 2023
JUST IN: Senator Thomas Carper profited on his shorts on the US Economy.

He has been one of the best traders in office for 40 years.

So much so, that he became a multimillionaire many times over on a modest federal salary.

Seriously, take a look: Image
Thomas Carper bought 30k in $PSQ, an ultrashort $QQQ index, on July 13 2023.

He hedged/shorted in the past with great results with $HDGE, $SH & $PSQ.

He got out of his positions in August/September, as the market fell and he sold for a cool +15%.
Before the vaccines were announced, Carper held $RMD, $APO, and $OHI.

On 07/09 he sold his positions in $RMD, $APO, $OHI.

Two weeks later, $RMD drops 15% on vaccine news (no need for ventilators), $APO / $OHI 10-20% over 3 months.

Now all down significantly since then.
Read 11 tweets
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Sep 25, 2023
BREAKING: Sen. Bob Menendez has just said he will not resign from Congress.

But want to know something insane?

Besides being indicted now for accepting gold bars, a luxury car and thousands of dollars to help Egypt, this isn’t his first indictment.

Let’s dig in: Image
In 2017 he was indicted for accepting multiple bribes on behalf of friends, including private jets, thousands of dollars, and more.

He was charged on 18-count indictment.

He made false statements on Senate financial disclosures.

There was a mistrial, and he wasn't retried.
He stayed in power after the Supreme Court narrowed the definition of public corruption.

The Supreme Court, many years later, is also embroiled in its own corruption and bribery cases.
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Aug 29, 2023
This year, Senator Thomas Carper bought 30k in $PSQ, an ultrashort $QQQ index.

He's been in office for 40 years & shorted US markets many times.

In that time he became a multimillionaire multiple times.

In fact, he is one of the best Congress traders.

Seriously take a look: Image
Before the vaccines were announced, Carper held $RMD, $APO, and $OHI.

On 07/09 he sold his positions in $RMD, $APO, $OHI.

Two weeks later, $RMD drops 15% on vaccine news (no need for ventilators), $APO / $OHI 10-20% over 3 months.

Now all down significantly since then.
Senator Thomas Carper bought up to $110k in Ranger Equity Bear Bear ETF, $HDGE, as well as $SH, and $PSQ, more short ETFs.

He sat on the Senate Finance Committee.

As a politician, he was actively shorting the US, and was up significantly, selling all three for large gains.
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