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Congress Long-Short Strategy - Quiver Strategies

quiverquant.comsaved Mar 21, 2026
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TL;DR

Quiver Quantitative's Congress Long-Short strategy tracks US Congressional stock trades (STOCK Act disclosures) — going long on stocks members buy and short on stocks they sell, exploiting the historically documented outperformance of Congressional trading activity.

Why it matters

A systematic, data-driven way to track one of the most legally-advantaged groups of investors. Useful if you follow political alpha strategies.

Key points

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    Tracks STOCK Act trade disclosures filed by members of US Congress

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    Long on congressional buys, short on congressional sells

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    Based on research showing Congressional trades statistically outperform the market

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    Available as a live strategy via Quiver Quantitative's platform