DETECTOR · P178

Trade Burst Day

Member executed ≥10 disclosed trades on a single calendar day. Burst-trading windows correlate with major news events (textbook: March 2020 pre-COVID senator scandals).

What this detector measures

Member executed ≥10 disclosed trades on a single calendar day. Burst-trading windows correlate with major news events (textbook: March 2020 pre-COVID senator scandals).

What to ask the senator's office

  1. What public news, market event, or committee activity occurred on the burst-trading day?
  2. Were the burst trades clustered in a single sector or spread across the portfolio?
  3. Did the member hold any non-public committee or executive-branch information that day?

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