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Show HN: I lost 15% to Congress' lag, so I built a trade-sniping tool

https://politichook.com/

A couple years back, my girlfriend and I jumped on the congressional trading bandwagon. You know the drill—politicians like Nancy Pelosi disclose their trades (eventually), and some of them have suspiciously good timing. We copied a few, and it worked. In months, we were up +38%. Even now, with the market tanking, we’re at +6%. Not bad, right?But here’s where it fell apart: Congress gets a...

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