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Unusual Whales

financial data platform that analyzed congressional trading
Tracked because financial data platform that analyzed congressional trading · 7 documented connections
Facts on record1
Connections mapped7
Sources cited14
Evidence: 1S
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 2 elected officials hold documented connections.
0Money Chains
0Traced Hops
Connected Officials
Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

PATTERN person → [regulatory filing] → government agency → [regul... 8424× PATTERN company → [regulatory filing] → government agency → [regu... 5356× PATTERN government agency → [regulatory filing] → government agen... 3121× PATTERN company → [oversight] → government agency → [regulatory f... 2394× PATTERN organization → [regulatory filing] → government agency → ... 2392×
Connection Map
Key Connections
← Morgan McGarvey person
data source
2024 Congress Trading Report showed McGarvey's portfolio returned 105.8%-123.8%.
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
regulatory_filing
Unusual Whales filed a filing with the SEC on 2025-07-21, as documented in the untrusted data input.
← Terri A. Sewell person
financial_analysis
Market watchdog Unusual Whales estimated Sewell's stock portfolio generated a +67.9% return in 2025, making her the third most profitable stock trader in Congress. She was classified as an 'active trader.'
→ USASpending.gov institution
no contracts found
No usaspending contracts were found for 'Unusual Whales' in public databases as of 2026-05-13, confirming absence from that specific public record.
← Salem Business Journal organization
data_source
Journal cited Unusual Whales analysis for trading performance data
Facts (1)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 177d ago · Avg age: 533d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (1)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Unusual Whales filed filing with the SEC on 2025-07-21. Accession number: N/A.
All Connections (7)
→ James Cox person
co-reference or alias inferential since 2025
Unusual Whales appears in the known entities list immediately adjacent to 'James Cox', suggesting a possible co-reference or alias relationship within the database.
→ USASpending.gov institution
no contracts found primary since 2026
No usaspending contracts were found for 'Unusual Whales' in public databases as of 2026-05-13, confirming absence from that specific public record.
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
regulatory_filing primary since 2025
Unusual Whales filed a filing with the SEC on 2025-07-21, as documented in the untrusted data input.
← Salem Business Journal organization
data_source confirmed
Journal cited Unusual Whales analysis for trading performance data
← Terri A. Sewell person
financial_analysis primary since 2025
Market watchdog Unusual Whales estimated Sewell's stock portfolio generated a +67.9% return in 2025, making her the third most profitable stock trader in Congress. She was classified as an 'active trader.'
← Morgan McGarvey person
data source primary since 2024
2024 Congress Trading Report showed McGarvey's portfolio returned 105.8%-123.8%.
← Quiver Quantitative company
competitor/peer secondary since 2020
Quiver Quantitative and Unusual Whales both operate in the alternative financial data and retail trading intelligence space, frequently cited together regarding the tracking of congressional stock trades.
Sources (14)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Unusual Whales — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Unusual Whales — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Unusual Whales — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Unusual Whales — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Unusual Whales — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-04-23 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Unusual Whales not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt