Smart Money: congress, institutions, insiders and dark pools in one place
Smart Money collects four kinds of large-player activity that are normally spread across separate filings and feeds, and lets you look up a ticker, a politician or an institution in seconds.
Congress
Look up a ticker to see which members of Congress traded it, or look up a politician to see their disclosed trading history. A feed shows recent congressional trades with filters for buys, sells, politician and minimum amount, and a separate list flags unusual congressional trades with the reason each one was flagged.
Every row shows both the date of the trade and the date it was filed, because disclosures arrive after the trade.
Institutions
Search an institution to see its holdings with shares, value, share of its portfolio and the change since the last report. Or look up a ticker to see which institutions hold it and what percentage they own. A list of notable institutions shows assets under management and type.
Insiders
See insider activity for a ticker, or a feed of recent insider transactions filtered by minimum value and type. Buys and sells are plotted on a price chart, and awards, gifts, conversions and tax withholdings can be filtered out so you can focus on open-market trades.
Dark pool prints
Dark pool prints are off-exchange block trades reported to the tape, shown with company, size, price, premium and time. The default view filters to large prints. The vs NBBO column compares each print's price with the bid and ask at the moment it traded, which is a rough read on which side was the aggressor, not a confirmed direction.
Everything on one chart
The ticker chart overlays all four sources on price: triangles for Congress, squares for institutions, circles for insiders and diamonds for dark pool prints. Colour shows buy or increase, sell or decrease, or other, and marker size follows transaction value.
Learn the concepts
Plain-English explanations from the free PDB Academy glossary.
Questions
What is smart money?
Smart money is a loose term for the activity of large, well-resourced participants such as institutions, corporate insiders and politicians, whose trades are disclosed in filings or reported to the tape. Following it can add context, but it does not predict any individual trade.
Why are congressional trades shown with two dates?
Members of Congress disclose trades after they happen. The trade date shows when the transaction took place and the filed date shows when it became public, and the gap can be weeks.
What is a 13F?
A 13F is a quarterly filing in which large institutional investment managers report their US stock holdings. It is a snapshot of a past date, so it is always somewhat out of date.
What is a dark pool print?
A dark pool print is a trade executed away from the public exchanges and reported afterward. Large prints can show institutional activity, but a print does not reveal whether the buyer or the seller was more eager.
Which plan includes Smart Money?
Smart Money is included with the Gold plan. See the pricing page for current plans and prices.
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