Bourse Tutorials
Guides and walkthroughs for getting the most out of Bourse, whether you are exploring the data in the app, following a strategy, or pulling the data into your own code with the API.
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Bourse app
Finding and using the data in the app
GuideHow to track Congress trades and insider buying for freeA tour of the main tools: the Radar with Congress and insider trades, alerts, the watchlist and where each dataset lives.Read the guide →GuideHow to read an SEC Form 4Transaction codes, prices, ownership after the trade and the footnotes that change the meaning of a filing.Read the guide →GuideCongress trades and the STOCK ActWhat members of Congress must disclose, how fast, and how to read a periodic transaction report.Read the guide →GuideHow late is Congress trade data?Why a trade can appear up to 45 days later and how Bourse shows the disclosure lag for every trade.Read the guide →GuideWhat is Form 13F?What fund holdings reveal, what they hide and how to use the Funds view in Bourse.Read the guide →
Strategies & research
Turning the data into a repeatable process
GuideInsider cluster buying explainedWhy several insiders buying at once matters more than a single purchase, and how the Insider Clusters strategy uses it.Read the guide →GuideHow to analyze 13F changesNew, added, trimmed and exited positions: reading quarter-on-quarter changes in fund portfolios.Read the guide →GuideA 5-step workflow for researching a stockFrom the filing to a decision: insiders, funds, earnings and risk in one routine.Read the guide →GuideHow to read an earnings report in 10 minutesRevenue, EPS, margins and guidance: what to check first after a quarterly report.Read the guide →ToolBacktested strategiesStrategies built on Congress, insider, lobbying and fund data with returns, Sharpe ratio and drawdown, updated daily.Open →
Bourse API
Building with Bourse data in code
Setup guideGetting set up with the Bourse APIGet a free key in the app, make your first request and filter by ticker and date. Examples in curl, Python and JavaScript.Open →API tutorialPull insider purchases for one tickerOne request returns every open-market purchase (Form 4 code P) for a company, ready for a spreadsheet or a backtest.Open →API tutorialTrack what Congress bought this monthFilter Congress trades by date and transaction type and send yourself a daily summary.Open →
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See these filings as they land
Bourse collects Congress trades, SEC Form 4 insider filings and 13F fund holdings in one live feed, and flags insider buying clusters automatically. Free to start.