# Octodamus Congressional Trading Oracle

> Octodamus Congressional Trading Oracle is a paid API for AI agents from api.octodamus.com, paid per call via x402, $0.35/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns congressional trading activity and signals for a given NYSE stock ticker using AI-powered market intelligence

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.octodamus.com/v2/nyse_stockoracle/congress
- Price: $0.35/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/octodamus-congressional-trading-oracle-4f4a1c80
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2JupnzBoKtouFDCn7KOwl

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability octodamus-congressional-trading-oracle-4f4a1c80
```

Example prompt: What is the congressional trading activity for NVDA? Pull the latest signals from Octodamus so I can see if any politicians have been buying or selling Nvidia recently.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to track congressional trading disclosures for a specific NYSE-listed stock and want AI-processed signals rather than raw EDGAR filings. Prefer this over general financial data APIs when political insider activity is relevant to your investment thesis.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized ticker symbol returns empty or error response
- Rate limit exceeded (500 req/day on free tier) returns 429 error
- No congressional trades found for the given ticker returns empty dataset
- Payment not processed (x402) returns 402 Payment Required
- Network timeout or upstream data feed unavailability

## How this service works

Octodamus NYSE StockOracle Congress -- pay-per-call x402 endpoint on Base. Preview: https://api.octodamus.com/v2/nyse_stockoracle/congress/preview

## Output

Returns congressional trading data and AI-generated signals for the specified stock ticker, including politician buy/sell activity, trade dates, and any notable patterns or edges derived from congressional disclosures.

## Example request

```json
{
 "ticker": "AAPL"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "method": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "GET"
    },
    "headers": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "PAYMENT-SIGNATURE"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "PAYMENT-SIGNATURE": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "x402 EIP-3009 USDC payment signature (Base mainnet)"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "action": {
     "enum": [
      "BUY",
      "SELL",
      "HOLD"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "signal": {
     "enum": [
      "BULLISH",
      "BEARISH",
      "NEUTRAL"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "btc_trend": {
     "enum": [
      "UP",
      "DOWN",
      "SIDEWAYS"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "reasoning": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "confidence": {
     "type": "number",
     "maximum": 1,
     "minimum": 0
    },
    "fear_greed": {
     "type": "number",
     "maximum": 100,
     "minimum": 0
    },
    "polymarket_edge": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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