For years, Nancy Pelosi's trades were Washington's most followed “Insider Trading” portfolio. That was until this year…
In 2026, the President's accounts have made hers look like a rounding error…about 190 times as many trades and roughly 40 times the dollars moved.
Neither filer's actual profit can be calculated from the public record.
# Key findings:
Volume: Trump's accounts disclosed 7,287 transactions for January through June.
Pelosi's 2026 filings list about 38.
Dollars: Trump's Q1 and June trades alone moved an estimated $300 million to $1 billion.
Pelosi's 2026 total is an estimated $12–22 million.
# Style:
Trump's managers ran a high frequency, AI-heavy rotation across hundreds of names.
The Pelosi trades, executed by Paul Pelosi, are a few large, the infamous long-dated option bets.
# Returns:
Trump's best picks (Dell, Datadog, Jabil) have soared, and estimates of his 2026 gain run $12.7–24.5 million.
Pelosi's last 12 months of buys trailed the S&P 500,
\+3.0% against +8.4%.
Trump's accounts averaged roughly 60 trades per trading day in Q1. In June, a single sale of
a Vanguard dividend ETF was worth $5–25 million, potentially more than Pelosi's entire first half of trading ($8.9 million).
Timing has drawn scrutiny. Trump's buying nearly tripled in March during the Iran-war selloff . Critics also point to Nvidia purchases made shortly before administration decisions on chip exports to China.
# What they bought
Trump's biggest wins sit in AI hardware and data-center plumbing, bought in February and March.
Pelosi's July bet on Bloom Energy is her best 2026 trade so far, while her January moves into Vistra and AllianceBernstein are underwater.
I personally had no idea the president was running a high frequency account while in office 😂