ProBors Estimated Value Filters: Screen Large Congressional Rows by Dollar Bounds

The Trades tab on probors.com shows statutory amount brackets in every row, but brackets alone do not always answer “show me the bigger lines first.” In More filters, Min est. value and Max est. value let you bound rows by ProBors’s estimated dollar midpoint, while optional Min / max price per share narrows liquid equities when you care about share price, not just bracket text. Use these fields after you set politician, ticker, or date chips so you are filtering size within a real research question—not hiding small routine trades across the entire congress feed. This is a product walkthrough for disclosure researchers, not investment advice.

Quick answer

Sign in, open Trades, apply any politician, ticker, or date window you already need, then click More filters. Enter a Min est. value (USD) when you want rows above a dollar floor (for example 50000 or 100000), optionally cap with Max est. value, and press Done. Add Min price / share when you only want names above a per-share threshold. Sort with the Amount column header or the Largest value preset if you still need ordering inside the filtered set. Click a surviving row to read the bracket, estimated value, and filing lag in the disclosure context window before you cite anything.

Why estimated value is separate from the Amount column

Congressional forms report ranges (such as $15,001–$50,000), not exact trade sizes. The Amount column in the table reflects that statutory language. ProBors also computes an estimated value band when price and share context allow—useful for sorting and for numeric floors that would be awkward to express as bracket text alone.

Estimated value is a research aid, not a precise portfolio weight. Pair filters with why congressional amount ranges are not exact dollars so you do not treat midpoints as audited trade tickets.

Step 1: Narrow the feed before you set dollar bounds

Value filters work best on a bounded set—not on the entire historical congress table.

1. Open Trades from the dashboard header.
2. Set Politician or Ticker when you already know the subject.
3. Choose Buys, Sells, or Options when direction or derivative lines matter.
4. Open More filters and set a Date range on filing date or trade date (seven to thirty days for daily triage).

Confirm the chip row under the toolbar lists your constraints. If the feed still shows tens of thousands of rows, tighten dates or add a ticker before you raise Min est. value—otherwise you may accidentally exclude the small lines you still needed for context.

Step 2: Set min and max estimated value in More filters

Inside More filters, scroll to the Min est. value (USD) and Max est. value (USD) fields.

1. Enter Min est. value as a plain number (no dollar sign required)—for example 25000 to drop the smallest statutory bands when you are triaging a dense House batch.
2. Optionally set Max est. value when you are studying a specific bracket band rather than “everything above X.”
3. Choose a Sort preset such as Largest value if you want the biggest rows at the top after Done.
4. Press Done and read the new chip (for example Min est. value: 25000).

Remove a single chip with × on that chip, or Clear all when you start a new scan. The More filters dialog guide covers the shared chip behavior on Whales as well.

Step 3: Add price-per-share bounds for liquid equity passes

When your question is “large listed stock lines,” combine value bounds with per-share filters:

1. Keep your ticker or date chips in place.
2. In More filters, set Min price / share (for example 20) to skip very low-priced symbols that might still carry wide brackets on paper.
3. Leave Max price / share empty unless you are studying a specific cap band.

Price-per-share filters apply when ProBors has a usable quote for the symbol. Missing quotes do not prove the trade was tiny—they may mean the row lacked a ticker or the market data was temporarily unavailable. Check probors.com/status when quotes fail across many symbols.

Step 4: Read the table and open the context window

After Done, scan Amount, Chamber, and Signal before you assume every large-looking row is novel.

1. Click Amount or use Largest value sorting if rows still feel unordered within your band.
2. Note Chamber badges—Senate batches often carry longer lag even when estimated value is high.
3. Click a row to open the context window: compare amount bracket, estimated value, traded vs filed dates, and signal reasons.
4. Follow the official source link when the row might leave your private notes.

For bracket literacy without the product UI, see how to filter congress trades by amount bracket.

Step 5: Reset when you change research questions

Dollar floors are sticky until you clear them.

1. Remove only the Min est. value chip when you keep the same ticker but want all bracket sizes back.
2. Use Reset on the toolbar when you switch from a “large trades only” pass to a fresh politician history review.
3. Re-run Min signal or Recent first presets when you pivot from size triage to freshness triage—see column sorting habits so sort and value filters do not fight each other.

Common mistakes with estimated value filters

• Filtering before dates — a global min value hides small but timely rows you needed for a weekly memo.
• Treating midpoint as exact size — brackets and estimates summarize disclosure text; the PDF is authoritative.
• Ignoring options rows — premium-sized option lines may look “small” in bracket language but large in risk context; use the congress options guide when derivatives are in scope.
• Skipping verification — estimated value helps you find rows; it does not replace STOCK Act PDF checks before sharing.

FAQ

Does min estimated value use the amount bracket or ProBors’s midpoint?

It uses ProBors’s estimated value fields when present, not raw bracket substring matching. The Amount column still shows statutory text for verification.

Can I combine min estimated value with min signal score?

Yes. Set both in More filters when you want larger rows that also cleared a signal floor. Signal scores are triage hints—see trade signal scores for how to read labels.

Why do some large bracket rows disappear when I set min price per share?

Per-share filters require a usable price on the symbol. Rows without tickers, illiquid names, or temporary quote gaps may drop out even when the bracket text looks large.

Is largest value sort the same as min estimated value?

No. Largest value reorder rows you already matched; Min est. value excludes rows below your floor. Use both when you want a hard cutoff and a readable top of the table.

Do Whales share these fields?

Whales uses notional value bounds and SEC-oriented fields instead of congressional brackets. Start with the Whales tab guide when you filter Form 4 prints rather than STOCK Act rows.

Screen congressional rows by size with context

Open Trades on ProBors, set estimated value bounds in More filters, and verify each shortlisted disclosure in the context window.

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Related reading

• ProBors Trades tab guide
• ProBors More filters dialog guide
• ProBors Trades column sorting guide
• How to filter congress trades by amount bracket

Sources

• U.S. House Clerk — Financial disclosure search — official House PTR filings
• U.S. Senate eFD search — official Senate periodic transaction reports
• STOCK Act (Pub. L. 112-105) — congressional financial disclosure framework
• ProBors data status — ingestion and quote health for research screens
• Rows were checked in ProBors and should be verified against the original filing.