Effective July 15, 2026

Terms of Service

These terms are the agreement between you and Watchpost for your use of Capitol Pulse. Please read them — especially the sections on investment advice and simulated performance. By using Capitol Pulse, you agree to what follows.

1. Who we are and what Capitol Pulse does

Capitol Pulse is a product of Watchpost. It monitors U.S. congressional stock-trade disclosures filed under the STOCK Act — public records from the U.S. House Clerk — parses them, and presents plain-English briefs, sector trends, a simulated ("paper trade") portfolio, and optional alerts. Throughout these terms, "Capitol Pulse," "Watchpost," "we," "us," and "our" refer to the service and its operator; "you" refers to you as a user.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to use Capitol Pulse. By using the service, you confirm that you are 18 or older and that you are able to enter into these terms.

3. Not investment advice

This is the most important thing to understand about Capitol Pulse.

• Capitol Pulse reports public data and analysis only. It surfaces what members of Congress have disclosed and highlights trends in that public data.
• It never provides buy, sell, or hold recommendations, and nothing in the product should be read as one.
• Nothing in Capitol Pulse is investment, financial, legal, or tax advice, and we are not your broker, adviser, or fiduciary.
• The information may be incomplete, delayed, or contain errors, because it depends on filings made by third parties and on public sources that we do not control.
• You are solely responsible for your own financial decisions. Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Consider consulting a licensed professional before making decisions.

4. Simulated performance

The portfolio and any performance metrics shown in Capitol Pulse are simulated and are labeled as such in the product.

• They are a "paper trade" model — hypothetical positions and results, not actual transactions.
• No real money is invested, traded, or managed by Capitol Pulse, and no figure shown represents real gains or losses.
• Simulated and hypothetical results have inherent limitations and do not guarantee or predict future results. Real-world trading involves costs, timing, taxes, and risks that a simulation cannot fully capture.

5. Subscriptions, billing, and cancellation

Capitol Pulse offers a free tier and paid subscriptions. Paid plans are billed through Stripe via Stripe Checkout, and you can manage your subscription through the Stripe Customer Portal.

• Renewal: subscriptions renew automatically for the plan period you chose (monthly or yearly) until you cancel.
• Free trial: if your plan includes a 7-day free trial, you will not be charged during the trial. Unless you cancel before it ends, your subscription converts to a paid plan and billing begins.
• Cancel anytime: you can cancel from the Stripe Customer Portal at any time. Your access continues until the end of the current billing period, after which it will not renew.
• Payment handling: Stripe processes your payment details directly. We never see or store your full card number.
• Price changes: if we change prices, we'll give you notice and any change will apply to future billing periods, not the one you're already in.

6. Your Capitol Pulse account

To access paid features, you sign in with your email address. You are responsible for keeping access to your email secure and for activity under your account. Let us know promptly at support@trywatchpost.com if you believe your account has been used without your permission.

7. Acceptable use

When using Capitol Pulse, you agree not to:

• Use the service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these terms.
• Attempt to disrupt, overload, reverse-engineer, or gain unauthorized access to the service or its systems.
• Scrape, resell, or redistribute the service or its content in a way that competes with or misrepresents Capitol Pulse.
• Present anything from Capitol Pulse as personalized investment advice to others.
• Interfere with other users' use of the service.

8. Intellectual property

The underlying congressional disclosures are public records. The Capitol Pulse service itself — including our software, design, brand, briefs, and how we organize and present the data — belongs to Watchpost and is protected by applicable law. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use Capitol Pulse for your own purposes while these terms are in effect. Please don't copy or reuse our product beyond what these terms allow.

9. Third-party services

Capitol Pulse relies on third parties including Stripe (payments) and Netlify (hosting and storage). Your use of those services is subject to their own terms and policies, which we don't control.

10. Disclaimer of warranties

Capitol Pulse is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, timely, error-free, or that the information it presents is complete or accurate, since it depends on public filings and sources outside our control.

11. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Watchpost and Capitol Pulse will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, or trading or investment losses, arising out of or relating to your use of (or inability to use) the service. To the extent we are found liable for anything, our total liability will not exceed the amount you paid us for the service in the twelve months before the claim arose. Some jurisdictions don't allow certain limitations, so some of these may not apply to you.

12. Termination

You can stop using Capitol Pulse and cancel your subscription at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these terms or if we need to for legal, security, or operational reasons. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — such as disclaimers, limitation of liability, and intellectual property — will continue to apply.

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we'll update the effective date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you. If you keep using Capitol Pulse after an update takes effect, you accept the revised terms.

14. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which Watchpost operates, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any disputes relating to Capitol Pulse or these terms will be handled in that jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

15. Contact us

Questions about these terms? Email us at support@trywatchpost.com.