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POLITICIANS · COPY-TRADE BACKTEST
If You Copied Gary Peters
Senator · Democrat · MI
Every position below enters at the close on the disclosure date — the first day this was public — never the underlying trade date. A politician can trade weeks before the STOCK Act filing makes it known; you couldn’t have copied the trade any sooner than that, so neither does this backtest.
See the disclosed trades this is built fromCopying 6 disclosed buys since Jan 7, equal-weighted, held to 2026-09-06
+11.9%
Copy-trade return · 6 positions
+7.6%
S&P 500, same windows
+4.3%
Vs. index
Positions
| Ticker | Disclosed | Entry | Last | Return | Index, same window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VZ | Jan 7 | Jan 7 @ $40.13 | Sep 4 @ $50.14 | +24.9% | +11.5% |
| WPC | Jan 20 | Jan 20 @ $69.93 | Sep 4 @ $70.38 | +0.6% | +13.6% |
| SWK | Jan 20 | Jan 20 @ $80.74 | Sep 4 @ $97.36 | +20.6% | +13.6% |
| KHC | Jun 11 | Jun 11 @ $24.22 | Sep 4 @ $24.85 | +2.6% | +4.4% |
| T | Jul 2 | Jul 2 @ $20.58 | Sep 4 @ $25.68 | +24.8% | +3.1% |
| O | Aug 7 | Aug 7 @ $62.51 | Sep 4 @ $61.25 | −2.0% | −0.5% |
How to read this
- Entry is the close on (or the next trading day after) the disclosure date, never the underlying trade date — the whole point is honesty about when the public could actually act.
- Price return only — dividends are excluded on both sides (the backtest and the index), which understates total return, especially for dividend payers.
- Equal-weighted: every disclosed buy counts the same regardless of the actual dollar size of the trade or position.
- Buys only — disclosed sells are not mirrored or subtracted; this tracks "what if you bought and held," not the entity's actual net position over time.
- Past performance isn't predictive of future results. Not investment advice.