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POLITICIANS · COPY-TRADE BACKTEST
If You Copied John Fetterman
Senator · Democrat · PA
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 7 disclosed buys since Apr 3, equal-weighted, held to 2026-09-06
+38.6%
Copy-trade return · 7 positions
+16.7%
S&P 500, same windows
+21.8%
Vs. index
Positions
| Ticker | Disclosed | Entry | Last | Return | Index, same window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSFT | Apr 3 | Apr 6 @ $372.88 | Sep 4 @ $499.70 | +34.0% | +16.7% |
| ERIE | Apr 3 | Apr 6 @ $254.33 | Sep 4 @ $252.80 | −0.6% | +16.7% |
| MU | Apr 3 | Apr 6 @ $377.76 | Sep 4 @ $1016.59 | +169.1% | +16.7% |
| MSFT | Apr 3 | Apr 6 @ $372.88 | Sep 4 @ $499.70 | +34.0% | +16.7% |
| ERIE | Apr 3 | Apr 6 @ $254.33 | Sep 4 @ $252.80 | −0.6% | +16.7% |
| GOOG | Apr 3 | Apr 6 @ $297.66 | Sep 4 @ $335.31 | +12.6% | +16.7% |
| AMZN | Apr 3 | Apr 6 @ $212.79 | Sep 4 @ $258.51 | +21.5% | +16.7% |
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.