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POLITICIANS · COPY-TRADE BACKTEST
If You Copied Rich McCormick
Representative · Republican · GA
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 14 disclosed buys since Apr 7, equal-weighted, held to 2026-09-06
+15.3%
Copy-trade return · 14 positions
+11.5%
S&P 500, same windows
+3.7%
Vs. index
Positions
| Ticker | Disclosed | Entry | Last | Return | Index, same window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABT | Apr 7 | Apr 7 @ $101.83 | Sep 4 @ $108.33 | +6.4% | +16.7% |
| ADP | Apr 7 | Apr 7 @ $203.61 | Sep 4 @ $277.62 | +36.3% | +16.7% |
| BLK | Apr 7 | Apr 7 @ $958.46 | Sep 4 @ $1122.29 | +17.1% | +16.7% |
| HD | Apr 7 | Apr 7 @ $318.77 | Sep 4 @ $321.05 | +0.7% | +16.7% |
| HD | Apr 7 | Apr 7 @ $318.77 | Sep 4 @ $321.05 | +0.7% | +16.7% |
| MSFT | Apr 7 | Apr 7 @ $372.29 | Sep 4 @ $499.70 | +34.2% | +16.7% |
| MSFT | Apr 7 | Apr 7 @ $372.29 | Sep 4 @ $499.70 | +34.2% | +16.7% |
| UNH | Apr 7 | Apr 7 @ $307.73 | Sep 4 @ $397.14 | +29.1% | +16.7% |
| UNH | Apr 7 | Apr 7 @ $307.73 | Sep 4 @ $397.14 | +29.1% | +16.7% |
| ABT | Jul 9 | Jul 9 @ $94.40 | Sep 4 @ $108.33 | +14.8% | +2.3% |
| ABT | Jul 9 | Jul 9 @ $94.40 | Sep 4 @ $108.33 | +14.8% | +2.3% |
| ICE | Jul 9 | Jul 9 @ $135.11 | Sep 4 @ $161.26 | +19.4% | +2.3% |
| LHX | Jul 9 | Jul 9 @ $289.87 | Sep 4 @ $256.45 | −11.5% | +2.3% |
| LHX | Jul 9 | Jul 9 @ $289.87 | Sep 4 @ $256.45 | −11.5% | +2.3% |
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.