What if you had copied August Pfluger?
Republican, TX-11
The verdict
Copying August Pfluger's reported trades from Apr 2026 would have turned $10,000 into $10,574, less than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $10,806 over the same days. The copy returned +5.7% against +8.1% for the S&P 500, over less than a year, which is too short to call. Its worst fall was 7.5%, from May 19, 2026 to Jul 6, 2026. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 5.9%.
Copied Apr 16, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying August Pfluger$10,574
- S&P 500$10,806
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$10,574
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at about the same place, $10,574.
- $10,000 copied
- $10,574
- +5.7%
- In the S&P 500
- $10,806
- +8.1%
- Kept every buy
- $10,574
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −7.5%
- May 19, 2026 to Jul 6, 2026
- Trades
- 5
- 5 buys, 0 sales
The moves that made the most
Held since Apr 2026, the stock up 21%
Held since Apr 2026, the stock up 10%
Held since Apr 2026, the stock up 7%
Held since Apr 2026, the stock up 3%
The moves that cost the most
- VNOMViper Energy−$250
Held since Apr 2026, the stock down 13%
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026from Apr 2026 | +5.7% | +8.1% | −2.3 |
A historical test on paper, before costs and taxes. It trades at the close of the first trading day after each report comes out, up to 45 days after the trade, sizes from reported ranges, and skips delisted companies, which flatters it.