What if you had copied Brian Babin?
Republican, TX-36
The verdict
Copying Brian Babin's reported trades from Jun 2023 would have turned $10,000 into $15,127, less than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $18,163 over the same days. The copy returned +12.9% a year against +19.1% for the S&P 500, 6.2 points a year behind. Its worst fall was 42.7%, from Oct 4, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 18.8%.
Copied Jun 12, 2023 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying Brian Babin$15,127
- S&P 500$18,163
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$14,666
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at $14,666, so following every move earned $461 more.
- $10,000 copied
- $15,127
- +51.3%, +12.9% a year
- In the S&P 500
- $18,163
- +81.6%, +19.1% a year
- Kept every buy
- $14,666
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −42.7%
- Oct 4, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
- Trades
- 6
- 4 buys, 2 sales
The moves that made the most
- BHP+$4,449
Held since Jun 2023, the stock up 60%
Held from Jun 2023 to May 2026, the stock up 29%
- WDSWoodside Energy+$270
Held from Jun 2023 to May 2026, the stock up 19%
The moves that cost the most
No position lost money for the copy.
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023from Jun 2023 | +13.9% | +10.8% | +3.1 |
| 2024 | −8.2% | +24.9% | −33.1 |
| 2025 | +6.2% | +17.7% | −11.5 |
| 2026to Nov 2026 | +36.3% | +11.5% | +24.8 |
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.