What if you had copied Bruce Westerman?
Republican, AR-4
This record ended in May 2025, when everything copied had been sold. It is shown here but not ranked.
The verdict
Copying Bruce Westerman's reported trades from Apr 2025 until May 2025 would have turned $10,000 into $11,054, less than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $11,148 over the same days. The copy returned +10.5% against +11.5% for the S&P 500, over less than a year, which is too short to call. Its worst fall was 1.7%, from Apr 17, 2025 to Apr 21, 2025. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 2.4%.
Copied Apr 17, 2025 to May 13, 2025 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying Bruce Westerman$11,054
- S&P 500$11,148
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$11,068
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at about the same place, $11,068. The test stops on May 13, 2025, when everything copied had been sold, so there was nothing left to follow.
- $10,000 copied
- $11,054
- +10.5%
- In the S&P 500
- $11,148
- +11.5%
- Kept every buy
- $11,068
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −1.7%
- Apr 17, 2025 to Apr 21, 2025
- Trades
- 203
- 103 buys, 100 sales
The moves that made the most
- NVDANVIDIA+$112
Held from Apr 2025 to May 2025, the stock up 28%
- AMZNAmazon.com+$68
Held from Apr 2025 to May 2025, the stock up 22%
- MSFTMicrosoft+$67
Held from Apr 2025 to May 2025, the stock up 22%
Held from Apr 2025 to May 2025, the stock up 20%
- NOWServiceNow+$34
Held from Apr 2025 to May 2025, the stock up 34%
Held from Apr 2025 to May 2025, the stock up 31%
The moves that cost the most
- UNHUnitedHealth−$31
Held from Apr 2025 to May 2025, the stock down 31%
- LLYEli Lilly−$11
Held from Apr 2025 to May 2025, the stock down 11%
- PEPPepsico−$9
Held from Apr 2025 to May 2025, the stock down 9%
Held from Apr 2025 to May 2025, the stock down 3%
Held from Apr 2025 to May 2025, the stock down 6%
Held from Apr 2025 to May 2025, the stock down 5%
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025from Apr 2025 | +10.5% | +11.5% | −0.9 |
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.