What if you had copied Chip Roy?
Republican, TX-21
The verdict
Copying Chip Roy's reported trades from May 2026 would have turned $10,000 into $2,941, less than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $10,256 over the same days. The copy returned −70.6% against +2.6% for the S&P 500, over less than a year, which is too short to call. Its worst fall was 73.1%, from May 20, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 5.9%.
Copied May 11, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying Chip Roy$2,941
- S&P 500$10,256
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$2,941
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at about the same place, $2,941.
- $10,000 copied
- $2,941
- −70.6%
- In the S&P 500
- $10,256
- +2.6%
- Kept every buy
- $2,941
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −73.1%
- May 20, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026
- Trades
- 3
- 2 buys, 1 sales
The moves that made the most
No position made money for the copy.
The moves that cost the most
- AESIAtlas Energy Solutions−$7,059
Held since May 2026, the stock down 71%
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026from May 2026 | −70.6% | +2.6% | −73.2 |
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.