What if you had copied Cliff Bentz?
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The verdict
Copying Cliff Bentz's reported trades from Jul 2025 would have turned $10,000 into $13,564, more than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $12,218 over the same days. The copy returned +25.7% a year against +16.2% for the S&P 500, 9.5 points a year ahead. Its worst fall was 15.2%, from Feb 27, 2026 to May 4, 2026. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 8.9%.
Copied Jul 10, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying Cliff Bentz$13,564
- S&P 500$12,218
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$13,564
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at about the same place, $13,564.
- $10,000 copied
- $13,564
- +35.6%, +25.7% a year
- In the S&P 500
- $12,218
- +22.2%, +16.2% a year
- Kept every buy
- $13,564
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −15.2%
- Feb 27, 2026 to May 4, 2026
- Trades
- 2
- 2 buys, 0 sales
The moves that made the most
- AMGNAmgen+$3,024
Held since Jul 2025, the stock up 60%
- PGProcter & Gamble+$540
Held since Jul 2025, the stock up 11%
The moves that cost the most
No position lost money for the copy.
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025from Jul 2025 | +1.2% | +9.6% | −8.4 |
| 2026to Nov 2026 | +34.1% | +11.5% | +22.6 |
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.