What if you had copied Daniel S. Goldman?
Democrat, NY-10
The verdict
Copying Daniel S. Goldman's reported trades from Feb 2023 would have turned $10,000 into $15,000, less than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $19,886 over the same days. The copy returned +11.6% a year against +20.4% for the S&P 500, 8.8 points a year behind. Its worst fall was 28.6%, from Dec 17, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 18.8%.
Copied Feb 27, 2023 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying Daniel S. Goldman$15,000
- S&P 500$19,886
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$15,244
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at $15,244, so following every move cost $244.
- $10,000 copied
- $15,000
- +50.0%, +11.6% a year
- In the S&P 500
- $19,886
- +98.9%, +20.4% a year
- Kept every buy
- $15,244
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −28.6%
- Dec 17, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
- Trades
- 529
- 308 buys, 221 sales
The moves that made the most
- TSLATesla+$1,165
Held since Mar 2023, the stock up 93%
- GOOGLAlphabet+$1,016
Held since Feb 2023, the stock up 224%
- MSFTMicrosoft+$428
Held since Apr 2023, the stock up 94%
- NVDANVIDIA+$368
Held since Apr 2023, the stock up 548%
- CRMSalesforce+$294
Held since Feb 2023, the stock up 34%
- AAPLApple+$243
Held since Apr 2023, the stock up 114%
The moves that cost the most
- PLUGPlug Power−$200
Held since Feb 2023, the stock down 90%
- TTDThe Trade Desk−$130
Held since Feb 2023, the stock down 72%
- CSGPCoStar−$96
Held since May 2023, the stock down 61%
- BILL−$76
Held since May 2023, the stock down 46%
Held since Apr 2023, the stock down 32%
Held from Feb 2023 to May 2023, the stock down 34%
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023from Feb 2023 | +15.7% | +21.3% | −5.6 |
| 2024 | +24.9% | +24.9% | 0.0 |
| 2025 | +8.9% | +17.7% | −8.8 |
| 2026to Nov 2026 | −4.7% | +11.5% | −16.2 |
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.