What if you had copied W. Gregory Steube?
Republican, FL-17
The verdict
Copying W. Gregory Steube's reported trades from Mar 2023 would have turned $10,000 into $8,171, less than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $19,967 over the same days. The copy returned −5.4% a year against +20.8% for the S&P 500, 26 points a year behind. Its worst fall was 63.3%, from May 29, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 18.8%.
Copied Mar 16, 2023 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying W. Gregory Steube$8,171
- S&P 500$19,967
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$8,171
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at about the same place, $8,171.
- $10,000 copied
- $8,171
- −18.3%, −5.4% a year
- In the S&P 500
- $19,967
- +99.7%, +20.8% a year
- Kept every buy
- $8,171
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −63.3%
- May 29, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026
- Trades
- 1
- 1 buys, 0 sales
The moves that made the most
No position made money for the copy.
The moves that cost the most
- IONQ−$1,829
Held since Apr 2026, the stock down 18%
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023from Mar 2023 | 0.0% | +21.8% | −21.8 |
| 2024 | 0.0% | +24.9% | −24.9 |
| 2025 | 0.0% | +17.7% | −17.7 |
| 2026to Nov 2026 | −18.3% | +11.5% | −29.8 |
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.