What if you had copied Julia Letlow?
Republican, LA-5
The verdict
Copying Julia Letlow's reported trades from Jan 2026 would have turned $10,000 into $10,969, less than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $11,013 over the same days. The copy returned +9.7% against +10.1% for the S&P 500, over less than a year, which is too short to call. Its worst fall was 11.1%, from Jan 15, 2026 to Mar 30, 2026. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 8.9%.
Copied Jan 14, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying Julia Letlow$10,970
- S&P 500$11,013
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$11,226
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at $11,226, so following every move cost $257.
- $10,000 copied
- $10,969
- +9.7%
- In the S&P 500
- $11,013
- +10.1%
- Kept every buy
- $11,226
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −11.1%
- Jan 15, 2026 to Mar 30, 2026
- Trades
- 205
- 134 buys, 71 sales
The moves that made the most
The moves that cost the most
- ICONIcon Energy−$107
Held since Jan 2026, the stock down 65%
- HUMHumana−$66
Held from Jan 2026 to Mar 2026, the stock down 40%
Held since Jan 2026, the stock down 38%
- AAAlcoa−$53
Held since Jan 2026, the stock down 35%
Held from Jan 2026 to Mar 2026, the stock down 15%
Held since Jan 2026, the stock down 14%
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026from Jan 2026 | +9.7% | +10.1% | −0.4 |
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.