What if you had copied Julie Johnson?
Democrat, TX-32
The verdict
Copying Julie Johnson's reported trades from Feb 2025 would have turned $10,000 into $15,299, more than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $12,616 over the same days. The copy returned +27.8% a year against +14.3% for the S&P 500, 13 points a year ahead. Its worst fall was 18.4%, from Jan 26, 2026 to May 26, 2026. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 18.8%.
Copied Feb 13, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying Julie Johnson$15,299
- S&P 500$12,616
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$13,214
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at $13,214, so following every move earned $2,085 more.
- $10,000 copied
- $15,299
- +53.0%, +27.8% a year
- In the S&P 500
- $12,616
- +26.2%, +14.3% a year
- Kept every buy
- $13,214
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −18.4%
- Jan 26, 2026 to May 26, 2026
- Trades
- 217
- 110 buys, 107 sales
The moves that made the most
Held since Feb 2025, the stock up 131%
Held from Mar 2025 to Jan 2026, the stock up 45%
- MMM3M+$401
Held since Apr 2025, the stock up 32%
- GSGoldman Sachs+$393
Held from Feb 2025 to Jan 2026, the stock up 51%
- DOW+$291
Held since Feb 2025
- BABoeing+$247
Held from Feb 2025 to Aug 2026, the stock up 34%
The moves that cost the most
Held from May 2025 to Jan 2026, the stock down 18%
- DGDollar General−$79
Held since Feb 2025
Held since Aug 2026, the stock down 2%
Held from Feb 2025 to Mar 2025, the stock down 7%
- TERTeradyne−$30
Held from Mar 2025 to Apr 2025, the stock down 13%
- UNPUnion Pacific−$27
Held from Mar 2025 to Sep 2025, the stock down 7%
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025from Feb 2025 | +25.8% | +13.2% | +12.6 |
| 2026to Nov 2026 | +21.6% | +11.5% | +10.1 |
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.