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What if you had copied Lois Frankel?

Democrat, FL-22

The verdict

Copying Lois Frankel's reported trades from Jan 2023 would have turned $10,000 into $11,339, less than the S&P 500 did.

The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $20,392 over the same days. The copy returned +3.3% a year against +20.4% for the S&P 500, 17 points a year behind. Its worst fall was 12.2%, from Jul 26, 2023 to Oct 3, 2023. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 18.8%.

Copied Jan 9, 2023 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes

What $10,000 became

Closes to Nov 9, 2026
  • Copying Lois Frankel$11,339
  • S&P 500$20,392
  • Kept every buy and ignored their sales$15,514
Jan 9, 2023 to Nov 9, 2026

If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at $15,514, so following every move cost $4,175.

$10,000 copied
$11,339
+13.4%, +3.3% a year
In the S&P 500
$20,392
+103.9%, +20.4% a year
Kept every buy
$15,514
Their sales ignored
Worst fall
−12.2%
Jul 26, 2023 to Oct 3, 2023
Trades
98
60 buys, 38 sales

The moves that made the most

The moves that cost the most

Year by year

YearCopyS&P 500Gap, pts
2023from Jan 2023+0.8%+24.4%−23.6
2024+5.1%+24.9%−19.8
2025+4.2%+17.7%−13.5
2026to Nov 2026+2.7%+11.5%−8.8

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.

After hours

That's a wrap.

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