What if you had copied Maria Elvira Salazar?
Republican, FL-27
The verdict
Copying Maria Elvira Salazar's reported trades from Apr 2023 would have turned $10,000 into $19,390, less than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $19,485 over the same days. The copy returned +20.6% a year against +20.7% for the S&P 500, 0.2 points a year behind. Its worst fall was 24.0%, from Jan 23, 2025 to Apr 8, 2025. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 18.8%.
Copied Apr 26, 2023 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying Maria Elvira Salazar$19,391
- S&P 500$19,485
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$20,831
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at $20,831, so following every move cost $1,441.
- $10,000 copied
- $19,390
- +93.9%, +20.6% a year
- In the S&P 500
- $19,485
- +94.9%, +20.7% a year
- Kept every buy
- $20,831
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −24.0%
- Jan 23, 2025 to Apr 8, 2025
- Trades
- 125
- 86 buys, 39 sales
The moves that made the most
- ETEnergy Transfer LP Common+$8,474
Held since Apr 2023, the stock up 106%
- DTMDT Midstream+$888
Held since Jun 2024, the stock up 82%
- CRMSalesforce+$192
Held since May 2026, the stock up 22%
- CSCOCisco Systems+$176
Held from Apr 2026 to Oct 2026, the stock up 29%
Held since Nov 2024, the stock up 15%
Held since Jun 2023, the stock up 67%
The moves that cost the most
- GLWCorning−$210
Held since Apr 2026, the stock down 31%
Held from Jun 2026 to Oct 2026, the stock down 18%
- WHRWhirlpool−$132
Held from Apr 2026 to Jun 2026, the stock down 26%
- BABoeing−$120
Held since Apr 2026, the stock down 25%
Held from Jun 2026 to Oct 2026, the stock down 19%
- DDOGDatadog−$92
Held since Jun 2026, the stock down 21%
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023from Apr 2023 | +21.2% | +18.9% | +2.3 |
| 2024 | +45.9% | +24.9% | +21.0 |
| 2025 | −6.5% | +17.7% | −24.2 |
| 2026to Nov 2026 | +17.3% | +11.5% | +5.9 |
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.