What if you had copied Pete Stauber?
Republican, MN-8
The verdict
Copying Pete Stauber's reported trades from Nov 2025 would have turned $10,000 into $18,190, more than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $11,403 over the same days. The copy returned +81.9% against +14.0% for the S&P 500, over less than a year, which is too short to call. Its worst fall was 31.3%, from Feb 20, 2026 to Mar 30, 2026. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 8.9%.
Copied Nov 24, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying Pete Stauber$18,190
- S&P 500$11,403
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$18,190
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at about the same place, $18,190.
- $10,000 copied
- $18,190
- +81.9%
- In the S&P 500
- $11,403
- +14.0%
- Kept every buy
- $18,190
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −31.3%
- Feb 20, 2026 to Mar 30, 2026
- Trades
- 1
- 1 buys, 0 sales
The moves that made the most
- NWLNewell Brands+$8,190
Held since Nov 2025, the stock up 82%
The moves that cost the most
No position lost money for the copy.
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025from Nov 2025 | +9.7% | +2.3% | +7.4 |
| 2026to Nov 2026 | +65.9% | +11.5% | +54.4 |
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.