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What if you had copied Tim Moore?

Republican, NC-14

The verdict

Copying Tim Moore's reported trades from Feb 2025 would have turned $10,000 into $19,191, more than the S&P 500 did.

The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $12,579 over the same days. The copy returned +46.0% a year against +14.3% for the S&P 500, 32 points a year ahead. Its worst fall was 28.3%, from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 18.8%.

Copied Feb 18, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes

What $10,000 became

Closes to Nov 9, 2026
  • Copying Tim Moore$19,191
  • S&P 500$12,579
  • Kept every buy and ignored their sales$16,339
Feb 18, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026

If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at $16,339, so following every move earned $2,853 more.

$10,000 copied
$19,191
+91.9%, +46.0% a year
In the S&P 500
$12,579
+25.8%, +14.3% a year
Kept every buy
$16,339
Their sales ignored
Worst fall
−28.3%
Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026
Trades
185
137 buys, 48 sales

The moves that made the most

The moves that cost the most

Year by year

YearCopyS&P 500Gap, pts
2025from Feb 2025+55.6%+12.8%+42.8
2026to Nov 2026+23.4%+11.5%+11.9

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.

After hours

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