What if you had copied William R. Timmons IV?
Republican, SC-4
The verdict
Copying William R. Timmons IV's reported trades from Jul 2026 would have turned $10,000 into $11,785, more than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $10,191 over the same days. The copy returned +17.8% against +1.9% for the S&P 500, over less than a year, which is too short to call. Its worst fall was 28.1%, from Oct 6, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 5.9%.
Copied Jul 20, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying William R. Timmons IV$11,785
- S&P 500$10,191
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$11,785
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at about the same place, $11,785.
- $10,000 copied
- $11,785
- +17.8%
- In the S&P 500
- $10,191
- +1.9%
- Kept every buy
- $11,785
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −28.1%
- Oct 6, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026
- Trades
- 2
- 2 buys, 0 sales
The moves that made the most
- SPCXSpaceX+$1,785
Held since Jul 2026, the stock up 18%
The moves that cost the most
No position lost money for the copy.
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026from Jul 2026 | +17.8% | +1.9% | +15.9 |
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.