Cindy Axne’s disclosed stock trades — and what copying them returned

Cindy Axne (House) has disclosed 91 stock trades under the STOCK Act, from Oct 8, 2021 to Jan 2, 202358 buys and 33 sells, read straight from the official filings. The median gap between a trade and the public finding out was 319 days — which is why every number below starts at the disclosure date, the earliest day anyone could actually have copied a trade.

What copying every disclosed buy would have returned

Our engine bought at the first opening price after each of Cindy Axne’s disclosed purchases became public, held until the matching sale was disclosed, and marked the book against simply holding the S&P 500 over the same window (Oct 11, 2021Aug 11, 2026). Fees on, position sizes equal — a filing never discloses the real amount, only a band.

Copy-return, total+96.3%
S&P 500 over the same window+89.2%
Difference+7.1%
Annualized over 4.8 years+15.0% vs +14.1% +0.9% a year against the index
Deepest fall along the way-21.3%
Positions that closed ahead32%
Disclosed buys / actually copied58 / 56

Read the fill count before the return: a figure built on a handful of copied positions is an anecdote, whatever it says. And a copy-return is not Cindy Axne’s own return — the disclosure lag means a copier never got their entry price.

Most-traded tickers

JNJ (8) · V (8) · MKL (8) · MA (6) · AMZN (5) · SSNC (5) · LMT (4) · PYPL (4) · WFC (4) · JEF (3)

Recent filings

The latest 50 disclosed trades, newest filing first. Both dates are shown because the gap between them is the whole story.

TickerTypeTradedDisclosedLagAmount band
JEFSellDec 23, 2022Jan 2, 202310d$1,001 - $15,000
AMZNBuyNov 23, 2022Dec 7, 202214d$1,001 - $15,000
DHRBuyNov 23, 2022Dec 7, 202214d$1,001 - $15,000
CHDBuyNov 23, 2022Dec 7, 202214d$1,001 - $15,000
LMTSellNov 3, 2022Nov 15, 202212d$1,001 - $15,000
PYPLSellNov 9, 2022Nov 15, 20226d$1,001 - $15,000
PYPLSellNov 9, 2022Nov 15, 20226d$1,001 - $15,000
LBRDASellSep 8, 2022Sep 16, 20228d$1,001 - $15,000
LBRDAPartial sellAug 12, 2022Aug 15, 20223d$1,001 - $15,000
BRBRSellJun 15, 2022Jul 2, 202217d$1,001 - $15,000
JPMSellMay 12, 2022Jun 3, 202222d$1,001 - $15,000
JNJSellMay 4, 2022Jun 3, 202230d$1,001 - $15,000
JNJSellMay 4, 2022Jun 3, 202230d$1,001 - $15,000
DHRBuyMay 10, 2022Jun 3, 202224d$1,001 - $15,000
LMTPartial sellFeb 10, 2022Mar 7, 202225d$1,001 - $15,000
PYPLBuyFeb 28, 2022Mar 7, 20227d$1,001 - $15,000
PYPLBuyFeb 28, 2022Mar 7, 20227d$1,001 - $15,000
LMTPartial sellFeb 24, 2022Mar 7, 202211d$1,001 - $15,000
LBRDABuyJan 13, 2022Feb 8, 202226d$1,001 - $15,000
JEFBuyJan 13, 2022Feb 8, 202226d$1,001 - $15,000
BF.BBuyJan 13, 2022Feb 8, 202226d$1,001 - $15,000
SBUXBuyJan 13, 2022Feb 8, 202226d$1,001 - $15,000
KEYSBuyJan 13, 2022Feb 8, 202226d$1,001 - $15,000
MABuyNov 23, 2021Dec 7, 202114d$1,001 - $15,000
VBuyNov 23, 2021Dec 7, 202114d$1,001 - $15,000
MKLSellNov 11, 2021Dec 7, 202126d$1,001 - $15,000
MKLSellNov 11, 2021Dec 7, 202126d$1,001 - $15,000
VBuyOct 22, 2021Nov 5, 202114d$1,001 - $15,000
MABuyOct 22, 2021Nov 5, 202114d$1,001 - $15,000
SSNCBuyAug 8, 2019Oct 8, 2021792d$1,001 - $15,000
JEFBuyFeb 4, 2019Oct 8, 2021977d$1,001 - $15,000
AMTBuyDec 10, 2020Oct 8, 2021302d$1,001 - $15,000
WFCBuyFeb 13, 2020Oct 8, 2021603d$1,001 - $15,000
VBuyApr 22, 2020Oct 8, 2021534d$1,001 - $15,000
VBuyJun 25, 2020Oct 8, 2021470d$1,001 - $15,000
SYKBuyJul 17, 2020Oct 8, 2021448d$1,001 - $15,000
ORLYBuyDec 10, 2020Oct 8, 2021302d$1,001 - $15,000
MABuyApr 22, 2020Oct 8, 2021534d$1,001 - $15,000
MKLBuyApr 23, 2019Oct 8, 2021899d$1,001 - $15,000
MKLBuyDec 31, 2019Oct 8, 2021647d$1,001 - $15,000
JNJPartial sellApr 21, 2020Oct 8, 2021535d$1,001 - $15,000
JNJBuyDec 31, 2019Oct 8, 2021647d$1,001 - $15,000
ITWSellMar 23, 2020Oct 8, 2021564d$1,001 - $15,000
CLBuyDec 31, 2019Oct 8, 2021647d$1,001 - $15,000
KMXPartial sellMar 27, 2020Oct 8, 2021560d$1,001 - $15,000
AZOBuyJan 20, 2021Oct 8, 2021261d$1,001 - $15,000
AMZNBuyAug 20, 2021Oct 8, 202149d$1,001 - $15,000
WFCSellDec 24, 2020Oct 8, 2021288d$1,001 - $15,000
WFCBuySep 9, 2019Oct 8, 2021760d$1,001 - $15,000
WFCSellDec 24, 2020Oct 8, 2021288d$1,001 - $15,000

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See plans All members and how the ranking works

Entries are at the first open AFTER the disclosure date — the earliest any copier could act. The member's own entry was up to 45 days earlier. Disclosed amounts are bands, not sizes; every position is sized at your chosen % of portfolio, which is not how the member sized it. Option purchases are copied as the underlying shares. A filing discloses no strike and no expiry, so an option cannot be mirrored — buying the stock is the closest a reader could get. It is 1.6% of all disclosed buys, but for some members it is a quarter to a half of everything they file, so their figure describes copying the filing rather than what the position itself did. Dividends are treated as reinvested (adjusted closes). Fees and taxes are not modeled. Positions are sized from equity at the time of each entry, so gains compound into later position sizes and most of the account sits in cash between filings. Read the drawdown next to the exposure figures: a portfolio that is mostly cash shows a small whole-portfolio drawdown even when its holdings fell hard. Absolute returns are model outputs, not achievable returns. Past disclosures are no promise of future filings — members stop trading, leave office, or file late in batches.