Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s disclosed stock trades — and what copying them returned

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (House) has disclosed 42 stock trades under the STOCK Act, from Jul 6, 2016 to Oct 6, 202526 buys and 14 sells, read straight from the official filings. The median gap between a trade and the public finding out was 14 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 Debbie Wasserman Schultz’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 (Jul 7, 2016Aug 11, 2026). Fees on, position sizes equal — a filing never discloses the real amount, only a band.

Copy-return, total+343.2%
S&P 500 over the same window+332.1%
Difference+11.1%
Annualized over 10.1 years+15.9% vs +15.6% +0.3% a year against the index
Deepest fall along the way-33.7%
Positions that closed ahead57%
Disclosed buys / actually copied26 / 15

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 Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s own return — the disclosure lag means a copier never got their entry price.

Most-traded tickers

KERX (4) · PTEN (3) · ANGO (2) · VSAT (2) · NGD (2) · MAG (2) · AE (2) · AGI (2) · XLE (2) · EMKR (2)

Recent filings

The latest 42 disclosed trades, newest filing first. Both dates are shown because the gap between them is the whole story.

TickerTypeTradedDisclosedLagAmount band
VLRSSellSep 29, 2025Oct 6, 20257d$1,118.07
SSYSBuyAug 15, 2025Aug 18, 20253d$1,001 - $15,000
ICHRBuyAug 5, 2025Aug 6, 20251d$1,001 - $15,000
ANGOBuyJun 27, 2025Jul 25, 202528d$1,001 - $15,000
VSATSellJul 18, 2025Jul 25, 20257d$1,001 - $15,000
ANGOSellJul 16, 2025Jul 25, 20259d$1,001 - $15,000
NGDBuyFeb 28, 2024Jul 1, 2025489d$1,001 - $15,000
HURCSellFeb 6, 2025Mar 6, 202528d$1,001 - $15,000
PTENBuyOct 23, 2024Nov 20, 202428d$1,001 - $15,000
BAXBuyNov 18, 2024Nov 20, 20242d$1,001 - $15,000
VSATBuyOct 23, 2024Nov 20, 202428d$1,001 - $15,000
NGDSellNov 18, 2024Nov 20, 20242d$1,001 - $15,000
HLBuyAug 9, 2024Sep 5, 202427d$1,001 - $15,000
PERIBuyMay 16, 2024Jun 10, 202425d$1,001 - $15,000
MAGBuyJan 8, 2024Jan 31, 202423d$1,001 - $15,000
MAGPartial sellJan 5, 2024Jan 31, 202426d$1,001 - $15,000
AESellOct 27, 2022Jul 11, 2023257d$1,001 - $15,000
AGISellJan 24, 2023Feb 20, 202327d$1,001 - $15,000
AESellOct 27, 2022Nov 10, 202214d$1,001 - $15,000
LGF.BBuySep 14, 2022Sep 30, 202216d$1,001 - $15,000
XLESellAug 19, 2022Aug 24, 20225d$1,001 - $15,000
XLESellAug 19, 2022Aug 24, 20225d$1,001 - $15,000
HILSellAug 17, 2022Aug 24, 20227d$1,001 - $15,000
EMKRBuyApr 19, 2021Jul 19, 2022456d$1,001 - $15,000
AGIBuyJun 6, 2022Jul 1, 202225d$1,001 - $15,000
PTENSellMay 20, 2022Jun 1, 202212d$1,001 - $15,000
PTENBuyJan 20, 2022Jan 25, 20225d$1,001 - $15,000
QMCOBuyDec 23, 2021Dec 29, 20216d$1,001 - $15,000
EMKRBuyApr 19, 2021Apr 28, 20219d$1,001 - $15,000
ASPNSellNov 22, 2017Nov 29, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
SGBKExchangeSep 26, 2017Oct 30, 201734d$15,001 - $50,000
SGBKExchangeSep 26, 2017Oct 27, 201731d$1,001 - $15,000
SCXBuyOct 9, 2017Oct 25, 201716d$1,001 - $15,000
KERXBuyDec 12, 2016Aug 4, 2017235d$1,001 - $15,000
JCSBuyJun 30, 2017Jul 11, 201711d$1,001 - $15,000
QTMBuyJun 1, 2017Jun 8, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
KERXBuyFeb 10, 2017Feb 15, 20175d$1,001 - $15,000
MPWBuyDec 12, 2016Dec 25, 201613d$1,001 - $15,000
FTRBuyNov 17, 2016Dec 25, 201638d$1,001 - $15,000
KERXBuyDec 12, 2016Dec 25, 201613d$1,001 - $15,000
FTRBuyDec 12, 2016Dec 25, 201613d$1,001 - $15,000
KERXBuyApr 27, 2016Jul 6, 201670d$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.