John Boehner’s disclosed stock trades — and what copying them returned

John Boehner (House) has disclosed 24 stock trades under the STOCK Act, from Feb 6, 2014 to Jul 14, 20152 buys and 18 sells, read straight from the official filings. The median gap between a trade and the public finding out was 13 days — which is why every number below starts at the disclosure date, the earliest day anyone could actually have copied a trade.

Why there is no backtest figure here

Our leaderboard only publishes a copy-return once a member clears its own floors — enough disclosed buys that actually priced, over a long enough window. John Boehnerhasn’t cleared them yet, so this page shows the filings and no invented number. That is the same rule the whole site runs on: abstain, never substitute.

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Recent filings

The latest 24 disclosed trades, newest filing first. Both dates are shown because the gap between them is the whole story.

TickerTypeTradedDisclosedLagAmount band
UNHSellJun 30, 2015Jul 14, 201514d$1,001 - $15,000
FCXSellJun 17, 2015Jul 14, 201527d$1,001 - $15,000
ANTMSellJul 1, 2015Jul 14, 201513d$1,001 - $15,000
MDTSellMar 27, 2015Apr 23, 201527d$15,001 - $50,000
ABBVBuyMar 11, 2015Mar 26, 201515d$15,001 - $50,000
JWNSellMar 10, 2015Mar 26, 201516d$15,001 - $50,000
COVExchangeJan 27, 2015Feb 25, 201529d$15,001 - $50,000
MDTExchangeJan 27, 2015Feb 25, 201529d$15,001 - $50,000
UNHSellDec 26, 2014Jan 9, 201514d$1,001 - $15,000
VFCSellDec 26, 2014Jan 9, 201514d$1,001 - $15,000
INTCSellDec 26, 2014Jan 9, 201514d$1,001 - $15,000
HYHSellDec 26, 2014Jan 9, 201514d$1,001 - $15,000
HYHExchangeNov 3, 2014Nov 3, 20140d$1,001 - $15,000
CDKExchangeOct 1, 2014Oct 1, 20140d$1,001 - $15,000
MCDSellSep 3, 2014Sep 3, 20140d$15,001 - $50,000
WLPSellAug 6, 2014Aug 6, 20140d$1,001 - $15,000
MSFTSellAug 6, 2014Aug 6, 20140d$1,001 - $15,000
ALLSellAug 6, 2014Aug 6, 20140d$1,001 - $15,000
AAPLSellAug 6, 2014Aug 6, 20140d$1,001 - $15,000
COVSellJun 24, 2014Jun 24, 20140d$15,001 - $50,000
KNSellMay 20, 2014May 20, 20140d$1,001 - $15,000
CAHSellFeb 27, 2014Feb 27, 20140d$1,001 - $15,000
SLBBuyFeb 26, 2014Feb 26, 20140d$15,001 - $50,000
DOSellFeb 6, 2014Feb 6, 20140d$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.