Kenneth Buck’s disclosed stock trades — and what copying them returned

Kenneth Buck (House) has disclosed 56 stock trades under the STOCK Act, from Dec 20, 2016 to Oct 17, 202129 buys and 27 sells, read straight from the official filings. The median gap between a trade and the public finding out was 34 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 Kenneth Buck’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 (Dec 21, 2016Aug 11, 2026). Fees on, position sizes equal — a filing never discloses the real amount, only a band.

Copy-return, total+295.8%
S&P 500 over the same window+296.7%
Difference-0.9%
Annualized over 9.6 years+15.3% vs +15.4% -0.0% a year against the index
Deepest fall along the way-33.7%
Positions that closed ahead60%
Disclosed buys / actually copied29 / 25

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 Kenneth Buck’s own return — the disclosure lag means a copier never got their entry price.

Most-traded tickers

HP (3) · YARIY (2) · SNY (2) · NOK (2) · ISNPY (2) · FTI (2) · QCOM (2) · ORAN (2) · JPM (2) · INTC (2)

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
HPSellSep 9, 2021Oct 17, 202138d$1,001 - $15,000
YARIYSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
SNYSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
NOKSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
ISNPYSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
FTISellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
QCOMSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
ORANSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
JPMSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
INTCSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
HPQSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
CSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
BPSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
BACSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
ABTSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
TOTSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
PBFSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
OAKSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
MSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
JNJSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
IBMSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
ESellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
ETNSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
CSCOSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
BBTSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
BBVASellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
ABBVSellNov 7, 2017Dec 11, 201734d$1,001 - $15,000
YARIYBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
SNYBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
NOKBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
ISNPYBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
FTIBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
QCOMBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
ORANBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
JPMBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
INTCBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
HPQBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
CBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
BPBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
BACBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
ABTBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
TOTBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
PBFBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
OAKBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
MBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
JNJBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
IBMBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
EBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
ETNBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
CSBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$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.