Patrick Toomey’s disclosed stock trades — and what copying them returned

Patrick Toomey (Senate) has disclosed 253 stock trades under the STOCK Act, from Mar 23, 2015 to Nov 15, 202183 buys and 159 sells, read straight from the official filings. The median gap between a trade and the public finding out was 117 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 Patrick Toomey’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 (Mar 24, 2015Aug 11, 2026). Fees on, position sizes equal — a filing never discloses the real amount, only a band.

Copy-return, total+331.9%
S&P 500 over the same window+345.1%
Difference-13.2%
Annualized over 11.4 years+13.7% vs +14.0% -0.3% a year against the index
Deepest fall along the way-34.3%
Positions that closed ahead52%
Disclosed buys / actually copied83 / 73 · 1% were options, copied as the stock

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

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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
SPGBuyOct 15, 2021Nov 15, 202131d$1,001 - $15,000
SHOPBuyDec 22, 2020Aug 5, 2021226d$1,001 - $15,000
TSLAPartial sellDec 22, 2020Aug 5, 2021226d$1,001 - $15,000
GBTCBuyJun 15, 2021Jul 7, 202122d$1,001 - $15,000
ETHEBuyJun 14, 2021Jul 7, 202123d$1,001 - $15,000
PENNBuyFeb 9, 2021Mar 9, 202128d$1,001 - $15,000
TSLASellJan 27, 2021Feb 8, 202112d$1,001 - $15,000
GMEBuyJan 27, 2021Feb 8, 202112d$1,001 - $15,000
SHOPSellJan 27, 2021Feb 8, 202112d$1,001 - $15,000
GMESellJan 28, 2021Feb 8, 202111d$1,001 - $15,000
SHOPBuyDec 22, 2020Jan 8, 202117d$1,001 - $15,000
TSLAPartial sellDec 22, 2020Jan 8, 202117d$1,001 - $15,000
AIVBuyNov 30, 2020Dec 29, 202029d$1,001 - $15,000
PTPIExchangeDec 2, 2020Dec 29, 202027d$1,001 - $15,000
SNPXExchangeDec 8, 2020Dec 29, 202021d$1,001 - $15,000
AIRCExchangeDec 15, 2020Dec 29, 202014d$15,001 - $50,000
AAPLBuyAug 27, 2020Sep 11, 202015d$1,001 - $15,000
TSLABuyAug 28, 2020Sep 11, 202014d$1,001 - $15,000
TNTOFBuyJan 31, 2019Aug 11, 2020558d$15,001 - $50,000
TSLABuyJul 7, 2020Aug 6, 202030d$1,001 - $15,000
TSLASellJul 7, 2020Aug 6, 202030d$1,001 - $15,000
NKLABuyJul 9, 2020Aug 6, 202028d$1,001 - $15,000
NKLAPartial sellJul 20, 2020Aug 6, 202017d$1,001 - $15,000
PPLBuyFeb 28, 2020Mar 6, 20207d$15,001 - $50,000
PPLBuyDec 10, 2019Jan 9, 202030d$15,001 - $50,000
NDAQSellNov 19, 2019Dec 10, 201921d$1,001 - $15,000
NDAQBuyNov 19, 2019Dec 10, 201921d$1,001 - $15,000
ETSellNov 6, 2019Dec 10, 201934d$1,001 - $15,000
GEPartial sellNov 5, 2019Dec 10, 201935d$1,001 - $15,000
BBTBuyAug 1, 2018Nov 15, 2019471d$15,001 - $50,000
ETExchangeOct 19, 2018Nov 15, 2019392d$1,001 - $15,000
BBTSellOct 31, 2018Nov 15, 2019380d$15,001 - $50,000
BBTSellOct 31, 2018Aug 13, 2019286d$15,001 - $50,000
ETExchangeOct 19, 2018Aug 13, 2019298d$1,001 - $15,000
ETPExchangeOct 19, 2018Aug 13, 2019298d$1,001 - $15,000
REVBPartial sellJul 27, 2018Aug 12, 2019381d$15,001 - $50,000
REVBPartial sellJul 27, 2018Aug 12, 2019381d$15,001 - $50,000
BACSellJan 5, 2018Aug 12, 2019584d$15,001 - $50,000
REVBPartial sellJan 30, 2018Aug 12, 2019559d$1,001 - $15,000
REVBPartial sellJan 30, 2018Aug 12, 2019559d$1,001 - $15,000
PFSSellJan 8, 2018Aug 12, 2019581d$1,001 - $15,000
REVBPartial sellJan 8, 2018Aug 12, 2019581d$1,001 - $15,000
PFSPartial sellJan 5, 2018Aug 12, 2019584d$1,001 - $15,000
REVBPartial sellFeb 8, 2018Aug 12, 2019550d$1,001 - $15,000
NTRPBuyFeb 15, 2018Aug 12, 2019543d$1,001 - $15,000
REVBPartial sellMar 22, 2018Aug 12, 2019508d$1,001 - $15,000
BOXBuyApr 23, 2018Aug 12, 2019476d$1,001 - $15,000
REVBPartial sellApr 30, 2018Aug 12, 2019469d$1,001 - $15,000
BOXBuyMay 2, 2018Aug 12, 2019467d$1,001 - $15,000
BOXSellMay 2, 2018Aug 12, 2019467d$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.