Patty Murray’s disclosed stock trades — and what copying them returned

Patty Murray (Senate) has disclosed 161 stock trades under the STOCK Act, from Mar 21, 2017 to Jun 22, 201778 buys and 83 sells, read straight from the official filings. The median gap between a trade and the public finding out was 7 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 Patty Murray’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 22, 2017Aug 11, 2026). Fees on, position sizes equal — a filing never discloses the real amount, only a band.

Copy-return, total+274.3%
S&P 500 over the same window+280.6%
Difference-6.3%
Annualized over 9.4 years+15.1% vs +15.3% -0.2% a year against the index
Deepest fall along the way-33.7%
Positions that closed ahead62%
Disclosed buys / actually copied78 / 63

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

Most-traded tickers

DLPH (2) · ETN (2) · MDT (2) · CB (2) · TEL (2) · LYB (2) · T (2) · AMGN (2) · APA (2) · AAPL (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
DLPHSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
ETNSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
MDTSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
CBSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
TELSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
LYBSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
TSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
AMTSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
AMGNSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
APASellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
AAPLSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
BGSSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
BACSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
BASellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
BMYSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
CVSSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
CVXSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
CSCOSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
KOSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
CMCSASellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
CMASellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
COPSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
CCISellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
DISSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
DOWSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
DUKSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
DNKNSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
ETRSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
EXCSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
XOMSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
GDSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
GESellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
GMSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
GILDSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
GSKSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
HSYSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
JPMSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
JNJSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
KARSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
KEYSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
KMBSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
KMISellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
MTBSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
MDCSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
MXIMSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
MRKSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
METSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
MSFTSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
TAPSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$1,001 - $15,000
MSSellJun 15, 2017Jun 22, 20177d$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.