Raúl Grijalva’s disclosed stock trades — and what copying them returned

Raúl Grijalva (House) has disclosed 54 stock trades under the STOCK Act, from Feb 5, 2014 to Dec 20, 202137 buys and 17 sells, read straight from the official filings. The median gap between a trade and the public finding out was 20 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 Raúl Grijalva’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 (Feb 6, 2014Aug 11, 2026). Fees on, position sizes equal — a filing never discloses the real amount, only a band.

Copy-return, total+438.5%
S&P 500 over the same window+436.3%
Difference+2.1%
Annualized over 12.5 years+14.4% vs +14.4% +0.0% a year against the index
Deepest fall along the way-33.7%
Positions that closed ahead64%
Disclosed buys / actually copied37 / 28

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

Most-traded tickers

CBOE (2) · GLD (2) · IBM (2) · MCHP (2) · OPY (2) · BTO (2) · INF (2) · DD (2) · BPAQF (2) · AA (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
CBOESellDec 17, 2021Dec 20, 20213d$1,001 - $15,000
CBOEBuyNov 24, 2021Dec 15, 202121d$1,001 - $15,000
GLDBuyMay 14, 2020Jul 22, 2021434d$1,001 - $15,000
GLDSellAug 25, 2020Jul 22, 2021331d$1,001 - $15,000
VOTBuySep 20, 2016Oct 5, 201615d$1,001 - $15,000
FVDBuySep 20, 2016Oct 5, 201615d$1,001 - $15,000
IBMBuyMay 20, 2016Jun 9, 201620d$1,001 - $15,000
TXTBuyApr 6, 2016May 4, 201628d$1,001 - $15,000
IRBuyApr 6, 2016May 4, 201628d$1,001 - $15,000
WYBuyFeb 12, 2016Mar 3, 201620d$1,001 - $15,000
FDXBuyOct 15, 2015Nov 2, 201518d$1,001 - $15,000
HONBuyAug 19, 2015Sep 3, 201515d$1,001 - $15,000
DOORBuyAug 19, 2015Sep 3, 201515d$1,001 - $15,000
MCHPBuyJul 14, 2015Aug 13, 201530d$1,001 - $15,000
BGLYXBuyJun 16, 2014Jun 25, 2015374d$1,001 - $15,000
CGOBuyMay 28, 2015Jun 10, 201513d$1,001 - $15,000
HDBuyMay 13, 2015Jun 10, 201528d$1,001 - $15,000
GPCBuyMay 11, 2015Jun 10, 201530d$1,001 - $15,000
OPYBuyApr 10, 2015May 14, 201534d$1,001 - $15,000
GDBuyApr 10, 2015May 14, 201534d$1,001 - $15,000
GRXBuyApr 28, 2015May 14, 201516d$1,001 - $15,000
KKRBuyApr 10, 2015May 14, 201534d$1,001 - $15,000
BTOBuyJan 27, 2015Feb 2, 20156d$1,001 - $15,000
MCHPBuyJan 15, 2015Feb 2, 201518d$1,001 - $15,000
FRBuyJan 27, 2015Feb 2, 20156d$1,001 - $15,000
EMCSellOct 30, 2014Nov 12, 201413d$1,001 - $15,000
MTWSellOct 2, 2014Nov 12, 201441d$1,001 - $15,000
INTCSellSep 10, 2014Oct 6, 201426d$1,001 - $15,000
INFSellSep 10, 2014Oct 6, 201426d$1,001 - $15,000
MBLYBuyAug 21, 2014Sep 3, 201413d$1,001 - $15,000
BTOBuyAug 21, 2014Sep 3, 201413d$1,001 - $15,000
WMBSellJul 30, 2014Aug 7, 20148d$1,001 - $15,000
UTXBuyJul 30, 2014Aug 7, 20148d$1,001 - $15,000
NKEBuyJul 30, 2014Aug 7, 20148d$1,001 - $15,000
HRBuyJul 30, 2014Aug 7, 20148d$1,001 - $15,000
DDSellJul 30, 2014Aug 7, 20148d$1,001 - $15,000
BPAQFSellJul 30, 2014Aug 7, 20148d$1,001 - $15,000
PETMBuyJun 27, 2014Jul 9, 201412d$1,001 - $15,000
AXPSellJun 27, 2014Jul 9, 201412d$1,001 - $15,000
SYKSellJun 16, 2014Jul 9, 201423d$1,001 - $15,000
OPYBuyJun 16, 2014Jul 9, 201423d$1,001 - $15,000
MMMSellJun 16, 2014Jul 9, 201423d$1,001 - $15,000
INFBuyJun 16, 2014Jul 9, 201423d$1,001 - $15,000
AAPLSellJun 16, 2014Jul 9, 201423d$1,001 - $15,000
DDBuyMay 8, 2014Jun 9, 201432d$1,001 - $15,000
BPAQFBuyMay 8, 2014Jun 9, 201432d$1,001 - $15,000
AASellMay 8, 2014Jun 9, 201432d$1,001 - $15,000
SDRLBuyFeb 21, 2014Mar 4, 201411d$1,001 - $15,000
SDLPBuyFeb 21, 2014Mar 4, 201411d$1,001 - $15,000
EEPSellFeb 21, 2014Mar 4, 201411d$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.