Richard Hanna’s disclosed stock trades — and what copying them returned

Richard Hanna (House) has disclosed 178 stock trades under the STOCK Act, from Jan 9, 2014 to Jan 18, 201791 buys and 76 sells, read straight from the official filings. The median gap between a trade and the public finding out was 24 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 Richard Hanna’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 (Jan 10, 2014Aug 11, 2026). Fees on, position sizes equal — a filing never discloses the real amount, only a band.

Copy-return, total+413.5%
S&P 500 over the same window+416.9%
Difference-3.4%
Annualized over 12.6 years+13.9% vs +13.9% -0.1% a year against the index
Deepest fall along the way-33.7%
Positions that closed ahead57%
Disclosed buys / actually copied91 / 76

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

Most-traded tickers

APA (7) · SPY (7) · SYNA (6) · SNI (6) · ETN (4) · ALNY (4) · HTZ (4) · UPS (4) · QQQ (4) · SCZ (4)

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
IBBSellDec 28, 2016Jan 18, 201721d$1,001 - $15,000
ETNSellDec 28, 2016Jan 18, 201721d$1,001 - $15,000
TFXSellDec 28, 2016Jan 18, 201721d$15,001 - $50,000
SRCLSellDec 28, 2016Jan 18, 201721d$15,001 - $50,000
NVSSellDec 5, 2016Jan 18, 201744d$100,001 - $250,000
BAXSellDec 28, 2016Jan 18, 201721d$15,001 - $50,000
ALNYBuyDec 30, 2016Jan 18, 201719d$50,001 - $100,000
ALNYSellDec 13, 2016Jan 18, 201736d$100,001 - $250,000
SYNASellDec 28, 2016Jan 18, 201721d$15,001 - $50,000
SNYSellNov 17, 2016Jan 18, 201762d$100,001 - $250,000
RHHBYBuyDec 19, 2016Jan 18, 201730d$100,001 - $250,000
LVSSellDec 28, 2016Jan 18, 201721d$15,001 - $50,000
HESSellDec 28, 2016Jan 18, 201721d$1,001 - $15,000
APASellDec 28, 2016Jan 18, 201721d$15,001 - $50,000
ALNYSellDec 30, 2016Jan 18, 201719d$1,001 - $15,000
VSMExchangeOct 7, 2016Nov 27, 201651d$15,001 - $50,000
CLSellOct 13, 2016Nov 27, 201645d$15,001 - $50,000
ALNYBuyOct 13, 2016Nov 27, 201645d$100,001 - $250,000
ASIXExchangeOct 7, 2016Nov 27, 201651d$1,001 - $15,000
SNISellOct 13, 2016Nov 27, 201645d$1,001 - $15,000
ESRXSellOct 13, 2016Nov 27, 201645d$15,001 - $50,000
XLREExchangeSep 22, 2016Oct 26, 201634d$15,001 - $50,000
KRBuySep 19, 2016Oct 26, 201637d$1,001 - $15,000
HRISellSep 22, 2016Oct 26, 201634d$1,001 - $15,000
TFXSellSep 22, 2016Oct 26, 201634d$1,001 - $15,000
XLREExchangeSep 22, 2016Oct 26, 201634d$1,001 - $15,000
HTZSellSep 22, 2016Oct 26, 201634d$1,001 - $15,000
SPYSellAug 11, 2016Oct 2, 201652d$100,001 - $250,000
HAINBuyAug 24, 2016Oct 2, 201639d$1,001 - $15,000
SPYBuyJul 29, 2016Aug 22, 201624d$15,001 - $50,000
JACKSellJul 18, 2016Aug 22, 201635d$15,001 - $50,000
ACTSellJun 18, 2015Aug 22, 2016431d$15,001 - $50,000
PYPLBuyJun 18, 2015Aug 22, 2016431d$1,001 - $15,000
HTZExchangeJul 7, 2016Aug 22, 201646d$1,001 - $15,000
SRCLBuyJun 10, 2016Aug 1, 201652d$1,001 - $15,000
LBSellMay 17, 2016Jun 30, 201644d$1,001 - $15,000
ITTExchangeMay 18, 2016Jun 30, 201643d$50,001 - $100,000
HAINBuyApr 26, 2016May 23, 201627d$1,001 - $15,000
WHRBuyJan 27, 2016Feb 16, 201620d$1,001 - $15,000
SPYBuyJan 29, 2016Feb 16, 201618d$15,001 - $50,000
SPYBuyJan 15, 2016Feb 16, 201632d$100,001 - $250,000
NVSBuyJan 21, 2016Feb 16, 201626d$100,001 - $250,000
EMRSellJan 27, 2016Feb 16, 201620d$1,001 - $15,000
ETNSellDec 9, 2015Jan 15, 201637d$100,001 - $250,000
PIISellDec 17, 2015Jan 15, 201629d$100,001 - $250,000
CMIBuyDec 9, 2015Jan 15, 201637d$100,001 - $250,000
UNFISellDec 17, 2015Jan 15, 201629d$100,001 - $250,000
HAINBuyNov 20, 2015Dec 14, 201524d$15,001 - $50,000
SRCLBuyNov 4, 2015Dec 14, 201540d$15,001 - $50,000
PIIBuyNov 4, 2015Dec 14, 201540d$15,001 - $50,000

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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.