Susan Davis’s disclosed stock trades — and what copying them returned

Susan Davis (House) has disclosed 34 stock trades under the STOCK Act, from Jun 30, 2014 to Nov 30, 202020 buys and 14 sells, read straight from the official filings. The median gap between a trade and the public finding out was 29 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 Susan Davis’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 (Jul 1, 2014Aug 11, 2026). Fees on, position sizes equal — a filing never discloses the real amount, only a band.

Copy-return, total+391.8%
S&P 500 over the same window+378.7%
Difference+13.1%
Annualized over 12.1 years+14.1% vs +13.8% +0.3% a year against the index
Deepest fall along the way-33.9%
Positions that closed ahead94%
Disclosed buys / actually copied20 / 16

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

Most-traded tickers

FTNT (4) · VSAT (3) · EA (3) · SCHW (3) · QCOM (3) · FB (2) · EXC (2) · VSM (2) · HCP (2) · KR (2)

Recent filings

The latest 34 disclosed trades, newest filing first. Both dates are shown because the gap between them is the whole story.

TickerTypeTradedDisclosedLagAmount band
FTNTBuyOct 28, 2020Nov 30, 202033d$1,001 - $15,000
VSATBuyOct 28, 2020Nov 30, 202033d$1,001 - $15,000
FBuyOct 28, 2020Nov 30, 202033d$15,001 - $50,000
VSATBuyApr 15, 2020May 14, 202029d$1,001 - $15,000
FBBuyMar 16, 2020Apr 16, 202031d$15,001 - $50,000
FTNTBuyMar 16, 2020Apr 16, 202031d$15,001 - $50,000
EXCBuyMar 16, 2020Apr 16, 202031d$1,001 - $15,000
FTNTPartial sellFeb 11, 2020Mar 13, 202031d$15,001 - $50,000
VSATBuyFeb 11, 2020Mar 13, 202031d$15,001 - $50,000
EASellMar 8, 2019Apr 9, 201932d$15,001 - $50,000
EABuyJan 11, 2019Feb 7, 201927d$1,001 - $15,000
FBBuyJan 11, 2019Feb 7, 201927d$1,001 - $15,000
EABuyOct 24, 2018Nov 16, 201823d$15,001 - $50,000
VSMSellOct 24, 2018Nov 16, 201823d$1,001 - $15,000
EXCBuyMar 7, 2018Mar 28, 201821d$1,001 - $15,000
HCPSellMar 7, 2018Mar 28, 201821d$15,001 - $50,000
SCHWSellMar 7, 2018Mar 28, 201821d$1,001 - $15,000
KRSellOct 20, 2017Nov 16, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
SCHWSellOct 20, 2017Nov 16, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
VSMBuyOct 20, 2017Nov 16, 201727d$15,001 - $50,000
HCPBuyOct 20, 2017Nov 16, 201727d$15,001 - $50,000
KRBuyAug 25, 2017Sep 26, 201732d$1,001 - $15,000
FTNTBuyJun 29, 2017Jul 31, 201732d$15,001 - $50,000
QCOMSellJun 29, 2017Jul 31, 201732d$15,001 - $50,000
KBHSellNov 30, 2016Dec 29, 201629d$15,001 - $50,000
COSTSellNov 30, 2016Dec 29, 201629d$15,001 - $50,000
CHKPSellAug 25, 2016Sep 27, 201633d$15,001 - $50,000
CAASellApr 29, 2016May 19, 201620d$15,001 - $50,000
KBHBuyApr 29, 2016May 19, 201620d$15,001 - $50,000
QCOMBuyJan 25, 2016Feb 22, 201628d$1,001 - $15,000
CHKPBuyMar 31, 2015May 7, 201537d$15,001 - $50,000
QCOMSellMar 31, 2015May 7, 201537d$50,001 - $100,000
COSTSellDec 10, 2014Jan 14, 201535d$15,001 - $50,000
SCHWBuyJun 30, 2014Jun 30, 20140d$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.