Thomas Rooney’s disclosed stock trades — and what copying them returned

Thomas Rooney (House) has disclosed 379 stock trades under the STOCK Act, from Jan 16, 2017 to Jan 14, 2019271 buys and 108 sells, read straight from the official filings. The median gap between a trade and the public finding out was 75 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 Thomas Rooney’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 17, 2017Aug 11, 2026). Fees on, position sizes equal — a filing never discloses the real amount, only a band.

Copy-return, total+287.3%
S&P 500 over the same window+295.8%
Difference-8.5%
Annualized over 9.6 years+15.2% vs +15.5% -0.3% a year against the index
Deepest fall along the way-33.7%
Positions that closed ahead75%
Disclosed buys / actually copied271 / 230

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

Most-traded tickers

MMM (12) · AINV (12) · WY (11) · FTAI (11) · NXPI (11) · ARCC (11) · DORM (10) · NKE (10) · AOS (10) · MSFT (10)

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
AMATSellDec 10, 2018Jan 14, 201935d$15,001 - $50,000
WYSellDec 10, 2018Jan 14, 201935d$50,001 - $100,000
FTAIBuyDec 10, 2018Jan 14, 201935d$100,001 - $250,000
FTAIBuyDec 21, 2018Jan 14, 201924d$100,001 - $250,000
AZOPartial sellDec 6, 2018Jan 14, 201939d$15,001 - $50,000
DORMPartial sellNov 13, 2018Dec 12, 201829d$1,001 - $15,000
NRZBuyNov 5, 2018Dec 12, 201837d$50,001 - $100,000
FTAIBuyOct 2, 2018Nov 9, 201838d$15,001 - $50,000
THOSellSep 20, 2018Oct 13, 201823d$15,001 - $50,000
MMMBuySep 20, 2018Oct 13, 201823d$1,001 - $15,000
WRKBuySep 20, 2018Oct 13, 201823d$1,001 - $15,000
ANPartial sellSep 20, 2018Oct 13, 201823d$15,001 - $50,000
NKEPartial sellAug 27, 2018Sep 14, 201818d$1,001 - $15,000
TJXPartial sellJul 18, 2018Aug 13, 201826d$15,001 - $50,000
AMZNPartial sellJul 18, 2018Aug 13, 201826d$1,001 - $15,000
AMATBuyMay 29, 2018Jun 8, 201810d$1,001 - $15,000
MMMBuyMay 29, 2018Jun 8, 201810d$1,001 - $15,000
THOBuyMay 29, 2018Jun 8, 201810d$1,001 - $15,000
NXPISellMay 24, 2018Jun 8, 201815d$15,001 - $50,000
HHCSellMay 3, 2018Jun 8, 201836d$50,001 - $100,000
TMOPartial sellApr 2, 2018May 14, 201842d$1,001 - $15,000
AMZNPartial sellApr 2, 2018May 14, 201842d$1,001 - $15,000
AMATBuyMar 28, 2018Apr 13, 201816d$1,001 - $15,000
THOBuyMar 28, 2018Apr 13, 201816d$1,001 - $15,000
TJXSellFeb 28, 2018Mar 12, 201812d$1,001 - $15,000
WYSellFeb 28, 2018Mar 12, 201812d$1,001 - $15,000
THOBuyFeb 27, 2018Mar 12, 201813d$15,001 - $50,000
AMZNSellFeb 27, 2018Mar 12, 201813d$1,001 - $15,000
WRKSellJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
TJXBuyJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
SYFSellJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
NXPISellJan 8, 2018Feb 15, 201838d$1,001 - $15,000
NKEBuyJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
MASellJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
HDSellJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
DPZBuyJan 26, 2018Feb 15, 201820d$15,001 - $50,000
ANSellJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
AMATBuyJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
ANSSBuyJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
AOSBuyJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
WYBuyJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
TXNSellJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
NXPIBuyJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
MSFTSellJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
FTAIBuyJan 16, 2018Feb 15, 201830d$100,001 - $250,000
DORMBuyJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
CEBuyJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
AZOSellJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$1,001 - $15,000
AMATBuyJan 8, 2018Feb 15, 201838d$15,001 - $50,000
AMTBuyJan 12, 2018Feb 15, 201834d$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.