Strategies
Automated trading strategies built around insider and congressional data
| Performance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Past performance does not guarantee future results. Click a strategy to see holding period options.
Backtested insider and congressional trading strategies
Insidra backtests 6 trading strategies built on insider trades, congressional stock trades and lobbying data, and compares each with the S&P 500 year by year. Each trade enters at the first close on or after the filing became public, never before, and every result includes trading costs. The full record for each is below, including the ones that trailed the market.
| Strategy | Since | Per year | Beat S&P 500 | Trades |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cluster Buys | 2020 | +21.5% | 5 of 7 years | 3,881 |
| Nancy Pelosi | 2018 | +20.1% | 4 of 9 years | 135 |
| Lobbying Heavyweights | 2020 | +16.5% | 2 of 7 years | 9,788 |
| 10% Owner Accumulation | 2020 | +14.8% | 4 of 7 years | 11,375 |
| CEO Conviction Buys | 2020 | +13.8% | 3 of 7 years | 963 |
| All Congress Buys | 2015 | +4.2% | 2 of 9 years | 15,650 |
Annualized returns over each strategy's full backtest, after trading costs. The current year is year-to-date. Backtests use historical filings and prices; past performance does not predict future results.