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I Copied Millionaire Trades for a Year (Results)

0h 08m video Published Nov 11, 2024 Transcribed Jul 23, 2026 E Extra Landen Levine
Beginner 4 min read For: Beginner investors interested in copying trades of wealthy individuals and learning about index fund investing.
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The video documents a year-long experiment where the creator copied trades from three wealthy investors: politician Nancy Pelosi, a day trader from PB options trading group, and Warren Buffett. Starting with $1,500, he ended with over $4,000, but the results varied significantly across strategies.

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Experiment Overview

Started with $1,500 on November 7, 2023, and grew to over $4,000 by copying trades of wealthy individuals, suspecting insider information.

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Nancy Pelosi's Insider Trading Reputation

Pelosi bought over $2 million in Nvidia options in 2023; Nvidia rose 182%, making her millions. The creator decided to copy her trades.

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Copying Pelosi's Palo Alto Networks Trade

Bought one share of PANW at $394 after Pelosi added to her position during a dip. The stock initially dropped, but after 8 months, sold at $386.16 for a $76.79 gain.

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Copying PB Options Trading Group

Joined a paid trading group ($130/month) to copy short-term options trades. Despite some wins, overall lost money due to delays and lack of strategy understanding.

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Copying Warren Buffett's Advice

Instead of directly copying Buffett, invested $5/day into VOO (S&P 500 ETF) and QQQ (Nasdaq ETF) starting April 2023. After 1.5 years, VOO was up 26% ($250 profit) and QQQ up 26% ($200 profit).

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Final Results Summary

Pelosi copy: $76 gain in 8 months. PB group: net loss. Buffett advice: $450 gain in 1.5 years. Total portfolio grew from $1,500 to over $4,000.

Copying trades from wealthy individuals can yield profits, but long-term index fund investing (as advised by Warren Buffett) proved most reliable and profitable.

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Study Flashcards (9)

How much did Nancy Pelosi invest in Nvidia options in 2023?

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Over $2 million.

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What was the percentage increase in Nvidia stock after Pelosi's purchase?

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Over 182%.

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At what price did the creator buy one share of PANW?

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$394.

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How much profit did the creator make from copying Nancy Pelosi's trade?

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$76.79.

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What was the monthly cost of the PB options trading group?

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$130 per month (later $150).

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What investment strategy did Warren Buffett recommend?

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Buy an S&P 500 index fund and never look at headlines.

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How much did the creator invest daily into VOO and QQQ?

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$5 a day into each.

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What was the total profit from copying Warren Buffett's advice after 1.5 years?

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About $450.

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What was the creator's total account growth from $1,500?

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To over $4,000.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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Pelosi's Nvidia Trade

Illustrates potential insider trading by politicians and massive gains from copying.

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PB Group Losses

Shows that copying short-term trades without understanding strategy leads to losses.

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Buffett's Index Fund Advice

Highlights the simplicity and effectiveness of long-term index investing.

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Final Results Comparison

Demonstrates that Buffett's advice yielded the highest profit with least effort.

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✂️ Creator Tools: Viral Hooks

AI-generated clip ideas for Shorts based on the transcript

I Bet $1500 on Politician Trades

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High curiosity gap and controversial premise of copying insider trading from politicians like Nancy Pelosi.

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Nancy Pelosi Made Me Lose Money

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Emotional rollercoaster of quick gains then losses, relatable FOMO and potential insider trading scandal angle.

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Copying a Day Trader Failed

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Reveals the harsh reality that copying expert trades doesn't guarantee profits, with dramatic losses.

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Warren Buffett's Simple Strategy Won

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Educational contrast showing index fund investing beats active trading, with clear profit numbers.

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My Year of Copying Trades: Final Results

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Satisfying summary with concrete numbers, encouraging viewer engagement and subscription.

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[00:01] politicians made to see if I could actually make money on November 7th of 2023 I had $1,500 in my account and now I have over 4,000 my thoughts were if a trade then they probably know some Insider information so why don't we just

[00:16] let's go back to the beginning of how this all started my thought of copying by no means a new one and plenty of people have talked about this in the past let's take for example Nancy Pelosi she's a pretty well-known politician and

[00:28] trading and if you're not familiar with what insider trading is it's basically information to make a trade on a stock and politicians like Nancy py know a lot of this secret information for example in 2023 she bought over $2 million worth

[00:42] of Nvidia options and since then Nvidia stock price has increased by over 182% in this short time period likely making her millions of dollars maybe she's just that she does have some Insider information because she did put 10 times

[00:56] which is definitely not normal like I'm need that money for but that's besides the point she actually ended up making that's when I decided to jump in you see

[01:08] amount of Nvidia stock she had a reputation for insider trading so I her but I thought about how stupid I'd feel if I lost money on the stock after information on it but after missing out on Nvidia absolutely ripping I decided

[01:21] going to jump in with her so when I found out that she made a large investment into a stock called Paulo Alto networks I jumped in as well what is Paulo Alo networks you might be asking I have absolutely zero clue

[01:33] please don't be like me do your research I had fomo but Nancy py bought a large originally purchased some and then the stock price dropped a ton after they some more and that's when I felt like it was my turn to enter Because the stock

[01:46] had a pretty big dip so I bought one share of panw for pretty pleasantly surprised to see that I was actually making money and literally the day after buying the stock I was already up almost $20 but this is

[01:59] not a movie unfortunately I did not go on to become a multi-millionaire and temporarily crushed as my position slowly lost value over the next couple courage to check the stock again after a couple weeks and I saw that I was now

[02:12] down more than $40 that was more than 7 months ago and I still have not sold I felt confident in 84-year-old Nancy py and decided to hold the stock along with holding to this day and honestly I don't know when I plan to sell but probably

[02:26] before the end of the year so as of right now on Sunday November 3rd after buying one share I'm up $535 so like you just saw I actually did end up selling not even a week after filming that last clip like I mentioned

[02:38] I bought one share of PW for a total of $394 and in that last clip the price had risen all the way to $363 in these last 4 days it has risen even more to $386 2016 and that's where I sold it for a $76.79 gain but this is kind of boring

[02:53] into something more interesting I didn't just copy this trade from Nancy Peli I also copyed trades from two other supposedly Rich Traders starting with PB options trading group where you can just copy his trade would like to mention

[03:07] he promotes his community they take measures to try and stop people from try and teach people actionable information this is not a fair or or anybody associated with his trading Community but just for the sake of this

[03:20] outs and using our own risk management so he would not recommend this and I some more stuff like education but supposedly if we just copy him like Nancy Pelosi then we can make money right well all started by joining his

[03:33] paid Trading Group which cost me $130 a month but it's now $150 that's a pretty copy his trades then I should be able to make all that money back they had a ton of other stuff too like trading education some people giving callouts

[03:46] that but who cares because you're here to see what actually matters so the way that PB trades in the server is much different than Nancy Peli instead of most of these trades start and end within the same day a lot of them even

[03:58] being shorter than an hour and he does this is by trading short-term options explain what exactly they are so basically I'm just going to say it's a sense that you could use less money and make and lose it quicker so it's just a

[04:11] tells you what stocks and contracts he's looking to buy and most days he would telling people his thoughts so my plan was just to buy whatever he bought whenever he bought it because if he's so successful then I can do that too right

[04:23] well I tried it and had some success I had some cool wins and profitable weeks bad happened I was was down money overall taking call outs for some reason his losses and I was trading the same contracts as him but for some reason it

[04:36] probably a reason that taking colet doesn't work but I'm not smart enough to head like obviously you're not going to be learning the strategy their risk person but I feel like if you're copying exactly what they're doing you still

[04:48] don't know and so this overall loss that very quick trades made me switch it up for this third very successful investor Trader because this person holds positions for the long term this person

[05:02] the world Warren Buffett while copying PB investing I was in and out of Trades within a few hours at Max and I just sold the Nancy py trade after about 8 months but I'm already over a year and a half deep into this waren Buffett trade

[05:15] anytime soon that's because instead of directly copying Warren Buffett and just take his advice the best single thing you could have done was just buy an index fund and and and never look at a headline never think stocks anymore

[05:30] know but one time he bet a hedge fund manager that a S&P 500 Index Fund would the manager chose over a 10-year period and Warren Buffett was so confident that line and guess what just investing into

[05:44] hedge fund manager and a little side that bet he ended up giving to charity but anyway using this information and man in the world Warren Buffett with a net worth of over $140 billion I started

[05:58] tracked the S&P 500 just like he said well kind of it was an ETF and if you similar so in April of 2023 I started by investing $10 and immediately was down 4 something longterm so I slowly just kept adding more and more to the position by

[06:13] September I almost had one full share but was down about $5 I didn't get been a few months and I knew this was a long-term position and by November of that same year AKA last year I hadn't invested much more but I now had about

[06:26] 1.1 share but was no longer in the negative I was up about 22% which was equivalent to about $1 I also decided to add an investment into an ETF that would do in comparison and that was the Invesco QQQ ETF for the next few months

[06:40] I was investing $5 a day into Bo and QQQ like you might have seen in one of my previous videos and it was starting to payoff because by February I had 1.3 shares of VO but was up almost 11.5% and over $65 I kept pushing and by July that

[06:54] had increased to over two shares and $166 in profit so what am I at now after investing the $5 a day so I still have about the same amount of Shar but I'm up about the same amount of Shar but I'm up over 26% or about $250 with just under

[07:07] a little less than $10 from dividends even actually I guess maybe like a half lunch but how did my other position do with QQQ well as of November 7th I'm up over 26% and $200 with only $750

[07:22] invested so in summary after trying to copy three successful Traders here are my results copying Nancy py after 8 months made me about $76 copying PB definitely some user error there and finally copying Warren Buffett after a

[07:37] year and a half made me about $450 I'm going to continue to invest and try new then I'd really appreciate it if you could hit that subscribe button and guys in the next one and a little bit earlier in the video if you heard I

[07:49] I invested $5 a day for a year into a few stocks and ETFs so if you want to this video right here and the video is about 6 months old but I added a pin portfolio is doing all right this video is 8 minutes I'm good now

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