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Millions in the Green: Inside Pelosi’s Unstoppable Trading Streak

Turra Rasheed
2 Jul 2025 · 3 minutes read

For years, Nancy Pelosi’s stock trading has attracted controversy, headlines and an entire cottage industry of “Pelosi tracker” apps and social media accounts. But if you look past the noise and into the raw numbers of her publicly disclosed trades from the last three years, a pattern emerges: most of them are winning and some, impressively so.

Recent filings show that the majority of Pelosi’s stock purchases and call options are currently in the green. Her well-timed entries into giants like NVIDIA Corp (NVDA:US), Microsoft Corp (MSFT:US), Apple Inc. (AAPL:US), and Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL:US) have delivered double-digit gains, even before considering her larger, longer-dated option bets.

Most of Her Portfolio Is Sitting on the Upside

Between 2023 and mid-2025, Pelosi reported more than two dozen buys and a handful of sales across technology, software and private investments.

  • Over 70% of these trades have ended up profitable based on the price changes from the transaction date to the last price at filing.

  • For instance, Pelosi’s buy of Microsoft in June 2023 at around $348 saw the stock climb above $497 by 2025; a gain of around 43%.

  • A March 2023 Apple purchase at roughly $155 rose to $205, gaining over 32%.

  • And her repeat NVIDIA buys in 2024, at prices between ~$113 and ~$134, were up anywhere from 17% to nearly 40% by early 2025.

While exact profit figures aren’t disclosed, the financial ranges filed point to millions in paper gains. For a portfolio of this size, even a modest 20–30% rise often means seven-figure profits.

Why Her Call Options Are Especially Notable

Among Pelosi’s latest trades, the January 2025 purchases of call options stand out, not just for size, but for how they’re positioned:

  • NVIDIA call options with a strike price of $80, expiring in January 2026

  • Alphabet and Amazon calls at strikes of $150, also expiring in 2026

  • Plus options on Tempus AI (TEM:US) and Vistra Corp (VST:US), each with strike prices comfortably near or below the current market prices

These are not high-risk, far-out-of-the-money bets. Instead, they’re structured to be in the money or close, maximizing the chance of real upside if the rally in AI, semiconductors and big tech continues. This strategic use of call options, amplifying returns with controlled risk, has been highlighted by analysts as one of the factors behind her outsized portfolio performance.

A Trading Pattern That Beats the Market

Critics often point to the timing of these trades, suggesting that lawmakers might have an edge thanks to policy knowledge or market-moving information. Whether that’s true or not, the outcome is clear: Pelosi’s portfolio has outperformed. Her mix of:

  • Large-cap tech

  • Private equity placements

  • Carefully selected long-dated call options 

All have delivered gains well above the S&P 500’s returns over the same period. The data shows that these aren’t isolated lucky trades but a pattern repeated over multiple years, across different market conditions.

The Takeaway

Pelosi’s latest filings confirm what followers have watched for years: her trades are, by and large, working.

  • Most positions are in profit

  • The newest call options are set up to capture the next wave in tech and AI

  • And her portfolio, in sheer dollar terms, likely sits on multi-million dollar paper gains

It’s a record that keeps fueling debate over whether Congress members should be allowed to trade at all. But from a purely numbers perspective, Pelosi’s trading strategy has been undeniably effective.

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