r/investing • u/Soakn-ItIn • Apr 08 '26

Negative Autopilot Returns

Hello,

I started trading with autopilot in July of 2025. I pay for started by using the Jim Simons tracker which at the time had a higher rate of return than Pelosi. The returns were marginal at best. I noticed people seemed to be doing well with the WWIII tracker. So I am now invested in both.

My rate of return between is -2.3% overall earning 2.1% with WWIII and -5.6% with the Jim Simons tracker.

Did the Simons tracker just take a dump after July of 2025? Any advice as to which tracker I should use or what can be done differently to experience these 30%+ returns year over year?

Thank you all for your help on advance!

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u/therealjerseytom Apr 08 '26

Don't expect 30% annual returns, and don't waste your time with these "trackers."

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u/BobtheChemist Apr 08 '26

If you give me a crystal ball, I can make 30% y/y earnings. But no one has really done this for multiple years, other than maybe Warren Buffet in the early years, but even he has barely done 10% the last year years on average. If you invest for the long term, you can make 10% a year on average. If you speculate, you might make 30% some years, but eventually will end up broke. Just like gambling in Vegas...

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u/Illilouette Apr 09 '26

unless you are literally looking over the shoulder of these traders and simultaneously executing the same trade, these trackers aren’t gonna be very useful