XAnalytics · Backtest audit File @markpinc · 25 Jun 2026

@markpinc · 44 verified calls backtested

Avoid

@markpinc's calls have trailed their sector by 3.3% per month, winning 29% of the time.

-3.3%
Avg. return vs its sector
per call · over the timeframe it called (or 1 month)
-0.1%
1 day
-0.2%
1 month
+5.2%
3 months
the same calls held a fixed 1 day / 1 month / 3 months
29%
Calls that beat the market
based on 28 deduplicated bets
29% beat their sector 71% didn't

Even their cleanest calls trailed the market.

What “return vs sector” means
Each call's stock vs its own sector — beating the sector, not just going up, is the fair test of skill. Averaged across 28 deduplicated bets. Calls that named their own timeframe are judged over that window (as a per-month rate); the rest over 1 month.
Indistinguishable from luck

Across 28 bets, @markpinc's average call trailed its sector by 3.3% per month, each bet judged on its author's own timeframe (1 month when unstated, or as far into it as the data reaches) — t = -1.5, not enough to tell skill from chance.

could be luckt = 2almost certain

t = -1.5 — the strength of the evidence. Above 2, there's under a 5% chance it's luck.

How the t-value works

Each call is one bet, scored by how much it beat its own sector (fairer than the whole market). The t-value is the average beat divided by its uncertainty:

t = x̄ ⁄ ( s ⁄ √M ) x̄ = avg beat · s = how much the bets vary · M = number of bets

Same-week, same-sector calls ride one move, so they prove less than fully independent wins — the 28 bets count as 26 effective ones. That's why the honest t is -1.5, not the raw -1.6. Full breakdown on the analysis page.

Performance over time

Aftervs sectorvs S&P 500Hit rateCalls
1 day -0.1% -0.3% 61% 28
1 month -0.2% -1.5% 36% 28
3 months +5.2% +3.3% 58% 26
6 months -9.2% -9.5% 38% 24
1 year -19.3% -17.7% 33% 21

“vs sector” compares each call to the stock's own industry — the fairest test of skill.

What drives the signal

Does conviction matter?

High conviction32 calls · 28% hit
+0.0%
Low conviction10 calls · 30% hit
-3.1%

Return by post type

Prediction18 calls · 28% hit
+0.5%
Analysis11 calls · 36% hit
+0.2%
Position Disclosure13 calls · 23% hit
-3.2%

Long vs short

Short2 calls · 100% hit
+2.2%
Long40 calls · 25% hit
-0.9%

The evidence — best & worst calls

Biggest wins (after 1 month)

Exhibit A · 2025-01-30 BABA
“Baba is a back up the truck 'broken internet' stock. 7x ebitda and AI we are just starting to hear about. This should eventually be a $1T co too. Ive been buyin…”
Long · high conviction · View on X ↗
Full post
Baba is a back up the truck ‘broken internet’ stock. 7x ebitda and AI we are just starting to hear about. This should eventually be a $1T co too. Ive been buying at anything under $90 for a year.
+36.4%vs sector
Exhibit B · 2024-06-06 AAPL
“long apple”
Long · high conviction · View on X ↗
Full post
@lessin So put on a paired trade and go short nvda, long apple. I did that with short ebay 40b, long amzn 12b.
+7.9%vs sector
Exhibit C · 2025-04-08 GS
“I bought GS today at $453. Hard to resist at 11.5 p/e. Also betting GS will surprise this quarter on massive trading volumes.”
Long · high conviction · View on X ↗
+6.8%vs sector

Biggest misses (after 1 month)

Exhibit D · 2024-01-18 SNAP
“should be a core holding along with goog and snap”
Long · low conviction · View on X ↗
Full post
https://t.co/lqudUfGabO. Paypal should be a core holding along with goog and snap. Pypl is amazng value st 7.5x ebitda. https://t.co/lqudUfGabO
-37.5%vs sector

Their strongest setups — best combination at each horizon

  • 1 day long analysis posts +0.6% vs -0.1% overall · 8 bets
  • 1 month long predictions +2.5% vs -0.2% overall · 12 bets
  • 3 months long position disclosures +12.0% vs +5.2% overall · 6 bets

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THE RECEIPTS
@markpinc · audited 25 Jun 2026

calls found44
independent bets28
beat the market29%
avg edge / month-3.3%
best callBABA +36.4%
worst callSNAP -37.5%

VERDICT: AVOID
SCORE 1/10

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We pull @markpinc's posts, use AI to extract each call (ticker, direction, conviction), and backtest it against real prices. A call wins only if it beat its own sector over the month after — not just if the stock rose. Headline numbers use deduplicated bets.

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Backtested results are computed from historical price data and do not predict future performance. Every signal here is extracted automatically from public posts and may misread intent, sarcasm, or context. This is not investment advice — verify everything independently before acting on it.