Backtest · Michael Burry
What if you'd copied
Michael Burry?
The Big Short protagonist's public long returns are… wild. Huge wins in some years, brutal drawdowns in others. Drag the sliders to see what the contrarian path would have done.
20132024
$1k$100k
If you invested $10,000 with Burry in 2015, today it would be worth:
$31,279
That's 3.1x your money (10.9% annualized over 11 years).
Compared to the S&P 500:
$38,168
S&P 500 actually beat Burry by $6,889 from this start.
Growth of $10,000 · 2015–2025
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