I have backtested Jim Cramer's Mad Money buy recommendations since 2016-04-18 Market Stats Total S&P500 returns for 2021: ~23% ~24.5% with dividends reinvestment Cramer Stats (since 2021-01-04) 2,096 Buy recommendations 283 Sell recommendations 0 Hold recommendations ~11.5 average buy recommendations daily Most recommended stock is $AAPL with 40 Buy recommendations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For simplicity purpose I was buying whole number of shares within $1,000 in each strategy. Strategy #1: buy next day (after the show) and sell EOD: Total gain was $1907.38 Given the average # of buy recommendations ~$11,500 of capital needed per day ~16.59% total gain - not bad but below S&500 Strategy #2: buy next day (after the show), hold 5 days and sell EOD Total gain was $27,720.31 Given the average # of buy recommendations ~$57,500 of capital needed per day 48.2% total gain - now we are talking business Disclaimer: all calculations made using BreakingEquity.com , Crammer's data from Thestreet.com