Exactly! I realized that during 80-90% time market is truly unpredictable and random. Most (amateur) traders cannot make any statistically...
Yes, that’s the key as long as the final total P/L numbers are correct. That’s all that matters. I think 1099 uses some kind of software to...
Guys, don’t fret about wash sales or disallowed losses. Wash sales are just a label put on those trades defined as wash sales by IRS. They don’t...
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I think the complexity lies in the fact that if you keep trading the same stock the wash sale thing goes into a perpetual cycle. For example, if...
That’s right! I have wash sales in my transactions throughout the year. They label a “w” sign on the trades as wash sales. However, the...
Did you ask your broker who did your 1099-B about your wash sales?
I think I figured out my wash sale issue on my 1099-B. In Dec. 2021 I traded 870 shares of TSLA and there were some losses. In Jan. 2022 I traded...
Found this link talking about wash sales on different number of shares. https://www.firstrade.com/content/en-us/accounts/taxcenter/?h=washsales
I know the complications. The good thing is I only have one brokerage account where I trade equities only.
Well, as long as you only have small losses per trade it’s ok. Those disallowed losses will be absorbed (cost basis adjusted up) by later winning...
I looked at my 2021 trading transactions today. It seems to confirm what I said above. If you traded 1000 shares of xyz and had a loss. Then, you...
In your trades in 2021, were they of the same quantity or shares? If your first losing trade was 100 shares but your subsequent trade was only 50...
That I believe is true.
In my case, I did trade the same stocks in Jan. 2022 as those in Dec. 2021 to trigger the wash sale rule. I will check my trading records during...
I think the wash sale rule is pretty clear. How we interpret and deal with it is the issue.
Look at my post #42. Does it make sense to get rid of wash sales?
Let’s say you bought 100 shares of xyz at $100 price and sold them at $50. You lost $5000 in this trade. Then, within 30 days you bought 50...
This doesn’t make sense to me.
Do you know why?
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