Timeline for Is this a way around the Wash Sale Rule?
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| Jun 2, 2019 at 10:39 | comment | added | Lawrence | @ab2 That's not the same as gaming the system for a wash sale, though. | |
| Jun 2, 2019 at 5:24 | comment | added | ab2 | I think of Case 1 as someone speculating on a short term blip (perhaps after a significant fall) and however that worked out, wanting to have a long term position and be able to take a loss if the short term speculation did not work out. I didn't think of someone deliberately taking a loss to get a deduction. | |
| Jun 2, 2019 at 4:59 | history | answered | Lawrence | CC BY-SA 4.0 |