Day Trading & Investing

How do wash sale rules affect me if I trade stocks a lot?

Wash sale rules can matter a lot for active stock traders because repeated buys and sells in the same or very similar securities can change when a loss is recognized for tax purposes. The effect often depends on the timing of replacement purchases, whether the trades occur in taxable accounts, and h

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