I dca down on goog and just sold today for a gain. However, since some of my shares were purchased above the sale price, if the price comes in and I buy again, my understanding is it will still trigger a wash sale even though I sold for an overall gain.
If I buy googl instead, would my brokrage (schwab) trigger it as a wash sale? I know the rule says substantially identical (which it probably is), but if the IRS wants to come after me for a small wash sale on something I had an overall gain on, then so be it. I'll pay the fine. More than anything it just makes it cleaner on my end when I'm looking at my overall gains and losses.
I just want to know if schwab will automatically flag it as a wash sale. Does anyone know?
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