In a previous article I talked about how important it is to stretch the psoas muscle. This can cause many complications including back pain. To recap, most people have tight and shortened psoas muscles. The common activity of sitting causes our psoas to be consistantly shortened for extended periods of time.
The sale on March 31 is a wash sale. The wash sale period for any sale at a loss consists of 61 days: the day of the sale, the 30 days before the sale and the 30 days after the sale. (These are calendar days, not trading days.
Another popular way to work around the wash-sale rule is to âdouble upâ the position. This entails buying as many shares as you have underwater. After 31 days, sell the first lot of shares and take the loss. By using specific lot identification, you identify the shares that are sold as those you bought long ago at the higher cost basis.