Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

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...I managed to reduce the cost of my COO stock acquired in late August just under $23 to $7.38, I really wanted to get that to nil...

Zeev, forgive me if I'm missing the obvious while searching for the Holy Grail, but what is the point of trying to reduce the price to zero? On this foggy weekend morning I can only come up with the following:

1/ You use this as a method of score keeping in the battle between you and the MM's.

2/ You are using this as an accounting method to measure your performance trading a particular issue. Do you simply hold after you reach zero?

3/ You are actually swapping trades among several blocks to avoid the wash rule and claim all loses possible.

I'm no tax attorney, but I can't see any advantage for inheritance purposes.

Maybe I'm just wasting what little brain power I have left.