I picked the right time of year to ask a tax question.
Well, it’s too late to implement the “double-up and dump after 31 days” method of avoiding a wash sale, as mentioned in #msg-95182048. That method establishes a tax loss in the current year only if you buy the additional shares before the end of November.
“The efficient-market hypothesis may be the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated in any area of human knowledge!”