In 2010, I traded a high volume of stocks and options through Scottrade. This is the first time I have done this kind of volume. I can't imagine that writing down every single transaction is the only way to fill out my return. There has to be some software out there that will accept a download...
closed out a mutual fund last year and used average cost single category method.
After calculating, the results turned to be about $1800 loss ( the cost basis is minused), but I got a statement from my broker which displayed only &1750 loss. A little asterix attributes the difference to a...