"Similar securities"

Can you own SPY and SSO at the same time? I mean they're both kinda the same thing...

If you buy SPY and sell it at a loss, and then buy SSO less than 30 days after, does that count as a wash sale? They're similiar securities.
 
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Can you own SPY and SSO at the same time? I mean they're both kinda the same thing...

If you buy SPY and sell it at a loss, and then buy SSO less than 30 days after, does that count as a wash sale? They're similiar securities.

I would guess you would be OK, they are different funds.

Don
 
I would expect the IRS to rule that if they are based on the same index, they are substantially identical. Otherwise I bet you're good.
 
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