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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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To: advocatedevil who wrote (42277)2/15/2001 10:24:41 PM
From: Jan Crawley  Read Replies (2) of 70976
 
I seem to remember that short sales are treated as short term cap gains/losses regardless of when they're closed (assuming no other position in the same security). Can you confirm?

Yes, short gains/losses are always treated as short-term cap gains/losses. So are all options trades.

Regards.
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