Tax-Loss Harvest Finder
Sell the loss, keep the exposure. For any fund, ranked stand-ins that track the same market — scored on a year of price correlation, holdings overlap, and fee — with a flag when two funds follow the same index and a swap could look substantially identical.
Correlation computed on ~250 shared sessions per pair · not tax advice — the flag is a heuristic, your compliance desk has the final word
| Substitute | Correlation | Book overlap | Fee vs VOO | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VV Vanguard Morningstar Large-Cap ETF | 0.998 | 89% | +1bp | $37.4B | different index | Compare |
| MGK Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF | 0.940 | 52% | +4bp | $21.9B | different index | Compare |
| EFIV State Street SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF | 0.969 | 56% | +7bp | $1B | different index | Compare |
| VO Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund | 0.826 | 10% | +1bp | $68.1B | different index | Compare |
| VXF Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund | 0.863 | 1% | +3bp | $20.2B | different index | Compare |
| SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF | 0.804 | — | same | $18.4B | different index | Compare |
RANKED BY CORRELATION, FEE, AND OVERLAP · “SAME INDEX” PAIRS ARE FLAGGED BECAUSE THE IRS HAS NEVER DEFINED “SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL” — MOST DESKS TREAT SAME-INDEX SWAPS AS OFF-LIMITS AND DIFFERENT-INDEX SWAPS AS DEFENSIBLE
| Substitute | Correlation | Book overlap | Fee vs AGG | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund | 0.989 | — | same | $112.8B | different index | Compare |
| CORP PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund | 0.962 | — | -3bp | $1.2B | different index | Compare |
| BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF | 0.982 | — | +1bp | $19B | different index | Compare |
| SPTI State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF | 0.951 | — | same | $10.5B | different index | Compare |
| VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 0.967 | — | +1bp | $49.2B | different index | Compare |
| VTC Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF | 0.960 | — | +1bp | $1.1B | different index | Compare |
RANKED BY CORRELATION, FEE, AND OVERLAP · “SAME INDEX” PAIRS ARE FLAGGED BECAUSE THE IRS HAS NEVER DEFINED “SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL” — MOST DESKS TREAT SAME-INDEX SWAPS AS OFF-LIMITS AND DIFFERENT-INDEX SWAPS AS DEFENSIBLE
| Substitute | Correlation | Book overlap | Fee vs GLD | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RING iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF | 0.858 | — | -1bp | $2.3B | different index | Compare |
| SLVP iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF | 0.837 | — | -1bp | $891M | different index | Compare |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | 0.841 | — | +10bp | $28.6B | different index | Compare |
| GDX VanEck Gold Miners ETF | 0.858 | — | +11bp | $26.1B | different index | Compare |
| GDXJ VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF | 0.854 | — | +12bp | $8.3B | different index | Compare |
| SIL Global X Silver Miners ETF | 0.839 | — | +25bp | $1.1B | different index | Compare |
RANKED BY CORRELATION, FEE, AND OVERLAP · “SAME INDEX” PAIRS ARE FLAGGED BECAUSE THE IRS HAS NEVER DEFINED “SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL” — MOST DESKS TREAT SAME-INDEX SWAPS AS OFF-LIMITS AND DIFFERENT-INDEX SWAPS AS DEFENSIBLE
Cached coverage for 2,093 funds. Latest price/flow record dates: 2024-08-23 to 2026-10-22 (1,065 funds with dated records). Fund details retrieved: 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-23. Data dates vary by fund; these are not live quotes. Flow totals include available records only; missing coverage is not evidence of zero flow.