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 DFLV | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTV Vanguard Value Index Fund | 0.950 | — | +4bp | $125.5B | different index | Compare |
| JHML John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF | 0.830 | — | same | $927M | different index | Compare |
| MGV Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Value ETF | 0.927 | — | +7bp | $8.2B | different index | Compare |
| VOE Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index Fund | 0.905 | — | +7bp | $17.5B | different index | Compare |
| VBR Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Fund | 0.877 | — | +7bp | $30.1B | different index | Compare |
| VOOV Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF | 0.888 | — | +10bp | $5.2B | 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.