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 HEQT | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FJAN FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - January | 0.915 | — | -53bp | $741M | different index | Compare |
| FDEC FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December | 0.914 | — | -53bp | $722M | different index | Compare |
| FSEP FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - September | 0.908 | — | -53bp | $598M | different index | Compare |
| BUFR FT CBOE VEST FUND OF BUFFER ETFS | 0.908 | — | -53bp | $5.1B | different index | Compare |
| FFEB FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - February | 0.905 | — | -53bp | $927M | different index | Compare |
| FOCT FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - October | 0.905 | — | -53bp | $601M | 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 2,133 funds. Latest price/flow record dates: 2024-08-23 to 2026-09-30 (1,104 funds with dated records). Fund details retrieved: 2026-09-02 to 2026-10-02. Data dates vary by fund; these are not live quotes. Flow totals include available records only; missing coverage is not evidence of zero flow.