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 TMSL | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF | 0.938 | — | +3bp | $18.4B | different index | Compare |
| SCHM Schwab U.S. Mid Cap ETF | 0.951 | — | +4bp | $11.5B | different index | Compare |
| SCHA Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF | 0.932 | — | +4bp | $17.9B | different index | Compare |
| VB Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund | 0.939 | — | +5bp | $58.9B | different index | Compare |
| IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF | 0.910 | — | +4bp | $1.7B | different index | Compare |
| VO Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund | 0.891 | — | +4bp | $68.1B | 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 2026-10-24. Data dates vary by fund; these are not live quotes. Flow totals include available records only; missing coverage is not evidence of zero flow.