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the LT loss will offset the ST gain..... so it won't matter

 

go the the IRS website and print off a copy of Schedule D Form 1040 and work your way through it.  it is not difficult to prove it to yourself

 

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sd.pdf

 

look at Line 16 - it asks your to combine Line 8 (short term) and Line 15 (long term).,which is really at the heart of your question

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