The AMT is designed to tax higher income individuals who have reduced their income through use of deductions and credits by a large amount. So the AMT says "what would their tax be if...." and adds that amount.
The amount of capital losses allowed in AMT is always different but in your case is being completely disallowed because the AMT is figuring your tax as though you had no capital loss carryforward.
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