"three buys over two days in august and 3 sales over two days in September"
This is the first time you have mentioned that the purchases were not all on the same day and the sales were not all on the same day. In your first two posts you said that you made three purchases on one day and three sales on one day. It makes a difference. The purchases and sales each being spread over two days probably explains the broker's treatment of them on the 1099-B. (We haven't discussed the identification of which shares were sold when, but that also comes into play.)
"I am glad I simplified the problem"
By oversimplifying you masked the true nature of the situation and got answers that do not apply to what you actually did.
"I am handicapped by intentionally not using real numbers, tax rates, etc. as is TurboTax communities policy"
I don't know where you got the idea that this TurboTax community does not want you to post accurate numbers. You should not post personally identifiable information such as your full name, address, phone number, email address, Social Security number, account numbers, and so on, because this is a public web site that anyone can view. But you should always post exact accurate amounts and rates from your tax return and forms such as W-2 and 1099 to be sure that you get correct answers. There are cases where a difference of $1 can change the whole picture.
