Let me explain more. Let's do an example.
Buy ABC 100 shares for $4,000 - date irrelevant
Sell ABC 100 shares April 1 for $2,000, this could be a $2k loss except
Buy ABC 50 shares April 28 for $1,200
A purchase that is 30 days either side of the sale, you have a wash sale. So the wash is added to the basis and the most recent purchase is your purchase date.
However, only half the shares were purchased. So half is a loss and half is a wash.
Now we have a wash sale of 50 shares with the most recent purchase date, April 28.
Now, basis is $2,200, purchase date is April 28.
Half the shares reported as sold for $1k loss.
Yes call options with different strike prices are substantially similar. Corn is corn is corn. ABC stock is ABC stock. XYZ is XYZ, price is not a factor.
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