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 FESM | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF | 0.983 | — | -18bp | $9.9B | different index | Compare |
| VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF | 0.962 | — | -13bp | $1B | different index | Compare |
| SCHA Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF | 0.951 | — | -24bp | $17.9B | different index | Compare |
| IJT iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF | 0.948 | — | -10bp | $7.7B | different index | Compare |
| SLYG State Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF | 0.947 | — | -13bp | $4.8B | different index | Compare |
| DFAS Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF | 0.944 | — | -2bp | $8.8B | 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 2,091 funds. Latest price/flow record dates: 2024-08-23 to 2026-10-05 (1,063 funds with dated records). Fund details retrieved: 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-07. Data dates vary by fund; these are not live quotes. Flow totals include available records only; missing coverage is not evidence of zero flow.