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I saw this statement: "(instead of being carried forward to the following year)". It seems to imply that losses cannot be carried forward? This Forbes article says it can: https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2019/05/30/trading-futures-other-section-1256-contracts-has-tax-advantages/#1a8b60681f80

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And who would trade anything else for christ's sake?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.107.177.212 (talk) 23:50, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]