Beginning in 2026, the IRS will only allow up to 90% of gambling losses to be deducted against gambling winnings.
That means even a break-even year can trigger a taxable gain on paper.
Example:
Winnings: $500,000
Losses: $500,000
Old rules (through 2025): No taxable income
New rules (2026 onward): Only $450,000 of losses deductible → $50,000 taxable income
Irs cause NVDA is/was selling chips to Signapore who then "sold" it to China.
Now NVDA will sell directly to China and have to pay a 25% tax to the USA. It turns out to be a loss 🫠
The real thing I’m wondering about is what my taxes are going to look like after all my gains this year. What happens if I manage to get my account up to $5M on December 31 and lose it all on January 2? IRS gonna send cops to my house and I’ll be too broke for a pardon since I’ll have lost everything. I guess the real lesson is that if you happen to make it big, at least set aside $2M so you can buy a pardon as you’ll still be poor when you lose everything else, but at least you’ll be poor and free…
This is false. You need to read tax code. The minute you sell options on the same stock the IRS can reset your tax basis date to today.
I strongly recommend not doing this, or at least looking deeper into it