### Comment:
I assume claiming a loss is a completely separate process than evaluating your net gains/losses? Like, your 'income' is only your net gain and losses are included in that amount and not reported separately? 
  
 Because my understanding is that claiming a loss is useless if your rely on the standard reduction. You'd have to have a ton of other deductions that add up to more than the amount of the standard reduction in order to benefit from claiming a loss.

### REPLY:
Schedule D for Delight. 
  
 Doesn’t matter if you claim standard or itemized deduction.

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