Auto invest paycheck every 31 days to prevent wash sale?

[shanaling]

Hi, this might be a dumb question but should I auto-invest my paycheck every 31 days instead of i.e. 1st of every month to prevent a wash sale if I decide to tax loss harvest? Thanks!

[Stimpy]

And I quote:

The wash-sale rule was designed to discourage people from selling securities at a loss simply to claim a tax benefit. A wash sale occurs when you sell a security at a loss and then purchase that same security or “substantially identical” securities within 30 days (before or after the sale date) - https://www.schwab.com/resource-center/insights/content/a-primer-on-wash-sales

I would say yes based on the way the rule was written.