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I'm looking at the report for all my realized gains on put sales and everything is showing under "S/T Profit." Is it suppose to show a 40/60 split between S/T and L/T?
@fi4wanderlust I worried about that my first year too but it ended up reported correctly on tax forms.
@fi4wanderlust Not sure how your broker (mis-)handles this but it should show up as neither Short nor long-term. It should show up as Section 1256 gains. On your form 6781 you will assign them into Short vs Long-term. Those numbers are then used on Schedule D.