Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for BUG

The closest fund alternative to BUG (Cybersecurity) is HACK (ETFMG Prime Cyber Security), with a return correlation of 0.95 over the past year. Among single names in the fund's slice of the market, CRWD (CrowdStrike Holdings) tracks it most closely at 0.85 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.

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ETFS

Fund stand-ins

Funds covering similar ground. Two funds tracking the same index may themselves be 'substantially identical' for wash-sale purposes.

Ticker	Name	Focus	Match	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
HACK	ETFMG Prime Cyber Security	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.95	0.93	0.94	0.93
CIBR	First Trust Cybersecurity ETF	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.94	0.93	0.94	0.94
WCLD	WisdomTree Cloud Computing	Cloud Computing	SUB-IND	0.84	0.86	0.87	0.88
IGV	iShares Expanded Tech-Software	Software	INDUSTRY	0.83	0.84	0.86	0.85
CLOU	Global X Cloud Computing ETF	Cloud Computing	SUB-IND	0.83	0.84	0.86	0.87
SKYY	First Trust Cloud Computing	Cloud Computing	SUB-IND	0.81	0.83	0.85	0.85
XSW	SPDR S&P Software & Services	Software (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.79	0.82	0.86	0.85
VGT	Vanguard Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.48	0.62	0.70	0.71
FTEC	Fidelity MSCI Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.48	0.62	0.70	0.71
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.45	0.59	0.67	0.68
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.42	0.59	0.69	—
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.42	0.59	0.69	0.70

STOCKS

Single-name peers

Single names inside the fund's slice of the market.

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
CRWD	CrowdStrike Holdings	Systems Software	0.85	0.77	0.81	0.78
OKTA	Okta Inc.	Systems Software	0.83	0.71	0.73	0.73
PANW	Palo Alto Networks	Systems Software	0.82	0.75	0.75	0.75
FTNT	Fortinet Inc.	Systems Software	0.74	0.64	0.69	0.71
GEN	Gen Digital	Systems Software	0.65	0.56	0.50	0.44
QLYS	Qualys	Systems Software	0.61	0.61	0.68	0.67
NTNX	Nutanix	Systems Software	0.60	0.55	0.52	0.52
NET	Cloudflare Inc.	Systems Software	0.57	0.62	0.70	0.65
ATEN	A10 Networks, Inc.	Systems Software	0.50	0.50	0.47	0.49
MSFT	Microsoft Corp.	Systems Software	0.47	0.50	0.58	0.60
NABL	N-able, Inc.	Systems Software	0.45	0.43	0.45	—
PRGS	Progress Software Corporation	Systems Software	0.43	0.43	0.46	0.47
CVLT	CommVault Systems	Systems Software	0.39	0.46	0.47	0.49
ORCL	Oracle Corp.	Systems Software	0.37	0.42	0.41	0.40

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Method: Pearson correlation of daily closing-price returns, Yahoo Finance data, series aligned by trading day, refreshed weekly. A cell is blank when overlapping history covers less than 60% of its window. Correlation is descriptive, not predictive. Wash-sale treatment depends on facts and circumstances — confirm with a tax professional. Not investment advice.