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Accidentally did a Wash Trade

Hello,

I recently was organizing the investments in my accounts. I previously had 2 accounts with a mix of stock A and B in both.

What I did was I sold stock A in one account and purchased stock B.

In the other account I sold stock B and purchased stock A.

The trades executed and later I received a letter from Merrill saying that I performed a wash trade and my trading may be restricted if this continues.

Is there any penalties associated with this action? Additionally, how serious is wash trading? I will make sure to wait for trades to settle if I need to organize going forward.

Thanks