How to rebalance a concentrated stock portfolio without a huge tax bill

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Donating the appreciated stocks directly to charity
2. 2
   Selling losing positions in the same year to offset capital gains
3. 3
   Stopping dividend reinvestment into those specific stocks
4. 4
   Selling assets with the least amount of gains first
5. 5
   Selling stock and reinvesting in index funds
6. 6
   Keeping the stock as is
7. 7
   Placing shares into an exchange fund
8. 8
   Using covered calls or selling calls
9. 9
   Automatically selling newly vesting shares
10. 10
    Selling the shares outright and paying the applicable capital gains tax on the gain in value.

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.