Either way I will sell the shares by Dec 31st to realize the loss in 2025.
In general, gains from short options are considered to be short-term gains and taxed at the normal income tax rates. In fact, most of my short-term gains come from short options. Those are the gains that will be offset by the long-term losses in these loser stocks.
I’m wondering why I didn’t do this in previous years! Live and learn. Last year I purposely sold some shares (with very large long-term gains in them) via call options, but that was “one and done”, not a monthly thing.