Annabelle is a trader in securities. She works for a national securities firm. She occasionally buys and sells securities for her personal account. On May 10, 2017, she purchased 100 shares of Acorn, Inc. common stock for a total of $40,000. She sold all of those shares for a total of $46,000 on July 11, 2018. What was the amount and nature of her gain or loss from this transaction? What could she have done to change this result?