On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 06:00:31PM +0000, James Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 05:58:10PM +0000, James Cook wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 11:09:27PM -0700, Max Katsev wrote:
> > ...
> > > It's not that I'm philosophically opposed to it, more like I have 5+
> > > years
> > > of transactions without the cost basis and I'm not sure how to start
> > > using
> > > it now without having to backfill everything at once. Is there a good way
> > > to record the lots I currently own (according to the brokerage) without
> > > filling in all the history that led to their creation?
> >
> > The following might work.
> >
> > Pick a date on which you'd like to start tracking things with lots. Say it's
> > 2020-01-01.
> >
> > Then on that date, create transactions that convert all your holdings into
> > lots. For example, suppose in Account:Brokerage, you hold 10 ACME, bought
> > 2009-01-01 at a cost of 100.00 USD per ACME. Then you could do:
> >
> > 2020-01-01 * "Convert to lots"
> > Assets:Brokerage -10 ACME
> > Assets:Brokerage 10 ACME {100.00 USD, 2009-01-01}
>
> Correction: that transaction is not balanced... I guess you will need
> to put the imbalance into some other account. New attepmt:
>
> 2020-01-01 * "Convert to lots"
> Assets:Brokerage -10 ACME
> Assets:Brokerage 10 ACME {100.00 USD, 2009-01-01}
> Equity:Hacky-conversion-account 10 ACME
> Equity:Hacky-conversion-account -1000.00 USD
>
> or just let Beancount fill it out.
>
> 2020-01-01 * "Convert to lots"
> Assets:Brokerage -10 ACME
> Assets:Brokerage 10 ACME {100.00 USD, 2009-01-01}
> Equity:Hacky-conversion-account
Er, sorry for the noise, but this version is simpler:
2020-01-01 * "Convert to lots"
Assets:Brokerage -10 ACME @ 100.00 USD
Assets:Brokerage 10 ACME {100.00 USD, 2009-01-01}
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James
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