I suspect that the crossing of the calendar year may be what is causing 
these to 'appear' in unusual places in (presumably) fava.


On Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 2:49:15 AM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:

> @@ vs @ doesn't change anything but the multiplier. @@ will automatically 
> calculate the rate based on the total amount, it doesn't change the opening 
> balances or conversions.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 10:41 PM Oon-Ee Ng <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have a few transactions (listed below) converting from SGD to USD:-
>>
>> 2020-11-15 * "Purchase USD with SGD"
>>   Assets:Equities:IBKR:USD                                               
>>              7848.00 USD @@ 10577.93 SGD
>>   Expenses:Bills:BankCharges                                             
>>                 2.00 USD
>>   Assets:Equities:IBKR:USD                                               
>>                -2.00 USD
>>   Assets:Equities:IBKR:SGD                                               
>>            -10577.93 SGD
>>
>> 2020-11-17 * "Purchase USD with SGD"
>>   Assets:Equities:IBKR:USD                                               
>>                 1.67 USD @@ 2.24 SGD
>>   Assets:Equities:IBKR:SGD                                               
>>                -2.24 SGD
>>
>> 2021-03-31 * "Purchase USD with SGD"
>>   Assets:Equities:IBKR:USD                                               
>>              5524.00 USD @ 1.34495 SGD
>>   Expenses:Bills:BankCharges                                             
>>                 4.00 USD
>>   Assets:Equities:IBKR:USD                                               
>>                -4.00 USD
>>   Assets:Equities:IBKR:SGD                                               
>>             -7429.50 SGD
>>
>> 2021-04-05 * "Sweep remaining SGD to USD"
>>   Assets:Equities:IBKR:SGD                                               
>>                -0.22 SGD
>>   Assets:Equities:IBKR:USD                                               
>>               0.1611 USD @ 1.34175 SGD
>>
>> The 2020 transactions get "added" (debited, I think, not sure whether its 
>> a credit or debit) to Equity:Opening-Balances while the 2021 transactions 
>> get "added' to Equity:Conversions. I've read the 'Costs and Prices' section 
>> of the documentation, but it just says you can either use the price (@) or 
>> the total cost (@@), without really explaining what the difference is.
>>
>> Could someone please help me understand why these go to different 
>> accounts, and what that 'means' in a financial sense?
>>
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