+1 re. Ben's answer.
How many of these do you really do?

On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 2:30 AM Ben Blount <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yeah this is high on my wishlist too. This came up a bunch for crypto
> users as well - you should find some examples if you search for crypto on
> the mailing list.
>
> The workaround is you have to transfer the lots manually, e.g make two
> postings per lot - one to reduce the lot on the old account, then recreate
> it with the original date and cost in the new account.
> direction
> bean-doctor can help you easily get all the lots, you can then copy paste
> to make this a little less fussy.
>
> I'm on mobile or I'd give you examples.
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 22:37 [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried searching a bit in the documentation and this forum but not sure
>> how to handle this case and carry forward cost-basis information. Imagine
>> you buy some stock at institution 1 and transfer it to institution 2 and
>> then sell. How should one record all this? I tried the following but I'm
>> getting an error related to no positions found.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jonathan
>>
>> 2015-02-01 open Assets:Invest:ATrade
>>
>> 2015-02-01 open Assets:Invest:ATrade:Cash
>>
>>
>> 2015-04-01 * "Buy some shares of Hooli in April 2015"
>>
>>   Assets:Invest:ATrade                                   25 HOOL {10.00
>> USD, "first-lot"}
>>
>>   Assets:Invest:ATrade:Cash                            -250 USD
>>
>>
>>
>> 2017-03-01 open Assets:Invest:ZTrade
>>
>> 2017-03-01 open Assets:Invest:ZTrade:Cash
>>
>>
>> 2017-04-01 * "Transfer from ATrade to ZTrade"
>>
>>   Assets:Invest:ATrade                                   -25 HOOL
>>
>>   Assets:Invest:ZTrade                                   25 HOOL
>>
>>
>>
>> 2017-05-01 close Assets:Invest:ATrade
>>
>>
>> 2018-05-03 * "Sell some shares of Hooli in May 2018"
>>
>>   Assets:Invest:ZTrade                                   -25 HOOL {} @
>> 22.00 USD
>>
>>   Assets:Invest:ZTrade:Cash
>>
>> No position matches "Posting(account='Assets:Invest:ZTrade', units=-25
>> HOOL, cost=CostSpec(number_per=<class 'beancount.core.number.MISSING'>,
>> number_total=None, currency='USD', date=None, label=None, merge=False),
>> price=22.00 USD, flag=None, meta={'filename':
>> '/Users/jonathan/Documents/Finances/beandata/test.beancount', 'lineno':
>> 22})" against balance (25 HOOL)
>>
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