+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) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Beancount" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/b3efe67c-a858-4c2c-af6b-26e7444dd9e1n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/b3efe67c-a858-4c2c-af6b-26e7444dd9e1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CACGEkZtewt_iundhaTt8HZ654SJmNWJYyUHhgEPXx0gk2SfRkQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CACGEkZtewt_iundhaTt8HZ654SJmNWJYyUHhgEPXx0gk2SfRkQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAK21%2BhPr9iOG1zQ30wcxbiumJKWwP08hVKkw5tm0hSo7VOqhpA%40mail.gmail.com.
