The answer will be surprising: it doesn't. If you insert a commodity with a cost basis it is stored with the lot. If it doesn't have a cost basis the cost is a null value. You can think of that as a special lot with "no basis basis".
This may need to be revised to be less flexible following the updated booking rules design (the one I wrote a doc about, that supports futures and a simplified and more intuitive reduction syntax, the one that I'll probably have time to implement in 2050 or so) On Thu, Nov 24, 2022, 08:17 nug get <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > how does beancount differentiate between commodities where it keeps track > of lots (shares) and those where it does not (currencies)? > > For example, I have two commodities USD and VTI (neither is the ledger > base currency). > > Both are introduced the same way > > 1970-01-01 commodity USD > name: "US Dollar" > price: "CHF:yahoo/^CHFUSD=X" > 1970-01-01 commodity VTI > name: "VTI" > price: "USD:yahoo/VTI" > > accounts are opened the same way > 1970-01-01 open Assets:Invest:IB:VTI VTI > 1970-01-01 open Assets:Invest:IB:USD USD > > but still beancount keeps track of VTI lots, but not of USD lots. > > Where is the difference between them introduced? How can I control it? > > Thanks! > Best, > Nugget > > -- > 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/CAHUjHhE%3DP5M2VK_OD%3DB%3D-d0PCDHXJVkJigKZ2myQ-iSfdNuGHQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAHUjHhE%3DP5M2VK_OD%3DB%3D-d0PCDHXJVkJigKZ2myQ-iSfdNuGHQ%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%2BhOanj_EbWo%2BcYoGa6i1O7DtUM2SHHdpUgUj1h2Qhsii-A%40mail.gmail.com.
