On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 9:25 PM Damien R. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you! It seems pretty obvious now... sorry for the dumb question! > There are no dumb questions. Nothing to feel sorry about. > If they had decided to sell only 50% of the commodity, what would have > been the best way to handle it in my ledger? Use a total match to sell > everything and buy back 50% of that commodity? > No. You would have declared selling -3151.6173/2 units of COMMA @ 9.361 CAD, the cash would be correspondingly half, and the inferred P/L would be half as well. > Le lundi 18 décembre 2023 à 20:59:53 UTC-5, [email protected] a écrit : > >> When you sell something you need to account for P/L. >> You're missing an account posting for that P/L, the amount of which can >> be left to be automatically calculated by Beancount, for that $124.46 >> >> On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 8:57 PM Damien R. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have an investment in a mutual fund that has been converted from one >>> commodity to another. I'm trying to represent that in my ledger with a sale >>> of the first commodity (it's a total match sale as everything is sold) and >>> then a buy of the second one (that's how it appears on the statement): >>> >>> 2023-06-21 * "Selling Commodity A" >>> Assets:CA:Broker:COMMA -3151.6173 COMMA {} @ 9.361 CAD >>> Assets:CA:Broker:Cash 29502.29 CAD >>> >>> Bean-check gives the following error: >>> >>> Transaction does not balance: (124.4641276 CAD) >>> >>> I tried changing the tolerance for that commodity to 0.0001 but no luck >>> with that. Any idea what is going on and what I should to to address it? >>> >>> As I'm dealing with mutual fund issues right now, I'll piggy back on my >>> first question and ask what's the state of the average booking method? From >>> my understanding it's still not supported and from the documentation I >>> couldn't find how I should deal with partial sales, if I want to sale 50% >>> of one commodity for instance. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Damien >>> >>> -- >>> 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/88cc74be-3d56-4ab5-964a-53689d988663n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/88cc74be-3d56-4ab5-964a-53689d988663n%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/ffcaac38-5c91-4c9f-a1b7-ddc695bf5886n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/ffcaac38-5c91-4c9f-a1b7-ddc695bf5886n%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/CAK21%2BhOHBL-OHLSo7UrXfdkp-GyNvhbrhi25b7aHz62PoXrhkQ%40mail.gmail.com.
