* Peter Ross <[email protected]> [2011-09-30 17:41]:
> 1/1 Buy 2 shares of ACME @ $100
> 2/2 Buy 1 share of ACME @ $200
>
> Now on the 3/3 I wish to sell 2 shares of ACME @ $150. I can either
> sell 1 share bought on 1/1 and another on the 2/2 for $0 capital gain,
> or I can sell both 1/1 shares for a $100 capital gain.
The correct way to do this is:
D $100.00
2011-09-01 * Buy 2 shares of ACME @ $100
Assets:Broker 2 ACME @ $100.00
Assets:Cash
2011-09-10 * Buy 1 share of ACME @ $200
Assets:Broker 1 ACME @ $200.00
Assets:Cash
2011-09-20 * Sell 2 shares of ACME at $150
Assets:Broker -1 ACME {$100.00} @ $150.00
Assets:Broker -1 ACME {$200.00} @ $150.00
Assets:Cash
Note that the automatic Equity entries generated by ledger are
imho wrong (as discussed on this list a few months ago). I must open
a bug report about this.
> I want to record the decision I made so that I can determine at a
> late date how many shares at the various price levels I own.
You'll be interested in the bal --lot-prices option. For example,
after buying the 2 shares at $100 and 1 at $200 it would show you:
$ ledger -f a.ledger bal --lot-prices Assets:Broker
2 ACME {$100.00}
1 ACME {$200.00} Assets:Broker
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Martin Michlmayr
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