Ok, I was wrong. This report from the example using trading accounts is in fact
correct:
ledger bal --dc --related canadian_cash
100 USD 60 USD 40 USD Assets:US_Cash
0 200 CAD -200 CAD Equity:Initial_Capital
20 CAD 0 20 CAD Expenses:Food
120 CAD 75 CAD 45 CAD Income:Currency
--------------------------------------------
140 CAD
100 USD 275 CAD
60 USD -135 CAD
40 USD
Since the checking account is denominated in CAD, the cash flow is given by the
amounts in CAD (140 CAD out, 275 CAD in, -135 CAD balance). The totals in USD
can simply be ignored. Unfortunately, the report is not as clear as it could
be:
for example, the 75 CAD from Income:Currency and the 60 USD from Assets:US_Cash
are in fact the same. How can this report be improved?
My confusion about cash flows with trading accounts has actually started from
what I have now realized being a bug. Consider the following transaction:
2013/10/05 * Shopping
Expenses:Food 5 A
Assets:Cash -20 B
Income:Currency
Then, 'ledger bal --dc --related cash' gives:
5 A 0 5 A Expenses:Food
0 5 A -5 A Income:Currency
--------------------------------------------
5 A 5 A 0
which is wrong. But,
2013/10/05 * Shopping
Expenses:Food 5 B
Assets:Cash -20 A
Income:Currency
produces the expected output:
5 B 0 5 B Expenses:Food
20 A 0 20 A Income:Currency
--------------------------------------------
20 A
5 B 0 20 A
5 B
Every time the commodity of the related account lexicographically precedes the
commodity of the cash account, the cash flow report is wrong. A workaround
consists in specifying the amounts explicitly:
2013/10/05 * Shopping
Expenses:Food 5 A
Assets:Cash -20 B
Income:Currency -5 A
Income:Currency 20 B
Life
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