I separate my ledger files by year, so every year starts with a number
of opening balances.
So far, I've been using statements like these:
2014-01-01 * Opening balance
; :opening-balance:
Assets:Current:Invest 0.00 GBP
Assets:Investments:Invest 2 AAA @ 20.00 GBP
Assets:Investments:Invest 4 AAA @ 30.00 GBP
Equity:Opening balance
However, I just realized that a downside of this approach is that the
original purchase date is lost.
So I've come up with this approach:
2014-01-01 * Opening balance
; :opening-balance:
Assets:Current:Invest 0.00 GBP
Assets:Investments:Invest 2 AAA {20.00 GBP} [2012-02-11] @@ 40.00
GBP
Assets:Investments:Invest 4 AAA {30.00 GBP} [2013-06-06] @@ 120.00
GBP
Equity:Opening balance
This shows the information I expect:
$ ledger bal --lots Assets:Investments:Invest
2 AAA {20.00 GBP} [2012/02/11]
4 AAA {30.00 GBP} [2013/06/06] Assets:Investments:Invest
Is this the best way to model opening balances for shares or is there
a better way?
The example above looks pretty straight forward, but in reality, the
purchase price has a lot of digits, e.g.:
Assets:Investments:xxx 415.51 "GB0000468776" {4.4280282063
GBP} [2013-01-04] @@ 1839.89 GBP
Oh, I guess I could use {{xx}}, as in:
2014-01-01 * Opening balance
; :opening-balance:
Assets:Current:Invest 0.00 GBP
Assets:Investments:Invest 2 AAA {{40.00 GBP}} [2012-02-11] @@ 40.00
GBP
Assets:Investments:Invest 4 AAA {{120.00 GBP}} [2013-06-06] @@
120.00 GBP
Equity:Opening balance
That also gives the expected result. This is the best solution I have
so far. Is there anything better?
Note that I always have to specify the total amount with @@, otherwise -B
doesn't work.
Example:
2014-01-01 * Opening balance
; :opening-balance:
Assets:Current:Invest 0.00 GBP
Assets:Investments:Invest 2 AAA {{ 40.00 GBP}} [2012-02-11]
Assets:Investments:Invest 4 AAA {{120.00 GBP}} [2013-06-06]
Equity:Opening balance
$ ledger bal Assets:Investments -B
6 AAA Assets:Investments:Invest
John, can you confirm that the approach I've taken is correct and that the @@
is always required?
If I say 2 AAA {{40.00 GBP}}, why cannot ledger figure out the @@ 40.00 GBP by
itself?
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