On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 11:07 PM John Wiegley <jwieg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> "JS" == Joel Swanson <jkep...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> JS> Does posting order affect stock or commodity cost basis in Ledger?
>
> JS> Is that really the desired behavior, where changing the order of postings
> JS> changes the items for which ledger tracks lots? Does this have something
> JS> to do with which postings are considered primary and secondary in a
> JS> transaction with three or more postings?
>
> Yes, that is actually the reasoning. The first posting establishes the
> secondary commodity, while the second is the primary.
>
> You can avoid this confusing by not using the auto-calculation logic, and
> identifying your lots explicitly:
>
> 2004/05/01 Stock purchase
> Expenses:Broker:Commissions $19.95
> Assets:Broker 50 AAPL {$30.00} [2004/05/01]
> (<TransactionId>) @ $30.00
> Assets:Broker $-1,519.95
>
> If you use this fully elaborated lot specification everywhere, then you'll
> always know what Ledger is based its numbers on. Generally when I sell a
> commodity I just copy the details from the opening transaction.
>
Mr John
Have been thinking about this <Transactionid> and where you have
placed it in the
layout of the transaction. To me this is not too dissimilar to
'different' currency
transactions (items are purchased in a different than 'home' currency)
when I want
to track the costs of and in the transaction. I usually put the
various 'rates' in the
'notes' files ( right after the payee line then the next line using
the ; rate 234.15).
The example here you are putting the <Transactionid> inside the
transaction information.
Would you also use this technique in a currency exchange transaction
(transaction done
in a different currency than the ledger's 'base currency)?
Regards
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