Hi Remco,

yah, that solves my problem. Great thanks!

Henry

[email protected] schrieb am Samstag, 23. Januar 2021 um 11:43:29 UTC+1:

> On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 01:17:23AM -0800, henry wrote in 
> <[email protected]>:
> >Say I have an entry in ledger.dat like this
> >
> >2021/01/20 stocks
> > Assets:Brokerage
> > Assets:Bank:Checking 30 "XXX" @ €100.00
> >
> >Then the output of `ledger bal bank:checking' will be 3000€
> >With this entry in my price-db file
> >
> >P 2021-01-20 XXX €100.00
> >
> >It will be the same. But when the share value changes some days later and 
> I
> >add a new entry
> >to the price-db file
> >
> >P 2021-01-22 XXX €200.00
> >
> >from then on the bank account amount changes retroactively to 6000€. Which
> >would be great anyway, but it does not mirror the current situation, since
> >I sold
> >the shares and want the price to be set for the day of the sale.
>
> Hi Henry,
>
> I think the problem here is that you are putting 30 XXX's into your 
> checking
> account. That is not what you want, you no longer have XXX's, but you have 
> the
> monetary value of them instead.
>
> Do you get the expected result with a booking more like this?:
>
> 2021/01/20 stocks
> Assets:Bank:Checking €3000.00
> Assets:Brokerage -30 "XXX" @ €100.00
>

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