Hi, I was about to ask about how people model their brokerage account and keep track of gains etc., because I currently do it as simple as
2022-04-01 Buy Stocks
Assets:Brokerage 50 ETF
Assets:Savings -100 EUR
2022-05-01 Sell Stocks
Assets:Brokerage -10 ETF
Assets:Savings 30 EUR
and then I end up with the problem that I cannot track the capital
gains well. With that model I can see well enough where assets are and
in which form, and also I can see how the overall value developed, but
I cannot easily see, say, how much gains I had in a particular year.
Then I found section 4.5.2 "Buying and Selling Stock"
https://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#index-buying-stock
in the ledger handbook which solves exactly that problem. However, I
don't understand the example.
2004/05/01 Stock purchase
Assets:Broker 50 AAPL @ $30.00
Expenses:Broker:Commissions $19.95
Assets:Broker $-1,519.95
2005/08/01 Stock sale
Assets:Broker -50 AAPL {$30.00} @ $50.00
Expenses:Broker:Commissions $19.95
Income:Capital Gains $-1,000.00
Assets:Broker $2,480.05
Clearly the second transaction does not balance if I leave out the lot
price "{$30.00}". What exactly is happening here with the lot price so
that this transaction balances?
Thanks
Tobias
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