It looks like this is a known issue https://github.com/ledger/ledger/issues/1821 If anyone has a work-around for this I would like to know.
On Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 8:50:52 AM UTC-4 swspry wrote: > Forgot to mention that I was adding the --unrealized flag as well > > me@me % ledger -f journal.ledger -V bal --unrealized > 5.93 USD Assets:Etrade:Personal:SWTSX:Dividend > -5.96 USD Equity:Opening-Balances > -------------------- > -0.03 USD > me@me % > > On Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 2:16:10 AM UTC-4 swspry wrote: > >> Hi, >> I was hoping someone could help me identify if the below is a bug or just >> user error on my part. >> >> When I run *ledger -f journal.ledger -V bal* on the below file it shows >> as unbalanced (-0.03). >> When I run *ledger -f journal.ledger -B bal* on the below file it shows >> as balanced. >> >> If I change the postings to be different, it balances. It seems to be an >> issue with everything happening on the same day. I've tried this with >> ledger 3.2.2 (fedora repo), 3.2.1 (ubuntu repo), and 3.4.1 (compiled from >> source) >> >> I also tried combining it into one transaction, and that still has the >> same issue. >> >> I'm not sure if I'm missing an option, or something else. But this seem >> very weird to me. >> >> journal.ledger >> -------------------------- >> account Assets:Etrade:Personal:SWTSX >> account Assets:Etrade:Personal:SWTSX:Dividend >> commodity SWTSX >> 2021-12-13 * "Buying SWTSX" >> Assets:Etrade:Personal:SWTSX:Dividend 0.012 SWTSX @ >> 83.33333333333333333333333333 USD >> Equity:Brokerage-Rounding >> Equity:Opening-Balances -1 USD >> >> 2021-12-13 * "Buying SWTSX" >> Assets:Etrade:Personal:SWTSX:Dividend 0.002 SWTSX @ 85 USD >> Equity:Brokerage-Rounding >> Equity:Opening-Balances -0.17 USD >> >> 2021-12-13 * "Buying SWTSX" >> Assets:Etrade:Personal:SWTSX:Dividend 0.059 SWTSX @ >> 81.18644067796610169491525424 USD >> Equity:Brokerage-Rounding >> Equity:Opening-Balances -4.79 USD >> > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/6a97708d-4779-486a-84c8-94e01aaed5b2n%40googlegroups.com.
