Re: Stock/Commodities fee posting positions and cost basis
> "o" == o1bigtenor writes: o> A semantical question - - - - AIUI what you are referring to in the above o> is a 'stock' not a 'commodity' - - - yes? I guess I'm mixing Ledger terminology with market terminology. To Ledger, everything is a commodity. But yes, in this particular case, the item we're tracking is a stock. John -- --- 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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/m2wo5mj7b6.fsf%40newartisans.com.
Re: Stock/Commodities fee posting positions and cost basis
On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 11:07 PM John Wiegley wrote:
>
> > "JS" == Joel Swanson 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]
> () @ $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.
>
A semantical question - - - - AIUI what you are referring to in the above is a
'stock' not a 'commodity' - - - yes?
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Re: Newbie questions
thanks, problem solved: Assets:Stocks:stockname stockname 200 @ EUR 20 i was writing previously: Assets:stocks:stockname 200 @ EUR 20 Τη Παρασκευή, 8 Μαΐου 2020 - 3:40:57 π.μ. UTC+3, ο χρήστης Martin Michlmayr έγραψε: > > * Nikos Charonitakis > [2020-05-07 21:12]: > > I ll try to see what is wrong with my file because i set stock prices > with > > eg @ EUR 20 when i first recorded (opening balance) my assets, and after > > your reply i set at the end of my file > > P 7/5/2020 STOCK_NAME EUR 20 but even this does not change behaviour and > > ledger instists reporting stock quantity and no value. > > Can you post a small testcase? > > -- > Martin Michlmayr > https://www.cyrius.com/ > -- --- 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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/b2ada326-37a3-4f17-88b8-ccab88de798f%40googlegroups.com.
