Re: Tracking Short Sales
> "BO" == Brandon Olivares writes:
BO> But say I have 5 different stocks, 4 are long and 1 is short. I’d like to
BO> calculate the percent of each stock in the portfolio.
BO> But if one is negative, there’s no easy way to calculate that.
Hmm.. what I do is include a note to my entries to distinguish symbols, and
leave accounts to map to their real world counterparts:
2020/03/12 Buy Amazon
; Symbol: AMZN
Assets:Portfolio:Equities 1 AMZN @ $1,700.00
Assets:Portfolio:Cash
I then use:
ledger bal --pivot=Symbol -B Equities
However, adding --percent does not work here, because each equity value
represents 100% of its contribution to that symbol...
Interestingly, changing to --group-by='tag("Symbol")' causes Ledger to crash,
which is nice to know.
I do wonder if we can't massage the data from this report somehow to get the
figures out that we need.
John
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Re: Tracking Short Sales
That’s sort of what I’m thinking of. I tried something like this, and it works mathematically but not sure how clear it is. But I like it because it’s very obvious that as the stock goes down in price, the short position gains value. 2020/03/12 Short AAPL Assets:Portfolio:AAPL -8 AAPL @ $250.00 Assets:Portfolio:Cash $-2,000.00 ; Set aside collateral Assets:Portfolio:AAPL:Collateral The Collateral account gets the cash set aside from the short, plus the cash received for actually selling the position. > On Mar 13, 2020, at 3:49 AM, Jostein Berntsen wrote: > > On 13.03.20,02:31, Brandon Olivares wrote: >> Sorry for another question but having trouble with this. >> >> As I said in my last message I’m using ledger to track my portfolio. I have >> it down pretty well, but one thing I can’t figure out is short sales. >> >> It seems simple up front: just something like: >> >> 2020/03/13 Sell Short >>Assets:Portfolio:AAPL -8 AAPL @ $250.00 >>Assets:Portfolio:Cash $2,000.00 >> >> Then if I view balance by cost basis, I see Assets:Portfolio:Cash is up by >> $2,000 and Assets:Portfolio:AAPL is -$2,000. >> >> But say I have 5 different stocks, 4 are long and 1 is short. I’d like to >> calculate the percent of each stock in the portfolio. >> >> But if one is negative, there’s no easy way to calculate that. >> >> I was thinking of transferring out of cash the collateral that is held for >> the stock, but it seems to overcomplicate things. >> >> Imagine this file for example: >> >> 2020/03/13 Initial Deposit >>Assets:Portfolio:Cash $10,000.00 >>Equity:Opening Balances >> >> 2020/03/13 Buy Facebook >>Assets:Portfolio:FB13 FB @ $155.00 >>Assets:Portfolio:Cash >> >> 2020/03/13 Short Apple >>Assets:Portfolio:AAPL-8 AAPL @ $250.00 >>Assets:Portfolio:Cash >> >> 2020/03/12 Buy Amazon >>Assets:Portfolio:AMZN 1 AMZN @ $1,700.00 >>Assets:Portfolio:Cash >> >> 2020/03/13 Buy Netflix >>Assets:Portfolio:NFLX 7 NFLX @ $315.00 >>Assets:Portfolio:Cash >> >> 2020/03/13 Buy Google >>Assets:Portfolio:GOOGL 2 GOOGL @ $1,100.00 >>Assets:Portfolio:Cash >> >> Running balance on this looks like: >> >> $ ledger -f portfolio.dat -B balance ^Assets >> $10,000.00 Assets:Portfolio >> $-2,000.00AAPL >> $1,700.00AMZN >> $3,880.00Cash >> $2,015.00FB >> $2,200.00GOOGL >> $2,205.00NFLX >> >> $10,000.00 >> >> So each stock is roughly 20% (give or take) of the portfolio. But cash looks >> like it is nearly 40% while AAPL is of course negative by -$2,000. >> >> Just would like a nicer way of looking at this. Ideas? Couldn’t find >> any resources out there about this. > > Would it work to move Cash out of the Portfolio category to something > like Assets:Stock:Cash instead? > > Jostein > > > > -- > > --- > 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/20200313074956.GB27739%40jostein. -- --- 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/88E74C4B-33FD-4F27-A805-C36BA41DC35E%40gmail.com.
Re: Tracking Short Sales
On 13.03.20,02:31, Brandon Olivares wrote: > Sorry for another question but having trouble with this. > > As I said in my last message I’m using ledger to track my portfolio. I have > it down pretty well, but one thing I can’t figure out is short sales. > > It seems simple up front: just something like: > > 2020/03/13 Sell Short > Assets:Portfolio:AAPL -8 AAPL @ $250.00 > Assets:Portfolio:Cash $2,000.00 > > Then if I view balance by cost basis, I see Assets:Portfolio:Cash is up by > $2,000 and Assets:Portfolio:AAPL is -$2,000. > > But say I have 5 different stocks, 4 are long and 1 is short. I’d like to > calculate the percent of each stock in the portfolio. > > But if one is negative, there’s no easy way to calculate that. > > I was thinking of transferring out of cash the collateral that is held for > the stock, but it seems to overcomplicate things. > > Imagine this file for example: > > 2020/03/13 Initial Deposit > Assets:Portfolio:Cash $10,000.00 > Equity:Opening Balances > > 2020/03/13 Buy Facebook > Assets:Portfolio:FB13 FB @ $155.00 > Assets:Portfolio:Cash > > 2020/03/13 Short Apple > Assets:Portfolio:AAPL-8 AAPL @ $250.00 > Assets:Portfolio:Cash > > 2020/03/12 Buy Amazon > Assets:Portfolio:AMZN 1 AMZN @ $1,700.00 > Assets:Portfolio:Cash > > 2020/03/13 Buy Netflix > Assets:Portfolio:NFLX 7 NFLX @ $315.00 > Assets:Portfolio:Cash > > 2020/03/13 Buy Google > Assets:Portfolio:GOOGL 2 GOOGL @ $1,100.00 > Assets:Portfolio:Cash > > Running balance on this looks like: > > $ ledger -f portfolio.dat -B balance ^Assets > $10,000.00 Assets:Portfolio > $-2,000.00AAPL >$1,700.00AMZN >$3,880.00Cash >$2,015.00FB >$2,200.00GOOGL >$2,205.00NFLX > > $10,000.00 > > So each stock is roughly 20% (give or take) of the portfolio. But cash looks > like it is nearly 40% while AAPL is of course negative by -$2,000. > > Just would like a nicer way of looking at this. Ideas? Couldn’t find > any resources out there about this. Would it work to move Cash out of the Portfolio category to something like Assets:Stock:Cash instead? Jostein -- --- 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/20200313074956.GB27739%40jostein.
Tracking Short Sales
Sorry for another question but having trouble with this. As I said in my last message I’m using ledger to track my portfolio. I have it down pretty well, but one thing I can’t figure out is short sales. It seems simple up front: just something like: 2020/03/13 Sell Short Assets:Portfolio:AAPL -8 AAPL @ $250.00 Assets:Portfolio:Cash $2,000.00 Then if I view balance by cost basis, I see Assets:Portfolio:Cash is up by $2,000 and Assets:Portfolio:AAPL is -$2,000. But say I have 5 different stocks, 4 are long and 1 is short. I’d like to calculate the percent of each stock in the portfolio. But if one is negative, there’s no easy way to calculate that. I was thinking of transferring out of cash the collateral that is held for the stock, but it seems to overcomplicate things. Imagine this file for example: 2020/03/13 Initial Deposit Assets:Portfolio:Cash $10,000.00 Equity:Opening Balances 2020/03/13 Buy Facebook Assets:Portfolio:FB13 FB @ $155.00 Assets:Portfolio:Cash 2020/03/13 Short Apple Assets:Portfolio:AAPL-8 AAPL @ $250.00 Assets:Portfolio:Cash 2020/03/12 Buy Amazon Assets:Portfolio:AMZN 1 AMZN @ $1,700.00 Assets:Portfolio:Cash 2020/03/13 Buy Netflix Assets:Portfolio:NFLX 7 NFLX @ $315.00 Assets:Portfolio:Cash 2020/03/13 Buy Google Assets:Portfolio:GOOGL 2 GOOGL @ $1,100.00 Assets:Portfolio:Cash Running balance on this looks like: $ ledger -f portfolio.dat -B balance ^Assets $10,000.00 Assets:Portfolio $-2,000.00AAPL $1,700.00AMZN $3,880.00Cash $2,015.00FB $2,200.00GOOGL $2,205.00NFLX $10,000.00 So each stock is roughly 20% (give or take) of the portfolio. But cash looks like it is nearly 40% while AAPL is of course negative by -$2,000. Just would like a nicer way of looking at this. Ideas? Couldn’t find any resources out there about this. -- --- 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/42A76D28-FCF6-46E5-993F-BDA306C536EF%40gmail.com.
