When I set up a trading account for a USD stock, gnucash diligently added
transactions in the trading account for the stock and for USD. The stock
trading account simply tracks the number of shares in the account (which is
what the asset account for the stock already does). The USD trading account
Thanks, Derek. I get that.
I guess trading accounts do not provide for a use case I need.
Keith
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 12:10 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Trading accounts do not show you UNREALIZED gains. They exist to help you
> balance out REALIZED gains once you
Hi,
Trading accounts do not show you UNREALIZED gains. They exist to help you
balance out REALIZED gains once you have a sale transaction.
-derek
On Wed, February 21, 2018 12:00 pm, Keith Bellairs wrote:
> I started looking at using trading accounts but I may be missing
> something.
>
> The
I started looking at using trading accounts but I may be missing something.
The trading account created by gnucash for a stock shows as a balance the
number of shares in the account. This is also the balance shown in the
asset account for that stock.
Transactions for all stocks post to the USD