This is incorrect
see in attachment my comments and output of bean-query <file> print
Basically, your usage of an automated posting everywhere makes you think it
works but it does, it just absorbs all the errors.


On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 7:20 AM Makdisse <[email protected]> wrote:

> So what I ended up doing was tracking the lot for all transactions:
>
>
> 2018-03-22 * "Buy ETH"
> Assets:Coinbase:ETH 2.13226701 ETH {443.62 GBP}
> Assets:Crypto:Fees 14.09 GBP
> Equity:Opening-Balances
>
> 2018-03-22 * "Send ETH to Kraken"
> Assets:Kraken:ETH 2.13197651 ETH {443.62 GBP}
> Assets:Coinbase:ETH -2.13197651 ETH {443.62 GBP,2018-03-22}
> Equity:Opening-Balances
>
> 2018-03-22 * "Convert ETH to EOS"
> Assets:Kraken:EOS 90 EOS {0.0122067222 ETH}
> Assets:Kraken:ETH -1.098605 ETH {443.62 GBP,2018-03-22}
> Equity:Opening-Balances
>
> 2018-03-22 * "Send ETH to Binance"
> Assets:Binance:ETH 1.02551 ETH {443.62 GBP}
> Assets:Crypto:Fees 0.005 ETH
> Assets:Kraken:ETH -1.02551 ETH {443.62 GBP,2018-03-22}
> Equity:Opening-Balances
>
> 2018-03-22 * "Send EOS to Binance"
> Assets:Binance:EOS 89.5 EOS {0.0122067222 ETH}
> Assets:Crypto:Fees 0.5 EOS
> Assets:Kraken:EOS -89.5 EOS {0.0122067222 ETH,2018-03-22}
> Equity:Opening-Balances
>
> 2018-03-22 * "Convert ETH to XLM"
> Assets:Binance:XLM 2324 XLM {0.0004411652 ETH}
> Assets:Binance:ETH -1.025268 ETH {443.62 GBP,2018-03-22}
> Equity:Opening-Balances
>
> There's always a rest that I must put on Opening-Balances.
> Whenever I transfer or convert a crypto I try to track which lot I'm
> talking about.
>
> The problem I have now is that I have lots of different types of EOS
> holding for example. Each one with a different 'Cost Currency'.
> So what I'm trying to do is to convert all Cost Currencies to GBP (by
> simulating a sell and a buy from GBP).
>
> Eg:
> Assets:Coinbase:EOS -89.1 EOS {0.0122067222 ETH,2018-03-31}
> Assets:Coinbase:EOS 89.1 EOS {4.65 GBP}
> Assets:Coinbase:EOS -151.784400 EOS {0.0150213065 ETH,2020-01-06}
> Assets:Coinbase:EOS 151.784400 EOS {5 GBP}
> Assets:Coinbase:EOS -23.907400 EOS {0.0158946602 ETH,2020-01-06}
> Assets:Coinbase:EOS 23.907400 EOS {5 GBP}
>
> The only thing I think is being missed in the documentation is a big
> beancount file with lots of examples. I know that there are some sparse
> examples in the google docs, but having a big ledger file with every day
> examples and all well commented would be very useful to understand how
> people should do day to day transactions.
>
> Maybe a new documentation section on the best patterns to deal with crypto?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Saturday, 28 March 2020 18:50:41 UTC, Martin Blais wrote:
>>
>> Be careful with NONE booking. "Works" means there will be no lot
>> matching. The only meaningful numbers you can get out of that are
>> - Sum of units over all postings in that account, currency
>> - Sum of cost bases over all postings in that account, currency
>> If you're not getting an error that doesn't mean it's doing what you want
>> it to do.
>> (What do you want it to do?)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 2:43 PM Makdisse <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for that Red!
>>> It works fine with "NONE". And I think I understand how I must track the
>>> holding when converting from a currency to another.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Saturday, 28 March 2020 07:46:27 UTC, Red S wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Makdisse,
>>>> 1) Include this line in your earlier source:
>>>> 2000-01-01 open Assets:Coinbase:ETH "NONE"
>>>>
>>>> and everything would work fine. However, you won't get strict lot
>>>> reduction, but rather, a mix of positive and negative lots. The point here
>>>> is to help you build your mental model of how beancount works. Read
>>>> Martin's response above and see if it makes better sense now. Hint: your
>>>> source makes beancount think you shorted ETH.
>>>>
>>>> 2)     Assets:Coinbase:ETH {443.62 GBP}    <-- ADDED PRICE
>>>>
>>>> That's not valid syntax. You'd have to specify the number you're
>>>> reducing the lot by.along with the price.
>>>>
>>>> 3) try bean-doctor context on the *prior* transaction, and it shows you
>>>> the state of things.
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, March 27, 2020 at 11:26:06 AM UTC-7, Makdisse wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried adding the ETH price to make sure beancount knows against
>>>>> which account it should match:
>>>>>
>>>>> 2018-03-22 * "Buy ETH"
>>>>> Assets:Coinbase:ETH 2.13226701 ETH {443.62 GBP}
>>>>> Assets:Coinbase:Fees 14.09 GBP
>>>>> Equity:Opening-Balances
>>>>>
>>>>> 2018-03-22 * "Convert ETH to XLM"
>>>>> Assets:Binance:XLM 2324 XLM @@ 1.025268 ETH
>>>>> Assets:Coinbase:ETH {443.62 GBP}    <-- ADDED PRICE
>>>>>
>>>>> 2018-03-22 * "Convert ETH to EOS"
>>>>> Assets:Kraken:EOS 90 EOS @@ 1.098605 ETH
>>>>> Assets:Coinbase:ETH {443.62 GBP}    <-- ADDED PRICE
>>>>>
>>>>> 2018-04-03 * "Buy ETH"
>>>>> Assets:Coinbase:ETH 4.81321544 ETH {339.82 GBP}
>>>>> Assets:Coinbase:Fees 24.37 GBP
>>>>> Equity:Opening-Balances
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I get a different error: 'Transaction does not balance'. Which
>>>>> doesn't make sense to me because the math seems to be correct.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've read all documentation you wrote, can you see what mental model
>>>>> I'm missing about how beancount works?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried a lot of different variations to these 4 transactions and
>>>>> every time I get a different error.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Friday, 27 March 2020 12:36:55 UTC, Martin Blais wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your balance has a mix of positive and negative values.
>>>>>> See error message, it includes the balance it is trying to match
>>>>>> against.
>>>>>> Its not showing the context because the transaction failed to match,
>>>>>> that's a catch-22 but that we need to fix, failing transactions aren't
>>>>>> properly handled by the context command.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 05:06 Makdisse <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Martin,
>>>>>>> Thanks for your answer. But I still can't find a solution.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The ETH account balance is 2.13226701 ETH before the 2 convert
>>>>>>> transactions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I then deduct 1.025268+1.098605 == 2.12 from that account.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And then on the erroring transaction I try to add more ETH to the
>>>>>>> account: Assets:Coinbase:ETH 4.81321544 ETH {339.82 GBP}
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I run bean-doctor I get an empty transaction:
>>>>>>> Hash:bde2c9df7c3195dfa5bd9e4b68ed2261
>>>>>>> Location: /example.beancount:31
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ------------ Balances before transaction
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ------------ Transaction
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2018-04-03 * "Buy ETH"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ------------ Balances after transaction
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And if I try to add {443.62 GBP} to the ETH deduction of both
>>>>>>> conversions (to specify that the conversion should deduct from the
>>>>>>> `Assets:Coinbase:ETH 2.13226701 ETH {443.62 GBP}` account) I get a
>>>>>>> 'Transaction does not balance' error.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Friday, 27 March 2020 04:06:41 UTC, Martin Blais wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You probably have other transactions before this one that make the
>>>>>>>> balance of that account negative, and so it's trying to match that 
>>>>>>>> positive
>>>>>>>> ETH posting against existing positions with a cost basis of 339.82.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Run bean-doctor context with the filename and line number around
>>>>>>>> that transaction to see the inventory of the Assets:Coinbase:ETH 
>>>>>>>> account
>>>>>>>> just before the transaction gets applied.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 7:58 PM Makdisse <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm moving from Pocketsmith to beancount and I've hit a wall.
>>>>>>>>> I've attached a file with just 4 transactions where I'm getting
>>>>>>>>> the error:
>>>>>>>>> >> bean-check example.beancount
>>>>>>>>> example.beancount:32:      No position matches 
>>>>>>>>> "Posting(account='Assets:Coinbase:ETH',
>>>>>>>>> units=4.81321544 ETH, cost=CostSpec(number_per=Decimal('339.82'),
>>>>>>>>> number_total=None, currency='GBP', date=None, label=None, 
>>>>>>>>> merge=False),
>>>>>>>>> price=None, flag=None, meta={'filename': 'example.beancount', 
>>>>>>>>> 'lineno':
>>>>>>>>> 33})" against balance (-2.123873000000000000000000000 ETH,
>>>>>>>>> 2.13226701 ETH {443.62 GBP, 2018-03-22})
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    2018-04-03 * "Buy ETH"
>>>>>>>>>      Assets:Coinbase:ETH      4.81321544 ETH {339.82 GBP}
>>>>>>>>>      Assets:Coinbase:Fees          24.37 GBP
>>>>>>>>>      Equity:Opening-Balances
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have read all documents on
>>>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RaondTJCS_IUPBHFNdT8oqFKJjVJDsfsn6JEjBG04eA/edit
>>>>>>>>>  and
>>>>>>>>> I still can't understand what I'm doing wrong.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I must be missing some major mental model.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can you guys please help understand what I'm doing wrong?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>
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