You don't need to draw on anything, you just record it on the actually date and cost you bought it at and insert a price directive for 150. It's an unrealized gain, no cash had been received.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2025, 21:02 Chang Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > Suppose I buy a share of HOOL at 100 USD on 2025-01-01. > But I start beancount on 2025-08-01, when HOOL is 150 USD. > What is the best way to start the book on 2025-08-01? > > I think the ideal* way is to draw 150 USD from Equity:Opening-Balances on > 2025-08-01, but record this lot of the HOOL share at 100 USD with an > acquisition date of 2025-01-01. However, I don't know how to book this > without causing an error/imbalance in beancount. > > (*Ideally, I want no transactions before 2025-08-01, but I'd like to keep > the lot information.) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" 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/beancount/a21aeaa4-090c-485f-bce9-dfad4308c234n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/a21aeaa4-090c-485f-bce9-dfad4308c234n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" 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/beancount/CAK21%2BhMs06vpETq%2BM8u09uaehk3jU%2BYYD51HC-2PpGgG59a0yQ%40mail.gmail.com.
