Thanks Martin! This is very helpful, I will definitaley check out the
--lots options.
On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 3:07 PM Martin Michlmayr <t...@cyrius.com> wrote:
> * Lanrete Li <jeor...@gmail.com> [2023-07-04 23:52]:
> > 2023/07/01 * Buy ETF
> > Assets:Bank -130 USD
> > Assets:Fund:xxxx 100 "FD_xxxx" @@ 130 USD
> >
> > In my understanding, this will create an internal commodity record that
> says
> > "FD_xxxx" = 1.3 USD at 07/01
>
> You can run "ledger bal --lots" to see the lot information.
>
> > I'm not exactly happy with this because
>
> Unfortunately, afaik you have to do it manually at the moment because
> ledger has no built-in mechanism to do it for you.
>
> > Lastly, I sw some one will record the "incremental gain" as
> > `Income:CapitalGain` when selling the fund, for example, in the official
> > document there is:
> >
> > 2004/05/01 Stock purchase
> > Assets:Broker 50 AAPL @ $30.00
> > Expenses:Broker:Commissions $19.95
> > Assets:Broker $-1,519.95
> >
> > 2005/08/01 Stock sale
> > Assets:Broker -50 AAPL {$30.00} @ $50.00
> > Expenses:Broker:Commissions $19.95
> > Income:Capital Gains $-1,000.00
> > Assets:Broker $2,480.05
>
> Yes, this is correct. Actually, it's slightly incorrect because you
> also have to give the date:
>
> 2005/08/01 Stock sale
> Assets:Broker -50 AAPL {$30.00} [2004/05/01] @ $50.00
> Expenses:Broker:Commissions $19.95
> Income:Capital Gains $-1,000.00
> Assets:Broker $2,480.05
>
> > It seems to me that the later transaction can be just written as
> >
> > 2005/08/01 Stock sale
> > Assets:Broker -50 AAPL @ $50.00
> > Expenses:Broker:Commissions $19.95
> > Assets:Broker $2,480.05
>
> > Both ledger will balance, which one SHOULD i follow?
>
> The correct one. You have to specify {} @ manually. Only
> this way ledger knows what you're talking about exactly.
>
> Run "bal --lots" - if the lots are red, you have a problem.
>
> > what if my 50 share of AAPL is purchased at different date and
> > therefore different price?
>
> You can do something like this:
>
> Assets:Broker -25 AAPL {$25.00} [2003/03/02] @ $50.00
> Assets:Broker -25 AAPL {$30.00} [2004/05/01] @ $50.00
>
> Unfortunately, all of this is quite a manual process.
>
> Basically: run "ledger bal --lots assets:Broker", copy&paste the info,
> afterwards run "bal --lots assets:broker" again and make sure nothing
> is red.
>
> If something is red, it means you removed a lot that doesn't exist.
> This can be because you forgot to write the date (as in the example
> above).
>
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