That's how GnuCash works.
Your issue as David pointed out is that you want (or have a need to)
record *unrealized* gains/losses. Usually, most people only record a
gain or loss after a transaction, not just after a 'price change' on
some listing. The price you paid remains the price (your
Gnucash Developers and Maintainers:
Hello! The reporting needs of my book would be the accounting equation:
"Assets = Liabilities + Equity" would be balanced after I conducting
carrying forward to my account book. Therefore, the data in the account
book file would be ready for external data
On 8/26/2022 12:31 AM, Gao Bite wrote:
Gnucash Developers and Maintainers:
. Also, I cannot make a single-split transaction to record the price
fluctuation since there is no debit account to match that credit account.
The credit account would be an account of type income, probably with a
When you change the exchange rate for a commodity that is not the base
currency you are creating an unrealized gain or loss. GnuCash is not
configured to handle these unrealized gains or losses without manual
assistance. How you accomplish that depends on your reporting needs.
On Thu, Aug 25,
Gnucash Developers and Maintainers:
Hello! When I'm processing transactions about foreign currency/
securities that are not the base currency, I have found a non-negligible
issue: the accounting equation becomes unequal when I change the price
in the built-in editor. Here are the details of
