On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 05:58:10PM +0000, James Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 11:09:27PM -0700, Max Katsev wrote:
> ...
> > It's not that I'm philosophically opposed to it, more like I have 5+ years
> > of transactions without the cost basis and I'm not sure how to start using
> > it now without having to backfill everything at once. Is there a good way
> > to record the lots I currently own (according to the brokerage) without
> > filling in all the history that led to their creation?
>
> The following might work.
>
> Pick a date on which you'd like to start tracking things with lots. Say it's
> 2020-01-01.
>
> Then on that date, create transactions that convert all your holdings into
> lots. For example, suppose in Account:Brokerage, you hold 10 ACME, bought
> 2009-01-01 at a cost of 100.00 USD per ACME. Then you could do:
>
> 2020-01-01 * "Convert to lots"
> Assets:Brokerage -10 ACME
> Assets:Brokerage 10 ACME {100.00 USD, 2009-01-01}
Correction: that transaction is not balanced... I guess you will need
to put the imbalance into some other account. New attepmt:
2020-01-01 * "Convert to lots"
Assets:Brokerage -10 ACME
Assets:Brokerage 10 ACME {100.00 USD, 2009-01-01}
Equity:Hacky-conversion-account 10 ACME
Equity:Hacky-conversion-account -1000.00 USD
or just let Beancount fill it out.
2020-01-01 * "Convert to lots"
Assets:Brokerage -10 ACME
Assets:Brokerage 10 ACME {100.00 USD, 2009-01-01}
Equity:Hacky-conversion-account
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James
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