If you read Christopher's links, they go into the theory behind the development of trading accounts.
I personally do not need them for my use, so I am not conversant with how they work. I think that you may need them, based on the fact that you are looking into using them, but I cannot help with details. Perhaps another user that does use them can chime in (hint Hint) David C On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:12 AM, Les <lellio...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use, in addition to USD. AUD, HKD, CAD, CNY and SGD. I buy in tranches > for average cost. So, not sure that means I have complicated trades but I > make sure I never have any orphan accounts. I checked my test file for > capital and it did not list any. Although, at the bottom of my accounts > list, there is a list of currencies and exchanges with totals for each. > But, again, there isn't any difference in income and expenses. > > Les > > On 02/12/2018 08:18 AM, David Carlson wrote: > >> UnfOrtumately I cannot read the article that zchristofer cited from my >> clunky Tablet ant tablet really messes up mystery composition skills. >> >> I think that if you have always correctly calculated every capital gain in >> every closing transaction and never had any ambiguously matched lots there >> will not be any overall difference with or without trading accounts. >> >> I would guess trading accounts help the most for users with more >> complicated trades. >> >> I am sure that you would need to drill down to the capital gains and >> incomes in closing transactions to see where the T A could make a >> difference. >> >> David C >> >> >> >> On Feb 12, 2018 6:53 AM, "Christopher Lam" <christopher....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Les >>> >>> Really interesting question, with a simple and a complicated answer. >>> >>> Simple answer: I think Trial Balance would differ if you deal with >>> multiple currencies or stock (i.e. multiple conversions with differing >>> dates and prices). >>> >>> Complicated answer: >>> >>> https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/accounting/tutorial.html >>> >>> https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/accounting/gnucash.html >>> >>> C >>> >>> On 12/02/18 20:41, Les wrote: >>> >>> I have a "test" laptop with GC 2.6.17 running the latest Linux Mint. I >>>> opened GC and tried using Trading Accounts, did check and repair, noted >>>> the >>>> totals of assets, liabilities, income and expense before and after. >>>> There >>>> was no difference. I then ran a Income and Expense report for year 2016 >>>> (which is the same as my production GC and compared the two. Again >>>> there >>>> was no difference in totals between the two GC files. >>>> >>>> So, exactly what does Trading Accounts actually do? I noticed that when >>>> viewing a stock transaction using auto-split view, there are added lines >>>> showing trading: currencies and trading: exchange and stock symbol, that >>>> does not appear without trading accounts. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Les >>>> >>>> >>>> On 02/12/2018 04:41 AM, David Carlson wrote: >>>> >>>> It would be more fun to make a test copy of an existing file! 😁 >>>>> >>>>> David C >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 12, 2018 4:13 AM, "Les" <lellio...@gmail.com <mailto: >>>>> lellio...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, Adrien, David & Christoph for your replies. I think >>>>> opening a new GC file and testing Trading Accounts is a good idea. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Les >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 02/12/2018 01:40 AM, Christoph R wrote: >>>>> >>>>> And run “Actions -> Check & Repair -> Check & Repair All” to >>>>> add the needed splits to existing transactions. >>>>> >>>>> Gruß, >>>>> Christoph >>>>> >>>>> Am 12.02.2018 um 01:27 schrieb David Carlson >>>>> <david.carlson....@gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:david.carlson....@gmail.com>>: >>>>> >>>>> I think that if you want to stop using trading account s >>>>> it is difficult to >>>>> turn them off. >>>>> >>>>> I would set up a test file to try them on until you decide >>>>> whether you like >>>>> them. >>>>> >>>>> David C >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 11, 2018 5:39 PM, "Adrien Monteleone" >>>>> <adrien.montele...@gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:adrien.montele...@gmail.com>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yes, you can add trading accounts (or any other >>>>> accounts) as needed to your >>>>> current file. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Adrien >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 4:18 PM, Les >>>>> <lellio...@gmail.com <mailto:lellio...@gmail.com>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have been using GC for several years, and >>>>> although I trade stocks, I >>>>> have never used the "Trading Accounts" option. >>>>> Can I just start using >>>>> >>>>> it, >>>>> >>>>> or would I need to start a new GC file? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Les >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>> <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to >>>>> unsubscribe: >>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>> <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> >>>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists >>>>> <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists> for >>>>> more information. >>>>> ----- >>>>> Please remember to CC 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