The price column is a computed value of Total Value / #Shares. The price is not stored anywhere.
So, no, you cannot have the price reflect anything other than Total Value / # Shares. -derek On Wed, March 12, 2025 9:14 am, G.W. via gnucash-user wrote: > So there's no way to have the price reflect accurately in the price column > for this scenario? (I already have set 1/1000). > > On Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 at 8:56 AM, Murugan Mariappan > <m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Check the fraction traded field in your security and adjust it to >> 1/1000. Ensure your account uses the commodity value under the smallest >> fraction field. Enter the debit value as $1.04; the system will >> calculate the price as $130 due to rounding. Your bank should update >> correctly with the $1.04. >> >> Saludos Cordiales >> >> Murugan >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> From: gnucash-user >> <gnucash-user-bounces+m.muruganandam=hotmail....@gnucash.org> on behalf >> of G.W. via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >> Sent: 12 March 2025 08:50 >> To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >> Subject: [GNC] Stock transaction: how to record "buy amount" being more >> or less than product of "shares * price"? >> >> My investment firm (Fidelity) allows the buying of fractional shares. I >> purchased some shares of stock with the following details: >> >> Purchase-1: shares: 0.008 | price per share: $124.42 | total amount I >> paid to get the 0.008 shares = $1.04 >> >> Purchase-2: shares: 10 shares | price per share: $111.25 | total amount >> I paid to get the 10 shares = $1,112.45 >> >> As you can compute by doing the math, the total amount paid does NOT >> equal shares*price. Purchase-1 should have only costed $1 and Purchase-2 >> should have costed $1,112.50. >> >> How do I account for this in Gnucash because it will not let me input >> the actual money I spent on the shares. Is there a way to override >> Gnucash's automatic calculation? >> >> (I phoned Fidelity and they explained this discrepancy is normal, a >> result of fractional share buys). >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> [https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnucash.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fgnucash-user&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cd60dad1a0e5c4024200a08dd615c406f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638773771054183031%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=KEw%2F7g2TZ3eT6rmCYLNRh1DpL1uCX7MyNBbHkoyXXM0%3D&reserved=0](https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user) >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
