Can you advise if I have a setting error? For example, I sell -0.005 shares at $115 for $0.58 and this keeps resulting in price $116 with sell amount of $0.58 (actual is price $115 and sell amount precisely come to $0.575). Why isn't gnucash keeping the price of $115 and just rounding up the amount of $0.575?
In the Security Editor I have set Fraction Traded 1/1000 In the account editor I have "Smallest Fraction" set to 1/1000 Is there some setting I'm missing? Why can't gnucash get the example above correct? On Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 at 10:11 AM, Murugan Mariappan <m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > If you are particular about the price to be the same then you can do split of > the .04 and pass it to a "rounding off" expenses account > > Saludos Cordiales > > Murugan > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: G.W. <grgw...@protonmail.com> > Sent: 12 March 2025 10:14 > To: Murugan Mariappan <m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Stock transaction: how to record "buy amount" being more > or less than product of "shares * price"? > > 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.
