I applaud your desire for exactness, but if you think about it, why does it matter, and what do you mean by "actual pricing".
If you sould 0.005 shares and received $0.58, then I would argue that the "actual price" is $116. If I'm selling sweet corn and my posted price by the roadside is $5 / dozen, but I sell the last dozen for $4, my actual price is $4, regardless of what my sign may have said. On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM G.W. via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Okay. So can you kindly advise how you would handle this situation in a > way that maintains a record of the actual pricing and results in everything > being balanced financially? e.g., would you use a split, just write in > description some details? > > I am also running in problems such as selling -.005 shares for $115 and > gnucash keeps altering the price to $116. How would you account for this? > > On Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 at 10:36 AM, David Reiser < > dbrei...@icloud.com> wrote: > > > In terms of math, you only have 2 degrees of freedom, and you’re trying > to specify 3 parameters independently. Not permissible. > > > > You paid a certain number of dollars and cents for a specific number of > shares. The price per share that you actually paid is $/shares acquired (or > sold). The broker can tell you anything they want as far as price per > share, but in reality the price per share you actually paid was the dollars > you paid divided by the shares transferred. There are both fees and > round-off events associated with stock transactions. The mismatch between > stated prices and real prices are magnified for fractional share > transactions. > > > > -- > > Dave Reiser > > dbrei...@icloud.com > > > >> On Mar 12, 2025, at 10:25, G.W. via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> > >> 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. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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. 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