Re: Tracking income from stock trades

2000-03-06 Thread Christopher Browne
On 06 Mar 2000 09:22:34 CST, the world broke into rejoicing as Todd Greer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Herbert Thoma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think what we need is a 'sell stock' extension like this: > > > 2. Search through the account to find the price(s) the stock was > > bought >

Re: Tracking income from stock trades

2000-03-06 Thread Todd Greer
Herbert Thoma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think what we need is a 'sell stock' extension like this: > 2. Search through the account to find the price(s) the stock was > bought > (configurable FIFO or LIFO) and compute profit/loss. This won't cover all cases. Another option should be

Re: Tracking income from stock trades

2000-03-06 Thread Herbert Thoma
We had this discussion a couple of weeks ago... I think what we need is a 'sell stock' extension like this: 1. Query the user account, date, amount and price of stock to sell. 2. Search through the account to find the price(s) the stock was bought (configurable FIFO or LIFO) and comput

Re: Tracking income from stock trades

2000-03-05 Thread Rob Walker
> On Mon, 06 Mar 2000 04:20:26 +, Gerald Champagne > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Gerald> Any thoughts? when you figure it out, please put an example of how to do it in the documentation. thanks, rob -- Gnucash Developer's List To unsubscribe send empty email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Tracking income from stock trades

2000-03-05 Thread Gerald Champagne
Christopher Browne wrote: > > > > > - A combination of the two is used. Changing a stock price draws > > > $20 from an "unrealized gain" account. Selling a stock transfers > > > $20 from the "unrealized gain" account into a "realized gain" > > > account. Is this close? > > That's prett

Re: Tracking income from stock trades

2000-03-05 Thread Christopher Browne
On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 23:55:38 EST, the world broke into rejoicing as Buddha Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > I have been trying to figure out how to use Gnucash to track > > realized gains calculations on stock trades, but I don't quite > > understand it. Can someone give me a few hints

Re: Tracking income from stock trades

2000-03-05 Thread Buddha Buck
> > I have been trying to figure out how to use Gnucash to track > realized gains calculations on stock trades, but I don't quite > understand it. Can someone give me a few hints on this? I've > tried reading all of the documentation, but I'm still missing > something. I don't know how Gnu

Tracking income from stock trades

2000-03-05 Thread Gerald Champagne
I have been trying to figure out how to use Gnucash to track realized gains calculations on stock trades, but I don't quite understand it. Can someone give me a few hints on this? I've tried reading all of the documentation, but I'm still missing something. Here's what I understand so far: