Isn't this "unrealised gains/losses"?
Jai: the "proper" way to record transactions during shorting is still
unsolved, but should be similar to buying/selling stock, except the
balances are negative. Broker expense fees remain positive.
On Wed, 9 Jun 2021, 10:28 am Geoff, wrote:
> Hi Christopher
Hi Christopher
Thanks for pointing out these issues.
My reasoning for the need to book a future liability for a short sell
was to record the obligation to deliver the short sold stock at a future
date. Perhaps "contingent liability" would be a better term?
Anyway, I'll leave that to the exp
Chris & Geoff,
Thanks for your help - I was able to get it to work
1. I went to https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#api-key
I got a free API Key
I went to GnuCash -> Edit -> Preferences -> Online Quotes -> and input
the Alpha Vantage API Key
2. I re-ran the "Install Onlin
Hi Geoff
On Wed, 9 Jun 2021, 9:27 am Geoff, wrote:
>
> Gnucash will permit you to run a negative balance on a stock, see
> attached screenshot.
>
The UI will allow you to record transactions when short-selling, but bear
in mind:
- the current portfolio and advanced portfolio reports cannot hand
Message: 11
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 04:37:09 +
From: Jai Rao
To: "GnuCash-User@GnuCash.Org"
Subject: [GNC] Enable Online Stock Price Updating in GnuCash
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Sir / Madam,
I am trying to enable Online Stock Price Updating i
Hi Jai
It looks like the installation of the perl module Date::Manip which is
required for Finance::Quote did not complete successfully. This seems
to be a common problem on Windows - see for example this thread:
http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GNC-Trouble-Installing-Online-Price-Retriev
