accounting for stock trades

[Derek Atkins]

Ed Warnicke <hagbard@physics.rutgers.edu> writes:

> Please excuse my extreme ignorance :) But how do LOTs allow for a
> balancing split for
> the loss?

They don't, and they don't need to.

The loss is the difference between purchase price and sale price.
There is no "balancing split".  Each transaction is balanced on each
individual purchase/sale.  The lot balances when you sell all the
shares out of the lot.

The balance of the lot is the sum of the AMOUNTS of the splits in the
lot.  The gain/loss is the balance of the the VALUES of the splits in
the lot.

> Ed

-derek

> Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> >Ed Warnicke <hagbard@physics.rutgers.edu> writes:
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >
> >>What would be the right way to account for this?
> >>
> >
> >Using LOTs (which are currently in development) to relate purchases to
> >sales.
> >
> >
> >>Ed
> >>
> >
> >-derek
> >
> >
> 
> 
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