Stock Option Accouting?

[Derek Atkins]

Nope, GnuCash doesn't track options.  Part of the reason is
that options aren't worth anything until you actually exercise.
Once you exercise, then you actually have some stock....

-derek

Roland Roberts <roland at astrofoto.org> writes:

> Is there anything in GnuCash to let me track stock options?  My
> employer has started an incentive program and I'd like to keep track
> of it.  I could set it up as an ordinary stock account, but there are
> some obvious differences which would be hard to keep track of, like
> the strike price on the option, whether or not it is exercisable and
> whether it has been exercised---at which point it goes into a stock
> account is is no longer an option.
> 
> The plan they have is roughly like this:  
> 
>     25%    vests on the first anniversay of the grant
>      6.25% vests each quarter thereafter
> 
> 
> regards
> 
> roland
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