Stock Option Accouting?
Derek Atkins
warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed Jun 25 14:32:57 CDT 2003
Arnaud,
Arnaud Launay <asl at launay.org> writes:
> Le Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 01:08:44PM -0400, Roland Roberts a écrit:
> > Is there anything in GnuCash to let me track stock options? My
>
> Yes.
I dont think you understand what "stock options" are..
> First, create a normal asset account, which will contain all
> stocks as subaccounts; define this account as a placeholder.
>
> Second, create an account in it, of type stock, check get online
> quotes, and modify the commodity, select new, and put the symbol
> (code number) and type (defining place of the stock).
This works fine for normal stocks, but not options.
> Then, add the number of your stocks and the price in the account.
There is no price on an option. An option isn't an asset.
An option is a "promise of an asset". GnuCash does not track
promises.
> Arnaud.
-derek
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