How to handle sale of partial lots of stock?

[Derek Atkins]

You should read the concepts guide.

http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.8/C/gnucash-guide/invest_sell1.html

-derek

Quoting John Schoffstall <john.schoffstall at pobox.com>:

> Greetings! Running 1.8.10 on Debian etch. New GnuCash user, new list 
> user, new Linux user.
>
> I've been climbing the GnuCash learning curve for the past week, been 
> happy with the software, and making good progress until now. I've hit 
> a snag I can't get past, though.
>
> How do you sell a partial lot of stock -- e.g., selling only 100 of 
> 200 owned shares -- without unbalancing your balance sheet? I've 
> tried creating two lots, each of 100 shares and only selling one, but 
> that still whacks the balance sheet.
>
> The examples in the docs all seem to show only the purchase and sale 
> of equivalent amounts. I've googled the net and the mailing list 
> archives, but can't find an answer I can understand.
>
> This is a common situation; there must be an answer. Can anyone help?
>
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