Duplicated "Trading" accounts

[Derek Atkins]

David Carlson <carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net> writes:

> What, exactly, is a 'Trading" account?  Is it something special that is
> aimed at day-traders, or is it for average investors?

"trading accounts" are used to perform multi-currency double-entry
accounting, to better account for gains and losses when transfering
assets from one commodity to another.  It's a feature of GnuCash that
you have to "turn on" and it will auto-generate additional split entries
for you to keep track of the movement.

> David

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-derek
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