Account Types

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Mon Jun 4 10:28:38 EDT 2012


Hi,

Les <lelliott5 at gmail.com> writes:

> If I use a currency account, how can I add/deduct quantity/unit price?
> Aren't currency accounts only currency units such as dollars?

If you use a Bank account denoted in XAU then the bank will be counting
the grams/ounces of gold, and not $.  Then you use the PriceDB entry to
compute your $ value of the account.  This is just like trading in any
other currency.

> Les

-derek

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