Using stock investment account

[Nestor Stura]

Thanks Derek,
Yes, it seems I missed that step. everything is working right, now.
Regards,
Néstor



2012/5/18 Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>

> Hi,
>
> Did you create a proper commodity for the investment account and change
> the account commodity to this new investment commodity?  I suspect not,
> because the problem you are seeing (force price to 1) is indicative of the
> investment account having a commodity of your currency.
>
> You can fix this by selecting the investment account, clicking on Edit
> Account, and then you can reset the commodity.
>
> -derek
>
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 11:22 am, Néstor Stura wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > As months pass by I try to use new Gnucash possibilities (new for me)
> >
> > One of my banks let you buy stocks as an investment where they pay an
> > interesting interest...
> >
> > In order to control it, I created an Investment account and posted my
> > initial balance, following the tutorial, I established the initial date,
> > and posted the purchase of 1 (one) stock at 61 € (price).
> > The problem is that when I finish posting quantity and amount, GnuCash
> > moves 61 to Quantity field and 1 to Price, therefore I now have 61 stock
> > valued 1€ each (and that's wrong.
> > I've tried with the following purchase (19 stocks @ 61 € = 1159 €).
> > Again,
> > Gnucash calculated 1159 and now I have 1159 stocks @ 1€. It added to te
> > previous one and I finish with 1220 stocks @ 1 €
> >
> > I don´t know if this is an error or there is something wrong I'm doing
> > (most probable)
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> > Néstor
> >
> > PS.: I'm attaching a screenshot although I don't know if it is allowed by
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