Transaction Report Calculation Error?

[Richard Lindgren]

Derek

I looked in the options and I do not see an option for choosing the quote
source.

Please direct me to the place for choosing the quote source.

Thanks.

Richard


On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, April 7, 2014 2:22 pm, Richard Lindgren wrote:
> > Derek
> >
> > I generated the report from:
> > -Reports
> > -Transaction Report
> > - ( I chose the account to Report from my Asset Account )
> > -Asset
> > -Investment
> > -The account SMVAX
> >
> > To further illustrate the transaction, I ignored the commission, and that
> > transaction is shown below:
> >
> > [image: Inline image 1]
> >
> > The amount of shares shown is correct and the money spent is correct.
> > However, I apparently chose the wrong Transaction report???
>
> Well, there are two.  There's the "Transaction Report" and the "Account
> Transaction Report".
>
> > That Transaction Report for the above transaction is shown below:
> >
> > [image: Inline image 2]
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
> Check your report options -- what do you have set for your Quote Source?
> My guess is that the report is pulling in a PriceDB entry and ignoring
> your actual entry.  That's the only way I can think to explain the 143.25.
>
> > I appreciate your help here.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Richard
>
> -derek
>
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On Mon, April 7, 2014 1:30 pm, Richard Lindgren wrote:
> >> > Derek
> >> >
> >> > That's why I was asking if I have made an error in my entering the
> >> stock
> >> > purchase. I invested $150.00 total. $7.50 went toward the commission
> >> and
> >> > $142.5 went toward the actual stock purchase.
> >>
> >> If you spent $150 on stock, and $7.50 went to commissions, then you did
> >> not get 3.9596 shares at $37.9171.  So yes, you have your data entered
> >> incorrectly.
> >>
> >> So...  how much money left your Bank account?
> >> How much of that went to commissions?
> >> The *rest* is your actual purchase..  Do you know how many shares you
> >> got?
> >>
> >> > When I request a Transaction report showing no commission with the
> >> total
> >> > of
> >> > $150.00 for the stock purchase, it is still incorrect.
> >> >
> >> > [image: Inline image 1]
> >>
> >> What report are you using to actually compute this?  You say
> >> "transaction
> >> report" but I don't understand how you are creating a transaction report
> >> but showing no commissions?  Exactly which report is it?
> >>
> >> It is possibel that the report is not showing the actual transaction but
> >> is, instead, applying a price quote from your PriceDB.  But that would
> >> depend on what report you're actually running.  I cannot tell from your
> >> picture.
> >>
> >> > Again, Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what it might
> >> be.
> >> >
> >> > [image: Inline image 2]
> >> >
> >> > The above is the Transaction I show without any commission.
> >> >
> >> > Any help here will certainly be appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you in advance for your help.
> >> >
> >> > Richard
> >>
> >> I think your transaction input is incorrect.
> >>
> >> -derek
> >>
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> Richard Lindgren <rlindgren74 at gmail.com> writes:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Here is copy of my actual transaction. Maybe I am in error?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Inline image 1
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thank you in advance for your help.
> >> >>
> >> >> The report and the transaction are different.  There appears to be a
> >> $1
> >> >> split in the report that I don't see in the transaction.  I don't
> >> know
> >> >> where that is coming from?
> >> >>
> >> >> > Richard
> >> >>
> >> >> -derek
> >> >>
> >> >> --
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> >> >
> >>
> >>
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