Trading account not balanced

[John Ralls]

> On Dec 21, 2015, at 4:45 PM, Miguel Guedes <miguel.a.guedes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello list,
> 
> I have a few dozen transactions involving two foreign currencies and
> have just noticed that the Trading account (and CURRENCY) is showing a
> negative value.  Shouldn't it be perfectly balanced?  If so, how do I go
> about looking for the transaction(s) at fault and fixing the imbalance?
> Interestingly, the imbalance increased from -5.40 to -200.36 when I
> updated the exchange rate of the two currencies.

On the COA page, in the Total column, right? That's correct behavior, to show you the current value of the account in the default currency. Trading accounts show you the unrealized gain or loss in the commodity.

Regards,
John Ralls