[GNC] Price editor uses old entry

[john]

> On Nov 5, 2021, at 4:22 AM, Rainer Dorsch via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed that if the price editor has an entry in EUR and an entry in USD, it 
> used the EUR entry, even if the USD entry has a newer date. My account 
> currency is EUR.
> 
> Is that intended and is there an option to change this behavior?
> 
> I usually get the EUR entry, if I buy or sell stock or funds, which are 
> accounted in USD.

GnuCash always prefers a direct conversion over an indirect one regardless of the date. It's not optional. I suppose the problem arises because you're trading USD-priced stocks from an EUR-denominated brokerage account and the trades create the EUR prices. The simplest work around is to remove those EUR prices from the pricedb; it won't affect the transaction or reports using the average-cost price source. To avoid the problem going forward create an intermediary USD bank account in your brokerage account hierarchy and when recording the trade make separate splits for USD<->EUR and stock<->USD. Chris Lam is working on a stock trading assistant to make this a bit less cumbersome; we hope it will be finished in time for GnuCash 5.

Regards,
John Ralls