[GNC] Two accounts with same name in same Trading account

[David Carlson]

There is at least one scenario that might appear to be very similar to
this.  That would be if there were two different brokerage accounts holding
the same security.   The brokerage accounts should have different names in
that case, but they might be similar in some cases, especially if they are
both with the same broker, maybe for different family members.
Another possibility might be if the user is intentionally following a
different rotation sequence than fifo, which is the only sequence that
GnuCash's trading accounts druid can accommodate.   In that case, I am not
sure how a user forces the non-standard sequence to be followed,  since I
don't use the druid in that way.

David Carlson

On Tue, Dec 9, 2025, 1:40 AM Fred Tydeman <tydeman.fred at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is the same stock (oneok OKE)
> One of those Trading accounts has 7 transactions.
> The other has 3 transactions.  With different dates.
> I am leaving things alone in case someone wants to debug the issue.
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>
> > Since I *think* the Trading Accounts section is just for currencies, I'd
> > suspect an issue if you had duplicates for sure.
> >
> > If you can rename them, I'd take the advice above to do so in order to
> > prevent getting hopelessly lost trying to sort it out.
> >
> > Then I'd examine each one carefully. Are they really the same currency?
> > In the same namespace? (can currencies exist in separate namespaces like
> > stocks?)
> >
> > Perhaps something involving different quote sources might also be in
> play.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > On 12/9/25 12:06 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote:
> > > My COA has two accounts with the same name in the same Trading
> > sub-account.
> > > My understanding is that it should not happen.  Is that correct?
> > > I have run Check & Repair All
> > > That did not change anything.
> >
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