[GNC] Selling stock

[John Ralls]

https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-guide/chapter_capgain.html

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Feb 6, 2026, at 10:00, Heide Wang <heidew99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have held stocks in my Gnucash account for over 10 years; I've never sold
> them. I recently sold the stock for a profit. What is the correct way to
> record it to show the profit?  I entered the negative share number and
> total sold price, then tabbed the split, but it recorded the sale without
> showing any profit. What did I do wrong?
> I used Gnucash 5.10. My operating system is macOS Sequoia 15.7.3.
> Thank you for your help.
> Heide
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