On Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 10:07:55 PM UTC-8, Martin Blais wrote:
>
> ;; Notes:
> ;;
> ;; * I put the exercise price in the commodity name itself, e.g., 
> FOO_X100, as
> ;;   in 'X' for strike price and '100' for 100$/share. This defines the
> ;;   instrument. Put the expiration date in there as well if you feel a 
> need
> ;;   to do that (use the exchange codes if it makes sense to you).
>

Note that because the commodity name is limited to 12 characters, the 
strike price barely fits. ("SYMB_123.45" is 11 characters already.)
 

> 2014-06-01 * "Stock options - acquire"
>     Assets:BorganSchmanley:FOO-X100        8 FOO-X100 {0.80 USD}
>     Income:BorganSchmanley:OptionsVesting  ;; Note: Non-taxable if 
> statutory
>
> 2014-12-01 * "Stock options - exercise"
>     Assets:BorganSchmanley:FOO-X100       -4 FOO-X100 {0.80 USD} @ 120.00 
> USD
>     Expenses:OptionsExercise            3.20 USD
>     Assets:BorganSchmanley:FOO             4 FOO {120.00 USD}
>     Assets:BorganSchmanley:Cash      -400.00 USD
>     Income:BorganSchmanley:Gains      -80.00 USD ;; These gains to be 
> reported on W-2 AFAIK.
>
> 2014-12-01 * "Stock options - sale"
>     Assets:BorganSchmanley:FOO            -4 FOO {120.00 USD} @ 121.00 USD
>     Assets:BorganSchmanley:Cash       484.00 USD
>     Income:BorganSchmanley:Gains       -4.00 USD
>

I'm a little confused. If the strike price is $100, what's the $0.80 amount?

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