On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 2:43 AM Alen Šiljak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I can say that automatic insertion of Trading Account splits in a posting 
> mostly comes handy.
>
> If, in a currency exchange transaction/posting, you add cost in one of the 
> currency, the trading account would only include the remaining amount and the 
> balance would be correct.
> Let me try to write some pseudo code but note that I'm on tablet so it will 
> be minimalistic.
>
> 2019/04/20 Buying some dollars
>     Assets:Cash (EUR)            -100 EUR
>     Expenses:Commission             5 EUR
>     Assets:Cash (USD)              80 USD
>     Currency:EUR                   95 EUR
>     Currency:USD                  -80 USD
>
> This should account for the commission and keep an accurate track of the 
> gains/loss with currencies?
>
Easy enough when doing this except when using credit cards or such - -
- most of their fees are rather 'hidden'.
Hidden because one would be quite horrified at the actual fees perhaps?

Regards

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