Create a Sell transaction
To create a new Sell transaction, follow next steps:
- Click on the Investments tab:
- Click the Sell button in the bottom of the page:
- In the New Sell dialog, fill the fields:
- Amount is the amount that you received after selling securities.
The currency of the amount will be the same as the currency of the To Account.
- Date is, by default, a current date, but you can change it by entering the date in your local date format or selecting the date from the drop-down calendar:
- Sell is the security you sold.
You can enter some digits or symbols to use the auto-complete list:
This list is populated by securities of your investment portfolio. You can also add a new security to see it in this list, modify any security or even remove it. See also how to work with sold out security.
- To Account* is the account to which you received money.
You can enter some digits or symbols to use the auto-complete list:
- Shares contain the quantity of securities you sold.
You can also enter fractional quantity for bonds, share contribution, etc.:
The quantity is needed for calculation of Gain and Loss.
- Price* of the securities you sold per 1 share in the currency of the security:
This price is needed for calculation of Gain/Loss and for Cost reports (see Investments pie charts).
- Tags (Enter a Tag) is an optional field for the transaction.
You can enter one or several tags in the Tags field, or select any of previously used tags from the auto-complete list. If the tag doesn’t exist and you enter a new one, it will be added to your tags list automatically after typing it and clicking Enter:
- Description is an optional information for the transaction.
- Amount is the amount that you received after selling securities.
- Click the Create button to save the current Sell transaction and close the dialog.
* Note: Be careful, the currency for Security and for the To Account can be different.
For example, if you sold some shares in USD and received money to the account in EUR:
In the portfolio, you can see the amount in the Balance Currency, here is USD – 3,773.02 USD.
In the Sell transaction, you can see:
- Amount in the currency of To Account – 3,325.16 EUR;
- Price of the shares in the currency of the security – 764.46 USD.
See also how to choose the accounting method.