[moneydance] Confusion in brokerage transactions

[Jeff DuMonthier]

On Nov 15, 2007, at 5:08 PM, Michael Casteel wrote:

> What confused me is that MD is inconsistent in how it presents the
> transactions in the register.
>
> For a BUY, the number shown as 'Amount' is the price times the number
> of shares. The impact on the account balance is the sum of this
> 'Amount' and the 'Fee' (also shown).
>
> For a SELL, the number shown as 'Amount' is the price times the number
> of shares, MINUS the 'Fee'. So, the impact on the account balance is
> only the 'Amount', which already includes the 'Fee'.
>

I posted about this back in September.  In previous versions of MD,  
the Amount field was always the base amount (not including the fee).   
Most likely the intention was to change both so that the Amount field  
was the net amount (including the fee) and not changing the buys was  
an oversight.  It would be nice if both the base and net amounts were  
shown as they are on trade confirmations, but I'm not sure where both  
could go unless unless the two boxes in the cash balance column were  
used for the net amount and the new balance instead of the new balance  
and a blank.