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how do i enter unrealized gains and losses in my investments?

LisaD789

I have been trying to enter unrealized gains and losses but it does not appear that my accounts in the investing section allow me to do that. Is there something i am missing

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Frankx

Hi @LisaD789,

I think I can answer your question above with a quick question - do the various accounts and the underlying investments (including securities, etc.), that are in the "investing section" of your Quicken file, include the "cost basis" (generally the price you paid for those investments) and also the current market value (generally the number of shares/bonds/etc. and their current prices)? If so, the unrealized gains and losses are reflected in the "Gain/Loss" column of the "Investing" tab. If not, then you'll need to enter those data points for each of your investments and update the current market prices for those investments to get tht information.

Let me know of you have any follow-up questions.

Frankx

NotACPA

And Unrealized Gain/Loss isn't a transaction type. Rather it's the difference between the cost basis for each lot of the security VS the current price of the security.

SO, individual Lots each have their own Unrealized Gain/Loss, which add up to the overall Gain/Loss for the security.

I have several securities that have BOTH Unrealized Gains and Unrealized Losses in the individual lots ... but add up to either one or the other overall.

jwg.

I have a private investment that reports its unrealized gains and losses quarterly, in dollars. There is no concept of a share, let alone a price per share. I've been recording unrealized gains and losses using the Add and Remove transactions, but these mess up the reports, as the entire account value is treated as a contribution and none of it is treated as an unrealized gain or loss. I'm using a share price of $1.000 across the board and I never change it. Any suggestions on how I can better handle unrealized gains and losses?

elorimer

I would treat it like 1 share and change the price to reflect the quarterly value. The investment's unrealized gains and losses are ephemeral, just like your investment until you sell it.

q_lurker

@jwg. Treating the investment as a specific number of shares at a varying price/share is appropriate. You can choose 1, 100, 1,000, etc as desired to keep the value per share reasonable. If you know you own say 7% of the overall investment, you might choose to hold 7 (of 100) or 700 (of 10,000) shares. Treating it as a holding of more shares can make it easier to sell or gift part of the holding. Another consideration might be if you anticipate acquiring a greater portion over time.

As indicated, the unrealized portion will take care of itself as you vary the price/share regularly.