Can you archive an investment account that has been previously archived?

Rafi Schwartz

I have a few very active accounts and would like to know if I can repeat the archving operation multiple times and is subsequent archiving would use the existing "archived" account to store zero balance positions?

NotACPA

You can CLOSE as many investment accounts as you like...  but like any/all  other account closures in Q, this process isn't reversible.  So, I only close accounts in Q after they're closed in real life.

Is that what you mean by "archived"?

Rocket J Squirrel

I have been curious about this as well. I am not in a position to try it right now, but it sounds like you are, @Rafi Schwartz .

Maybe you could try it in a COPY of your data file and report back?

Rafi Schwartz

I don’t want to close an account but rather ‘archive’ positions with a zero holdings , a stock that has been sold and is no longer in the account. Given the high volume of trading in certain accounts, I would like to repeat the process 2-3 times a year and my question is whether all archived positions throughout will go to a single ‘archive’ account?

Rocket J Squirrel

I understood your question. I believe the answer is "nobody knows and it's not documented." So I suggest you simply try it in a copy of your file and see what happens.

Chris_QPW

I have played with this a few times.  Every time you run archive it is going to create another account.  But what you can do is after running the second archive, use the Move Transactions to move those transactions from that second archive account to the first archive account, and delete the second archive account.