I am trying to find a formula that will do the following.

Say I am buying and selling stocks.

On day 1, I buy 5 shares of ABC stock at $10 each.
On day 2, I buy 10 shares of ABC stock at $15 each.
On day 3, I buy 15 shares of ABC stock at $20 each.

On day 4, I sell 20 shares of ABC stock at $18 each.

What I need is a formula that will take the amount I sold (20 shares),
subtract out the first 5 shares I bought on day 1, then subtract the 10
shares I bought on day 2, and then only take 5 of the share bought on day 3
because that is all that is left.

I need this as automated as possible, but everytime I think I have it
figured out, the numbers don't work.

Any help would be more than appreciated!

By far the best advice I can give is buy Quicken or Money. For $40, either
one will take care of tracking all your lots of purchases. If you want
automation, it's the way to go.

Regards,
Fred.

"Sarah0824" wrote in message
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I am trying to find a formula that will do the following.

Say I am buying and selling stocks.

On day 1, I buy 5 shares of ABC stock at $10 each.
On day 2, I buy 10 shares of ABC stock at $15 each.
On day 3, I buy 15 shares of ABC stock at $20 each.

On day 4, I sell 20 shares of ABC stock at $18 each.

What I need is a formula that will take the amount I sold (20 shares),
subtract out the first 5 shares I bought on day 1, then subtract the 10
shares I bought on day 2, and then only take 5 of the share bought on day
3
because that is all that is left.

I need this as automated as possible, but everytime I think I have it
figured out, the numbers don't work.

Any help would be more than appreciated!

Sarah,

No need to buy additional software. Follow this link to see an example
http://in.geocities.com/shahshaileshs/misc.htm

Brotha lee

"Sarah0824" wrote:

I am trying to find a formula that will do the following.

Say I am buying and selling stocks.

On day 1, I buy 5 shares of ABC stock at $10 each.
On day 2, I buy 10 shares of ABC stock at $15 each.
On day 3, I buy 15 shares of ABC stock at $20 each.

On day 4, I sell 20 shares of ABC stock at $18 each.

What I need is a formula that will take the amount I sold (20 shares),
subtract out the first 5 shares I bought on day 1, then subtract the 10
shares I bought on day 2, and then only take 5 of the share bought on day 3
because that is all that is left.

I need this as automated as possible, but everytime I think I have it
figured out, the numbers don't work.

Any help would be more than appreciated!

Your example works great. Do you have an example that considers stock splits?
Thanks

"Brotha Lee" wrote:

Sarah,

No need to buy additional software. Follow this link to see an example
http://in.geocities.com/shahshaileshs/misc.htm

Brotha lee

"Sarah0824" wrote:

I am trying to find a formula that will do the following.

Say I am buying and selling stocks.

On day 1, I buy 5 shares of ABC stock at $10 each.
On day 2, I buy 10 shares of ABC stock at $15 each.
On day 3, I buy 15 shares of ABC stock at $20 each.

On day 4, I sell 20 shares of ABC stock at $18 each.

What I need is a formula that will take the amount I sold (20 shares),
subtract out the first 5 shares I bought on day 1, then subtract the 10
shares I bought on day 2, and then only take 5 of the share bought on day 3
because that is all that is left.

I need this as automated as possible, but everytime I think I have it
figured out, the numbers don't work.

Any help would be more than appreciated!