Best way for booking opening balances of investment accounts

[Chang Wang]

Suppose I buy a share of HOOL at 100 USD on 2025-01-01.
But I start beancount on 2025-08-01, when HOOL is 150 USD.
What is the best way to start the book on 2025-08-01?

I think the ideal* way is to draw 150 USD from Equity:Opening-Balances on 2025-08-01, but record this lot of the HOOL share at 100 USD with an acquisition date of 2025-01-01. However, I don't know how to book this without causing an error/imbalance in beancount.

(*Ideally, I want no transactions before 2025-08-01, but I'd like to keep the lot information.)

[Martin Blais]

You don't need to draw on anything, you just record it on the actually date and cost you bought it at and insert a price directive for 150. It's an unrealized gain, no cash had been received.

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[Chang Wang]

Yeah this is the way I’m using now. But ideally I would like to make sure no transactions are before 2025-08-01, as plugins like beangrow/fava-portfolio-returns may use those early opening transactions and they are not the full picture of historical cash flows.

Should I include Equity:Opening-Balances as a cash account for investments in beangrow?

Thanks.

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