Bond - Record Baseline Transaction

Considerations

Use this page to manually record positions that you held open at the time your broker sent your trade data. In order to accurately calculate your gain/loss figures, input your cost basis and purchase dates for these baseline positions.

Click one of the icons above to view either a list of the transactions available for that category, or click the Baseline Holdings icon to view the Add New Baseline Holdings page.

Procedure

From the Manually Record Trades page, click the Bond icon to access the Bond - Record Transaction page. From this page, select Baseline from the Action drop-down list. The Bond - Record Baseline Transaction page displays.

1. Select the account to which to record this transaction, from the In Account drop-down list. If you only have one account, this drop-down list is not displayed.

2. By default, the Action on this page is set to Baseline. To change this, select a different transaction from the Action drop-down list. The fields that display depend on the transaction that is selected.

3. Enter the purchase date of the bond in the Purchase Date (mm/dd/yyyy) field. You can also click the Calendar icon and select the appropriate purchase date from the calendar that displays.

4. Enter the 9-digit CUSIP of the bond in the CUSIP field. You can then click Verify to confirm you have entered the correct CUSIP for the bond.

5. Select the type of security from the Security Type drop-down list. By default, this field is set to Bond for this transaction.

6. Enter the quantity in the Quantity field. By default, the face value of the bond is set to $1000. You can manually update the amount in this field if the bond has a face value other than $1000.

7. Enter the baseline date in the Baseline Date (mm/dd/yyyy) field. This is the last date that you updated your holdings and cost basis. You can also click the Calendar icon and select the appropriate baseline date from the calendar that displays.

8. Enter the total cost as of the baseline date in the Total Cost as of Baseline Date field.

9. To record the Baseline transaction, click the Record button. To record the transaction, and continue to enter additional transactions, click the Record & Repeat button. To leave this page, without recording the transaction, click the Cancel button.

Example

Click here to view an example of the Bond - Record Baseline Transaction page.