Scottrade transaction retrieve issue...

[henrikk]

How do I handle this?

I retrieve transactions for my kids ESA account from Scottrade. Scottrade allows you to download all the transactions (entire account history). In my case they begin in 2004 with a transfer in of 90 shares of AMD which I sold shortly after. When I look at my account history at Scottrade the initial 90 shares of AMD are listed as "transfer in". When I download the transaction they appear in Fund Manager as a "Purchase" of 90 shares costing $0. This messes up the portfolio performance calculations. I can manually go and put a share price on the transaction (share price as of the transaction date) and "fix" the problem, but then the next time I retrieve the transactions on this account the 90 shares of AMD appear as a new transaction/purchase and I either have to uncheck the transaction and not import it or I can change the transaction import date range, both of which are easy, but are a pain to do repetitively. I do not seem to be permanently able to ignore this transaction once I fix it.

Can a transaction be fixed and have FM ignore future transactions of the "fixed" type? Is there another better solution?

- Henrik

[Mark]

Hi Henrik,

I would suggest using the date range filter when importing. Instead of "All Dates" specify the range you want to retrieve. Fund Manager remembers as part of your portfolio file (*.mm4) your last retrieved date range, and initializes this date range automatically for you next time, so you start from where you last retrieved. You shouldn't have to make any manual entries, other than the first time you switch to using the date range filter.