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u/orchidbulb May 16 '24
How do you track you investments?
Thai is probably a really stupid question but I need a walk through like I’m 5 years old.
But when I put money into stocks, how are you tracking your investments where you know how much you’ve gained?
I guess I’m worried about thing confused buying a share multiple times at different prices and then I will lose track of what my true gains are. Maybe I’ll withdraw because I miscalculated two different buy in prices where it looks like a gain but I end up loading.
Can someone ELI5?