How do I enter a USD holding in a CAD account?
Where to find it: ACCOUNTS and INVESTMENTS → Edit Investments → Add USD Investment
Open Edit Investments for the account and select Add USD Investment. The currency of a holding can differ from the currency of the account’s Cash investment. For example, a CAD brokerage account can contain a US stock recorded in USD.
Choose the security type appropriate to its listing: a US-listed ETF uses US ETF, while a Canadian-listed ETF trading in USD uses ETF. Enter shares, price and value in the holding’s currency. Complete the Canadian-dollar book value field when it is shown, so the cost used for Canadian tax calculations is recorded separately.
For USD cash, add a currency holding in USD rather than entering that amount as CAD Cash. For a USD GIC, choose the USD investment path and the GIC, Bond or Term Deposit option.
MRA converts holdings to Canadian dollars for account totals and the projection. Review exchange-rate assumptions in RATES/YIELDS and CURRENCIES; a price in USD and its Canadian-dollar equivalent are different values.