# Buying assets doesn't change cash balance on account

**URL:** <https://community.mycapitally.com/t/buying-assets-doesnt-change-cash-balance-on-account/501>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** transactions\
**Created:** [February 20, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.mycapitally.com/t/buying-assets-doesnt-change-cash-balance-on-account/501 "2025-02-20T18:01:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Krystian\_Rajski](https://community.mycapitally.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/155e75/32.png) [@Krystian\_Rajski](https://community.mycapitally.com/u/Krystian_Rajski)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.mycapitally.com/t/buying-assets-doesnt-change-cash-balance-on-account/501/1 "2025-02-20T18:01:36Z")

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I have set up Firstrade account, successfully imported history of transactions and added USD cash balance. I have bought a couple of ETFs and I noticed that cash balance on the account wasn’t changed. I tried both Buy and Transfer operations. Am I doing something incorrectly or this is a bug?

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**Author:** ![rafal](https://community.mycapitally.com/user_avatar/community.mycapitally.com/rafal/32/18_2.png) [@rafal](https://community.mycapitally.com/u/rafal)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mycapitally.com/t/buying-assets-doesnt-change-cash-balance-on-account/501/2 "2025-02-20T18:02:42Z")

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Hey, cash tracking is currently not automated, so the only option is to update the balances manually from time to time, see here: [How to Track Cash in Capitally | Capitally](https://www.mycapitally.com/help/tracking-cash#how-to-select-the-right-asset)

This will be automated once this feature lands:

> [@Tracking cash balances / Double-entry bookkeeping](https://community.mycapitally.com/t/tracking-cash-balances-double-entry-bookkeeping/38/3):
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> It will be the first to implement after everything in Next is done, which may take 2-3 months. As for reconciling, I just import from the brokers and verify the final balances on all assets.

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**Author:** ![Pere\_Martir](https://community.mycapitally.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/6b21a8/32.png) [@Pere\_Martir](https://community.mycapitally.com/u/Pere_Martir)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://community.mycapitally.com/t/buying-assets-doesnt-change-cash-balance-on-account/501/3 "2025-03-04T08:15:59Z")

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Hi, I am trying to follow the instructions here to add the cash for tracking after selling some equities: [How to Track Cash in Capitally | Capitally](https://www.mycapitally.com/help/tracking-cash#how-to-select-the-right-asset)

> For instance, if you have accounts with Degiro, Interactive Brokers, and Revolut, you can add an ‘[Account Balance](https://www.mycapitally.com/help/account-balance)’ transaction on each of them.

but it askes me to give “Quantity”. This balance seems to track the equities, not crash. What I’ve missed ?

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**Author:** ![rafal](https://community.mycapitally.com/user_avatar/community.mycapitally.com/rafal/32/18_2.png) [@rafal](https://community.mycapitally.com/u/rafal)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://community.mycapitally.com/t/buying-assets-doesnt-change-cash-balance-on-account/501/4 "2025-03-04T11:34:36Z")

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> [@Pere\_Martir](#):
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> but it askes me to give “Quantity”. This balance seems to track the equities, not crash. What I’ve missed ?

This is the quantity (amount) of Cash you have at a given date. Just make sure, you’re adding a cash asset, like Euro or Dollar, to this account.