When buying a value limit there should be an option to not include fractional shares, I absolutely hate fractional shares and I donāt buy / want them
thanks
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Youād have to sort of workaround to get this, because realistically itās not going to be a priority dev - Iām a bit funny with numbers so I usually:
- Switch to value
- Type in desired investment - note down number.
- Swap back to number of shares and type in the number I like.
Only adds a second or two to the day.
lol thanks itās what I do now but find it getās awfully frustrating after a while when your doing many trades.
You will always be able to select number of shares when using limit orders - we wonāt sacrifice any functionality that we already have today. Just enter whole numbers 
perhaps you read my suggestion to quick
Iāll try again in layman terms it was an āaddedā function as in a checkbox or something next to the value order ? so people donāt have to keep switching to and from the value and number of shares option ?
pm me if youāre still having problems.
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I believe I understood you very well, correct me if Iām wrong - you want to be able to select how much money to be spent on a stock but instead of fractions you want whole shares + āspare changeā.
I think āNumber of sharesā mode does the job since even today you get an estimation of how much you would spend for the selected number of shares:
The problem arises when a limit order is not fully filled. If the price moves away from the limit, the remaining fraction may not be filled. If required, partially filled orders should be whole shares.
A similar option to that available on Interactive Brokers should be added to the settings.
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I would like also to re-invigorate this thread and +1 the original request.
In addition, when shares are sold the history - orders section reports every fractional sale - that is a function of the T212 system. So after I endeavour to buy say exact 100 shares, I will receive like 4 different sale receipts of 33.2, 14.7, etcā¦. totalling the 100. I then have to write all the cash values on a piece of paper and add it up, so I can record 1 line in my accounts like a rational person.
Itās a bit annoying 
From the hamburger menu, you can select āHistoryā and download a CSV file. In a separate spreadsheet, you can use a pivot table to sum individual transactions by date and ticker. This method is also less prone to error than copying the figures by hand.
Yeh I can, in fact I could just wait to the end of the tax year and download all orders. But Iām a tax nerd and I like to keep my own s/sā¦. So itās still extra work . Also thereās a 24 hour delay. Just seems an unnecessary complication that could be fixed in software.
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