Gain or loss on a share trade.
A worked example
Starting figures
- Shares
- 150
- Buy price
- $38
- Sell price
- $52
- Fees
- $12
What it returns
- Profit
- $2,088
- Return on cost
- 36.63%
- Proceeds
- $7,800
- Cost
- $5,712
How to read the results
With the defaults above, profit works out at $2,088.