Measure your actual return
Reconcile what you own, account for costs and distinguish price performance from your cash-flow return.
Suggested reading order · about 42 minutes in total
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Step 1 · 8 min read
Reconcile the ledger
Resolve purchases, transfers and missing balances before measuring performance.
How to reconcile your Litecoin portfolio: purchases, transfers and missing balances → -
Step 2 · 10 min read
Include costs and currency effects
Use net proceeds and the relevant reporting currency.
Your actual Litecoin return: fees, spreads and currency effects → -
Step 3 · 8 min read
Separate chart changes from personal return
Check which closes and time boundaries a price percentage actually compares.
Your Litecoin chart shows the close. What does it miss? → -
Step 4 · 8 min read
Account for deposits and withdrawals
Compare currency profit, time-weighted return and money-weighted return.
Measuring Litecoin performance when you add or withdraw money → -
Step 5 · 8 min read
Back up the accounting records
Check that records, accounts and balance checks restore; these files are not wallet signing backups.
Your Litecoin records are backed up. Can you restore them? →
What to take away
A price chart and your personal investment return can differ even when both calculations are correct.


