My transactions have both a “transaction date” and a “settlement date”. Portfolio Performance transactions have a “Date”. Am I correct to think that I should put the “transaction date”?
Do you use the “Settlement data” anyhow, or do you ignore that date when entering data?
Yes, for correct calculations you should use the transaction date, and the ex date for dividend payments.
There are ideas about adding a second date field, but it hasn’t been done yet. It would also be complicated because the money needs to be held on some virtual account inside PP for the time between transaction date and settlement date.
For dividends, I write the payment date into the note for the transaction. For buy and sell transactions, I don’t bother currently since it can be calculated from the transaction date if necessary.