A Spin-Off is a new company formed by a split from a larger one. Brokers vary widely as to report spinoffs on their statements. It is impossible to automate the importing of these transactions in TradeMax, so manual adjustment is required by the user to account for the new stock.

Make the adjustment just as follows:

  1. Select the records referring Spinoff
  2. Right-click the record and select the Trade Spinoff from its context menu
  3. A dialog box will pop up:

Function
Descripton
1.Enter Transaction

Select the transaction type.

There are the following option from its dropdown list :

Stock Split/Reverse Split -– A corporate action in which a company’s existing shares are divided into multiple shares.

Stock Spin off -– A spin-off is a new company formed by a split from a larger one. Brokers vary widely as to report spinoffs on their statements.

Stock Merge -– The combination of two or more corporations into one.

2.Transaction Date The very date you spinoff the security to another
3.Account Choose the specific account name from the account list. If you choose <All Account> from the dropdown list , event will apply to all accounts.
4.Old Security Name
The name of security before the specific event. Enter the old security name manually in the Old Security Name filed or Select it from the Symbol dropdown list.

 

5.Old Security Quantity
Number of shares before the specific event.
6.New Security Name
The name of the security after the specific event. Enter the new security name manually in the New Security Name filed or Select it from the Symbol dropdown list.
7.New Security Quantity
Number of shares after the specific event.
8.New shares Issued
The split ratio automatically calculated by New Security Quantity/Old Security Quantity.

After checking all the information you entered, press OK button to continue the process or click the CANCEL button to cancel the appending process.

4. Afer you pressed OK button, the following new record display:

The outlined row in red displays the New Spinoff trade record.

  • You can cancel this action with the Undo Button in the trade tab.