I'm not sure I'd do any of your choices.

There is an Add Shares investment transaction type that would work fine, but
the following applies:

The answer depends in large measure on how you are tracking the 401k
investments: a) $1 shares, b) 1 share at current investment value, or c)
units at unit value.

Case a) would suggest the add shares method.

Case b) would suggest just changing the value of the investment share.

Case c) would suggest you need to enter the buy(s) at the total number of
units and the accumulated cost basis. The current unit value will take care
of the unrealized gains for you.

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Hi

I have been recording 401(K) contributions and employer matched
contributions into a retirement account, but was not tracking any
investments. now id like to start doing so.

Now, here is a question:
I have in my 401K account(in contributions) lets say $10000
My actual balance on the account is lets say 12000 (obviously, more, since
it has been growing)

If I add all the investments that i have at the current price they obviously
come out more than i have in my contributions (exactly 12000, which is a
current value of my retirement account). How do i account for the 2000
difference in my cash contributions part of account.

I was thinking of 3different ways: A. change the opening balance of my
account to have the cash portion of it match current value and then add
investments. B. enter bogus (lower) prices for my investments, but not the
number of shares, but just so they all add up to match whats in my cash
contributions. C. Enter a difference as a cash transaction, and classify it
as some interest, so that the cash portion matches the current value of my my
401K and then enter investments.