Tell me about the investment transaction list's Actions

In the investment account transaction list, the Action field indicates the type of action (Buy, Sell, and so on) a specific transaction represents. All possible actions are listed and defined below:

This action	Represents
Added	Addition of shares to an account ; for example, shares you inherited or received as a gift. (Does not affect the account's cash balance.)
Bought	Purchase of a security with cash in the account.
BoughtX	Purchase of a security with cash transferred from another account. This type of transaction does not impact the cash balance of the current account.
CGLong	Long-term capital gains distribution received in the account, or transferred to another account
CGMid	Medium-term capital gains distribution received in the account (CGMid), or transferred to another account. A medium term holding period was used during the 1997 tax year.
CGShrt	Short-term capital gains distribution received in the account, or transferred to another account.
Cover Short	Cover a short sale . (Record the buy associated with a short sale transaction.)
Dividend	Dividend received in the account, or transferred to another account.
Entry	Indicates a placeholder entry . To resolve the placeholder, click Enter Cost.
Exer. Optns	Create cash to offset the difference between the exercise price and the market price (this corresponds to a transaction typically done at your brokerage but not appearing on your statement). When you use the Enter Transaction dialog to exercise an employee stock option, Quicken creates this transaction for you automatically, with the associated Bought Shares transaction.
Grant Optns	Set up an employee stock option grant.
IntInc, IntIncX	Interest received in the account (IntInc) , or transferred to another account (IntIncX) .
MargInt, MargIntX	Interest paid on a margin loan received in the account (MargInt), or transferred from another account (MargIntX).
MiscExp, MiscExpX	Miscellaneous expense paid from the account (MiscExp), or paid from another account (MiscExpX).
MiscInc, MiscIncX	Miscellaneous income received in the account (MiscInc) , or transferred to another account (MiscIncX).
ReinvDiv, ReinvInt, ReinvLg, ReinvMd, ReinvSh	Reinvestment in additional shares of the security , from a dividend, interest, long-term capital gains distribution, medium-term capital gains distribution, or short-term capital gains distribution. (A medium term holding period was used during the 1997 tax year.)
Reminder	Reminder of some pending event associated with the account.
Removed	Removal of shares from an account , for example, shares you gave as a gift. (Does not affect the account's cash balance.)
Reprice Opt	Reprice employee stock options.
RtrnCap, RtrnCapX	Return of capital received in the account (RtrnCap), or transferred to another account (RtrnCapX).
Sell, SellX	Sale of a security , with proceeds received in the account (Sell), or transferred to another account (SellX).
Short Sale	Record a short sale .
ShrsIn, ShrsOut	Addition of shares into (ShrsIn) , or removal of shares from (ShrsOut) , an account. When used in a brokerage investment account, ShrsIn and ShrsOut don't affect the cash balance. When used in a mutual fund account, ShrsIn increases the share balance and ShrsOut decreases the share balance.
StkSplit	Change in the number of shares as a result of a stock split .
XIn, XOut	Transfer of cash into the account from another account (XIn), or a transfer of cash out of the account into another account (XOut).
Vest	Vest your employee stock option grant.

Notes

Recording a transaction in Quicken does not execute a real-world trade, transfer, or other transaction. Contact your broker to execute trades or transfers, and then manually record the transactions in Quicken—better yet, download them directly from your participating financial institution.