Corporate actions

Dividends, splits, and what the register did about them.

xStocks handle dividends and splits with a mint-level multiplier that rebases balances. Store raw balances and a dividend reads as a gain; a split reads as a 300% return. The register stores multiplier-adjusted quantities, reconciles on every change, and shows the reconciliation.

SPYx

×1.007474127 in force. A holder’s share-equivalents are raw units times this; the register shows share-equivalents so a dividend never reads as a gain.

QQQx

×1.003456076 in force. A holder’s share-equivalents are raw units times this; the register shows share-equivalents so a dividend never reads as a gain.

None yet on this deployment. The watcher records each new multiplier with its effective time the first time it is seen; the ledger keeps them forever.

  • Reads the mint’s scaled-UI extension: the multiplier in force, and a pending one with the instant it activates. The obvious field reads 0.18% low; the register reads the one in force.
  • Prices a sweep’s minimum through the live multiplier when the feed prices a share, so a fill is never judged against a rebased number.
  • Vests grants on raw units, so a dividend reinvested while the stock waits goes to whoever the units vest to.
  • Measures keep-rate on raw units, so a rebase never reads as a sale.

The engineering note, with the activation observed on chain.