;doc: journal: costs: mention sign

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Amounts can be converted to cost at report time using the [`-B/--cost`](#reporting-options) flag;
this is discussed more in the ˜[COST REPORTING](#cost-reporting) section.
Note that the cost normally should be a positive amount, though it's not required to be.
This can be a little confusing, see discussion at
[--infer-market-prices: market prices from transactions](#--infer-market-prices-market-prices-from-transactions).
### Other cost/lot notations
A slight digression for Ledger and Beancount users. Ledger has a number of cost/lot-related notations: