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+from decimal import Decimal
+
+from django.db.models import Case, DecimalField, F, Sum, Value, When
+from django.db.models.functions import TruncMonth
+from django.utils import timezone
+
+from apps.accounts.models import Account
+from apps.currencies.models import Currency
+from apps.currencies.utils.convert import convert
+from apps.transactions.models import Transaction
+
+
+def get_simulator_baseline(user):
+    """
+    Build the projected baseline the simulator applies hypothetical entries on.
+
+    For each currency, returns the projected net change (every transaction,
+    paid or not) of each month that has transactions, keyed by "YYYY-MM", so
+    the balance at the start of any month can be derived by summing every
+    month before it. Archived and untracked accounts are ignored.
+
+    Currencies with an exchange currency also carry the rate used to show
+    their converted amounts.
+    """
+    accounts = Account.objects.filter(is_archived=False).exclude(
+        id__in=user.untracked_accounts.values_list("id", flat=True)
+    )
+    currencies = (
+        Currency.objects.filter(
+            id__in=accounts.values_list("currency", flat=True), is_archived=False
+        )
+        .select_related("exchange_currency")
+        .order_by("name")
+    )
+
+    monthly = {}
+    for row in (
+        Transaction.objects.filter(account__in=accounts)
+        .annotate(month=TruncMonth("reference_date"))
+        .values("account__currency", "month")
+        .annotate(
+            total=Sum(
+                Case(
+                    When(type=Transaction.Type.INCOME, then=F("amount")),
+                    When(type=Transaction.Type.EXPENSE, then=-F("amount")),
+                    default=Value(0),
+                    output_field=DecimalField(),
+                )
+            )
+        )
+        .order_by()
+    ):
+        monthly.setdefault(row["account__currency"], {})[
+            row["month"].strftime("%Y-%m")
+        ] = float(row["total"] or 0)
+
+    return {
+        "current_month": timezone.localdate(timezone.now()).strftime("%Y-%m"),
+        "currencies": [
+            {
+                "id": currency.id,
+                "name": currency.name,
+                "code": currency.code,
+                "prefix": currency.prefix,
+                "suffix": currency.suffix,
+                "decimal_places": currency.decimal_places,
+                "monthly": monthly.get(currency.id, {}),
+                "exchange": _get_exchange(currency),
+            }
+            for currency in currencies
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+def _get_exchange(currency):
+    if not currency.exchange_currency:
+        return None
+
+    rate, prefix, suffix, decimal_places = convert(
+        Decimal("1"), currency, currency.exchange_currency
+    )
+    if rate is None:
+        return None
+
+    return {
+        "rate": float(rate),
+        "prefix": prefix,
+        "suffix": suffix,
+        "decimal_places": decimal_places,
+    }