Retirement tax questions

Thanks for trying to help.  Unfortunately, I'm not a professional.  Costbasis.com has over 100 links on its landing page.  There's no information about where to calculate cost basis for precious metal ETFs.   Additionally, the TurboxTax UI is poor in this area.  It's not clear what option you pick.  Schedule D Line 1a? What does that mean?!   

 

Hey Turbotax, how about a KB Article with some screenshots?   #NotRenewingNextYear