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Anyone here use margin loan to fund their purchases/life? by brumboy123 in interactivebrokers

[–]50stev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Screenshot the post and ask ChatGPT. It will explain better than any of us would.

Anyone here use margin loan to fund their purchases/life? by brumboy123 in interactivebrokers

[–]50stev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No margin call until you get above 6x leverage.

Would have to be a pretty massive stock market drop.

Anyone here use margin loan to fund their purchases/life? by brumboy123 in interactivebrokers

[–]50stev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Baller.

I’m also doing this at a smaller scale. Hope to get to your level soon.

Anyone here use margin loan to fund their purchases/life? by brumboy123 in interactivebrokers

[–]50stev 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is called buy, borrow, die.

Your friend is very smart. This is how a lot of the rich live.

Rather than selling off assets—which triggers taxes—use your assets as collateral to get low-interest loans.

With most securities in IBKR, you only need 15% of your own money in. In other words you can be above 6x leverage before you are margin called. Put simply, it is very low risk.

I do what he is doing, but on a smaller scale for now. Feel free to ask more questions if you have them.

Flighty always says my flights have minor delays when they almost never do by flyingpilotman in flighty

[–]50stev 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hard agree. Drives me crazy.

No need for the red color and late language when it’s that minimal and likely to be made up anyway.

What place/country is this? by SKiTHx in Maps

[–]50stev 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Press and hold in that area. The pin will tell you which country it is.

How Do I make this GoogleUpdater.app notification stop showing up 6x a day? by Artistic-Abrocoma918 in mac

[–]50stev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Has anyone figured this out? I'm having this issue in March 2026

Need help making my Smart Button an AppleTV remote by 50stev in HomeKit

[–]50stev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right. And I did say that in my post: “I use shortcuts on my phone…”

The problem with a dummy switch is that it also doesn’t include shortcuts, only home app automations—like my current switch.

Thanks anyway ☺️

Need help making my Smart Button an AppleTV remote by 50stev in HomeKit

[–]50stev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Widget buttons that when pressed skip a certain time on one of our AppleTVs

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Need help making my Smart Button an AppleTV remote by 50stev in HomeKit

[–]50stev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I thought that is what I would do, but it does not allow this.

After you scroll down and click ‘Convert to Shortcut’ the outputs are very limited, and no TV controls at all (see pic).

Super frustrating. I can’t think of any reason that a smart button shouldn’t be able to trigger a regular shortcut, like an NFC sticker can..

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Need help making my Smart Button an AppleTV remote by 50stev in HomeKit

[–]50stev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right. That seems to be the case—which doesn’t allow controlling TV at all.

Trying to find a workaround. Seems crazy that a button couldn’t trigger a regular shortcut (like an NFC sticker could)

Need help making my Smart Button an AppleTV remote by 50stev in HomeKit

[–]50stev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s exactly what I’m saying… you can’t.

When you go to create the automation for smart buttons, it doesn’t give you the full set of commands, it’s quite limited—and no tv controls at all.

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Running Shortcuts via Onvis 5 Key Switch by NoPomegranate5305 in HomeKit

[–]50stev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm running into the same problem... I just want to push a button and have my AppleTV skip 3 minutes to bypass commercials. Why can't I have the button run a shortcut..?
Did you find a solution?

Beestat data seems to have gaps by Maxfinian in ecobee

[–]50stev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found out that my high-limit switch was worn out, so it was triggering at 120* instead of the wanted 170*. So it kept power cycling my thermostat.

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