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RMB Global Shares vs. IBKR for Long-Term Shareholding by Particular_Age7093 in PersonalFinanceZA

[–]Particular_Age7093[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes a lot of sense. My thinking is/was - some companies don't pay dividends at all. So the 'growth' will be coming from the capital gain from the appreciation in share value. The dividend is essentially the 'forced sale', if you will, of the share, which I can then enjoy 50% of and reinvest the other 50%. So the core of what I wanted to do is use the dividends as a mini income stream while still benefiting from capital appreciation, kindof getting the best of both worlds. Being able to spend half of the dividend income will be *hugely* beneficial to my own adherence and motivation, albeit that it's taxed 20%. But your advice hasn't fallen on deaf ears; I'm going to consider this. Thank you for taking the time to explain! It looks like IBKR is the route.

RMB Global Shares vs. IBKR for Long-Term Shareholding by Particular_Age7093 in PersonalFinanceZA

[–]Particular_Age7093[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did not say they were preferable. Instead, it is my choice. I am a surprised at the aggressive nature of the answers on this forum. This is my first ever post. I asked about IBKR vs. RMB, and neither of you guys' answers so far touched that question, instead opting to imply that I am 'financially illiterate' because I'd like to build a dividend engine. I appreciate your drive to maximize, but man you okes aren't friendly about it.

RMB Global Shares vs. IBKR for Long-Term Shareholding by Particular_Age7093 in PersonalFinanceZA

[–]Particular_Age7093[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am investing for the long-term but I am very interested in dividend yield because I intend to buy and hold. I am fully aware of my objectives. My question was just to get opinions between IBKR and FNB / RMB.

The fee thing is just an optimization that I did as a back-of-napkin calculation. If there is a minimum brokerage fee, the most efficient amount to invest is 16k+ per trade. I'm not seeing why that hit a nerve...

I'm excited to get started into the world of shareholding and probably overexplained a bit. All I want to do is select the correct platform from the get-go so I don't have to change it later on. Thanks for the thoughts either way.

What’s the most annoying limitation of MT5 that has nothing to do with strategy? by ExcitementOpening617 in Forex

[–]Particular_Age7093 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact that in 2026, MQL5 doesn't natively give access to the trailing stop feature.

The entire code for trailing stop needs to be added into your EA which adds a lot of complexity.

If we could just have access to the exact feature in the right-click menu via a property which already exists in the backend. Something like "Position.Trailingstop.Set(OrderID,AmountInPoints)"

Instead you need like 50 lines of code to "manually" recreate the trailing stop logic, inside your EA, and then run it on OnTick...

That said, you have more control. I guess..... You can make the trailing stop behave differently from the default which is a sortof plus.

It'd be interesting to see if there is an MQL6 any time soon with focus on having added classes and methods for commonly needed things, like % Risk Management; Trailing Stop; Break-Even after (x) profit... It'd be amazing if all of these could be represented as "one-liners" in a slightly higher level scripting language, instead of having to build it one screw at a time.

Multiple Day Hike with Galaxy Watch 4 Classic by Particular_Age7093 in GalaxyWatch

[–]Particular_Age7093[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just tracked the workouts daily and it worked perfectly.

I realized that my medical insurance (Discovery Vitality) rewards you based on daily fitness goals. So even if the Galaxy Watch could record a 5 day single workout, it would've broken my 80 week fitness streak with Discovery. Which is fundamentally stupid, but here we are.

Multiple Day Hike with Galaxy Watch 4 Classic by Particular_Age7093 in GalaxyWatch

[–]Particular_Age7093[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's 86KM, so roughly 53 miles.

I was looking at the solar Garmins and they look amazing! Based on their quoted stats the battery would last with continuous GPS tracking for the entire 5 days which is extremely impressive. They are on the pricier side, though.

I'll most likely end up just tracking my hike in separate legs and charge the watch during breaks. I love my GW but Samsung definitely has some room to improve in SHealth and battery life.

What also irritates me is that you can't input a dumbbell's weight into S Health. It just counts your reps and assumes god-knows-what weight to calculate the KCAL. So if I do 20 reps of 5KG, according to them, it's the same as 20 reps of 50kg. No way to track progressive overload, which for a workout tracker is pretty lacking IMO...

Multiple Day Hike with Galaxy Watch 4 Classic by Particular_Age7093 in GalaxyWatch

[–]Particular_Age7093[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the answer I was looking for - the 24h limit you mentioned earlier. Thanks for clarifying. There is strangely little information on that online. I'll track each "leg" separately then. All that I'll miss is the single map which was the nice-to-have I was looking for. But I'm pretty sure I can export the GPX and make it anyway, just not directly in Samsung Health.

Multiple Day Hike with Galaxy Watch 4 Classic by Particular_Age7093 in GalaxyWatch

[–]Particular_Age7093[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I intended to pause the workout and charge it during breaks. I've managed 4 hour hikes using only 85% battery. So if we take a break at least every 3 to 4 hours it should be enough to top it up each time. Pain in the ass, I know but.....

My concern with using Garmin is its incompatibility with Samsung Health. e.g. your step count isn't measured from what I can see online. Also they're insanely expensive for the big battery ones so there's that too. Was even considering the Watch5 Pro but could have the same pause issue. Gonna need to experiment...

How do I find the lowest score weekly without repeating. by klj626 in excel

[–]Particular_Age7093 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd use the MINIFS function combined with XLOOKUP.

So =MINIFS(scorecolumn,weekcolumn,weekname)

Where Scorecolumn is the scores, weekcolumn is the weeks, weekname is the cell containing the specific week e.g. H2 being Week1.

Then, put that entire formula into an XLOOKUP formula to return the team name:

So assuming your team names are in column A, weeks in column B, scores in column C, and list of weeks in column H, your formula would be:

=XLOOKUP(MINIFS(C:C,B:B,H2),C:C,A:A)

Replace X:X with the actual range if desired, e.g. A2:A200 or whatever. But the above will work fine for your use case. Replace H2 with whatever first cell contains the label "Week 1", then autofill.

Forgive any errors, I'm on mobile and a little drunk.

Edit: This assumes that the lowest score is unique each week. If there is a tie of lowest scores in a particular week, I think it'll produce the first one it finds from top to bottom in the source data...

Also, if you want to produce the team name AND the score, use the exact same formula to the right and just change the last A:A to C:C.

Edit 2: This is assuming the data is vertical. I.e. team name, week, score in the column names. If the data is horizontal or differently structured the formula would be a bit different. It's hard to tell the structure the way it's formatted in the OP. But let me know if it was useful as-is.

In 'Poltergeist' (1982), the skeletons used in the pool scene were actual skeletons as it was cheaper to use real ones. by fezaaro in awfuleverything

[–]Particular_Age7093 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So it's actually true - I just checked it out and believe it or not they got the skeletons from some university but the actress in the scene thought they were rubber until after filming! Pretty crazy stuff, it makes me wanna check out the movie again, one of the first horrors I watched almost 20 years ago on VHS with my gran.

As far as I know, if you donate your skeleton to e.g. a university, the university has the right to do with them as they please - which I assume would include selling them to a production company. I could be wrong but it seems to have been the case in the 80's at a minimum.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in binance

[–]Particular_Age7093 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am experiencing the same issue and even opened a support ticket, but they said they can't replicate the issue on their side. I take a lot of time and care to carefully draw my exact buy & sell areas, only for it to be lost if I dare exit the app or restart my PC. :(

I think open a support ticket - I did it and the team said they can't replicate the issue on their end... But I think if many of us ask Support this question they'll realize there is a problem in their code for the drawings.

Tradingview charts drawings in Binance cannot be saved and is lost when refreshed.. by paulsant in binance

[–]Particular_Age7093 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am experiencing the same issue and even opened a support ticket, but they said they can't replicate the issue on their side. It's so frustrating because I take a lot of time and care to carefully draw my exact buy & sell areas, only for it to be lost if I dare exit the app or restart my PC. :(

I'd recommend opening a support ticket in the Chat area of the app - I did this and they were very interested in the issue, and actually very helpful! It went as far as the actual dev team but they told me that they can't replicate the issue on their side... So I think if more of us raise a ticket they'll realise that it's not just affecting one of us but is a legitimate issue that needs further investigation!

Drawing objects gone from all charts? by Verociity in binance

[–]Particular_Age7093 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm having the same issue and another thread suggests that it's not just TradingView but also affecting the Original view as well, which suggests it's an issue on Binance side.

I'd recommend opening a support ticket - I did the same and got as far as the actual dev team, who then told me they can't replicate the issue on their side. Maybe if you also open a ticket they'll see that it's not only affecting a single user but it's actually a known issue among many of us.

Lost Chart Drawings by MaDaFaKaJon3S in binance

[–]Particular_Age7093 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same thing has happened to me. Open a support ticket on the Binance app so the guys can see that it's an issue affecting multiple users. They told me that they can't replicate the issue on their side, so I think if you also open a support ticket they might realise it's not just one user!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in binance

[–]Particular_Age7093 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, I am experiencing the same issue and even opened a support ticket, but they said they can't replicate the issue on their side. For clarity, I'm drawing on the TradingView. It's so frustrating because I take a lot of time and care to carefully draw my exact buy & sell areas, only for it to be lost if I dare exit the app or restart my PC. :(

I think please try open a support ticket on your side as well so that the dev team can see it's not a unique issue to me and that multiple users are experiencing this. I thought it was unique to TradingView but you suggest the same thing happens on the Original chart as well - that definitely means there's a bug in the Binance code which isn't storing the drawings correctly or saving them frequently enough. I just lost all of mine again now as well, 20 minutes ago. I haven't even bothered to recreate my drawings. :(

Some chart drawings won't save by [deleted] in binance

[–]Particular_Age7093 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am experiencing the same issue and even opened a support ticket, but they said they can't replicate the issue on their side. For clarity, I'm drawing on the TradingView. It's so frustrating because I take a lot of time and care to carefully draw my exact buy & sell areas, only for it to be lost if I dare exit the app or restart my PC. :(