lmao there is no settlement time on trades for the contest.  This is totally impossible with a real account:
OPTR   Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc   Buy   09/19/2011 at 03:59PM EDT   $15.56   14,749   -$229,494.44
 LEN   Lennar Corp   Buy   09/19/2011 at 03:55PM EDT   $14.51   15,802   -$229,208.01
 FAZ   Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares   Sell   09/19/2011 at 03:52PM EDT   $56.90   4,034   +$229,534.60
 GR   Goodrich Corp   Buy   09/19/2011 at 03:48PM EDT   $107.77   2,129   -$229,442.33
 FAS   Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares   Buy   09/19/2011 at 03:45PM EDT   $13.27   17,306   -$229,650.62
 OPTR   Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc   Sell   09/19/2011 at 03:40PM EDT   $15.76   14,697   +$231,624.72
 LEN   Lennar Corp   Sell   09/19/2011 at 03:37PM EDT   $14.55   15,579   +$226,674.45
 FAZ   Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares   Buy   09/19/2011 at 03:34PM EDT   $56.54   4,034   -$228,082.36
 FAS   Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares   Sell   09/19/2011 at 03:25PM EDT   $13.15   17,327   +$227,848.32
 OPTR   Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc   Buy   09/19/2011 at 03:14PM EDT   $15.37   14,697   -$225,894.36
 OPTR   Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc   Sell   09/19/2011 at 03:01PM EDT   $15.43   14,827   +$228,780.61
 FAZ   Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares   Sell   09/19/2011 at 02:57PM EDT   $57.98   3,889   +$225,483.83
 LEN   Lennar Corp   Buy   09/19/2011 at 02:54PM EDT   $14.45   15,579   -$225,116.55
 FAZ   Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares   Buy   09/19/2011 at 02:45PM EDT   $57.68   3,889   -$224,317.52
 AAPL   Apple Inc   Sell   09/19/2011 at 01:50PM EDT   $410.01   550   +$225,507.04
 OPTR   Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc   Buy   09/19/2011 at 01:35PM EDT   $15.14   14,827   -$224,480.78
 FAS   Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares   Buy   09/19/2011 at 12:05PM EDT   $13.04   17,327   -$225,945.81
 AAPL   Apple Inc   Buy   09/19/2011 at 11:55AM EDT   $410.27   550   -$225,647.40
 FAS   Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares   Sell   09/19/2011 at 11:53AM EDT   $12.98   17,553   +$227,846.72
 FAS   Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares   Buy   09/19/2011 at 11:32AM EDT   $12.83   17,553   -$225,204.99
 FAZ   Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares   Sell   09/19/2011 at 11:31AM EDT   $58.29   3,874   +$225,815.46
 FAZ   Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares   Buy   09/19/2011 at 10:56AM EDT   $58.07   3,874   -$224,963.18

CNBC is having a Virtual Stock Trading competition here with a real $1M 1st place prize:
http://milliondollar.cnbc.com/

Doesn't hurt to try it out.  Let me know if you want to work together.

lmao ok Shin

Just hitting for fun.  I'm contacting everyone I can lol and don't really care for skill level.

@abhinav: The protocol is just what you did.  It's *that* easy.

Tennis tomorrow 5-7pm on hearst - anyone free?

Dan Garcia showed us a trailer to "Connected" today in class.  It opens Friday - we can run over to Shattuck after Canasta to see it. It starts at 9:40.

Six Flags moved to Oct.16 on Jerry and Perlin's request.

Last call before we make Oct.23 official.  Everyone can make this day?

Two updates:
1) The department finally realized they only updated the lower division course.  Upper division should be 1 unit as well now by 7pm tonight.
2) The grading system has been finished.  You should be able to click your name in the Members Database if you're a DeCal member and see your grade breakdown.  The first week is not counted but is displayed just for demonstration right now.

If you are just now adding the class to TeleBears and don't see your name designated as DeCal Member in the Database, please let us know (we don't get any updates from TeleBears).  Same if you are dropping the course.

[We will start enforcing this in the 2nd week of the DeCal.]

The syllabus for the DeCal is available here:
http://canasta.pftq.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Canasta_Syllabus-20110908.pdf

As a reminder, you will need to submit about 3 games each week, each with a short paragraph response in the comments (just how the game went, what you applied or challenges during the game).  We will start enforcing this in the 2nd week of the DeCal.

Attendance will also be kept on the website.  If you want to make sure we got your name down for a certain Friday, just find the event in the Calendar and view the attendance list (usually uploaded by the coming Monday).
Example for first meeting: http://canasta.pftq.com/forums/?topic=742

When arranging games to play against other DeCal/Club members, feel free to use the Find Games system.

Any other questions about the DeCal, feel free to ask here.

Picking Oct.23 as a tentative day for going to Six Flags Fright Fest in Vallejo for Halloween.

Any objections?

Will we win this game?

Market is at a bottom again.  Perlin, here's your 4th chance to get out of SDOW at a profit.

Tennis tomorrow at 5:30pm?

[little-to-no evidence]

    For the longest time, there was probably little-to-no evidence that we ever did anything other than play Canasta.  Our pictures were few.  Our event descriptions say to meet somewhere, but we often only stayed a couple hours before spending another 5 hours elsewhere (Crossroads).  We randomly take off and members who happen to be out for a few minutes get left behind (Shin).  Some members don't even make it out of their apartments before we're already on our way back to Berkeley (Perlin).

     But what have we actually done so far? Our activities have ranged from randomly heading out to a show or movie, playing Bomberman with 10 people, traveling up to the Botanical Gardens in the rain, getting lost on the way to Six Flags, eating the best ice cream in the WORLD SF, playing tennis every Friday, celebrating birthdays, watching fireworks, debating about life, ... I bet at least less than most of you will probably not have realized one or more of these activities that we have done ever occured.

     (and probably will be able to understand the meaning of the last sentence but not be able to recite it)

    So now, to compensate and make sure everyone that wants to know knows what's going on, we now have the new EVERYTHING section on the website! After one hour, I've managed to put together somewhat of a wiki/blog/mailinglist hybrid with various activities to participate in.  Just check up regularly on an activity if you're interested or use the Subscribe feature to receive/reply to emails instead.

     If you're interested in tennis, head over right over to the Tennis section; we play every Friday.  If you want to know what movies we might be watching soon (though we rarely know ourselves), head right over to our Movie Nights section.  If you're dying to know the meaning of life, go Ask Haotian.  If you have ideas for other discussions or activities, you can also suggest a new section and we'll set it up.

    This is just a taste of what's to come.  More sections will be added soon.  Perlin, for example, is planning a book club section (but she's in Malaysia so that might be "eventually" rather than "soon").

     Hope you guys will find it useful.  As always, suggestions and feedback are welcome.