Chart Request: SAP (SAP), TriZetto Group (TZIX), Westcorp (WES) and Aldila (ALDA)

Here are some recently requested charts: SAP, TZIX, ALDA and WES SAP looks pretty good (even if I hate trading ADRs / ADSs because of all the gaps):

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The Chairman’s back online after his move to China. Come join us in his chat room from 8 to 9:30 this morning.

Metaphors for Trading

I just found my way to Ruth Barrons Roosevelt’s site thanks to a post that Ron Sen made which quoted her thoughts on egotizing trading. Her article about metaphors for trading is very interesting. I’ve always heard people using the “trading is war” metaphor and I never thought too much about looking at trading in [...]

Exits Trump Entries

Here’s an interesting article which discusses entries vs. exits. I certainly agree with the author that most people place way too much importance on entries and not nearly enough on exits. I know from my email that some of you are having trouble keeping your losing trades small. I used to have the same problem [...]

Trading is Simple, but It isn’t Easy.

Here’s an article by Edward Allen Toppel on trading psychology and the paradoxical nature of trading: “Looking For Money In All the Wrong Places?” Trading is simple, but it isn’t easy. Seems contradictory, right? Simple may equal easy everywhere else, but in the trading and investing arenas these concepts are hardly synonymous. Why is that? [...]