Daytrading the DOW

I shorted the DOW when it broke the trendline at 9740 or so.. however, it wasn't the perfect entry as the market bounced from this area of support to go north... I had a stop at 9780 which was the previous high but nonetheless, my short wasn't ideal as short trades should be entered on a long countertrend. I had to watch the market go against me 30 points or so before it tanked.. it went past my entry point and I took profits at the round number 9700 for 40 points which wasn't bad. However, t