The market drops like a bomb in the open because of the ECB news.

We'll just watch from the sidelines whatever develops and just study the market for now.

Futures markets showing some weakness from this overnight session.

Hitting 3000 plus views from this blog was a humbling experience, though this is my nth blog that I kept currently.

Other blogs that I created also with regards to the market were deactivated.

As you go along sleeping and breathing with the market helps you educate how the market works.

Though there are more things that I need to know about the market, but it's a process and will take time.

Patience and perseverance in participating with the market is that counts.

Anyway, let's see how the market reacts today.

I don't see any big news that might impact the market except those that are coming from Europe.

By Barry Ritholtz - November 1st, 2009, 9:00AM

Via Minyanville, we get this good version of Jesse Livermore’s trading rules, considered to be one of the best traders of all time:

Lesson Number One: Cut your losses quickly.
As soon as a trade is contemplated, a trader must know at what point in time he’ll be proven wrong and exit a position. If a trader doesn’t know his exit before he takes the entry, he might as well go to the racetrack or casino where at least the odds can be quantified.

Lesson Number Two: Confirm your judgment before going all in.
Livermore was famous for throwing out a small position and waiting for his thesis to be confirmed. Once the stock was traveling in the direction he desired, Livermore would pile on rapidly to maximize the returns.
There are several ways to buy more in a winning position — pyramiding up, buying in thirds at predetermined prices, being 100% in no more than 5% above the initial entry — but the take home is to buy in the direction of your winning trade – never when it goes against you.

Lesson Number Three: Watch leading stocks for the best action.
Livermore knew that trending issues were where the big money would be made, and to fight this reality was a loser’s game.

Lesson Number Four: Let profits ride until price action dictates otherwise.
“It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting.”
One method that satisfies the desire for profit and subdues the fear of a losing trade is to take one half of your profit off at a predetermined level, put a stop at breakeven on the rest, and let it play out without micromanaging the position.

Lesson Number Five: Buy all-time new highs.
The psychological merits of buying all-time or 52-week highs are immense and shouldn’t be discounted as a part of your overall strategy.

Lesson Number Six: Use pivot points to determine trends.
When going long, traders are continually looking for confirmation by assessing the strength of a move. Higher highs and higher lows are a solid indicator that a current uptrend is merely taking a slight pause, and the odds of higher prices are in their favor. These same pivot points are integral to drawing support and resistance lines to give traders their line in the sand. Taken together, trend lines and pivot points can enlighten a trader to a change in momentum, which may change the character of a trade.

Lesson Number Seven: Control your emotions.
Our goal as traders should be to also make a critical yet honest assessment of the areas we can improve so the bottom line will support our claims of truly being seasoned traders. Adhering to the time-tested rules of Jesse Livermore would be a great start for anyone.

Showing the concluding chart, it breaks out late in the trading day as I mentioned in my previous post.

Had I let the trade run before the close, a gain of 100 points plus profit is inevitable.

That's it fellow traders, hope was able to share some trade inputs...in your wallet...

Showing the chart pattern where trade was concluded, entry was at 12090 with the exit at 12130...

Sold at 12130 for a gain of 40 points...