S&P trading blog – entered at the right place but exited the wrong place

Today was a bit frustrating.. I entered two long trades as per the two green arrows in the attached chart. This picture is how I feel today!! The first trade I was seeing a move beyond the previous swing high.. stochastics were already high but I thought it wouldn't turn.. I was targetting around 136300 at this stage. The market was at one point about 10 prices in my direction but for some reason, I was convinced that it would go up more.. even when it dropped after bouncing along t