SPY, Sep 18, 2026 · Trading desk

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Account: MA
Strategy: S-B SPY iron condor, exploration
Book: exploration
Symbol: SPY
Asset class: option structure
Side: short
Exposure: neutral
Status: closed
Opened: Sep 18, 2026
Closed: Oct 9, 2026
Quantity: 1
Entry price: 1.789187
Exit price: 0.00
Exit by: expiry
Book value at entry: —

Record GitHub ledger

Cost model

half of each leg's quoted spread plus $0.65 a contract at entry; $0.65 a contract at expiry

Entry value: —
Exit value: —
P&L: +$178.92
Dividends: —
P&L with dividends: —
Costs: $8.10
Net P&L: +$170.81
Return: —
Of the book: —
R multiple: +0.06
Held: 21 days

Role	Date	At (ET)	Side	Qty	Asked	Price	Rule's price	Close	Slippage	Against the close	How	Why	The rule's numbers
entry	Sep 18, 2026	—	sell	1	—	1.789187	—	—	—	—	late window	gate OFF:G2	8 trigger numbers x 15.44 vix 15.44 asof 2026-09-17 mode both vix3m 18.55 reason OFF:G2 verdict OFF:G2 x_median 15.585 9 numbers m 0.03552370653559954 x 14.81 spot 762.25 width 31 window P3 dte_cal 21 entry_cost_usd 5.5045605749903554 entry_tier_max 1 credit_over_width 0.05771569380440348
exit	Oct 9, 2026	—	buy	1	—	0.00	—	—	—	—	expiry	held to expiry	4 numbers settle_close 778.56 exit_cost_usd 2.6 exit_tier_max 4 settle_source daily_contract

Contract	Right	Strike	Expiry	Side	Qty	Entry	Facts
SPY261009P00735000	put	735.00	Oct 9, 2026	short	1	2.229187	4 numbers exit_tier 4 entry_tier 1 entry_source print_vwap entry_spread 0.0045086319444444444
SPY261009P00710000	put	710.00	Oct 9, 2026	long	1	0.95	4 numbers exit_tier 4 entry_tier 1 entry_source print_vwap entry_spread 0.010472
SPY261009C00789000	call	789.00	Oct 9, 2026	short	1	0.55	4 numbers exit_tier 4 entry_tier 1 entry_source print_vwap entry_spread 0.053097
SPY261009C00820000	call	820.00	Oct 9, 2026	long	1	0.04	4 numbers exit_tier 4 entry_tier 1 entry_source print_vwap entry_spread 0.222222

Settled at the underlying's last print that day: the official close was not loaded when the engine graded it.

variant: B1
risk_usd: 2921.0813492063494
graded_at: 2026-10-09
n_touches: 8
policy_id: sb-1.0
structure: IC
max_loss_usd: 2921.0813492063494
cost_over_credit: 0.04529746082389952

SPY · S-B SPY iron condor, exploration

The trade

Result

Entry and exit

Legs

Notes