VIX, Oct 9, 2026 · Trading desk

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Account: MA
Strategy: S-C C1 iron butterfly, exploration
Book: exploration
Symbol: VIX
Asset class: option structure
Side: short
Exposure: neutral
Status: open
Opened: Oct 9, 2026
Closed: —
Quantity: 1
Entry price: 2.095989
Exit price: —
Exit by: —
Book value at entry: —

Record GitHub ledger

Cost model

half of each leg's spread plus $0.65 a contract at entry, the spread quoted from 15:00 to 16:00 ET or, for a wing priced by model, the stock's median option spread over the 20 sessions before, at least 5%; nothing at expiry

Role	Date	At (ET)	Side	Qty	Asked	Price	Rule's price	Close	Slippage	Against the close	How	Why	The rule's numbers
entry	Oct 9, 2026	—	sell	1	—	2.095989	—	—	—	—	late window	F1	4 trigger numbers rank null verdict F1 cap_pass true cap_reason null 13 numbers k 15 k_dn 9 k_up 20.5 close 14.84 iv30d 0.585982054580452 sector null dte_cal 40 marketcap null sigma_hold 2.878735613181467 mean_spread 0.10661724258760108 model_entry true entry_cost_usd 11.091751081936108 entry_tier_max 3

Contract	Right	Strike	Expiry	Side	Qty	Entry	Exit	Facts
VIX261118C00015000	call	15.00	Nov 18, 2026	short	1	3.14566	—	4 numbers exit_tier null entry_tier 1 entry_source print_vwap entry_spread 0.03141648517520216
VIX261118P00015000	put	15.00	Nov 18, 2026	short	1	0.222	—	4 numbers exit_tier null entry_tier 1 entry_source print_vwap entry_spread 0.181818
VIX261118C00020500	call	20.50	Nov 18, 2026	long	1	1.268417	—	4 numbers exit_tier null entry_tier 1 entry_source print_vwap entry_spread 0.0240323875
VIX261118P00009000	put	9.00	Nov 18, 2026	long	1	0.003255	—	4 numbers exit_tier null entry_tier 3 entry_source model entry_spread 0.05

variant: C1
risk_usd: 390.4011332956709
graded_at: null
policy_id: sc-1.0
structure: IB
max_loss_usd: 390.4011332956709
stress_loss_usd: null

VIX · S-C C1 iron butterfly, exploration

The trade

Entry and exit

Legs

Notes