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Trade

VTI · S-C C1 iron butterfly, exploration

Opened Oct 30, 2026, in MA.

The trade

Account: MA
Strategy: S-C C1 iron butterfly, exploration
Book: exploration
Symbol: VTI
Asset class: option structure
Side: short
Exposure: neutral
Status: open
Opened: Oct 30, 2026
Closed: —
Quantity: 1
Entry price: 11.381787
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

Entry and exit

Role	Date	At (ET)	Side	Qty	Asked	Price	Rule's price	Close	Slippage	Against the close	How	Why	The rule's numbers
entry	Oct 30, 2026	—	sell	1	—	11.381787	—	—	—	—	late window	F1	4 trigger numbers rank null verdict F1 cap_pass true cap_reason null 13 numbers k 370 k_dn 340 k_up 400 close 371.75 iv30d 0.171 sector null dte_cal 21 marketcap 428147234058 sigma_hold 15.247909396949096 mean_spread 0.084935575 model_entry true entry_cost_usd 87.22786189625351 entry_tier_max 3

Legs

Contract	Right	Strike	Expiry	Side	Qty	Entry	Exit	Facts
VTI261120C00370000	call	370.00	Nov 20, 2026	short	1	6.81	—	4 numbers exit_tier null entry_tier 1 entry_source print_vwap entry_spread 0.1052814
VTI261120P00370000	put	370.00	Nov 20, 2026	short	1	5.86	—	4 numbers exit_tier null entry_tier 1 entry_source print_vwap entry_spread 0.06458975
VTI261120C00400000	call	400.00	Nov 20, 2026	long	1	0.128213	—	4 numbers exit_tier null entry_tier 3 entry_source model entry_spread 0.133333
VTI261120P00340000	put	340.00	Nov 20, 2026	long	1	1.16	—	4 numbers exit_tier null entry_tier 1 entry_source print_vwap entry_spread 0.5

Notes

variant: C1
risk_usd: 1861.8212587469498
graded_at: null
policy_id: sc-1.0
structure: IB
max_loss_usd: 1861.8212587469498
stress_loss_usd: null