https://www.optionsdecay.com/tags/mechanical-trading/ Recent content in Mechanical Trading on 0DTE SPX Bot Trade Logs & Options Education | OptionsDecay.com https://www.optionsdecay.com/images/logo.png https://www.optionsdecay.com/images/logo.png en-us Wed, 13 May 2026 19:33:04 -0400 https://www.optionsdecay.com/posts/2026/05/2pm-ironfly-may-13-underwater-for-110-minutes/ Wed, 13 May 2026 16:30:00 -0400 https://www.optionsdecay.com/posts/2026/05/2pm-ironfly-may-13-underwater-for-110-minutes/ A 0DTE SPX Iron Fly that took -47% heat, chopped sideways for an hour, and then collapsed to +82% in the final nine minutes. The trade no discretionary hand would have held. https://www.optionsdecay.com/posts/2026/05/9-32am-iron-condor-may-13-388-in-53-minutes/ Wed, 13 May 2026 11:30:00 -0400 https://www.optionsdecay.com/posts/2026/05/9-32am-iron-condor-may-13-388-in-53-minutes/ A 0DTE SPX Iron Condor closed for a 38% profit in 53 minutes. The same bot took a 52% loss two days earlier. Here's why the same delta target produced very different outcomes — and what it says about implied volatility at the open. https://www.optionsdecay.com/posts/2026/05/why-we-spread-bot-entries-across-the-morning/ Mon, 11 May 2026 18:00:00 -0400 https://www.optionsdecay.com/posts/2026/05/why-we-spread-bot-entries-across-the-morning/ A detailed log of five staggered 0DTE SPX Iron Condor bots on May 11, illustrating the importance of time diversification in mitigating gamma risk. https://www.optionsdecay.com/posts/2026/05/the-9-32am-iron-condor-a-17-minute-squeeze-and-the-cost-of-doing-business/ Mon, 11 May 2026 14:30:00 -0400 https://www.optionsdecay.com/posts/2026/05/the-9-32am-iron-condor-a-17-minute-squeeze-and-the-cost-of-doing-business/ A detailed breakdown of a 0DTE SPX Iron Condor trade stopped out in 17 minutes by a rapid morning gamma squeeze, demonstrating why strict stop losses are mathematically necessary for mechanical systems. https://www.optionsdecay.com/posts/2026/04/0dte-spx-iron-fly-ride-or-die-2026-04-29/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:30:00 -0400 https://www.optionsdecay.com/posts/2026/04/0dte-spx-iron-fly-ride-or-die-2026-04-29/ Why I let my 2:00 PM Iron Fly run without a stop loss or profit target, and how it nearly hit a perfect pin.