Underwater for 110 Minutes, +82% at the Bell: The 2 PM Iron Fly on May 13

The 2 PM SPX Iron Fly spent 110 of 119 minutes flat or negative, hit -47% at the worst tick, and still closed +$910 (+82%) because nothing was allowed to touch it.

May 13, 2026 · 7 min · 1331 words · Veni Lakshmi Mareeswaran

+$388 in 53 Minutes: The Day the 9:32 AM Iron Condor Worked

The same bot that lost $397 on Monday made $388 on Wednesday. The difference wasn’t luck — it was 20 extra points of cushion baked in by a different volatility regime.

May 13, 2026 · 5 min · 907 words · Veni Lakshmi Mareeswaran
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