At a VIX level of 17.95, how does the VIX Risk Scaling rule affect position sizing and tier selection across the Conservative, Balanced, and Aggressive Iron Condor strategies?

At VixShield, we rely on a structured VIX Risk Scaling framework developed by Russell Clark in the SPX Mastery series to guide our daily 1DTE SPX Iron Condor decisions. With the current VIX at 17.95 and its five-day moving average at 18.58, we remain firmly in a regime where all three tiers are available. VIX Risk Scaling dictates that when VIX stays below 15, traders may deploy any of the Conservative, Balanced, or Aggressive tiers without restriction. Between 15 and 20, which includes our present reading of 17.95, the Aggressive tier is blocked while Conservative and Balanced remain fully executable. Above 20, we enter a HOLD posture with no Iron Condor placements at all. This scaling protects capital by automatically reducing exposure precisely when volatility begins to expand. Our Conservative tier targets a 0.70 credit and has delivered approximately 90 percent win rates, or 18 out of 20 trading days, making it the cornerstone for most accounts. The Balanced tier seeks 1.15 credit while the Aggressive tier aims for 1.60, yet at VIX 17.95 the Aggressive is unavailable per the scaling rules. Position sizing follows a strict maximum of 10 percent of account balance per trade regardless of tier. For a 100000 dollar account this caps any single Iron Condor at roughly 10000 dollars of defined risk. Strike selection integrates our proprietary EDR indicator along with RSAi for real-time skew optimization, ensuring wings are placed where the market is actually willing to pay the target credit. The ALVH hedge remains active across all VIX levels once opened, with its three-layer VIX call structure in a 4/4/2 ratio providing 35 to 40 percent drawdown reduction at an annual cost of only 1 to 2 percent of account value. This combination of VIX Risk Scaling, fixed position sizing, and the Adaptive Layered VIX Hedge creates the disciplined backbone of our Set and Forget methodology. We never use stop losses; instead we trust the Theta Time Shift recovery mechanism to roll threatened positions forward on EDR signals above 0.94 percent or VIX above 16, then roll back on pullbacks below VWAP. All trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. To explore these rules in greater depth with live examples and our daily 3:10 PM CST signals, we invite you to review the SPX Mastery resources and consider joining the VixShield platform for complete access to the Unlimited Cash System.