Do you adjust iron condor entry and exit rules based on RSI readings, or do you rely primarily on the Greeks and VIX levels?

At VixShield, we do not adjust our iron condor entry or exit rules based on RSI readings. Our methodology, developed by Russell Clark in the SPX Mastery series, centers on a disciplined, rules-based approach using the Iron Condor Command for 1DTE SPX trades. Signals fire daily at 3:10 PM CST after the SPX close, driven by the Expected Daily Range (EDR), RSAi™ (Rapid Skew AI), and VIX Risk Scaling rather than momentum oscillators like RSI, MACD, or Stochastic. The core remains Set and Forget: we define risk at entry with three credit tiers—Conservative at $0.70, Balanced at $1.15, and Aggressive at $1.60—then allow Theta Time Shift to handle any recovery without stop losses or intraday adjustments. VIX level is our primary volatility gate. With current VIX at 17.95, below the 20 threshold, all tiers remain available, but we scale conservatively when VIX rises between 15 and 20, blocking Aggressive entirely above 20 and moving to full hold above that. ALVH, our Adaptive Layered VIX Hedge with its 4/4/2 contract ratio across short, medium, and long VIX calls, provides the true protection layer, cutting drawdowns by 35-40% during spikes at an annual cost of just 1-2% of account value. Greeks inform strike placement indirectly through RSAi™ skew analysis, which optimizes wings in under 253 milliseconds to match exact premium targets while respecting EDR projections. RSI might show overbought conditions above 70 or oversold below 30, yet we ignore it because our backtested win rate on the Conservative tier sits near 90%, or about 18 out of 20 trading days, precisely because we avoid discretionary overlays. Introducing RSI would violate the temporal discipline of Theta Time Shift, which rolls threatened positions forward to 1-7 DTE on EDR above 0.94% or VIX above 16, then rolls back on VWAP pullbacks to harvest net credits of $250-$500 per contract. This pioneering temporal martingale recovered 88% of losses in 2015-2025 tests without adding capital. Position sizing stays at maximum 10% of account balance, and only the Conservative tier supports PickMyTrade auto-execution. All trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. For deeper implementation, explore the full SPX Mastery framework and join the VixShield community resources to access live EDR indicators, ALVH roll schedules, and daily signal archives.