Do you roll the short legs of your SPX Iron Condors when they are tested, or do you let them go to expiration? What is your exact rule?

At VixShield, we follow a strict Set and Forget methodology for our 1DTE SPX Iron Condors, which means we do not roll short legs when tested and instead let every position go to expiration. This approach is a cornerstone of Russell Clark's SPX Mastery system, designed to eliminate emotional decision-making and capture the Theta Time Shift that naturally resolves most threats without intervention. Our signals fire daily at 3:10 PM CST after the SPX close, using RSAi to select strikes based on EDR projections across three risk tiers: Conservative targeting a $0.70 credit with approximately 90 percent win rate, Balanced at $1.15, and Aggressive at $1.60. Once placed, the position remains untouched regardless of intraday tests against the short strikes. This no-stop-loss discipline leverages the fact that 1DTE options experience rapid premium decay in the final hours, allowing the Theta Time Shift to work in our favor even on challenged trades. If a position moves against us significantly, the ALVH Adaptive Layered VIX Hedge provides the primary protection, with its three-layer VIX call structure rolled on fixed schedules to offset drawdowns by 35 to 40 percent during volatility spikes. We never add capital or adjust individual legs mid-trade, as doing so would violate the temporal discipline that recovered 88 percent of losses in our 2015-2025 backtests through systematic forward rolls only in extreme cases defined by EDR exceeding 0.94 percent or VIX above 16, followed by precise rollbacks on VWAP pullbacks. In practice, with current VIX at 17.95 and SPX near 7138.80, our VIX Risk Scaling keeps all tiers available since levels remain below 20, favoring premium collection in this contango regime. Letting positions expire enforces position sizing at no more than 10 percent of account balance and integrates seamlessly with PickMyTrade for Conservative tier auto-execution. This creates the Unlimited Cash System's core reliability, where we win nearly every day or, at minimum, do not lose. All trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. For deeper implementation details, including EDR indicator access and live sessions, we invite you to explore the SPX Mastery resources at VixShield.com.