S&P Slips Over One Percent as VIX Climbs on Inflation Jitters

The S&P just dropped one point zero seven percent to seventy four twenty, its clearest pullback in recent sessions. That move has pushed the VIX up three point one percent to eighteen oh six, telling us traders are pricing in fresh uncertainty heading into the weekend. On the Iron Condor front, the short put side is seeing downside risk expand on this risk-off tape while the short call side remains capped for now with limited upside follow-through. VixShield's ALVH hedge is active, and RSAi is holding strikes balanced around the geopolitical risk premium without chasing alarm. Watch European stocks early next week for any spillover from today's inflation-driven repricing. That's going to be interesting to watch. catch it now at /podcast.