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📩 The Implied Perspective Weekly Update - August 16, 2026

The quietest tape of the summer paid the book twice. An Exxon trade banked 54% of its premium in five days, gold walked through 400 like an open door, and a full week could not make the tested condor any worse.

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📩 The Implied Perspective Weekly Update - August 9, 2026

The market melted up 3.5%, the VIX fell below where it started the year, and the brand-new SPY condor is already more tested than BABA ever was. The dials are running.

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📩 The Implied Perspective Weekly Update - August 2, 2026

We closed a losing trade this week and it cost the book about 1%. The anatomy of that loss is the most valuable lesson of the summer.

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📩 The Implied Perspective Weekly Update - July 26, 2026

Three winners come off in nine days, the book climbs to +177.5%, and next week brings the heaviest earnings wall of the season. We go in light, on purpose.

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🚨 The Implied Perspective Trade Alert: July 23, 2026

Closing Our SPY Iron Condor

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📩 The Implied Perspective Weekly Update - July 19, 2026

The VIX jumped 25% in a week, the chips sold off hard, and our tested BABA condor becomes the best teacher on the book. We also cash trade number 20.

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📩 The Implied Perspective Weekly Update - July 12, 2026

The most oversold stock on the board just rallied 16.8% into our newest condor. This week: what a tested trade really means, why the decision lives at the 21-day mark, and how the August cycle gets finished one careful trade at a time.

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📩 The Implied Perspective Weekly Update - July 5, 2026

The 2026 book is up 131.6% across 18 trades, and it got there the boring way. This week we cash a winner and start building August, one careful trade at a time.

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📩 The Implied Perspective Weekly Update - June 28, 2026

At the half-year mark the closed book stands at plus 131.6% across 18 credit spreads. We booked July's SPY condor, opened the first August position, and a tech wobble handed the premium back.

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📩 The Implied Perspective Weekly Update - June 21, 2026

June closed five for five, and not one trade was held to expiration. July looks lighter, August opens next week, and most of our trades last about three weeks.

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📩 The Implied Perspective Weekly Update - June 14, 2026

The VIX spike faded almost as fast as it arrived. We added one July condor, left the rest on the table, and let patience run the book.

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📩 The Implied Perspective Weekly Update - June 7, 2026

The calm broke. VIX jumped 40% to 21.51, the indexes mean reverted on schedule, and the premium that vanished last week came roaring back.