Trading started off in the red this morning and never varied from that pace. The Russell 2000 Index of small caps was particularly hard hit today, dropping over $12 to close at $580. Meanwhile, the SPX dropped  a similar amount in absolute dollar terms, $11.27, but about half as much in percentage terms, to close at $1087. The dollar's strength again appears to be the impetus behind today's stock market weakness. Unemployment claims numbers were actually a little better than expected, but the federal deficit hit a new high at $176 billion and analysts were expecting $150 billion.

My Dec iron condor now stands at a P/L of -$20, delta = -$5 and theta = +$88. I still have the Jan $630 call hedges in place but the delta of the Dec $630 calls has dropped back to 16, so I may sell those call hedges tomorrow unless the market rebounds. The volatility of this market makes it very challenging to trade these delta neutral strategies.