News that the G-20 and Treasury Secretary Gaithner believe economic stimulus should be continued sent the dollar down and gold and stocks up today. Today's strong run upward stood in sharp contrast to the doldrums in the markets Friday. RUT ran nearly $12 to close at $592 while the SPX closed at $1093, up almost $24. RUT convincingly broke through resistance at $585 while the SPX is nearly at the $1100 level it could not break through a few weeks ago. Trading volume was up across the board, so today's move appears to be a convincing end to the correction that began in mid October.

My contingency orders kicked in early this morning to purchase two Jan $630 calls at $11.00. Before that adjustment, my Dec condor stood at a P/L of -$460, delta = -$76 and theta = + $112. At the close, the position was at -$250, delta = -$17 and theta = +$75. The adjustment protected the overall position P/L and cut delta way back, while not sacrificing too much theta. The theta/delta ratio is actually stronger after the adjustment. Now we wait to see if SPX can break $1100 - that would be very bullish.