The futures were flat early this morning but then a couple of key economic reports changed the mood. The consumer price index increased 0.3% (higher than expected and higher than Sept) and both new housing starts and new building permits were down for Oct, again lower than Sept. This took the futures into negative territory and the market opened lower. The dollar approached its lows of Monday, but unlike recent sessions, the stock market did not rally in response. The markets traded sideways to slightly lower all day. RUT closed down about $2 at $600 while the SPX was virtually unchanged at $1110. Both yesterday and today, the bears made runs at breaking the $1100 support level on the S&P 500, but both attempts failed and support held.

My Dec iron condor remains essentially unchanged with its P/L at -$760, delta = -$14 and theta = +$66. The delta of my short $630 calls remains around 24 so I am firmly "on hold" - I need the protection of the Jan $630 calls, so I can't sell them, but it is too early to close or roll the 630/640 calls. So we wait for the market to make its move.