108: Rolling Up Strike Prices vs. Closing Out Trade - What Should I Do?

The Option Alpha Podcast - A podcast by Kirk Du Plessis

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Show notes: http://optionalpha.com/show108 If you trade options longer than ten days you'll undoubtedly run into a scenario where you get challenged by a stock moving either higher or lower against your position. When this happens the first question many people ask is "Do I start rolling up strike prices and adjust the position or work on closing out the trade completely at a loss?" Naturally, we are in the camp where we believe, and our backtesting confirms, that rolling your strike prices c...