Once again, I'm my to lower my which reduces directional risk on this trade. The goal is to keep the rate of loss manageable so I don't have to close my positions for an overblown prices. is very high in all of my positions due to extremely high You can see it in the risk profile below... It is represented by the distance between the curved black dotted line and the solid black line.
I have the potential to make all of that extrinsic value back once IV tops out and starts to decline. I've taken some hard hits, but take comfort in knowing that it is not as bad as it appears at the surface. A little patience and aggressive management is going to help me recover once the panic in the market quiets down. Prices could go back up or easily continue to drop, but once they start moving at a slower rate in either direction, I'll be in a good position to recover a great deal of my losses through volatility contraction.