KRE has been one of the weakest products in my portfolio, crumbling by nearly 40% since I first established the position. My original was so deep that I was at high risk of taking Assignment of shares wouldn't change my risk level in any way but it would tie up quite a bit of capital which I would like to avoid under these conditions. I decided to my put down to the 39 leaving me with a 39 Doing so allowed me to reduce my directional risk as well as cut away the that was unattainable due to the . The I collected allowed me to uninvert my $12-wide strikes for $10.65 – essentially a $1.35 discount. This actually improves my best-case scenario by that same amount ($1.35). The straddle is still so if we do get a rebound, I will still have the opportunity to win back some intrinsic value as well.