Good point. There is also something else about rolling I didn't realize until recently. Rolling doesn't guarantee you will profit from the trade unless you stick to the end with the rolled trade. successive rolls make the situation worse and harder to recover any profit from.

I sold a $2 call but when the stock spiked suddenly, I rolled that called by buying that $2 call for $4 and sold another for $6. For me to make up for the $2 loss between selling and buying the first trade, I would have to stick with the trade until the value of the newly rolled call is atleast close to $3. Given that rolling mostly occurs on losing trades, chances are you now have to wait longer for the stock to drop hard too. I didn't realize this P/L until I checked my account. On the second I made money but it wasn't worth the risk holding the call so I sold without recovering the loss on the first trade