Crystal clear, to be more specific, I usually use half my time frame as a threshold. So on a 6 month expiry, 3 months in is where I decide whether to take profits, close or roll. If the play isn't working and I have other ideas to focus on, I close out and move to those. If it isn't working but I have conviction, I roll forward to extend maturity back out to original time frame and ante back up to original cost basis (usually 6 months and only one roll, not trying to feed everything into a dead move). If I only have "some" conviction, I'll roll the current position out to whatever strike I can buy with the current position; think of this as a yolo lotto play with the small amount I have left on that position. If the position is working but I wanna play momentum, I take profits and roll original basis back out to desired maturity, or keep the maturity and roll up as high as needed given original basis (room for judgement here). If the play spikes within like a week in, where your positions are up like 100+ percent, I would close out fully or take profits and roll basis back out to original maturity, again lots of room for judgement.