No regrets, indeed not closing and pulling out would have been a great move. Making money with stupid trade is one of the most dangerous things in the business. In that case you get rewarded for bad behavior, which only creates bad habits. So closing was the right action.
I own you some numbers; the 630-680-730 butterfly cost me $2036 including commissions. Currently the 620-670-720 is down $200.- Let's take a peak at the graph of the debris which used to be the 670 butterfly. As you can see I maximized my risk to $900, and left myself with a fighting change to become whole. The trade is negative theta and directional biased, not directly a trade out of a instruction book, but within my risk and reward rules. The trade is managed based on technicals, so any strength in the market I will start tweaking, or pulling it off.
The new 680-720-760 butterfly is $20 down, but well within it boundaries.

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