... 268 short put for a 1.23 credit.
Comments: This wasn't quite at 50% max yet, but thought I'd take the opportunity to do some housekeeping since I could realize a gain, strike improve, and receive a credit here by rolling for duration.
Total credits collected of 14.09 (See Post Below) plus the 1.23 here for a total of 15.32 relative to a price of around 2.83...
... and selling the 250 short puts to finance for a net 2.90/contract credit. (See Financing Strike Improvement Post, Below).
Notes: My original thought process behind just rolling my 255's out "as is" over time was that I (a) didn't have all that much time until retirement; (b) have experienced a couple of those 40% sell-offs and didn't want to endure another...