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I agree, its always best to open/close any complex strategy having multiple legs in one execution by using bracket orders, since it will save the spreads and the slide in greeks with time.
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
Another factor to consider while deciding whether or not to close one side of an iron condor and keep the other side open is the number of days remaining to expiration. Theta decay in far out of the money spreads is very slow. So, for example, if you have an iron condor that's still got 25 days to expiration and one side of the condor is sitting at 30 cents credit, it's probably better to close that side. Because it will take for ever for that 30 cents premium to decay any further. And, by closing that leg, you can remove risk completely from one direction. But these strategies are for experienced traders. For a beginner, the best course of action is to close the entire condor at once. Set a profit target and put a limit order on to exit the trade at once.