what are you looking for?
the whole are of vol trading is determining your own value for an option and seeing if that value is different from the market price.
your post is confusing. You should rewrite it:
So, in practice, the bot will maintain a short position on far-away OTM PUTs while doing long-only scalps
for a guy who worked for lots of Wall Street firms and has so much professional experience, you have a perspective similar to a 20-something retail trader.
Most of the time the prevailing factor will be delta. You are better off just trading fewer shares.
in the rare event that gamma becomes relevant you will wish you hadn’t sold the call.