[Orlando Salazar]

Fine. If your expected return is 20% a month at 1/2 and >= 10% at 2/4, variance is your friend because it will help you move up faster where you generate a higher total profit. But lets say the difference is between 5/10 and 10/20, you'll probably experience drastically diminishing returns, which reduces the value of moving up. If moving up is not at least comparably profitable, I'd rather get returns at a lower level with reduced variance (through pot control).