FORTRESS FIGHT: BMNR-LC10 @ $15.57

BE SS: $17.13  |  CC-SS: $19.57  |  50 contracts (5,000 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-07-17 03:39

BMNR-LC10 @ $15.57   UNDERWATER $1.55 (9.1% below BE SS)

50 contracts (5,000 sh)  |  BE SS: $17.13  |  CC-SS: $19.57  |  IV: HIGH  |  Accounts: RetireInc:7291

LC: $10 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $13.315/sh)
SP: $18 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $7.355/sh)
HP: $10 exp 2026-08-21 (entry $0.258/sh)

Economics

Max Loss$71,250(ND $6.25 + SW $8) x 5000
Normal income ref$9,482/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge rolling cost$557/mo
Unrealized P&L$-22,750fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$4,741/mo
HEDGE COVER
$557/mo
NORMAL INCOME
$9,482/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
3.3 mo to earn back $31,250
ML VELOCITY
7.5 mo to earn back $71,250
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $19.57 (probe: $19.5C 14d) brings only $321/mo (<20% of normal), so FIGHT below it is warranted.
🏦 Campaign ledger: seeded, nothing tracked yet. Open short calls and banked credits appear here from the next cycle on; the banked-floor (info) shows how far premium would ratchet the floor, but the recommended CC-SS stays the pure recovery strike.
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYPULLBACK · %B 23 (live) · RSI 39 · MACD bullish, hist rising
DAILYRISING (provisional) · RSI 50 · %B 71 · hist rising (nightly)
LEVELS20W MA (bounce target) $18.66 (+20%) · daily UBB $16.62 · 1-wk expected move ±$2 (chain IV)
SETUPBounce ignition risk is maximal: stay at 🎯 min-cap, shortest DTE, momentum override armed. Challenges are the plan, not the surprise. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 49 contracts at $17 / 7d. This is the safest strike (survival 80%, breach 20%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($4,741/mo); it brings $4,830/mo. The engine maximizes the odds the pullback never reaches your strike, rather than chasing the fattest near-ATM premium.
More income, less safety: the ladder tops out at 46 × $16/7d for $9,660/mo, but breach risk rises to 38% (+18pp vs the primary). The lower strike is hit by a smaller bounce.
More safety, less income: for just the hedge you can sit at 44 × $20/7d (98% survival, $566/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $11,465 (37% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $17, recoverable in 1.2 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 49 contracts realizes $-22,393 and cuts bleed by $546/mo.

📅 Two weekly tracks, this Friday & next Friday

Each Friday gets its own recommended pick and full income ladder (safest strike per income rung, sized across your 50 contracts). The master ranks the two by E[net]/mo to pick one grand pick; both are shown here so you can choose the tenor that fits your roll cadence.

🏆 Grand pick: NEXT FRIDAY · 24 Jul 2026 (7d) · sell 49 × $17, 80% survival, $4,830/mo (E[net] $1,421/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆24 Jul 2026 · 7d49 × $1780%$4,830$1,421

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 24 Jul 2026 · 7d · E[net] $1,421/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 49 × $17 (primary), 80% survival, breach 20%, $4,830/mo.
The pick is already past the ~80% (≈1σ) comfort line, so take the income. Stepping out to the $17.50 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 86% (breach 20% → 14%) for $1,676/mo less (35% income) buys safety you do not really need here.
BMNR  spot $15.57 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
cover hedge44 × $2024 Jul7d28.4%98%5%-9pp$132$566-$4,264$0
Sell 44 × $20 28.4% OTM over spot $15.57 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.04 mid)
= $132 credit for the 7d cycle → $566/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $20)
98%
Breach risk
2%
POP (stays ≤ $20.04)
98%
EV / mo
+$404
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-9pp
65% whole by 9mo vs 74% doing nothing · roll costs eat the credits at this rung
FIRE DRILLS
~0.2/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$437/mo
median; plan ~$297/mo after 68% keep · $1,366 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.2 mo [0.5-2.6], measured ONLY among the 65% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
1%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,742
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$22 @ 79% POP
73% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 44 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.92/sh now → $0.65 mid-life → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.03/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.62/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (44 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2031 Jul 202610d left+$0.22/sh+$987
cycle +$1,119
68%
surv 52%
+$2,232 SAFE
cap gain +$24,982
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$2031 Jul 202610d left+$0.04/sh+$159
cycle +$291
71%
surv 60%
+$3,589 SAFE
cap gain +$26,339
Max even-money escape in the band~$2214 Aug 202624d left+$0.03/sh+$115
cycle +$247
79%
surv 73%
+$11,255 SAFE
cap gain +$34,005
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted -0.4 vol pt per +1% move (equity skew: vol eases as spot rises; buyback shift floored at 0). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$566/mo
vs 50% target ($4,741/mo)-88%
vs normal income ($9,482/mo)6% covered
Net income (after hedge)$574/mo
Downside budget
✓ $20 is at/above CC-SS $19.57: assignment is break-even or better.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$0
… as % of IC ($31,250)0.0%
… as % of ML ($71,250)0.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.0 mo
Surgical close (44 ct)$-20,064
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.01/sh (~25% of the $0.03 collected) or spot ≥ $20.04 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $20)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $16.62 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $19.80Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$20-20.04
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $20.04
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$20.00 (2.7σ)$132$1,245+$23,996+$11,396
+2.5%$20.50 (3.0σ)$-2,068$1,615+$24,366+$11,396
+5%$21.00 (3.3σ)$-4,268$1,985+$24,736+$11,396
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $19.57, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-22,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$22,930
− CC assignment net of premium (44 × $20): -$0
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (6 × $17): -$1,278
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-1,098 (+$21,652 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,469 (this trade vs do-nothing: +$9,371, the opportunity cost of earning $566/mo FIGHT income now)
🛡 safe yield50 × $1824 Jul7d15.6%90%20%-9pp$550$2,357-$2,473$7,299
Sell 50 × $18 15.6% OTM over spot $15.57 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.11 mid)
= $550 credit for the 7d cycle → $2,357/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $18)
90%
Breach risk
10%
POP (stays ≤ $18.11)
91%
EV / mo
+$1,228
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-9pp
66% whole by 9mo vs 75% doing nothing · roll costs eat the credits at this rung
FIRE DRILLS
~0.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,019/mo
median; plan ~$693/mo after 68% keep · $2,944 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.2 mo [0.6-2.7], measured ONLY among the 66% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
11%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,390
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$20 @ 82% POP
78% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 50 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.83/sh now → $0.59 mid-life (likely $0.46–$0.83)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.11/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.48/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 317 simulated challenges: the $18 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $18 (overshoots $0.39). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (50 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1831 Jul 202610d left+$0.26/sh+$1,322
cycle +$1,872
[+$1,166…+$2,030] · 99% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$6,959 NOT
cap gain +$15,791
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1831 Jul 202610d left+$0.08/sh+$385
cycle +$935
[+$48…+$946] · 78% credit
71%
surv 60%
-$5,456 NOT
cap gain +$17,294
Max even-money escape in the band~$2014 Aug 202624d left+$0.06/sh+$291
cycle +$841
[-$339…+$912] · 62% credit
79%
surv 74%
+$3,060 SAFE
cap gain +$25,810
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2014 Aug 202624d left-$0.05/sh-$259
cycle +$291
[-$988…+$308] · 34% credit
82%
surv 78%
+$5,380 SAFE
cap gain +$28,130
budget: banked $550 debit $259 (47% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$291 cash · rolled 50 ct earn ≈ $3,350/mo while parked; 0 ct free to re-sell
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted -0.4 vol pt per +1% move (equity skew: vol eases as spot rises; buyback shift floored at 0). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$2,357/mo
vs 50% target ($4,741/mo)-50%
vs normal income ($9,482/mo)25% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,800/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $18 is $2 below CC-SS $19.57: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$7,299
… as % of IC ($31,250)23.4%
… as % of ML ($71,250)10.2%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.8 mo
Surgical close (50 ct)$-22,775
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.03/sh (~25% of the $0.11 collected) or spot ≥ $18.11 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $18)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $16.62 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $17.82Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$18-18.11
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $18.11
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$18.00 (1.5σ)$550$-8,281+$14,470+$3,350
+2.5%$18.45 (1.7σ)$-1,700$-7,948+$14,802+$3,350
+5%$18.90 (2.0σ)$-3,950$-7,614+$15,136+$3,350
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $19.57, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-22,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$22,930
− CC assignment net of premium (50 × $18): -$7,299
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-7,119 (+$15,631 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,469 (this trade vs do-nothing: +$3,350, the opportunity cost of earning $2,357/mo FIGHT income now)
33% normal46 × $17.5024 Jul7d12.4%86%28%-7pp$736$3,154-$1,676$8,785
Sell 46 × $17.50 12.4% OTM over spot $15.57 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.17 mid)
= $736 credit for the 7d cycle → $3,154/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $17.50)
86%
Breach risk
14%
POP (stays ≤ $17.67)
88%
EV / mo
+$1,477
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-7pp
67% whole by 9mo vs 74% doing nothing · roll costs eat the credits at this rung
FIRE DRILLS
~1.3/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,666/mo
median; plan ~$1,133/mo after 68% keep · $5,458 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.4 mo [0.6-3.0], measured ONLY among the 67% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
18%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,893
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$20 @ 84% POP
81% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 46 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.81/sh now → $0.57 mid-life (likely $0.54–$0.90)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.16/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.41/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 530 simulated challenges: the $18 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $18 (overshoots $0.41). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (46 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1831 Jul 202610d left+$0.27/sh+$1,252
cycle +$1,988
[+$957…+$1,574] · 99% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$9,736 NOT
cap gain +$13,014
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1914 Aug 202624d left+$0.20/sh+$935
cycle +$1,671
[+$225…+$1,185] · 83% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$2,444 NOT
cap gain +$20,306
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1831 Jul 202610d left+$0.09/sh+$391
cycle +$1,127
[-$87…+$614] · 70% credit
71%
surv 60%
-$8,328 NOT
cap gain +$14,422
Max even-money escape in the band~$1914 Aug 202624d left+$0.06/sh+$292
cycle +$1,028
[-$535…+$504] · 50% credit
79%
surv 74%
-$417 NOT
cap gain +$22,333
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2014 Aug 202624d left-$0.14/sh-$663
cycle +$73
[-$1,675…-$515] · 12% credit
84%
surv 81%
+$3,968 SAFE
cap gain +$26,718
budget: banked $736 debit $663 (90% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$73 cash · rolled 46 ct earn ≈ $2,458/mo while parked; 4 ct free to re-sell
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted -0.4 vol pt per +1% move (equity skew: vol eases as spot rises; buyback shift floored at 0). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$3,154/mo
vs 50% target ($4,741/mo)-33%
vs normal income ($9,482/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,974/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $17.50 is $2 below CC-SS $19.57: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$8,785
… as % of IC ($31,250)28.1%
… as % of ML ($71,250)12.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.9 mo
Surgical close (46 ct)$-20,976
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.04/sh (~25% of the $0.16 collected) or spot ≥ $17.67 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $18)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $16.62 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $17.32Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$17-17.67
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $17.67
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$17.50 (1.2σ)$736$-10,988+$11,762+$1,012
+2.5%$17.94 (1.4σ)$-1,276$-10,665+$12,085+$1,012
+5%$18.38 (1.7σ)$-3,289$-10,341+$12,409+$1,012
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $19.57, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-22,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$22,930
− CC assignment net of premium (46 × $17.50): -$8,785
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (4 × $17): -$852
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-9,457 (+$13,293 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,469 (this trade vs do-nothing: +$1,012, the opportunity cost of earning $3,154/mo FIGHT income now)
🎯 50% normal49 × $1724 Jul7d9.1%80%29%-8pp$1,127$4,830$11,465
Sell 49 × $17 9.1% OTM over spot $15.57 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.25 mid)
= $1,127 credit for the 7d cycle → $4,830/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $17)
80%
Breach risk
20%
POP (stays ≤ $17.25)
84%
EV / mo
+$1,884
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-8pp
70% whole by 9mo vs 78% doing nothing · roll costs eat the credits at this rung
FIRE DRILLS
~1.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,079/mo
median; plan ~$1,414/mo after 68% keep · $6,800 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.4 mo [0.7-3.1], measured ONLY among the 70% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
29%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,594
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$20 @ 86% POP
84% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 49 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.79/sh now → $0.56 mid-life (likely $0.57–$0.90)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.23/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.33/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 877 simulated challenges: the $17 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 7, at $17 (overshoots $0.39). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (49 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1731 Jul 202610d left+$0.28/sh+$1,368
cycle +$2,495
[+$979…+$1,553] · 99% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$12,032 NOT
cap gain +$10,718
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1814 Aug 202624d left+$0.21/sh+$1,011
cycle +$2,138
[+$205…+$1,094] · 82% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$4,351 NOT
cap gain +$18,399
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1731 Jul 202610d left+$0.09/sh+$452
cycle +$1,579
[-$92…+$526] · 68% credit
71%
surv 60%
-$10,550 NOT
cap gain +$12,200
Max even-money escape in the band~$1914 Aug 202624d left+$0.07/sh+$331
cycle +$1,458
[-$618…+$376] · 41% credit
79%
surv 74%
-$2,211 NOT
cap gain +$20,539
reaches SS ✓
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2014 Aug 202624d left-$0.18/sh-$873
cycle +$254
[-$2,080…-$901] · 5% credit
86%
surv 84%
+$5,044 SAFE
cap gain +$27,794
budget: banked $1,127 debit $873 (77% used ≈ 0.8 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$254 cash · rolled 49 ct earn ≈ $2,309/mo while parked; 1 ct free to re-sell · clears SS ✓
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted -0.4 vol pt per +1% move (equity skew: vol eases as spot rises; buyback shift floored at 0). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$4,830/mo
vs 50% target ($4,741/mo)+2%
vs normal income ($9,482/mo)51% covered
Net income (after hedge)$4,367/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $17 is $3 below CC-SS $19.57: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$11,465
… as % of IC ($31,250)36.7%
… as % of ML ($71,250)16.1%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.2 mo
Surgical close (49 ct)$-22,393
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.06/sh (~25% of the $0.23 collected) or spot ≥ $17.25 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $17)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $16.62 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $16.83Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$17-17.25
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $17.25
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$17.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,127$-13,400+$9,351-$1,029
+2.5%$17.42 (1.1σ)$-955$-13,085+$9,665-$1,029
+5%$17.85 (1.4σ)$-3,038$-12,770+$9,980-$1,029
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $19.57, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-22,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$22,930
− CC assignment net of premium (49 × $17): -$11,465
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $17): -$213
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-11,498 (+$11,252 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,469 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-1,029, the opportunity cost of earning $4,830/mo FIGHT income now)
100% normal46 × $1624 Jul7d2.7%62%79%-4pp$2,254$9,660+$4,830$14,167
Sell 46 × $16 2.7% OTM over spot $15.57 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.52 mid)
= $2,254 credit for the 7d cycle → $9,660/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $16)
62%
Breach risk
38%
POP (stays ≤ $16.52)
73%
EV / mo
+$2,266
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-4pp
76% whole by 9mo vs 80% doing nothing · roll costs eat the credits at this rung
FIRE DRILLS
~4.6/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$3,577/mo
median; plan ~$2,432/mo after 68% keep · $8,556 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.5 mo [0.7-3.0], measured ONLY among the 76% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
61%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$150
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$20 @ 90% POP
89% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 46 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.74/sh now → $0.52 mid-life (likely $0.68–$1.00)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.49/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.03/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,831 simulated challenges: the $16 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 7, at $16 (overshoots $0.39). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (46 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1631 Jul 202610d left+$0.29/sh+$1,336
cycle +$3,590
[+$813…+$1,151] · 99% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$16,544 NOT
cap gain +$6,206
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1714 Aug 202624d left+$0.21/sh+$962
cycle +$3,216
[-$126…+$603] · 69% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$8,909 NOT
cap gain +$13,841
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1631 Jul 202610d left+$0.10/sh+$480
cycle +$2,734
[-$252…+$231] · 53% credit
72%
surv 61%
-$14,961 NOT
cap gain +$7,789
Max even-money escape in the band~$1814 Aug 202624d left+$0.07/sh+$335
cycle +$2,589
[-$899…-$56] · 20% credit
80%
surv 75%
-$6,866 NOT
cap gain +$15,884
reaches SS ✓
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2014 Aug 202624d left-$0.26/sh-$1,204
cycle +$1,050
[-$2,873…-$1,753] · 0% credit
90%
surv 89%
+$4,945 SAFE
cap gain +$27,695
budget: banked $2,254 debit $1,204 (53% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$1,050 cash · rolled 46 ct earn ≈ $1,499/mo while parked; 4 ct free to re-sell · clears SS ✓
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted -0.4 vol pt per +1% move (equity skew: vol eases as spot rises; buyback shift floored at 0). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$9,660/mo
vs 50% target ($4,741/mo)+104%
vs normal income ($9,482/mo)102% covered
Net income (after hedge)$9,480/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $16 is $4 below CC-SS $19.57: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$14,167
… as % of IC ($31,250)45.3%
… as % of ML ($71,250)19.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.5 mo
Surgical close (46 ct)$-21,068
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.12/sh (~25% of the $0.49 collected) or spot ≥ $16.52 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $16)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $16.62 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $15.84Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$16-16.52
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $16.52
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$16.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,254$-17,880+$4,870+$230
+2.5%$16.40 (≤1σ, normal week)$414$-17,424+$5,326-$1,610
+5%$16.80 (≤1σ, normal week)$-1,426$-16,968+$5,782-$3,450
SS (= V-bounce)$17.13 (≤1σ, normal week)$-2,944$-16,644+$6,106-$4,370
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $19.57, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-22,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$22,930
− CC assignment net of premium (46 × $16): -$14,167
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (4 × $17): -$852
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-14,839 (+$7,911 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,469 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-4,370, the opportunity cost of earning $9,660/mo FIGHT income now)
A nudge, not a rule: the engine maximizes income at acceptable safety; this weighs the income you would give up against the breach risk you would shed. Your hedge bleed and your read on BMNR are the tiebreakers.
⚔ FIGHT CC options · full candidate scan (14 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (4 expiries scanned, 14 clear the income floor), each sized to the minimum contracts that clear it. Sorted by survival (safest first): the primary 🎯 is the safest; rows below trade safety for income.

Fortress delta: 1.148 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$22,930 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-10,469

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$177d24 Jul 2026$0.2349/50$4,830$4,36780%84%+$1,884-$11,46536.7%$-11,498 (vs do-nothing $-1,029)
$16.507d24 Jul 2026$0.3433/50$4,809$5,85472%78%+$1,534-$9,00828.8%$-12,449 (vs do-nothing $-1,980)
$1721d7 Aug 2026$0.6750/50$4,786$4,22971%78%+$1,493-$9,49930.4%$-9,319 (vs do-nothing +$1,150)
$16.5014d31 Jul 2026$0.5839/50$4,847$5,32768%76%+$1,142-$9,71031.1%$-11,873 (vs do-nothing $-1,404)
$16.5021d7 Aug 2026$0.7943/50$4,853$4,95666%75%+$1,117-$9,80331.4%$-11,114 (vs do-nothing $-645)
$16.5028d14 Aug 2026$0.9647/50$4,834$4,56065%74%+$990-$9,91631.7%$-10,375 (vs do-nothing +$94)
$167d24 Jul 2026$0.4923/50$4,830$6,81962%73%+$1,133-$7,08422.7%$-12,654 (vs do-nothing $-2,185)
$1614d31 Jul 2026$0.7430/50$4,757$6,08660%72%+$845-$8,48927.2%$-12,569 (vs do-nothing $-2,100)
$1621d7 Aug 2026$0.9735/50$4,850$5,70759%71%+$833-$9,09929.1%$-12,114 (vs do-nothing $-1,645)
$1628d14 Aug 2026$1.1439/50$4,764$5,24459%72%+$807-$9,47630.3%$-11,639 (vs do-nothing $-1,170)
$15.5028d14 Aug 2026$1.4032/50$4,800$5,94053%69%+$803-$8,54327.3%$-12,197 (vs do-nothing $-1,728)
$15.5021d7 Aug 2026$1.1729/50$4,847$6,27053%68%+$607-$8,40926.9%$-12,702 (vs do-nothing $-2,233)
$15.5014d31 Jul 2026$0.9624/50$4,937$6,83152%68%+$702-$7,46423.9%$-12,821 (vs do-nothing $-2,352)
Show 1 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$15.507d24 Jul 2026$0.7016/50$4,800$7,44950%67%+$777-$5,39217.3%$-12,453 (vs do-nothing $-1,984)

Income/mo = FIGHT leg gross, DTE-prorated. Net/mo = FIGHT + conservative CC gross minus hedge cost. POP (mid) = probability stock closes at or below (strike + mid premium) at expiry, per-strike chain IV when available. Survival = CC expires fully worthless. EV/mo = premium minus expected buyback, monthly, with realized vol = IV x 85% (variance risk premium 15%). Cap give-up @ SS = recovery mortgaged on a V-bounce to SS, net of premium. Total P&L @ SS = absolute position P&L if the stock closes at SS; "vs do-nothing" = opportunity cost against holding all 50 contracts at the conservative CC.

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