FORTRESS FIGHT: BMNR-LC23-1299 @ $15.57

BE SS: $39.13  |  CC-SS: $37.00  |  75 contracts (7,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-07-17 03:39

BMNR-LC23-1299BBC @ $15.57   UNDERWATER $23.56 (60.2% below BE SS)

75 contracts (7,500 sh)  |  BE SS: $39.13  |  CC-SS: $37.00  |  IV: HIGH  |  Accounts: Main:1299

LC: $23 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $6.149/sh)
SP: $65 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $48.333/sh)
HP: $25 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $12.312/sh)

Economics

Max Loss$75,959(ND $-29.87 + SW $40) x 7500
Normal income ref$14,223/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $6,589/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-170,325fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$7,112/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$14,223/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.0 mo to earn back $0
ML VELOCITY
5.3 mo to earn back $75,959
Deep drawdown (unpriceable at CC-SS): no listed call within 92% of CC-SS $37.00 in the fetched chain; the deepest available is $25C (14d, $161/mo, a BELOW-CC-SS strike, not a safe CC). Income at true CC-SS ≈ $0, 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: 73 contracts at $17 / 7d. This is the safest strike (survival 80%, breach 20%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($7,112/mo); it brings $7,196/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 68 × $16/7d for $14,280/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 75 × $18/7d (90% survival, $3,536/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $144,303 (0% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $39, recoverable in 10.1 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 73 contracts realizes $-165,929 and cuts bleed by $0/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 75 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 73 × $17, 80% survival, $7,196/mo (E[net] $2,309/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 · 7d73 × $1780%$7,196$2,309

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 24 Jul 2026 · 7d · E[net] $2,309/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 73 × $17 (primary), 80% survival, breach 20%, $7,196/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 $2,464/mo less (34% 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
🛡 safe yield75 × $1824 Jul7d15.6%90%20%+2pp$825$3,536-$3,660$141,657
Sell 75 × $18 15.6% OTM over spot $15.57 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.11 mid)
= $825 credit for the 7d cycle → $3,536/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $18)
90%
Breach risk
10%
POP (stays ≤ $18.11)
91%
EV / mo
+$1,843
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+2pp
16% whole by 9mo vs 14% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,336/mo
median; plan ~$1,589/mo after 68% keep · $20,035 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~5.6 mo [3.7-7.3], measured ONLY among the 16% 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)
-$3,584
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 75 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 $0.50–$0.89)≈ $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 343 simulated challenges: the $18 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $18 (overshoots $0.40). 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 (75 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+$1,982
cycle +$2,807
[+$1,581…+$2,857] · 99% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$149,166 NOT
cap gain +$21,159
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1914 Aug 202624d left+$0.20/sh+$1,491
cycle +$2,316
[+$527…+$2,228] · 83% credit
76%
surv 69%
-$138,874 NOT
cap gain +$31,451
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1831 Jul 202610d left+$0.08/sh+$577
cycle +$1,402
[-$54…+$1,208] · 73% credit
71%
surv 60%
-$147,356 NOT
cap gain +$22,969
Max even-money escape in the band~$2014 Aug 202624d left+$0.06/sh+$436
cycle +$1,261
[-$709…+$1,121] · 57% credit
79%
surv 74%
-$136,145 NOT
cap gain +$34,180
SS $39 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2014 Aug 202624d left-$0.05/sh-$389
cycle +$436
[-$1,701…+$265] · 31% credit
82%
surv 78%
-$133,186 NOT
cap gain +$37,139
budget: banked $825 debit $389 (47% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$436 cash · rolled 75 ct earn ≈ $5,026/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$3,536/mo
vs 50% target ($7,112/mo)-50%
vs normal income ($14,223/mo)25% covered
Net income (after hedge)$3,536/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $18 is $19 below CC-SS $37.00: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$141,657
… as % of IC ($0)0.0%
… as % of ML ($75,959)186.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)10.0 mo
Surgical close (75 ct)$-170,362
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 1.01 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$18.00 (1.5σ)$825$-151,149+$19,176+$750
+2.5%$18.45 (1.7σ)$-2,550$-151,118+$19,207-$2,625
+5%$18.90 (2.0σ)$-5,925$-151,088+$19,237-$6,000
SS (= V-bounce)$39.13 (14.2σ)$-157,650$-149,723+$20,602-$51,750
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $37.00, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-170,325
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$162,115
− CC assignment net of premium (75 × $18): -$141,657
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-149,866 (+$20,459 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-98,116 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-51,750, the opportunity cost of earning $3,536/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.66 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$4,125, position total $-151,104 (+$19,221 vs today)
33% normal69 × $17.5024 Jul7d12.4%86%28%+4pp$1,104$4,731-$2,464$133,429
Sell 69 × $17.50 12.4% OTM over spot $15.57 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.17 mid)
= $1,104 credit for the 7d cycle → $4,731/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $17.50)
86%
Breach risk
14%
POP (stays ≤ $17.67)
88%
EV / mo
+$2,216
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+4pp
14% whole by 9mo vs 10% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.6/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,891/mo
median; plan ~$1,966/mo after 68% keep · $24,738 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~5.6 mo [3.6-6.8], measured ONLY among the 14% 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)
-$2,840
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 69 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 $0.53–$0.89)≈ $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 551 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 (69 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+$1,878
cycle +$2,982
[+$1,484…+$2,407] · 99% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$152,770 NOT
cap gain +$17,555
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1914 Aug 202624d left+$0.20/sh+$1,402
cycle +$2,506
[+$436…+$1,924] · 85% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$142,462 NOT
cap gain +$27,863
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1831 Jul 202610d left+$0.09/sh+$587
cycle +$1,691
[-$49…+$1,025] · 73% credit
71%
surv 60%
-$150,845 NOT
cap gain +$19,480
Max even-money escape in the band~$1914 Aug 202624d left+$0.06/sh+$438
cycle +$1,542
[-$703…+$901] · 50% credit
79%
surv 74%
-$139,642 NOT
cap gain +$30,683
SS $39 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2014 Aug 202624d left-$0.14/sh-$994
cycle +$110
[-$2,459…-$673] · 13% credit
84%
surv 81%
-$133,507 NOT
cap gain +$36,818
budget: banked $1,104 debit $994 (90% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$110 cash · rolled 69 ct earn ≈ $3,687/mo while parked; 6 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$4,731/mo
vs 50% target ($7,112/mo)-33%
vs normal income ($14,223/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$4,744/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $17.50 is $19 below CC-SS $37.00: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$133,429
… as % of IC ($0)0.0%
… as % of ML ($75,959)175.7%
Recovery months (at normal income)9.4 mo
Surgical close (69 ct)$-156,768
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 1.01 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$17.50 (1.2σ)$1,104$-154,648+$15,677+$1,035
+2.5%$17.94 (1.4σ)$-1,915$-154,356+$15,969-$1,984
+5%$18.38 (1.7σ)$-4,934$-154,064+$16,262-$5,002
SS (= V-bounce)$39.13 (14.2σ)$-148,143$-148,688+$21,637-$50,715
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $37.00, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-170,325
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$162,115
− CC assignment net of premium (69 × $17.50): -$133,429
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (6 × $25): -$7,193
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-148,831 (+$21,494 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-98,116 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-50,715, the opportunity cost of earning $4,731/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.66 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$6,900, position total $-153,873 (+$16,452 vs today)
🎯 50% normal73 × $1724 Jul7d9.1%80%28%+4pp$1,679$7,196$144,303
Sell 73 × $17 9.1% OTM over spot $15.57 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.25 mid)
= $1,679 credit for the 7d cycle → $7,196/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $17)
80%
Breach risk
20%
POP (stays ≤ $17.25)
84%
EV / mo
+$2,807
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+4pp
16% whole by 9mo vs 13% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$3,745/mo
median; plan ~$2,546/mo after 68% keep · $31,805 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~5.6 mo [3.8-7.3], measured ONLY among the 16% 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)
28%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,374
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 73 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 $0.56–$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 844 simulated challenges: the $17 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 7, at $17 (overshoots $0.38). 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 (73 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+$2,038
cycle +$3,717
[+$1,476…+$2,484] · 100% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$155,822 NOT
cap gain +$14,503
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1814 Aug 202624d left+$0.21/sh+$1,506
cycle +$3,185
[+$303…+$1,728] · 83% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$145,570 NOT
cap gain +$24,755
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1731 Jul 202610d left+$0.09/sh+$674
cycle +$2,353
[-$137…+$888] · 68% credit
71%
surv 60%
-$153,970 NOT
cap gain +$16,355
Max even-money escape in the band~$1914 Aug 202624d left+$0.07/sh+$494
cycle +$2,173
[-$904…+$670] · 43% credit
79%
surv 74%
-$142,799 NOT
cap gain +$27,526
SS $39 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2014 Aug 202624d left-$0.18/sh-$1,301
cycle +$378
[-$3,063…-$1,290] · 6% credit
86%
surv 84%
-$133,243 NOT
cap gain +$37,082
budget: banked $1,679 debit $1,301 (77% used ≈ 0.8 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$378 cash · rolled 73 ct earn ≈ $3,440/mo while parked; 2 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$7,196/mo
vs 50% target ($7,112/mo)+1%
vs normal income ($14,223/mo)51% covered
Net income (after hedge)$7,200/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $17 is $20 below CC-SS $37.00: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$144,303
… as % of IC ($0)0.0%
… as % of ML ($75,959)190.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)10.1 mo
Surgical close (73 ct)$-165,929
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 1.01 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$17.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,679$-157,860+$12,465+$1,606
+2.5%$17.42 (1.1σ)$-1,423$-157,747+$12,578-$1,496
+5%$17.85 (1.4σ)$-4,526$-157,633+$12,692-$4,599
SS (= V-bounce)$39.13 (14.2σ)$-159,870$-154,767+$15,558-$56,794
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $37.00, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-170,325
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$162,115
− CC assignment net of premium (73 × $17): -$144,303
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (2 × $25): -$2,398
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-154,910 (+$15,415 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-98,116 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-56,794, the opportunity cost of earning $7,196/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.66 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$10,439, position total $-157,416 (+$12,909 vs today)
100% normal68 × $1624 Jul7d2.7%62%79%+3pp$3,332$14,280+$7,084$139,452
Sell 68 × $16 2.7% OTM over spot $15.57 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.52 mid)
= $3,332 credit for the 7d cycle → $14,280/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $16)
62%
Breach risk
38%
POP (stays ≤ $16.52)
73%
EV / mo
+$3,349
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+3pp
14% whole by 9mo vs 11% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~9.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$4,713/mo
median; plan ~$3,205/mo after 68% keep · $40,987 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~5.7 mo [4.7-6.8], measured ONLY among the 14% 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)
59%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$222
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 68 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 $0.69–$0.99)≈ $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 1,778 simulated challenges: the $16 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 7, at $16 (overshoots $0.40). 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 (68 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+$1,976
cycle +$5,308
[+$1,219…+$1,659] · 99% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$161,794 NOT
cap gain +$8,531
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1714 Aug 202624d left+$0.21/sh+$1,423
cycle +$4,755
[-$142…+$850] · 70% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$151,564 NOT
cap gain +$18,761
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1631 Jul 202610d left+$0.10/sh+$710
cycle +$4,042
[-$340…+$311] · 51% credit
72%
surv 61%
-$159,844 NOT
cap gain +$10,481
Max even-money escape in the band~$1814 Aug 202624d left+$0.07/sh+$495
cycle +$3,827
[-$1,285…-$156] · 19% credit
80%
surv 75%
-$148,708 NOT
cap gain +$21,617
SS $39 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2014 Aug 202624d left-$0.26/sh-$1,781
cycle +$1,551
[-$4,214…-$2,632]
90%
surv 89%
-$132,064 NOT
cap gain +$38,261
budget: banked $3,332 debit $1,781 (53% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$1,551 cash · rolled 68 ct earn ≈ $2,216/mo while parked; 7 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$14,280/mo
vs 50% target ($7,112/mo)+101%
vs normal income ($14,223/mo)100% covered
Net income (after hedge)$14,295/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $16 is $21 below CC-SS $37.00: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$139,452
… as % of IC ($0)0.0%
… as % of ML ($75,959)183.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)9.8 mo
Surgical close (68 ct)$-154,632
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 1.01 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$16.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$3,332$-163,770+$6,555+$3,264
+2.5%$16.40 (≤1σ, normal week)$612$-163,463+$6,862+$544
+5%$16.80 (≤1σ, normal week)$-2,108$-163,156+$7,169-$2,176
SS (= V-bounce)$39.13 (14.2σ)$-153,952$-155,909+$14,416-$57,936
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $37.00, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-170,325
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$162,115
− CC assignment net of premium (68 × $16): -$139,452
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (7 × $25): -$8,391
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-156,052 (+$14,273 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-98,116 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-57,936, the opportunity cost of earning $14,280/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.66 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$14,756, position total $-161,728 (+$8,597 vs today)
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: 1.009 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$162,115 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-98,116

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$177d24 Jul 2026$0.2373/75$7,196$7,20080%84%+$2,807-$144,3030.0%$-154,910 (vs do-nothing $-56,794)
$16.507d24 Jul 2026$0.3449/75$7,140$7,19672%78%+$2,278-$98,7720.0%$-138,149 (vs do-nothing $-40,033)
$1721d7 Aug 2026$0.6775/75$7,179$7,17971%78%+$2,240-$144,9570.0%$-153,166 (vs do-nothing $-55,050)
$16.5014d31 Jul 2026$0.5858/75$7,209$7,24568%76%+$1,699-$115,5220.0%$-144,110 (vs do-nothing $-45,994)
$16.5021d7 Aug 2026$0.7964/75$7,223$7,24666%75%+$1,662-$126,1290.0%$-147,524 (vs do-nothing $-49,408)
$16.5028d14 Aug 2026$0.9670/75$7,200$7,21165%74%+$1,475-$136,7630.0%$-150,966 (vs do-nothing $-52,850)
$167d24 Jul 2026$0.4934/75$7,140$7,22862%73%+$1,675-$69,7260.0%$-127,084 (vs do-nothing $-28,968)
$1614d31 Jul 2026$0.7445/75$7,136$7,20060%72%+$1,267-$91,1590.0%$-135,331 (vs do-nothing $-37,215)
$1621d7 Aug 2026$0.9752/75$7,206$7,25559%71%+$1,237-$104,1430.0%$-139,924 (vs do-nothing $-41,808)
$1628d14 Aug 2026$1.1459/75$7,206$7,24159%72%+$1,221-$117,1600.0%$-144,549 (vs do-nothing $-46,433)
$15.5028d14 Aug 2026$1.4048/75$7,200$7,25853%69%+$1,204-$96,4680.0%$-137,044 (vs do-nothing $-38,928)
$15.5021d7 Aug 2026$1.1743/75$7,187$7,25653%68%+$900-$87,4090.0%$-133,978 (vs do-nothing $-35,862)
$15.5014d31 Jul 2026$0.9635/75$7,200$7,28652%68%+$1,023-$71,8820.0%$-128,041 (vs do-nothing $-29,925)
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$0.7024/75$7,200$7,30950%67%+$1,165-$49,9140.0%$-119,260 (vs do-nothing $-21,144)

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 75 contracts at the conservative CC.

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