FORTRESS FIGHT: BMNR-LC23-1299 @ $15.61

BE SS: $39.13  |  CC-SS: $36.90  |  25 contracts (2,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-07-18 03:37

BMNR-LC23-1299BBC @ $15.61   UNDERWATER $23.53 (60.1% below BE SS)

PARTIAL: 50 of 75 contracts already capped (50x $16C). FIGHTing the 25 uncapped; all figures (income, hedge, cap give-up) are for that slice.

25 of 75 contracts (2,500 sh uncapped)  |  BE SS: $39.13  |  CC-SS: $36.90  |  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$25,320(ND $-29.87 + SW $40) x 2500
Normal income ref$5,106/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $2,327/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-56,525fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$2,553/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$5,106/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.0 mo to earn back $0
ML VELOCITY
5.0 mo to earn back $25,320
Deep drawdown (unpriceable at CC-SS): no listed call within 92% of CC-SS $36.90 in the fetched chain; the deepest available is $22C (13d, $115/mo, a BELOW-CC-SS strike, not a safe CC). Income at true CC-SS ≈ $0, so FIGHT below it is warranted.
🏦 CAMPAIGN LEDGER , realized CC income since 2026-07-16; banked cash shrinks the hole (shown as an info-only banked floor, the recommended CC-SS stays the pure recovery strike; seeded from open positions, reconciled from IBKR executions nightly)
Banked since 2026-07-16
$0
Hole (after banked)
$56,525
was $56,525 · 0% earned back
Cycles closed
0
Credit in flight
$862
Open legAcctCredit/shIn flightOpened
50x $16.5C 24 Jul 2026U10001299$0.17$8622026-07-18
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYPULLBACK · %B 23 (live) · RSI 40 · MACD bullish, hist rising
DAILYMIXED (provisional) · RSI 49 · %B 74 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELS20W MA (bounce target) $18.67 (+20%) · daily UBB $16.52 · 1-wk expected move ±$2 (chain IV)
SETUPOversold with mixed daily momentum: lean 🎯, keep DTE short, watch the daily band. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 23 contracts at $17 / 6d. This is the safest strike (survival 81%, breach 19%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($2,553/mo); it brings $2,645/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 21 × $16/6d for $5,145/mo, but breach risk rises to 38% (+19pp vs the primary). The lower strike is hit by a smaller bounce.
More safety, less income: for just the hedge you can sit at 25 × $18/6d (91% survival, $1,250/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $45,232 (0% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $39, recoverable in 8.9 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 23 contracts realizes $-52,026 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 25 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 (6d) · sell 23 × $17, 81% survival, $2,645/mo (E[net] $1,009/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 · 6d23 × $1781%$2,645$1,009

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 24 Jul 2026 · 6d · E[net] $1,009/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 23 × $17 (primary), 81% survival, breach 19%, $2,645/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 87% (breach 19% → 13%) for $920/mo less (35% income) buys safety you do not really need here.
BMNR  spot $15.61 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
🛡 safe yield25 × $1824 Jul6d15.3%91%18%+3pp$250$1,250-$1,395$46,990
Sell 25 × $18 15.3% OTM over spot $15.61 24 Jul 2026 (6d, $0.11 mid)
= $250 credit for the 6d cycle → $1,250/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $18)
91%
Breach risk
9%
POP (stays ≤ $18.11)
92%
EV / mo
+$719
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+3pp
19% whole by 9mo vs 16% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$881/mo
median; plan ~$599/mo after 68% keep · $7,244 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~5.5 mo [4.1-6.6], measured ONLY among the 19% 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)
-$1,145
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$20 @ 81% POP
77% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 25 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 6); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.79/sh now → $0.56 mid-life (likely $0.45–$0.83)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.10/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.46/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 325 simulated challenges: the $18 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 6, 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 (25 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+$0.33/sh+$815
cycle +$1,065
[+$776…+$1,146] · 100% credit
67%
surv 52%
-$49,365 NOT
cap gain +$7,160
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1831 Jul 202610d left+$0.16/sh+$396
cycle +$646
[+$265…+$675] · 91% credit
71%
surv 59%
-$48,778 NOT
cap gain +$7,747
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2014 Aug 202624d left+$0.15/sh+$375
cycle +$625
[+$68…+$689] · 80% credit
79%
surv 73%
-$44,982 NOT
cap gain +$11,543
Max even-money escape in the band~$2014 Aug 202624d left+$0.04/sh+$97
cycle +$347
[-$268…+$387] · 54% credit
81%
surv 77%
-$43,988 NOT
cap gain +$12,537
SS $39 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
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$1,250/mo
vs 50% target ($2,553/mo)-51%
vs normal income ($5,106/mo)24% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,250/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $18 is $19 below CC-SS $36.90: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$46,990
… as % of IC ($0)0.0%
… as % of ML ($25,320)185.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)9.2 mo
Surgical close (25 ct)$-56,538
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 $0.10 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 $16.52 (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 1.02 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$18.00 (1.5σ)$250$-50,180+$6,345+$75
+2.5%$18.45 (1.8σ)$-875$-50,159+$6,366-$1,050
+5%$18.90 (2.1σ)$-2,000$-50,139+$6,386-$2,175
SS (= V-bounce)$39.13 (14.7σ)$-52,575$-49,229+$7,296-$12,425
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $36.90, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-56,525
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$54,186
− CC assignment net of premium (25 × $18): -$46,990
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-49,329 (+$7,196 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-36,904 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-12,425, the opportunity cost of earning $1,250/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.67 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$1,425, position total $-50,150 (+$6,375 vs today)
33% normal23 × $17.5024 Jul6d12.1%87%27%+4pp$345$1,725-$920$44,266
Sell 23 × $17.50 12.1% OTM over spot $15.61 24 Jul 2026 (6d, $0.16 mid)
= $345 credit for the 6d cycle → $1,725/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $17.50)
87%
Breach risk
13%
POP (stays ≤ $17.66)
89%
EV / mo
+$873
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+4pp
16% whole by 9mo vs 12% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,085/mo
median; plan ~$738/mo after 68% keep · $9,127 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~5.2 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)
17%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$902
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$21 @ 86% POP
84% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 23 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 6); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.77/sh now → $0.54 mid-life (likely $0.48–$0.81)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.15/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.39/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 520 simulated challenges: the $18 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 6, 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 (23 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+$0.33/sh+$763
cycle +$1,108
[+$658…+$1,000] · 100% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$50,580 NOT
cap gain +$5,945
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1831 Jul 202610d left+$0.16/sh+$378
cycle +$723
[+$215…+$544] · 90% credit
71%
surv 60%
-$49,960 NOT
cap gain +$6,565
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1914 Aug 202624d left+$0.15/sh+$352
cycle +$697
[+$34…+$514] · 77% credit
79%
surv 73%
-$46,169 NOT
cap gain +$10,356
Max even-money escape in the band~$2014 Aug 202624d left+$0.04/sh+$97
cycle +$442
[-$250…+$247] · 47% credit
81%
surv 77%
-$45,151 NOT
cap gain +$11,374
SS $39 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2114 Aug 202624d left-$0.13/sh-$294
cycle +$51
[-$698…-$160] · 16% credit
86%
surv 84%
-$42,997 NOT
cap gain +$13,528
budget: banked $345 debit $294 (85% used ≈ 0.7 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$51 cash · rolled 23 ct earn ≈ $1,192/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$1,725/mo
vs 50% target ($2,553/mo)-32%
vs normal income ($5,106/mo)34% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,746/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $17.50 is $19 below CC-SS $36.90: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$44,266
… as % of IC ($0)0.0%
… as % of ML ($25,320)174.8%
Recovery months (at normal income)8.7 mo
Surgical close (23 ct)$-52,026
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 $0.15 collected) or spot ≥ $17.66 (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 $16.52 (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
$17-17.66
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
≥ $17.66
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 1.02 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$17.50 (1.2σ)$345$-51,343+$5,182+$184
+2.5%$17.94 (1.5σ)$-661$-51,236+$5,289-$822
+5%$18.38 (1.7σ)$-1,668$-51,129+$5,396-$1,828
SS (= V-bounce)$39.13 (14.7σ)$-49,404$-49,270+$7,255-$12,466
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $36.90, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-56,525
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$54,186
− CC assignment net of premium (23 × $17.50): -$44,266
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (2 × $23): -$2,765
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-49,370 (+$7,155 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-36,904 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-12,466, the opportunity cost of earning $1,725/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.67 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$2,346, position total $-51,057 (+$5,468 vs today)
🎯 50% normal23 × $1724 Jul6d8.9%81%27%+3pp$529$2,645$45,232
Sell 23 × $17 8.9% OTM over spot $15.61 24 Jul 2026 (6d, $0.24 mid)
= $529 credit for the 6d cycle → $2,645/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $17)
81%
Breach risk
19%
POP (stays ≤ $17.24)
84%
EV / mo
+$1,160
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+3pp
16% whole by 9mo vs 13% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~4.2/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,364/mo
median; plan ~$928/mo after 68% keep · $11,727 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~5.6 mo [4.4-7.0], 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)
27%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$683
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$21 @ 88% POP
86% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 23 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 6); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.74/sh now → $0.53 mid-life (likely $0.54–$0.86)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.23/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.30/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 810 simulated challenges: the $17 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 6, 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 (23 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+$0.34/sh+$775
cycle +$1,304
[+$616…+$889] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$51,657 NOT
cap gain +$4,868
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1914 Aug 202624d left+$0.15/sh+$356
cycle +$885
[-$42…+$424] · 71% credit
79%
surv 74%
-$47,253 NOT
cap gain +$9,272
Max even-money escape in the band~$1914 Aug 202624d left+$0.04/sh+$103
cycle +$632
[-$337…+$140] · 39% credit
82%
surv 78%
-$46,233 NOT
cap gain +$10,292
SS $39 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1831 Jul 202610d left+$0.00/sh+$2
cycle +$531
[-$305…+$27] · 29% credit
76%
surv 68%
-$50,152 NOT
cap gain +$6,373
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2114 Aug 202624d left-$0.19/sh-$441
cycle +$88
[-$1,004…-$450] · 3% credit
88%
surv 86%
-$42,960 NOT
cap gain +$13,565
budget: banked $529 debit $441 (83% used ≈ 0.7 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$88 cash · rolled 23 ct earn ≈ $964/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$2,645/mo
vs 50% target ($2,553/mo)+4%
vs normal income ($5,106/mo)52% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,666/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $17 is $20 below CC-SS $36.90: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$45,232
… as % of IC ($0)0.0%
… as % of ML ($25,320)178.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)8.9 mo
Surgical close (23 ct)$-52,026
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 ≥ $17.24 (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 $16.52 (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
$17-17.24
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
≥ $17.24
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 1.02 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$17.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$529$-52,432+$4,093+$368
+2.5%$17.42 (1.1σ)$-448$-52,328+$4,197-$609
+5%$17.85 (1.4σ)$-1,426$-52,223+$4,302-$1,587
SS (= V-bounce)$39.13 (14.7σ)$-50,370$-50,236+$6,289-$13,432
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $36.90, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-56,525
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$54,186
− CC assignment net of premium (23 × $17): -$45,232
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (2 × $23): -$2,765
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-50,336 (+$6,189 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-36,904 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-13,432, the opportunity cost of earning $2,645/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.67 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$3,312, position total $-52,023 (+$4,502 vs today)
100% normal21 × $1624 Jul6d2.5%62%80%+5pp$1,029$5,145+$2,500$42,853
Sell 21 × $16 2.5% OTM over spot $15.61 24 Jul 2026 (6d, $0.51 mid)
= $1,029 credit for the 6d cycle → $5,145/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $16)
62%
Breach risk
38%
POP (stays ≤ $16.50)
73%
EV / mo
+$1,267
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+5pp
18% whole by 9mo vs 14% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~11.1/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,708/mo
median; plan ~$1,161/mo after 68% keep · $14,574 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~4.8 mo [3.5-6.6], measured ONLY among the 18% 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)
62%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$12
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 7 Aug 2026)
$20 @ 91% POP
90% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 21 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 6); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.70/sh now → $0.50 mid-life (likely $0.65–$0.93)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.49/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.01/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,873 simulated challenges: the $16 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 6, 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 (21 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+$0.34/sh+$723
cycle +$1,752
[+$518…+$654] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$53,740 NOT
cap gain +$2,785
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1714 Aug 202624d left+$0.30/sh+$633
cycle +$1,662
[+$209…+$485] · 89% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$50,279 NOT
cap gain +$6,246
Max even-money escape in the band~$1814 Aug 202624d left+$0.05/sh+$99
cycle +$1,128
[-$443…-$92] · 16% credit
82%
surv 78%
-$48,269 NOT
cap gain +$8,256
SS $39 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1731 Jul 202610d left+$0.01/sh+$20
cycle +$1,049
[-$350…-$112] · 13% credit
76%
surv 68%
-$52,165 NOT
cap gain +$4,360
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$207 Aug 202617d left-$0.31/sh-$642
cycle +$387
[-$1,357…-$882]
91%
surv 90%
-$45,192 NOT
cap gain +$11,333
budget: banked $1,029 debit $642 (62% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$387 cash · rolled 21 ct earn ≈ $705/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$5,145/mo
vs 50% target ($2,553/mo)+102%
vs normal income ($5,106/mo)101% covered
Net income (after hedge)$5,187/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $16 is $21 below CC-SS $36.90: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$42,853
… as % of IC ($0)0.0%
… as % of ML ($25,320)169.2%
Recovery months (at normal income)8.4 mo
Surgical close (21 ct)$-47,512
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 ≥ $16.50 (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 $16.52 (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
$16-16.50
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
≥ $16.50
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 1.02 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$16.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,029$-54,463+$2,062+$882
+2.5%$16.40 (≤1σ, normal week)$189$-54,285+$2,240+$42
+5%$16.80 (≤1σ, normal week)$-651$-54,107+$2,418-$798
SS (= V-bounce)$39.13 (14.7σ)$-47,544$-50,622+$5,903-$13,818
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $36.90, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-56,525
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$54,186
− CC assignment net of premium (21 × $16): -$42,853
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (4 × $23): -$5,530
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-50,722 (+$5,803 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-36,904 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-13,818, the opportunity cost of earning $5,145/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.67 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$4,578, position total $-53,275 (+$3,250 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: 1.018 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$54,186 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-36,904

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$176d24 Jul 2026$0.2323/25$2,645$2,66681%84%+$1,160-$45,2320.0%$-50,336 (vs do-nothing $-13,432)
$1713d31 Jul 2026$0.4824/25$2,658$2,66974%79%+$823-$46,5990.0%$-50,320 (vs do-nothing $-13,416)
$16.506d24 Jul 2026$0.3416/25$2,720$2,81572%79%+$946-$32,0900.0%$-46,872 (vs do-nothing $-9,968)
$16.5013d31 Jul 2026$0.6119/25$2,675$2,73867%75%+$659-$37,5940.0%$-48,228 (vs do-nothing $-11,324)
$16.5020d7 Aug 2026$0.8321/25$2,614$2,65665%74%+$575-$41,0890.0%$-48,958 (vs do-nothing $-12,054)
$16.5027d14 Aug 2026$1.0223/25$2,607$2,62864%74%+$581-$44,5650.0%$-49,669 (vs do-nothing $-12,765)
$166d24 Jul 2026$0.4911/25$2,695$2,84262%73%+$664-$22,4470.0%$-44,142 (vs do-nothing $-7,238)
$1613d31 Jul 2026$0.7815/25$2,700$2,80560%71%+$520-$30,1740.0%$-46,339 (vs do-nothing $-9,435)
$1620d7 Aug 2026$1.0217/25$2,601$2,68559%71%+$485-$33,7890.0%$-47,189 (vs do-nothing $-10,285)
$1627d14 Aug 2026$1.2020/25$2,667$2,71959%72%+$498-$39,3920.0%$-48,644 (vs do-nothing $-11,740)
$15.5027d14 Aug 2026$1.4217/25$2,682$2,76653%69%+$427-$33,9590.0%$-47,359 (vs do-nothing $-10,455)
$15.5020d7 Aug 2026$1.2214/25$2,562$2,67852%68%+$353-$28,2470.0%$-45,794 (vs do-nothing $-8,890)
$15.5013d31 Jul 2026$0.9912/25$2,742$2,87851%67%+$390-$24,4870.0%$-44,800 (vs do-nothing $-7,896)
Show 1 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$15.506d24 Jul 2026$0.708/25$2,800$2,97849%67%+$450-$16,5570.0%$-42,400 (vs do-nothing $-5,496)

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 25 contracts at the conservative CC.

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