FORTRESS FIGHT: CLSK @ $12.97

BE SS: $20.74  |  CC-SS: $17.88  |  25 contracts (2,500 sh)  |  2026-07-10 09:43 |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

CLSK @ $12.97   UNDERWATER $7.76 (37.4% below BE SS)

25 contracts (2,500 sh)  |  BE SS: $20.74  |  CC-SS: $17.88  |  IV: HIGH  |  Accounts: RetireInc:7291

LC: $17 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $7.807/sh)
SP: $17 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $6.523/sh)
HP: $10 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $2.461/sh)

Economics

Max Loss$26,850(ND $3.74 + SW $7) x 2500
Normal income ref$4,661/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge rolling cost$516/mo
Unrealized P&L$-10,025fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$2,330/mo
HEDGE COVER
$516/mo
NORMAL INCOME
$4,661/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
2.0 mo to earn back $9,350
ML VELOCITY
5.8 mo to earn back $26,850
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $17.88 (probe: $18.5C 14d) brings only $54/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; CC-SS ratchets down as premium accrues.
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 52 (live) · RSI 49 · MACD bullish, hist falling
DAILYFALLING (provisional) · RSI 40 · %B 19 · hist rising (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $18.76 (+45%) · daily UBB $18.89 · 1-wk expected move ±$2 (chain IV)
SETUPNo tilt: engine default. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
⚠ Next earnings 2026-08-07: candidates whose expiry crosses it are flagged in the spectrum; EV is unreliable across earnings.
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 20 contracts at $14 / 7d. This is the safest strike (survival 75%, breach 25%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($2,330/mo); it brings $2,400/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 18 × $13/7d for $4,783/mo, but breach risk rises to 47% (+22pp 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 × $16/7d (95% survival, $536/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $7,206 (77% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $21, recoverable in 1.5 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 20 contracts realizes $-8,060 and cuts bleed by $412/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 · 17 Jul 2026 (7d) · sell 20 × $14, 75% survival, $2,400/mo (E[net] $541/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆17 Jul 2026 · 7d20 × $1475%$2,400$541

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 17 Jul 2026 · 7d · E[net] $541/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 20 × $14 (primary), 75% survival, breach 25%, $2,400/mo.
⚖️ Worth a safer step: the $14.50 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 83% (breach 25% → 17%) for $857/mo less (36% income), and it still covers your hedge. The pick sits below the ~80% (≈1σ) comfort line; on a drawdown you are nursing back, dodging the frequent breach usually beats the extra premium. Lean: the safer $14.50 rung, unless you need the income to cover the hedge bleed, or you expect CLSK to stay flat-to-down near term.
CLSK  spot $12.97 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsPer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
cover hedge25 × $1617 Jul7d23.3%95%10%$125$536-$1,864$4,583
Sell 25 × $16 23.3% OTM over spot $12.97 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.06 mid)
= $125 credit for the 7d cycle → $536/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $16)
95%
Breach risk
5%
POP (stays ≤ $16.05)
95%
EV / mo
+$316
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 2.0 mo [1.1-3.6] median  ·  48% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 45% without)  ·  ~1.3 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $-893
🛡 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)
5%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,579
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$18 @ 79% POP
74% 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 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.96/sh now → $0.68 mid-life (likely $0.48–$0.82)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.05/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.63/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 162 simulated challenges: the $16 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $16 (overshoots $0.36). 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)~$1624 Jul 202610d left+$0.37/sh+$921
cycle +$1,046
[+$970…+$1,362] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$2,801 NOT
cap gain +$7,224
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1724 Jul 202610d left+$0.16/sh+$388
cycle +$513
[+$382…+$786] · 98% credit
72%
surv 61%
-$2,262 NOT
cap gain +$7,763
Max even-money escape in the band~$1831 Jul 202618d left+$0.01/sh+$35
cycle +$160
[-$69…+$476] · 70% credit
79%
surv 74%
+$450 SAFE
cap gain +$10,475
SS $21 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 +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). 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$536/mo
vs 50% target ($2,330/mo)-77%
vs normal income ($4,661/mo)11% covered
Net income (after hedge)$20/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $16 is $2 below CC-SS $17.88: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$4,583
… as % of IC ($9,350)49.0%
… as % of ML ($26,850)17.1%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.0 mo
Surgical close (25 ct)$-10,038
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 $0.05 collected) or spot ≥ $16.05 (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 $18.89 (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
$16-16.05
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
≥ $16.05
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 0.82 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$16.00 (1.9σ)$125$-3,721+$6,304+$25
+2.5%$16.40 (2.1σ)$-875$-3,904+$6,121-$975
+5%$16.80 (2.3σ)$-1,875$-4,087+$5,938-$1,975
SS (= V-bounce)$20.74 (4.8σ)$-11,725$-5,890+$4,135-$9,975
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $17.88, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-10,025
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$10,025
− CC assignment net of premium (25 × $16): -$4,583
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-4,583 (+$5,442 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $100 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-4,683, the opportunity cost of earning $536/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.76 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$6,775, position total $-4,984 (+$5,041 vs today)
🛡 safe yield25 × $15.5017 Jul7d19.5%92%16%$200$857-$1,543$5,758
Sell 25 × $15.50 19.5% OTM over spot $12.97 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.08 mid)
= $200 credit for the 7d cycle → $857/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $15.50)
92%
Breach risk
8%
POP (stays ≤ $15.59)
93%
EV / mo
+$467
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 2.1 mo [1.0-4.2] median, 0.2 mo SLOWER than no FIGHT (1.9 mo): roll costs eat the credits at this rung  ·  57% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 53% without)  ·  ~2.3 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $121
🛡 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)
10%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,420
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$18 @ 79% POP
74% 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 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.92/sh now → $0.65 mid-life (likely $0.53–$0.96)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.08/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.57/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 293 simulated challenges: the $16 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $16 (overshoots $0.47). 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)~$1624 Jul 202610d left+$0.35/sh+$875
cycle +$1,075
[+$814…+$1,273] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$3,793 NOT
cap gain +$6,232
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1624 Jul 202610d left+$0.14/sh+$343
cycle +$543
[+$215…+$663] · 90% credit
72%
surv 61%
-$3,253 NOT
cap gain +$6,772
Max even-money escape in the band~$1731 Jul 202618d left+$0.11/sh+$278
cycle +$478
[+$63…+$629] · 80% credit
76%
surv 70%
-$1,275 NOT
cap gain +$8,750
SS $21 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1831 Jul 202618d left-$0.01/sh-$30
cycle +$170
[-$291…+$288] · 50% credit
79%
surv 74%
-$561 NOT
cap gain +$9,464
budget: banked $200 debit $30 (15% used ≈ 0.2 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$170 cash · rolled 25 ct earn ≈ $2,650/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 +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). 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$857/mo
vs 50% target ($2,330/mo)-63%
vs normal income ($4,661/mo)18% covered
Net income (after hedge)$342/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $15.50 is $2 below CC-SS $17.88: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$5,758
… as % of IC ($9,350)61.6%
… as % of ML ($26,850)21.4%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.2 mo
Surgical close (25 ct)$-10,038
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.02/sh (~25% of the $0.08 collected) or spot ≥ $15.59 (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 $18.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $15.35Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$15-15.59
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
≥ $15.59
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 0.82 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$15.50 (1.5σ)$200$-4,668+$5,357+$100
+2.5%$15.89 (1.8σ)$-769$-4,845+$5,180-$869
+5%$16.28 (2.0σ)$-1,738$-5,022+$5,003-$1,838
SS (= V-bounce)$20.74 (4.8σ)$-12,900$-7,065+$2,960-$11,150
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $17.88, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-10,025
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$10,025
− CC assignment net of premium (25 × $15.50): -$5,758
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-5,758 (+$4,267 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $100 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-5,858, the opportunity cost of earning $857/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.76 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$7,950, position total $-6,159 (+$3,866 vs today)
33% normal ← lean20 × $14.5017 Jul7d11.8%83%36%$360$1,543-$857$6,406
Sell 20 × $14.50 11.8% OTM over spot $12.97 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.20 mid)
= $360 credit for the 7d cycle → $1,543/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $14.50)
83%
Breach risk
17%
POP (stays ≤ $14.70)
85%
EV / mo
+$540
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 1.7 mo [0.8-3.4] median, 0.1 mo faster than no FIGHT (1.8 mo)  ·  58% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 52% without)  ·  ~6.1 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $832
🛡 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)
26%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$806
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$17 @ 83% POP
80% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 20 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: $0.82/sh now → $0.58 mid-life (likely $0.58–$0.92)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.18/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.40/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 788 simulated challenges: the $14 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 7, at $15 (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 (20 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1424 Jul 202610d left+$0.31/sh+$629
cycle +$989
[+$512…+$766] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$5,901 NOT
cap gain +$4,124
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1631 Jul 202618d left+$0.21/sh+$429
cycle +$789
[+$221…+$540] · 93% credit
74%
surv 66%
-$4,008 NOT
cap gain +$6,017
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1524 Jul 202610d left+$0.10/sh+$205
cycle +$565
[+$36…+$293] · 80% credit
72%
surv 62%
-$5,252 NOT
cap gain +$4,773
Max even-money escape in the band~$1631 Jul 202618d left+$0.06/sh+$114
cycle +$474
[-$139…+$189] · 50% credit
77%
surv 71%
-$3,301 NOT
cap gain +$6,724
SS $21 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1731 Jul 202618d left-$0.17/sh-$337
cycle +$23
[-$692…-$301] · 7% credit
83%
surv 80%
-$1,710 NOT
cap gain +$8,315
budget: banked $360 debit $337 (94% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$23 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $1,381/mo while parked; 5 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 +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). 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$1,543/mo
vs 50% target ($2,330/mo)-34%
vs normal income ($4,661/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,056/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $14.50 is $3 below CC-SS $17.88: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$6,406
… as % of IC ($9,350)68.5%
… as % of ML ($26,850)23.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.4 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-8,060
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 $0.18 collected) or spot ≥ $14.70 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $14)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $18.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $14.36Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$14-14.70
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
≥ $14.70
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 0.82 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$14.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$360$-6,530+$3,495+$280
+2.5%$14.86 (1.2σ)$-365$-6,515+$3,510-$445
+5%$15.23 (1.4σ)$-1,090$-6,499+$3,526-$1,170
SS (= V-bounce)$20.74 (4.8σ)$-12,120$-6,635+$3,390-$10,720
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $17.88, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-10,025
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$10,025
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $14.50): -$6,406
+ Conservative CC premium (5 × $20): +$20
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-6,386 (+$3,639 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $100 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-6,486, the opportunity cost of earning $1,543/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.76 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$8,160, position total $-6,349 (+$3,676 vs today)
🎯 50% normal20 × $1417 Jul7d7.9%75%39%$560$2,400$7,206
Sell 20 × $14 7.9% OTM over spot $12.97 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.30 mid)
= $560 credit for the 7d cycle → $2,400/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $14)
75%
Breach risk
25%
POP (stays ≤ $14.30)
80%
EV / mo
+$653
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 2.0 mo [1.0-3.7] median, 0.1 mo SLOWER than no FIGHT (1.9 mo): roll costs eat the credits at this rung  ·  58% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 46% without)  ·  ~9.7 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $1,862
🛡 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)
39%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$543
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$17 @ 86% POP
84% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 20 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: $0.78/sh now → $0.55 mid-life (likely $0.62–$0.92)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.28/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.27/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,180 simulated challenges: the $14 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 7, at $14 (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 (20 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1424 Jul 202610d left+$0.30/sh+$595
cycle +$1,155
[+$442…+$635] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$6,757 NOT
cap gain +$3,268
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1531 Jul 202618d left+$0.18/sh+$370
cycle +$930
[+$120…+$387] · 88% credit
75%
surv 67%
-$4,888 NOT
cap gain +$5,137
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1524 Jul 202610d left+$0.09/sh+$173
cycle +$733
[-$32…+$181] · 67% credit
72%
surv 62%
-$6,106 NOT
cap gain +$3,919
Max even-money escape in the band~$1631 Jul 202618d left+$0.03/sh+$64
cycle +$624
[-$246…+$47] · 31% credit
78%
surv 72%
-$4,173 NOT
cap gain +$5,852
SS $21 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1731 Jul 202618d left-$0.26/sh-$513
cycle +$47
[-$970…-$592] · 1% credit
86%
surv 84%
-$1,686 NOT
cap gain +$8,339
budget: banked $560 debit $513 (92% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$47 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $983/mo while parked; 5 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 +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). 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$2,400/mo
vs 50% target ($2,330/mo)+3%
vs normal income ($4,661/mo)51% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,913/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $14 is $4 below CC-SS $17.88: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$7,206
… as % of IC ($9,350)77.1%
… as % of ML ($26,850)26.8%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.5 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-8,060
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.07/sh (~25% of the $0.28 collected) or spot ≥ $14.30 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $14)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $18.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $13.86Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$14-14.30
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
≥ $14.30
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 0.82 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$14.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$560$-7,351+$2,674+$480
+2.5%$14.35 (≤1σ, normal week)$-140$-7,337+$2,688-$220
+5%$14.70 (1.1σ)$-840$-7,322+$2,703-$920
SS (= V-bounce)$20.74 (4.8σ)$-12,920$-7,435+$2,590-$11,520
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $17.88, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-10,025
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$10,025
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $14): -$7,206
+ Conservative CC premium (5 × $20): +$20
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-7,186 (+$2,839 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $100 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-7,286, the opportunity cost of earning $2,400/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.76 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$8,960, position total $-7,149 (+$2,876 vs today)
100% normal18 × $1317 Jul7d0.2%53%99%$1,116$4,783+$2,383$7,674
Sell 18 × $13 0.2% OTM over spot $12.97 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.65 mid)
= $1,116 credit for the 7d cycle → $4,783/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $13)
53%
Breach risk
47%
POP (stays ≤ $13.65)
68%
EV / mo
+$605
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 1.6 mo [0.8-3.2] median, 0.2 mo faster than no FIGHT (1.8 mo)  ·  62% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 52% without)  ·  ~28.7 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $2,716
🛡 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)
77%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
+$232
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$17 @ 90% POP
89% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 18 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: $0.69/sh now → $0.49 mid-life (likely $0.69–$1.07)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.62/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets +$0.13/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 2,299 simulated challenges: the $13 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 7, at $13 (overshoots $0.47). 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 (18 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1324 Jul 202610d left+$0.26/sh+$476
cycle +$1,592
[+$286…+$373] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$8,354 NOT
cap gain +$1,671
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1431 Jul 202618d left+$0.29/sh+$518
cycle +$1,634
[+$223…+$365] · 95% credit
72%
surv 62%
-$7,240 NOT
cap gain +$2,785
Max even-money escape in the band~$1431 Jul 202618d left+$0.13/sh+$233
cycle +$1,349
[-$134…+$65] · 47% credit
75%
surv 68%
-$6,504 NOT
cap gain +$3,521
SS $21 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1424 Jul 202610d left+$0.06/sh+$100
cycle +$1,216
[-$191…-$34] · 17% credit
73%
surv 63%
-$7,658 NOT
cap gain +$2,367
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1731 Jul 202618d left-$0.33/sh-$586
cycle +$530
[-$1,318…-$851]
90%
surv 89%
-$2,216 NOT
cap gain +$7,809
budget: banked $1,116 debit $586 (52% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$530 cash · rolled 18 ct earn ≈ $498/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 +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). 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$4,783/mo
vs 50% target ($2,330/mo)+105%
vs normal income ($4,661/mo)103% covered
Net income (after hedge)$4,307/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $13 is $5 below CC-SS $17.88: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$7,674
… as % of IC ($9,350)82.1%
… as % of ML ($26,850)28.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.6 mo
Surgical close (18 ct)$-7,272
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.15/sh (~25% of the $0.62 collected) or spot ≥ $13.65 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $13)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $18.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $12.87Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$13-13.65
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
≥ $13.65
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 0.82 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$13.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,116$-8,830+$1,195+$1,044
+2.5%$13.32 (≤1σ, normal week)$531$-8,751+$1,274+$459
+5%$13.65 (≤1σ, normal week)$-54$-8,672+$1,353-$126
SS (= V-bounce)$20.74 (4.8σ)$-12,816$-7,471+$2,554-$11,556
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $17.88, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-10,025
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$10,025
− CC assignment net of premium (18 × $13): -$7,674
+ Conservative CC premium (7 × $20): +$28
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-7,646 (+$2,379 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $100 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-7,746, the opportunity cost of earning $4,783/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $18.76 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$9,252, position total $-7,433 (+$2,592 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 CLSK are the tiebreakers.
⚔ FIGHT CC options · full candidate scan (9 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (3 expiries scanned, 9 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: 0.817 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$10,025 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $100

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$147d17 Jul 2026$0.2820/25$2,400$1,91375%80%+$653-$7,20677.1%$-7,186 (vs do-nothing $-7,286)
$1414d24 Jul 2026$0.5022/25$2,357$1,85970%77%+$515-$7,44379.6%$-7,431 (vs do-nothing $-7,531)
$1421d31 Jul 2026$0.7123/25$2,333$1,82968%76%+$441-$7,29878.1%$-7,290 (vs do-nothing $-7,390)
$13.507d17 Jul 2026$0.4213/25$2,340$1,89365%74%+$442-$5,15255.1%$-5,104 (vs do-nothing $-5,204)
$13.5014d24 Jul 2026$0.6617/25$2,404$1,93462%73%+$396-$6,32967.7%$-6,297 (vs do-nothing $-6,397)
$13.5021d31 Jul 2026$0.8719/25$2,361$1,88061%72%+$336-$6,67571.4%$-6,651 (vs do-nothing $-6,751)
$1321d31 Jul 2026$1.0716/25$2,446$1,98255%69%+$259-$6,10165.3%$-6,065 (vs do-nothing $-6,165)
$1314d24 Jul 2026$0.8713/25$2,424$1,97754%69%+$303-$5,21755.8%$-5,169 (vs do-nothing $-5,269)
$137d17 Jul 2026$0.629/25$2,391$1,96753%68%+$302-$3,83741.0%$-3,773 (vs do-nothing $-3,873)

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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