FORTRESS FIGHT: COIN-LC500 @ $183.03

BE SS: $563.00  |  CC-SS: $353.84  |  25 contracts (2,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-09-03 21:35

COIN-LC500BBC @ $183.03   UNDERWATER $379.97 (67.5% below BE SS)

25 contracts (2,500 sh)  |  BE SS: $563.00  |  CC-SS: $353.84 (banked floor $344.62)  |  IV: HIGH  |  Accounts: Main:1299

LC: $500 exp 2027-12-17 (entry $79.745/sh)
SP: $330 exp 2027-12-17 (entry $100.135/sh)
HP: $300 exp 2027-12-17 (entry $83.388/sh)

Economics

Max Loss$232,500(ND $63.00 + SW $30) x 2500
Normal income ref$46,500/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $0/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-184,000fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$23,250/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$46,500/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
3.4 mo to earn back $157,500
ML VELOCITY
5.0 mo to earn back $232,500
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $353.84 (probe: $350C 15d) brings only $150/mo (<20% of normal), 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
$12,888
Hole (after banked)
$171,112
was $184,000 · 7% earned back
Cycles closed
13
Credit in flight
$0
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$353.84 → $344.62
? 4 leg(s) closed as UNKNOWN (vanished with no fill in window): banked $0, conservative. Fix campaign.json by hand if wrong.
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 66 (live) · RSI 51 · MACD bullish, hist rising
DAILYRISING (provisional) · RSI 57 · %B 71 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $207.68 (+13%) · daily UBB $201.54 · 1-wk expected move ±$16 (chain IV)
SETUPNo tilt: engine default. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
⚠ Next earnings 2026-10-29: candidates whose expiry crosses it are flagged in the spectrum; EV is unreliable across earnings.
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 19 contracts at $195 / 8d. This is the safest strike (survival 76%, breach 24%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($23,250/mo); it brings $23,869/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 22 × $187.50/8d for $47,025/mo, but breach risk rises to 38% (+14pp 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 × $400/15d (99+% survival, $50/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $295,437 (188% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $563, recoverable in 6.4 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 19 contracts realizes $-140,172 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 · 11 Sep 2026 (8d) · sell 19 × $195, 76% survival, $23,869/mo (E[net] $5,594/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆11 Sep 2026 · 8d19 × $19576%$23,869$5,594
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $6,365 with probability 61%; on the 39% touch you roll, paying $12,476 to close and taking $6,292 back from the best priced door (net cash $6,184) and parking about one cycle of income. Charging the FULL buyback with no door credit (the pre-2026-07-25 model) contradicted the campaign simulation, which prices the same event as a cash-neutral even roll.

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 11 Sep 2026 · 8d · E[net] $5,594/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 19 × $195 (50% normal), 76% survival, breach 24%, $23,869/mo.
⚖️ Worth a safer step: the $200 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 83% (breach 24% → 17%) for $7,736/mo less (32% 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 $200 rung, unless you need the income to cover the hedge bleed, or you expect COIN to stay flat-to-down near term.
COIN  spot $183.03 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
🛡 safe yield25 × $21011 Sep8d14.7%92%hist 96%17%hist 13%+12pp$2,650$9,938-$13,931$356,957
Sell 25 × $210 14.7% OTM over spot $183.03 11 Sep 2026 (8d, $1.14 mid)
= $2,650 credit for the 8d cycle → $9,938/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $210)
92%
Breach risk
8%
POP (stays ≤ $211.14)
92%
EV / mo
+$5,855
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+12pp
21% whole by 9mo vs 9% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.3/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$7,314/mo
median; plan ~$4,973/mo after 68% keep · $60,805 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~6.2 mo [4.7-7.4], measured ONLY among the 21% 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)
9%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$16,116
Free roll-up
+$7/wk
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$227 @ 77% POP
71% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $10.61/sh now → $7.51 mid-life (likely $5.65–$10.47)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.06/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$6.45/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 282 simulated challenges: the $210 strike is typically first touched on day 6 of 8, at $214 (overshoots $4.04). 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)~$21018 Sep 202611d left+$3.77/sh+$9,432
cycle +$12,082
[+$8,582…+$13,753] · 100% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$152,095 NOT
cap gain +$31,905
Max even-money escape in the band~$22225 Sep 202618d left+$1.31/sh+$3,269
cycle +$5,919
[+$733…+$7,308] · 81% credit
75%
surv 66%
-$149,460 NOT
cap gain +$34,540
SS $563 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$21718 Sep 202611d left+$0.67/sh+$1,671
cycle +$4,321
[-$389…+$4,628] · 73% credit
73%
surv 63%
-$154,733 NOT
cap gain +$29,267
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$22725 Sep 202618d left-$0.21/sh-$513
cycle +$2,137
[-$3,706…+$3,172] · 50% credit
77%
surv 71%
-$149,567 NOT
cap gain +$34,433
budget: banked $2,650 debit $513 (19% used ≈ 0.2 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$2,137 cash · rolled 25 ct earn ≈ $30,422/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$9,938/mo
vs 50% target ($23,250/mo)-57%
vs normal income ($46,500/mo)21% covered
Net income (after hedge)$9,938/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $210 is $144 below CC-SS $353.84: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$356,957
… as % of IC ($157,500)226.6%
… as % of ML ($232,500)153.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)7.7 mo
Surgical close (25 ct)$-184,200
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.27/sh (~25% of the $1.06 collected) or spot ≥ $211.14 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $210)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $201.54 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $207.90Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$208-211.14
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
≥ $211.14
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 0.29 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$210.00 (1.6σ)$2,650$-161,527+$22,473+$2,625
+2.5%$215.25 (1.9σ)$-10,475$-170,793+$13,207-$10,500
+5%$220.50 (2.2σ)$-23,600$-180,060+$3,940-$23,625
SS (= V-bounce)$563.00 (21.8σ)$-879,850$-784,572-$600,572-$697,375
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $353.84, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-184,000
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$125,548
− CC assignment net of premium (25 × $210): -$356,957
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-415,410 ($-231,410 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-58,427 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-356,982, the opportunity cost of earning $9,938/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $207.68 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$0, position total $-165,882 (+$18,118 vs today)
33% normal ← lean18 × $20011 Sep8d9.3%83%hist 86%35%hist 31%+14pp$4,302$16,132-$7,736$272,615
Sell 18 × $200 9.3% OTM over spot $183.03 11 Sep 2026 (8d, $2.46 mid)
= $4,302 credit for the 8d cycle → $16,132/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $200)
83%
Breach risk
17%
POP (stays ≤ $202.46)
86%
EV / mo
+$8,024
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+14pp
24% whole by 9mo vs 10% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$9,189/mo
median; plan ~$6,248/mo after 68% keep · $76,975 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~6.1 mo [4.8-7.4], measured ONLY among the 24% 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)
24%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$8,069
Free roll-up
+$7/wk
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$222 @ 81% POP
77% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $9.72/sh now → $6.87 mid-life (likely $6.77–$10.68)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $2.39/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$4.48/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 714 simulated challenges: the $200 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 8, at $204 (overshoots $3.82). 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)~$20018 Sep 202611d left+$3.46/sh+$6,232
cycle +$10,534
[+$5,034…+$7,689] · 100% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$160,986 NOT
cap gain +$23,014
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$20725 Sep 202618d left+$2.55/sh+$4,585
cycle +$8,887
[+$2,433…+$5,566] · 95% credit
72%
surv 62%
-$157,510 NOT
cap gain +$26,490
Max even-money escape in the band~$21225 Sep 202618d left+$0.86/sh+$1,548
cycle +$5,850
[-$1,050…+$2,411] · 59% credit
75%
surv 67%
-$156,872 NOT
cap gain +$27,128
SS $563 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$20718 Sep 202611d left+$0.38/sh+$691
cycle +$4,993
[-$1,293…+$1,321] · 46% credit
73%
surv 63%
-$161,404 NOT
cap gain +$22,596
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$22225 Sep 202618d left-$1.80/sh-$3,245
cycle +$1,057
[-$6,831…-$2,605] · 11% credit
81%
surv 77%
-$154,315 NOT
cap gain +$29,685
budget: banked $4,302 debit $3,245 (75% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$1,057 cash · rolled 18 ct earn ≈ $15,210/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$16,132/mo
vs 50% target ($23,250/mo)-31%
vs normal income ($46,500/mo)35% covered
Net income (after hedge)$16,146/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $200 is $154 below CC-SS $353.84: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$272,615
… as % of IC ($157,500)173.1%
… as % of ML ($232,500)117.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)5.9 mo
Surgical close (18 ct)$-132,597
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.60/sh (~25% of the $2.39 collected) or spot ≥ $202.46 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $200)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $201.54 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $198.00Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$198-202.46
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
≥ $202.46
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 0.29 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$200.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$4,302$-167,218+$16,782+$4,284
+2.5%$205.00 (1.3σ)$-4,698$-172,543+$11,457-$4,716
+5%$210.00 (1.6σ)$-13,698$-177,868+$6,132-$13,716
SS (= V-bounce)$563.00 (21.8σ)$-649,098$-604,913-$420,913-$517,716
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $353.84, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-184,000
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$125,548
− CC assignment net of premium (18 × $200): -$272,615
+ Conservative CC premium (7 × $490): +$7
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-331,061 ($-147,061 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-58,427 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-272,633, the opportunity cost of earning $16,132/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $207.68 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$9,522, position total $-175,397 (+$8,603 vs today)
🎯 50% normal19 × $19511 Sep8d6.5%76%hist 84%50%hist 38%+20pp$6,365$23,869$295,437
Sell 19 × $195 6.5% OTM over spot $183.03 11 Sep 2026 (8d, $3.53 mid)
= $6,365 credit for the 8d cycle → $23,869/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $195)
76%
Breach risk
24%
POP (stays ≤ $198.53)
81%
EV / mo
+$9,787
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+20pp
28% whole by 9mo vs 9% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~4.3/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$11,433/mo
median; plan ~$7,775/mo after 68% keep · $94,443 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~6.0 mo [4.7-7.3], measured ONLY among the 28% 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)
39%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$6,111
Free roll-up
+$7/wk
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$222 @ 84% POP
82% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 19 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $9.28/sh now → $6.57 mid-life (likely $6.96–$10.64)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $3.35/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$3.22/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,165 simulated challenges: the $195 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 8, at $199 (overshoots $3.64). 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 (19 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$19518 Sep 202611d left+$3.31/sh+$6,292
cycle +$12,657
[+$4,707…+$7,002] · 100% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$162,539 NOT
cap gain +$21,461
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$20225 Sep 202618d left+$2.32/sh+$4,399
cycle +$10,764
[+$1,646…+$4,872] · 92% credit
72%
surv 62%
-$159,309 NOT
cap gain +$24,691
Max even-money escape in the band~$20725 Sep 202618d left+$0.65/sh+$1,231
cycle +$7,596
[-$1,990…+$1,392] · 43% credit
76%
surv 68%
-$158,802 NOT
cap gain +$25,198
SS $563 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$20218 Sep 202611d left+$0.25/sh+$471
cycle +$6,836
[-$1,978…+$540] · 33% credit
74%
surv 64%
-$163,237 NOT
cap gain +$20,763
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$22225 Sep 202618d left-$2.96/sh-$5,627
cycle +$738
[-$10,434…-$5,966] · 1% credit
84%
surv 82%
-$154,635 NOT
cap gain +$29,365
budget: banked $6,365 debit $5,627 (88% used ≈ 1.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$738 cash · rolled 19 ct earn ≈ $11,415/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 +0.5 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$23,869/mo
vs 50% target ($23,250/mo)+3%
vs normal income ($46,500/mo)51% covered
Net income (after hedge)$23,881/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $195 is $159 below CC-SS $353.84: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$295,437
… as % of IC ($157,500)187.6%
… as % of ML ($232,500)127.1%
Recovery months (at normal income)6.4 mo
Surgical close (19 ct)$-140,172
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.84/sh (~25% of the $3.35 collected) or spot ≥ $198.53 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $195)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $201.54 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $193.05Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$193-198.53
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
≥ $198.53
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 0.29 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$195.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$6,365$-168,831+$15,169+$6,346
+2.5%$199.87 (≤1σ, normal week)$-2,897$-174,510+$9,490-$2,916
+5%$204.75 (1.2σ)$-12,160$-180,190+$3,810-$12,179
SS (= V-bounce)$563.00 (21.8σ)$-692,835$-641,351-$457,351-$554,154
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $353.84, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-184,000
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$125,548
− CC assignment net of premium (19 × $195): -$295,437
+ Conservative CC premium (6 × $490): +$6
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-353,883 ($-169,883 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-58,427 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-295,456, the opportunity cost of earning $23,869/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $207.68 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$17,727, position total $-183,603 (+$397 vs today)
100% normal22 × $187.5011 Sep8d2.4%62%hist 66%79%hist 65%+31pp$12,540$47,025+$23,156$353,415
Sell 22 × $187.50 2.4% OTM over spot $183.03 11 Sep 2026 (8d, $5.97 mid)
= $12,540 credit for the 8d cycle → $47,025/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $187.50)
62%
Breach risk
38%
POP (stays ≤ $193.47)
74%
EV / mo
+$14,205
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+31pp
39% whole by 9mo vs 8% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~8.4/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$16,142/mo
median; plan ~$10,977/mo after 68% keep · $130,445 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~5.8 mo [4.7-7.3], measured ONLY among the 39% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
61%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$924
Free roll-up
+$7/wk
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$229 @ 92% POP
91% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 22 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $8.65/sh now → $6.12 mid-life (likely $8.05–$11.12)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $5.70/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.42/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,824 simulated challenges: the $188 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 8, at $191 (overshoots $3.72). 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 (22 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$18818 Sep 202611d left+$3.09/sh+$6,803
cycle +$19,343
[+$4,547…+$5,999] · 100% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$161,368 NOT
cap gain +$22,632
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$19425 Sep 202618d left+$1.98/sh+$4,353
cycle +$16,893
[+$328…+$2,671] · 79% credit
73%
surv 63%
-$158,695 NOT
cap gain +$25,305
Max even-money escape in the band~$19925 Sep 202618d left+$0.34/sh+$757
cycle +$13,297
[-$4,011…-$1,172] · 15% credit
76%
surv 69%
-$158,617 NOT
cap gain +$25,383
SS $563 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$19418 Sep 202611d left+$0.05/sh+$116
cycle +$12,656
[-$3,442…-$1,336] · 12% credit
74%
surv 65%
-$162,933 NOT
cap gain +$21,067
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$22925 Sep 202618d left-$4.53/sh-$9,972
cycle +$2,568
[-$18,344…-$13,225]
92%
surv 91%
-$147,296 NOT
cap gain +$36,704
budget: banked $12,540 debit $9,972 (80% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$2,568 cash · rolled 22 ct earn ≈ $5,819/mo while parked; 3 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$47,025/mo
vs 50% target ($23,250/mo)+102%
vs normal income ($46,500/mo)101% covered
Net income (after hedge)$47,031/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $187.50 is $166 below CC-SS $353.84: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$353,415
… as % of IC ($157,500)224.4%
… as % of ML ($232,500)152.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)7.6 mo
Surgical close (22 ct)$-162,525
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $1.43/sh (~25% of the $5.70 collected) or spot ≥ $193.47 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $188)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $201.54 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $185.62Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$186-193.47
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
≥ $193.47
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 0.29 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$187.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$12,540$-168,172+$15,828+$12,518
+2.5%$192.19 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,228$-175,039+$8,961+$2,206
+5%$196.88 (≤1σ, normal week)$-8,085$-181,906+$2,094-$8,107
SS (= V-bounce)$563.00 (21.8σ)$-813,560$-740,179-$556,179-$652,982
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $353.84, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-184,000
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$125,548
− CC assignment net of premium (22 × $187.50): -$353,415
+ Conservative CC premium (3 × $490): +$3
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-411,864 ($-227,864 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-58,427 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-353,437, the opportunity cost of earning $47,025/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $207.68 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$31,856, position total $-197,735 ($-13,735 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 COIN 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 (3 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: 0.294 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$125,548 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-58,427

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$1958d11 Sep 2026$3.3519/25$23,869$23,88176%81%+$9,787-$295,437187.6%$-353,883 (vs do-nothing $-295,456)
$19515d18 Sep 2026$5.6521/25$23,730$23,73870%78%+$7,308-$321,705204.3%$-380,154 (vs do-nothing $-321,726)
$19522d25 Sep 2026$7.1025/25$24,205$24,20568%76%+$5,892-$379,357240.9%$-437,810 (vs do-nothing $-379,382)
$1908d11 Sep 2026$4.9013/25$23,888$23,91267%76%+$8,413-$206,626131.2%$-265,066 (vs do-nothing $-206,639)
$19015d18 Sep 2026$7.2517/25$24,650$24,66664%74%+$6,470-$266,208169.0%$-324,653 (vs do-nothing $-266,225)
$19022d25 Sep 2026$8.7520/25$23,864$23,87462%73%+$4,935-$310,186196.9%$-368,633 (vs do-nothing $-310,206)
$187.508d11 Sep 2026$5.7011/25$23,512$23,54062%74%+$7,102-$176,707112.2%$-235,146 (vs do-nothing $-176,718)
$1858d11 Sep 2026$6.6510/25$24,938$24,96856%71%+$6,406-$162,193103.0%$-220,630 (vs do-nothing $-162,203)
$18515d18 Sep 2026$9.3013/25$24,180$24,20456%70%+$5,391-$207,406131.7%$-265,846 (vs do-nothing $-207,419)
$18522d25 Sep 2026$11.4015/25$23,318$23,33856%71%+$5,140-$236,164149.9%$-294,607 (vs do-nothing $-236,179)
$182.508d11 Sep 2026$7.958/25$23,850$23,88451%69%+$5,616-$130,71483.0%$-189,150 (vs do-nothing $-130,722)
$18022d25 Sep 2026$13.2513/25$23,489$23,51349%67%+$3,547-$208,771132.6%$-267,211 (vs do-nothing $-208,784)
$18015d18 Sep 2026$11.8510/25$23,700$23,73047%67%+$4,476-$161,993102.9%$-220,430 (vs do-nothing $-162,003)
Show 1 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$1808d11 Sep 2026$9.407/25$24,675$24,71145%66%+$5,264-$115,11073.1%$-173,545 (vs do-nothing $-115,117)

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%). Survival, POP and touch use vol x 1.00 (raw implied: the VRP haircut is applied to the premium edge but NOT to risk, because understating the edge costs opportunity while understating breach odds costs capital; the risk-side haircut arms only from the graded ledger). 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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