FORTRESS FIGHT: COIN-LC500 @ $178.75

BE SS: $563.00  |  CC-SS: $355.43  |  25 contracts (2,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-09-11 22:01

COIN-LC500BBC @ $178.75   UNDERWATER $384.25 (68.2% below BE SS)

25 contracts (2,500 sh)  |  BE SS: $563.00  |  CC-SS: $355.43 (banked floor $346.23)  |  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$45,536/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $0/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-189,250fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$22,768/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$45,536/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
3.5 mo to earn back $157,500
ML VELOCITY
5.1 mo to earn back $232,500
Deep drawdown (unpriceable at CC-SS): no listed call within 92% of CC-SS $355.43 in the fetched chain; the deepest available is $270C (14d, $268/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
$12,888
Hole (after banked)
$176,362
was $189,250 · 7% earned back
Cycles closed
13
Credit in flight
$2,200
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$355.43 → $346.23
? 4 leg(s) closed as UNKNOWN (vanished with no fill in window): banked $0, conservative. Fix campaign.json by hand if wrong.
Open legAcctCredit/shIn flightOpened
25x $225C 11 Sep 2026U10001299$0.88$2,2002026-09-04
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 63 (live) · RSI 49 · MACD bullish, hist rising
DAILYMIXED (provisional) · RSI 53 · %B 54 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $204.56 (+14%) · daily UBB $200.49 · 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: 22 contracts at $195 / 7d. This is the safest strike (survival 84%, breach 16%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($22,768/mo); it brings $23,006/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 × $185/7d for $46,200/mo, but breach risk rises to 34% (+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 × $202.50/7d (92% survival, $15,643/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $347,570 (221% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $563, recoverable in 7.6 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 22 contracts realizes $-166,749 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 · 18 Sep 2026 (7d) · sell 22 × $195, 84% survival, $23,006/mo (E[net] $9,113/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆18 Sep 2026 · 7d22 × $19584%$23,006$9,113
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $5,368 with probability 75%; on the 25% touch you roll, paying $13,849 to close and taking $6,421 back from the best priced door (net cash $7,428) 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 · 18 Sep 2026 · 7d · E[net] $9,113/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 22 × $195 (50% normal), 84% survival, breach 16%, $23,006/mo.
The pick is already past the ~80% (≈1σ) comfort line, so take the income. Stepping out to the $202.50 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 92% (breach 16% → 8%) for $7,363/mo less (32% income) buys safety you do not really need here.
COIN  spot $178.75 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
33% normal25 × $202.5018 Sep7d13.3%92%hist 96%16%hist 13%+21pp$3,650$15,643-$7,363$378,666
Sell 25 × $202.50 13.3% OTM over spot $178.75 18 Sep 2026 (7d, $1.52 mid)
= $3,650 credit for the 7d cycle → $15,643/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $202.50)
92%
Breach risk
8%
POP (stays ≤ $204.01)
93%
EV / mo
+$12,110
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+21pp
28% whole by 9mo vs 7% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.4/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$11,099/mo
median; plan ~$7,547/mo after 68% keep · $89,161 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~5.8 mo [4.5-7.4], 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)
13%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$13,160
Free roll-up
+$9/wk
Safest escape (by 9 Oct 2026)
$229 @ 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 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $9.51/sh now → $6.72 mid-life (likely $5.69–$9.47)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.46/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$5.26/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 379 simulated challenges: the $202 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $207 (overshoots $4.03). 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)~$20225 Sep 202610d left+$3.13/sh+$7,821
cycle +$11,471
[+$7,114…+$11,495] · 100% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$160,979 NOT
cap gain +$28,271
Max even-money escape in the band~$2249 Oct 202624d left+$0.62/sh+$1,542
cycle +$5,192
[-$1,147…+$4,573] · 67% credit
79%
surv 73%
-$152,228 NOT
cap gain +$37,022
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)~$21125 Sep 202610d left+$0.09/sh+$226
cycle +$3,876
[-$1,611…+$2,423] · 55% credit
75%
surv 66%
-$162,387 NOT
cap gain +$26,863
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2299 Oct 202624d left-$0.73/sh-$1,816
cycle +$1,834
[-$5,204…+$917] · 33% credit
81%
surv 77%
-$152,049 NOT
cap gain +$37,201
budget: banked $3,650 debit $1,816 (50% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$1,834 cash · rolled 25 ct earn ≈ $18,741/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$15,643/mo
vs 50% target ($22,768/mo)-31%
vs normal income ($45,536/mo)34% covered
Net income (after hedge)$15,643/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $202.50 is $153 below CC-SS $355.43: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$378,666
… as % of IC ($157,500)240.4%
… as % of ML ($232,500)162.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)8.3 mo
Surgical close (25 ct)$-189,387
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.36/sh (~25% of the $1.46 collected) or spot ≥ $204.01 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $202)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $200.49 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $200.47Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$200-204.01
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
≥ $204.01
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 0.28 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$202.50 (1.5σ)$3,650$-168,800+$20,450+$3,450
+2.5%$207.56 (1.8σ)$-9,006$-177,875+$11,375-$9,206
+5%$212.62 (2.1σ)$-21,662$-186,949+$2,301-$21,862
SS (= V-bounce)$563.00 (23.7σ)$-897,600$-814,997-$625,747-$240,300
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $355.43, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-189,250
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$124,995
− CC assignment net of premium (25 × $202.50): -$378,666
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-442,921 ($-253,671 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-202,621 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-240,300, the opportunity cost of earning $15,643/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $204.56 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$1,500, position total $-172,493 (+$16,757 vs today)
🛡 safe yield25 × $202.5018 Sep7d13.3%92%hist 96%16%hist 13%+21pp$3,650$15,643-$7,363$378,666
Sell 25 × $202.50 13.3% OTM over spot $178.75 18 Sep 2026 (7d, $1.52 mid)
= $3,650 credit for the 7d cycle → $15,643/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $202.50)
92%
Breach risk
8%
POP (stays ≤ $204.01)
93%
EV / mo
+$12,110
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+21pp
28% whole by 9mo vs 7% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.4/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$11,099/mo
median; plan ~$7,547/mo after 68% keep · $89,161 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~5.8 mo [4.5-7.4], 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)
13%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$13,160
Free roll-up
+$9/wk
Safest escape (by 9 Oct 2026)
$229 @ 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 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $9.51/sh now → $6.72 mid-life (likely $5.69–$9.47)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.46/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$5.26/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 379 simulated challenges: the $202 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $207 (overshoots $4.03). 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)~$20225 Sep 202610d left+$3.13/sh+$7,821
cycle +$11,471
[+$7,114…+$11,495] · 100% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$160,979 NOT
cap gain +$28,271
Max even-money escape in the band~$2249 Oct 202624d left+$0.62/sh+$1,542
cycle +$5,192
[-$1,147…+$4,573] · 67% credit
79%
surv 73%
-$152,228 NOT
cap gain +$37,022
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)~$21125 Sep 202610d left+$0.09/sh+$226
cycle +$3,876
[-$1,611…+$2,423] · 55% credit
75%
surv 66%
-$162,387 NOT
cap gain +$26,863
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2299 Oct 202624d left-$0.73/sh-$1,816
cycle +$1,834
[-$5,204…+$917] · 33% credit
81%
surv 77%
-$152,049 NOT
cap gain +$37,201
budget: banked $3,650 debit $1,816 (50% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$1,834 cash · rolled 25 ct earn ≈ $18,741/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$15,643/mo
vs 50% target ($22,768/mo)-31%
vs normal income ($45,536/mo)34% covered
Net income (after hedge)$15,643/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $202.50 is $153 below CC-SS $355.43: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$378,666
… as % of IC ($157,500)240.4%
… as % of ML ($232,500)162.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)8.3 mo
Surgical close (25 ct)$-189,387
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.36/sh (~25% of the $1.46 collected) or spot ≥ $204.01 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $202)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $200.49 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $200.47Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$200-204.01
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
≥ $204.01
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 0.28 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$202.50 (1.5σ)$3,650$-168,800+$20,450+$3,450
+2.5%$207.56 (1.8σ)$-9,006$-177,875+$11,375-$9,206
+5%$212.62 (2.1σ)$-21,662$-186,949+$2,301-$21,862
SS (= V-bounce)$563.00 (23.7σ)$-897,600$-814,997-$625,747-$240,300
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $355.43, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-189,250
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$124,995
− CC assignment net of premium (25 × $202.50): -$378,666
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-442,921 ($-253,671 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-202,621 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-240,300, the opportunity cost of earning $15,643/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $204.56 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$1,500, position total $-172,493 (+$16,757 vs today)
🎯 50% normal22 × $19518 Sep7d9.1%84%hist 86%32%hist 31%+24pp$5,368$23,006$347,570
Sell 22 × $195 9.1% OTM over spot $178.75 18 Sep 2026 (7d, $2.54 mid)
= $5,368 credit for the 7d cycle → $23,006/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $195)
84%
Breach risk
16%
POP (stays ≤ $197.53)
87%
EV / mo
+$14,150
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+24pp
30% whole by 9mo vs 6% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$13,845/mo
median; plan ~$9,414/mo after 68% keep · $114,222 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~6.6 mo [4.9-7.7], measured ONLY among the 30% 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)
25%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$8,481
Free roll-up
+$6/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$221 @ 83% POP
81% 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 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $8.90/sh now → $6.29 mid-life (likely $6.02–$10.15)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $2.44/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$3.85/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 760 simulated challenges: the $195 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 7, at $199 (overshoots $4.02). 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)~$19525 Sep 202610d left+$2.92/sh+$6,421
cycle +$11,789
[+$5,000…+$8,230] · 100% credit
68%
surv 52%
-$165,944 NOT
cap gain +$23,306
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2069 Oct 202624d left+$2.66/sh+$5,844
cycle +$11,212
[+$3,004…+$7,889] · 96% credit
74%
surv 66%
-$158,565 NOT
cap gain +$30,685
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$20125 Sep 202610d left+$0.93/sh+$2,055
cycle +$7,423
[+$128…+$3,482] · 77% credit
73%
surv 63%
-$165,892 NOT
cap gain +$23,358
Max even-money escape in the band~$2169 Oct 202624d left+$0.21/sh+$463
cycle +$5,831
[-$3,285…+$2,051] · 39% credit
79%
surv 74%
-$156,871 NOT
cap gain +$32,379
SS $563 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2212 Oct 202618d left-$2.29/sh-$5,041
cycle +$327
[-$9,744…-$4,044] · 5% credit
83%
surv 81%
-$158,837 NOT
cap gain +$30,413
budget: banked $5,368 debit $5,041 (94% used ≈ 1.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$327 cash · rolled 22 ct earn ≈ $14,680/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$23,006/mo
vs 50% target ($22,768/mo)+1%
vs normal income ($45,536/mo)51% covered
Net income (after hedge)$23,040/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $195 is $160 below CC-SS $355.43: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$347,570
… as % of IC ($157,500)220.7%
… as % of ML ($232,500)149.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)7.6 mo
Surgical close (22 ct)$-166,749
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.61/sh (~25% of the $2.44 collected) or spot ≥ $197.53 (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 $200.49 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $193.05Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$193-197.53
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
≥ $197.53
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 0.28 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$195.00 (1.0σ)$5,368$-172,365+$16,885+$5,192
+2.5%$199.87 (1.3σ)$-5,357$-179,641+$9,609-$5,533
+5%$204.75 (1.6σ)$-16,082$-186,917+$2,333-$16,258
SS (= V-bounce)$563.00 (23.7σ)$-804,232$-800,505-$611,255-$225,808
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $355.43, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-189,250
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$124,995
− CC assignment net of premium (22 × $195): -$347,570
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (3 × $300): -$16,604
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-428,429 ($-239,179 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-202,621 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-225,808, the opportunity cost of earning $23,006/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $204.56 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$15,664, position total $-186,633 (+$2,617 vs today)
100% normal22 × $18518 Sep7d3.5%66%hist 65%71%hist 64%+33pp$10,780$46,200+$23,194$364,158
Sell 22 × $185 3.5% OTM over spot $178.75 18 Sep 2026 (7d, $5.00 mid)
= $10,780 credit for the 7d cycle → $46,200/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $185)
66%
Breach risk
34%
POP (stays ≤ $190.00)
75%
EV / mo
+$14,358
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+33pp
42% whole by 9mo vs 9% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~7.6/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$16,673/mo
median; plan ~$11,338/mo after 68% keep · $132,889 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~5.8 mo [4.6-7.1], measured ONLY among the 42% 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)
54%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,858
Free roll-up
+$6/wk
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$214 @ 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 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $8.12/sh now → $5.74 mid-life (likely $7.07–$10.32)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $4.90/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.84/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,624 simulated challenges: the $185 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 7, at $189 (overshoots $3.88). 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)~$18525 Sep 202610d left+$2.65/sh+$5,829
cycle +$16,609
[+$3,666…+$5,596] · 100% credit
67%
surv 52%
-$168,198 NOT
cap gain +$21,052
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1969 Oct 202624d left+$2.07/sh+$4,563
cycle +$15,343
[+$490…+$3,581] · 81% credit
74%
surv 67%
-$161,508 NOT
cap gain +$27,742
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$19125 Sep 202610d left+$0.62/sh+$1,358
cycle +$12,138
[-$1,313…+$657] · 38% credit
74%
surv 64%
-$168,251 NOT
cap gain +$20,999
Max even-money escape in the band~$2019 Oct 202624d left+$0.13/sh+$280
cycle +$11,060
[-$4,873…-$1,124] · 18% credit
77%
surv 72%
-$162,254 NOT
cap gain +$26,996
SS $563 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$21425 Sep 202610d left-$4.18/sh-$9,196
cycle +$1,584
[-$15,506…-$11,182]
92%
surv 91%
-$162,886 NOT
cap gain +$26,364
budget: banked $10,780 debit $9,196 (85% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$1,584 cash · rolled 22 ct earn ≈ $10,327/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$46,200/mo
vs 50% target ($22,768/mo)+103%
vs normal income ($45,536/mo)101% covered
Net income (after hedge)$46,234/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $185 is $170 below CC-SS $355.43: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$364,158
… as % of IC ($157,500)231.2%
… as % of ML ($232,500)156.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)8.0 mo
Surgical close (22 ct)$-166,760
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $1.23/sh (~25% of the $4.90 collected) or spot ≥ $190.00 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $185)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $200.49 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $183.15Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$183-190.00
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
≥ $190.00
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 0.28 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$185.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$10,780$-174,028+$15,222+$10,604
+2.5%$189.62 (≤1σ, normal week)$605$-180,930+$8,320+$429
+5%$194.25 (≤1σ, normal week)$-9,570$-187,833+$1,417-$9,746
SS (= V-bounce)$563.00 (23.7σ)$-820,820$-817,093-$627,843-$242,396
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $355.43, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-189,250
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$124,995
− CC assignment net of premium (22 × $185): -$364,158
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (3 × $300): -$16,604
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-445,017 ($-255,767 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-202,621 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-242,396, the opportunity cost of earning $46,200/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $204.56 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$32,252, position total $-203,221 ($-13,971 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 (26 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (4 expiries scanned, 26 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: 0.283 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$124,995 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-202,621

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$1957d18 Sep 2026$2.4422/25$23,006$23,04084%87%+$14,150-$347,570220.7%$-428,429 (vs do-nothing $-225,808)
$192.507d18 Sep 2026$2.9019/25$23,614$23,68381%85%+$13,116-$304,050193.0%$-401,513 (vs do-nothing $-198,892)
$1907d18 Sep 2026$3.5016/25$24,000$24,10376%82%+$12,059-$259,082164.5%$-373,149 (vs do-nothing $-170,528)
$192.5014d25 Sep 2026$4.4524/25$22,886$22,89773%79%+$6,433-$380,343241.5%$-450,133 (vs do-nothing $-247,512)
$187.507d18 Sep 2026$4.2013/25$23,400$23,53772%79%+$10,507-$212,844135.1%$-343,515 (vs do-nothing $-140,894)
$19014d25 Sep 2026$5.0522/25$23,807$23,84170%77%+$5,936-$352,828224.0%$-433,687 (vs do-nothing $-231,066)
$19021d2 Oct 2026$6.9024/25$23,657$23,66968%76%+$5,699-$380,463241.6%$-450,253 (vs do-nothing $-247,632)
$187.5014d25 Sep 2026$6.1018/25$23,529$23,60967%75%+$6,245-$291,287184.9%$-394,285 (vs do-nothing $-191,664)
$1857d18 Sep 2026$4.9011/25$23,100$23,26066%75%+$7,179-$182,079115.6%$-323,819 (vs do-nothing $-121,198)
$187.5021d2 Oct 2026$7.6521/25$22,950$22,99665%74%+$4,971-$336,580213.7%$-422,974 (vs do-nothing $-220,353)
$187.5028d9 Oct 2026$9.5023/25$23,411$23,43464%74%+$5,352-$364,381231.4%$-439,705 (vs do-nothing $-237,084)
$18514d25 Sep 2026$7.1515/25$22,982$23,09663%74%+$6,012-$244,915155.5%$-364,516 (vs do-nothing $-161,895)
$18521d2 Oct 2026$8.6019/25$23,343$23,41162%73%+$4,773-$307,470195.2%$-404,933 (vs do-nothing $-202,312)
Show 13 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$18528d9 Oct 2026$9.1524/25$23,529$23,54061%72%+$2,451-$387,063245.8%$-456,853 (vs do-nothing $-254,232)
$182.507d18 Sep 2026$5.7510/25$24,643$24,81460%72%+$6,752-$167,176106.1%$-314,451 (vs do-nothing $-111,830)
$182.5014d25 Sep 2026$7.5015/25$24,107$24,22159%71%+$4,189-$248,140157.5%$-367,741 (vs do-nothing $-165,120)
$182.5021d2 Oct 2026$9.6017/25$23,314$23,40658%71%+$4,395-$277,655176.3%$-386,187 (vs do-nothing $-183,566)
$182.5028d9 Oct 2026$10.1022/25$23,807$23,84158%71%+$2,231-$358,218227.4%$-439,077 (vs do-nothing $-236,456)
$18028d9 Oct 2026$11.1520/25$23,893$23,95055%69%+$2,030-$328,553208.6%$-420,481 (vs do-nothing $-217,860)
$18021d2 Oct 2026$10.5016/25$24,000$24,10355%69%+$3,784-$263,882167.5%$-377,949 (vs do-nothing $-175,328)
$1807d18 Sep 2026$6.858/25$23,486$23,68055%70%+$5,672-$134,86185.6%$-293,205 (vs do-nothing $-90,584)
$18014d25 Sep 2026$8.5013/25$23,679$23,81655%69%+$3,509-$217,004137.8%$-347,675 (vs do-nothing $-145,054)
$177.5028d9 Oct 2026$13.1017/25$23,861$23,95252%68%+$2,720-$280,205177.9%$-388,737 (vs do-nothing $-186,116)
$177.5021d2 Oct 2026$12.0014/25$24,000$24,12651%68%+$3,984-$232,297147.5%$-357,433 (vs do-nothing $-154,812)
$177.5014d25 Sep 2026$9.7511/25$22,982$23,14250%67%+$3,143-$184,994117.5%$-326,734 (vs do-nothing $-124,113)
$177.507d18 Sep 2026$8.057/25$24,150$24,35649%67%+$5,265-$118,91375.5%$-282,792 (vs do-nothing $-80,171)

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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