FORTRESS FIGHT: COPX @ $78.20

BE SS: $93.40  |  CC-SS: $96.32  |  20 contracts (2,000 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-07-30 19:14

COPX @ $78.20   UNDERWATER $15.20 (16.3% below BE SS)

20 contracts (2,000 sh)  |  BE SS: $93.40  |  CC-SS: $96.32 (banked floor $95.66)  |  IV: HIGH  |  Accounts: Joint:1782

LC: $65 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $38.858/sh)
SP: $90 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $19.960/sh)
HP: $68 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $9.525/sh)

Economics

Max Loss$100,800(ND $28.40 + SW $22) x 2000
Normal income ref$8,000/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $1,422/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-35,120fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$4,000/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$8,000/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
7.1 mo to earn back $56,800
ML VELOCITY
12.6 mo to earn back $100,800
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $96.32 (probe: $95C 15d) brings only $200/mo (<20% of normal), so FIGHT below it is warranted.
🏦 CAMPAIGN LEDGER , realized CC income since 2026-07-02; 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 2026-07-02
$1,334
Hole (after banked)
$33,786
was $35,120 · 4% earned back
Cycles closed
8
Credit in flight
$1,166
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$96.32 → $95.66
Open legAcctCredit/shIn flightOpened
20x $80.5C 31 Jul 2026U6241782$0.58$1,1662026-07-28
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 43 (live) · RSI 48 · MACD bearish, hist rising
DAILYMIXED (provisional) · RSI 48 · %B 72 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $90.20 (+15%) · daily UBB $80.40 · 1-wk expected move ±$5 (chain IV)
SETUPNo tilt: engine default. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 17 contracts at $81 / 8d. This is the safest strike (survival 69%, breach 31%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($4,000/mo); it brings $4,144/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 17 × $78.50/8d for $8,288/mo, but breach risk rises to 46% (+16pp vs the primary). The lower strike is hit by a smaller bounce.
More safety, less income: for just the hedge you can sit at 20 × $87/8d (93% survival, $750/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $24,937 (44% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $93, recoverable in 3.1 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 17 contracts realizes $-30,192 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 20 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 · 7 Aug 2026 (8d) · sell 17 × $81, 69% survival, $4,144/mo (E[net] $-573/mo).
⚠ NEGATIVE E[net]: the expected cost of being challenged exceeds this premium, so this is the least-bad track rather than a good write. Consider a safer rung on the ladder below, or sitting the cycle out.
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆7 Aug 2026 · 8d17 × $8169%$4,144$-573
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $1,105 with probability 51%; on the 49% touch you roll, paying $2,413 to close and taking $929 back from the best priced door (net cash $1,483) 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 · 7 Aug 2026 · 8d · E[net] $-573/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 17 × $81 (50% normal), 69% survival, breach 31%, $4,144/mo.
Stay at the pick. Stepping safer (the $82 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 75% (breach 31% → 25%) for $1,331/mo less (32% income)) buys little extra safety; the income is doing real work covering the bleed.
COPX  spot $78.20 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
🛡 safe yield20 × $877 Aug8d11.3%93%hist 100%15%hist 5%+2pp$200$750-$3,394$18,438
Sell 20 × $87 11.3% OTM over spot $78.20 7 Aug 2026 (8d, $0.22 mid)
= $200 credit for the 8d cycle → $750/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $87)
93%
Breach risk
7%
POP (stays ≤ $87.22)
93%
EV / mo
$-4
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+2pp
57% whole by 9mo vs 55% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.7/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$553/mo
median; plan ~$376/mo after 68% keep · $3,310 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.1 mo [1.1-4.5], measured ONLY among the 57% 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)
10%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$3,072
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$91 @ 71% POP
66% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.31/sh now → $1.64 mid-life (likely $1.29–$2.24)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.10/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.54/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 290 simulated challenges: the $87 strike is typically first touched on day 6 of 8, at $88 (overshoots $1.32). 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)~$8714 Aug 202611d left+$0.63/sh+$1,260
cycle +$1,460
[+$1,069…+$2,029] · 100% credit
62%
surv 52%
-$17,204 NOT
cap gain +$17,916
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$8814 Aug 202611d left+$0.34/sh+$672
cycle +$872
[+$402…+$1,371] · 92% credit
64%
surv 56%
-$16,296 NOT
cap gain +$18,824
Max even-money escape in the band~$9121 Aug 202618d left+$0.20/sh+$396
cycle +$596
[-$15…+$1,145] · 74% credit
71%
surv 66%
-$10,962 NOT
cap gain +$24,158
SS $93 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$750/mo
vs 50% target ($4,000/mo)-81%
vs normal income ($8,000/mo)9% covered
Net income (after hedge)$750/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $87 is $9 below CC-SS $96.32: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$18,438
… as % of IC ($56,800)32.5%
… as % of ML ($100,800)18.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.3 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-35,370
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.03/sh (~25% of the $0.10 collected) or spot ≥ $87.22 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $87)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $80.40 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $86.13Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$86-87.22
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
≥ $87.22
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 0.94 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$87.00 (1.5σ)$200$-18,464+$16,656+$100
+2.5%$89.17 (1.9σ)$-4,150$-18,747+$16,373-$4,250
+5%$91.35 (2.3σ)$-8,500$-19,029+$16,090-$8,600
SS (= V-bounce)$93.40 (2.6σ)$-12,600$-19,296+$15,824-$12,700
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $96.32, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-35,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,883
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $87): -$18,438
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-19,675 (+$15,445 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,775 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-15,900, the opportunity cost of earning $750/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $90.20 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$6,200, position total $-18,880 (+$16,240 vs today)
33% normal15 × $827 Aug8d4.9%75%hist 96%51%hist 43%+5pp$750$2,812-$1,331$20,729
Sell 15 × $82 4.9% OTM over spot $78.20 7 Aug 2026 (8d, $0.75 mid)
= $750 credit for the 8d cycle → $2,812/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $82)
75%
Breach risk
25%
POP (stays ≤ $82.75)
79%
EV / mo
$-953
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+5pp
60% whole by 9mo vs 56% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,413/mo
median; plan ~$961/mo after 68% keep · $7,591 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.1 mo [1.2-4.2], measured ONLY among the 60% 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)
41%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,431
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$87 @ 74% POP
71% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 15 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: $2.06/sh now → $1.45 mid-life (likely $1.54–$2.36)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.50/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.95/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,227 simulated challenges: the $82 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 8, at $83 (overshoots $1.20). 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 (15 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$8214 Aug 202611d left+$0.56/sh+$840
cycle +$1,590
[+$501…+$950] · 99% credit
62%
surv 52%
-$26,399 NOT
cap gain +$8,721
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$8521 Aug 202618d left+$0.38/sh+$566
cycle +$1,316
[+$104…+$647] · 83% credit
72%
surv 65%
-$20,502 NOT
cap gain +$14,618
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$8314 Aug 202611d left+$0.27/sh+$409
cycle +$1,159
[+$6…+$482] · 76% credit
65%
surv 56%
-$25,334 NOT
cap gain +$9,786
Max even-money escape in the band~$8621 Aug 202618d left+$0.08/sh+$119
cycle +$869
[-$458…+$145] · 34% credit
72%
surv 67%
-$20,014 NOT
cap gain +$15,106
SS $93 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$8721 Aug 202618d left-$0.32/sh-$478
cycle +$272
[-$1,221…-$505] · 8% credit
74%
surv 71%
-$18,741 NOT
cap gain +$16,379
budget: banked $750 debit $478 (64% used ≈ 0.7 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$272 cash · rolled 15 ct earn ≈ $2,839/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$2,812/mo
vs 50% target ($4,000/mo)-30%
vs normal income ($8,000/mo)35% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,862/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $82 is $14 below CC-SS $96.32: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$20,729
… as % of IC ($56,800)36.5%
… as % of ML ($100,800)20.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.6 mo
Surgical close (15 ct)$-26,715
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.12/sh (~25% of the $0.50 collected) or spot ≥ $82.75 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $82)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $80.40 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $81.18Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$81-82.75
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
≥ $82.75
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 0.94 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$82.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$750$-27,239+$7,881+$675
+2.5%$84.05 (1.0σ)$-2,325$-26,480+$8,639-$2,400
+5%$86.10 (1.4σ)$-5,400$-25,722+$9,398-$5,475
SS (= V-bounce)$93.40 (2.6σ)$-16,350$-23,021+$12,099-$16,425
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $96.32, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-35,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,883
− CC assignment net of premium (15 × $82): -$20,729
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (5 × $95): -$635
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-22,600 (+$12,520 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,775 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-18,825, the opportunity cost of earning $2,812/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $90.20 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$11,550, position total $-24,205 (+$10,915 vs today)
🎯 50% normal17 × $817 Aug8d3.6%69%hist 80%63%hist 51%+5pp$1,105$4,144$24,937
Sell 17 × $81 3.6% OTM over spot $78.20 7 Aug 2026 (8d, $0.85 mid)
= $1,105 credit for the 8d cycle → $4,144/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $81)
69%
Breach risk
31%
POP (stays ≤ $81.85)
74%
EV / mo
$-1,703
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+5pp
64% whole by 9mo vs 60% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,782/mo
median; plan ~$1,212/mo after 68% keep · $7,727 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.2 mo [1.2-3.9], measured ONLY among the 64% 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)
49%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,308
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$89 @ 82% POP
80% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 17 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: $2.01/sh now → $1.42 mid-life (likely $1.65–$2.44)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.65/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.77/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,458 simulated challenges: the $81 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 8, at $82 (overshoots $1.26). 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 (17 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$8114 Aug 202611d left+$0.55/sh+$929
cycle +$2,034
[+$498…+$919] · 98% credit
62%
surv 52%
-$27,835 NOT
cap gain +$7,285
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$8421 Aug 202618d left+$0.35/sh+$591
cycle +$1,696
[-$4…+$523] · 75% credit
72%
surv 66%
-$22,002 NOT
cap gain +$13,118
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$8214 Aug 202611d left+$0.26/sh+$443
cycle +$1,548
[-$76…+$389] · 66% credit
65%
surv 56%
-$26,825 NOT
cap gain +$8,295
Max even-money escape in the band~$8521 Aug 202618d left+$0.06/sh+$97
cycle +$1,202
[-$646…-$20] · 24% credit
73%
surv 67%
-$21,561 NOT
cap gain +$13,559
SS $93 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$8921 Aug 202618d left-$0.58/sh-$994
cycle +$111
[-$2,004…-$1,211] · 1% credit
82%
surv 80%
-$15,172 NOT
cap gain +$19,948
budget: banked $1,105 debit $994 (90% used ≈ 1.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$111 cash · rolled 17 ct earn ≈ $2,365/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$4,144/mo
vs 50% target ($4,000/mo)+4%
vs normal income ($8,000/mo)52% covered
Net income (after hedge)$4,174/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $81 is $15 below CC-SS $96.32: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$24,937
… as % of IC ($56,800)43.9%
… as % of ML ($100,800)24.7%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.1 mo
Surgical close (17 ct)$-30,192
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.16/sh (~25% of the $0.65 collected) or spot ≥ $81.85 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $81)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $80.40 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $80.19Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$80-81.85
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
≥ $81.85
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 0.94 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$81.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,105$-28,764+$6,356+$1,020
+2.5%$83.02 (≤1σ, normal week)$-2,337$-28,420+$6,700-$2,422
+5%$85.05 (1.2σ)$-5,780$-28,076+$7,044-$5,865
SS (= V-bounce)$93.40 (2.6σ)$-19,975$-26,656+$8,464-$20,060
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $96.32, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-35,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,883
− CC assignment net of premium (17 × $81): -$24,937
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (3 × $95): -$381
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-26,555 (+$8,565 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,775 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-22,780, the opportunity cost of earning $4,144/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $90.20 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$14,535, position total $-27,200 (+$7,920 vs today)
100% normal17 × $78.507 Aug8d0.4%54%hist 79%96%hist 90%+10pp$2,210$8,288+$4,144$28,082
Sell 17 × $78.50 0.4% OTM over spot $78.20 7 Aug 2026 (8d, $1.62 mid)
= $2,210 credit for the 8d cycle → $8,288/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $78.50)
54%
Breach risk
46%
POP (stays ≤ $80.12)
64%
EV / mo
$-3,426
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+10pp
64% whole by 9mo vs 53% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~9.0/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,505/mo
median; plan ~$1,704/mo after 68% keep · $12,422 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.4 mo [1.1-4.2], measured ONLY among the 64% 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)
78%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$57
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$90 @ 90% POP
90% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 17 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: $1.89/sh now → $1.33 mid-life (likely $1.86–$2.70)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.30/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.03/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 2,333 simulated challenges: the $78 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 8, at $80 (overshoots $1.44). 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 (17 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$7814 Aug 202611d left+$0.51/sh+$873
cycle +$3,083
[+$295…+$568] · 93% credit
62%
surv 52%
-$31,461 NOT
cap gain +$3,659
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$8021 Aug 202618d left+$0.58/sh+$985
cycle +$3,195
[+$240…+$588] · 89% credit
68%
surv 60%
-$27,983 NOT
cap gain +$7,137
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$7914 Aug 202611d left+$0.23/sh+$392
cycle +$2,602
[-$316…+$43] · 34% credit
65%
surv 56%
-$30,446 NOT
cap gain +$4,674
Max even-money escape in the band~$8221 Aug 202618d left+$0.00/sh+$5
cycle +$2,215
[-$1,019…-$463] · 7% credit
73%
surv 68%
-$25,223 NOT
cap gain +$9,897
SS $93 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$9021 Aug 202618d left-$1.11/sh-$1,894
cycle +$316
[-$3,833…-$2,647]
90%
surv 90%
-$12,162 NOT
cap gain +$22,958
budget: banked $2,210 debit $1,894 (86% used ≈ 1.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$316 cash · rolled 17 ct earn ≈ $621/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$8,288/mo
vs 50% target ($4,000/mo)+107%
vs normal income ($8,000/mo)104% covered
Net income (after hedge)$8,318/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $78.50 is $18 below CC-SS $96.32: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$28,082
… as % of IC ($56,800)49.4%
… as % of ML ($100,800)27.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.5 mo
Surgical close (17 ct)$-30,404
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.33/sh (~25% of the $1.30 collected) or spot ≥ $80.12 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $78)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $80.40 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $77.72Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$78-80.12
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
≥ $80.12
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 0.94 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$78.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,210$-32,334+$2,786+$2,125
+2.5%$80.46 (≤1σ, normal week)$-1,126$-32,000+$3,120-$1,211
+5%$82.42 (≤1σ, normal week)$-4,462$-31,667+$3,453-$4,547
SS (= V-bounce)$93.40 (2.6σ)$-23,120$-29,801+$5,319-$23,205
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $96.32, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-35,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,883
− CC assignment net of premium (17 × $78.50): -$28,082
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (3 × $95): -$381
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-29,700 (+$5,420 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,775 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-25,925, the opportunity cost of earning $8,288/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $90.20 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$17,680, position total $-30,345 (+$4,775 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 COPX 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 (3 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: 0.935 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$33,883 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-3,775

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$818d7 Aug 2026$0.6517/20$4,144$4,17469%74%$-1,703-$24,93743.9%$-26,555 (vs do-nothing $-22,780)
$8222d21 Aug 2026$1.5519/20$4,016$4,02667%73%$-642-$24,26142.7%$-25,625 (vs do-nothing $-21,850)
$80.508d7 Aug 2026$0.7515/20$4,219$4,26966%72%$-1,772-$22,60439.8%$-24,475 (vs do-nothing $-20,700)
$81.5022d21 Aug 2026$1.8516/20$4,036$4,07665%73%$-233-$20,75136.5%$-22,495 (vs do-nothing $-18,720)
$808d7 Aug 2026$0.8513/20$4,144$4,21463%70%$-1,853-$20,11035.4%$-22,235 (vs do-nothing $-18,460)
$80.5015d14 Aug 2026$1.3515/20$4,050$4,10063%70%$-1,209-$21,70438.2%$-23,575 (vs do-nothing $-19,800)
$8015d14 Aug 2026$1.4514/20$4,060$4,12061%69%$-1,359-$20,81736.6%$-22,815 (vs do-nothing $-19,040)
$79.508d7 Aug 2026$1.0011/20$4,125$4,21560%68%$-1,705-$17,40130.6%$-19,780 (vs do-nothing $-16,005)
$8022d21 Aug 2026$2.1514/20$4,105$4,16560%69%$-667-$19,83734.9%$-21,835 (vs do-nothing $-18,060)
$79.5015d14 Aug 2026$1.4015/20$4,200$4,25058%67%$-2,197-$23,12940.7%$-25,000 (vs do-nothing $-21,225)
$79.5022d21 Aug 2026$2.4013/20$4,255$4,32558%68%$-532-$18,74533.0%$-20,870 (vs do-nothing $-17,095)
$798d7 Aug 2026$1.0011/20$4,125$4,21557%65%$-2,540-$17,95131.6%$-20,330 (vs do-nothing $-16,555)
$7915d14 Aug 2026$1.8511/20$4,070$4,16056%66%$-1,085-$17,01630.0%$-19,395 (vs do-nothing $-15,620)
Show 13 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$7922d21 Aug 2026$2.6012/20$4,255$4,33556%67%$-512-$17,66331.1%$-19,915 (vs do-nothing $-16,140)
$78.5022d21 Aug 2026$2.6012/20$4,255$4,33554%66%$-880-$18,26332.2%$-20,515 (vs do-nothing $-16,740)
$78.508d7 Aug 2026$1.309/20$4,388$4,49854%64%$-1,814-$14,86726.2%$-17,500 (vs do-nothing $-13,725)
$78.5015d14 Aug 2026$2.0510/20$4,100$4,20054%65%$-1,037-$15,76927.8%$-18,275 (vs do-nothing $-14,500)
$7822d21 Aug 2026$2.8511/20$4,275$4,36552%64%$-787-$17,01630.0%$-19,395 (vs do-nothing $-15,620)
$7815d14 Aug 2026$2.2010/20$4,400$4,50051%64%$-1,217-$16,11928.4%$-18,625 (vs do-nothing $-14,850)
$788d7 Aug 2026$1.508/20$4,500$4,62050%62%$-1,737-$13,45523.7%$-16,215 (vs do-nothing $-12,440)
$77.5022d21 Aug 2026$3.2510/20$4,430$4,53050%63%$-512-$15,57027.4%$-18,076 (vs do-nothing $-14,301)
$77.5015d14 Aug 2026$2.409/20$4,320$4,43049%62%$-1,194-$14,77726.0%$-17,410 (vs do-nothing $-13,635)
$7722d21 Aug 2026$3.2010/20$4,364$4,46447%62%$-936-$16,11928.4%$-18,625 (vs do-nothing $-14,850)
$77.508d7 Aug 2026$1.707/20$4,462$4,59247%60%$-1,682-$11,98321.1%$-14,870 (vs do-nothing $-11,095)
$7715d14 Aug 2026$2.459/20$4,410$4,52046%61%$-1,588-$15,18226.7%$-17,815 (vs do-nothing $-14,040)
$778d7 Aug 2026$1.906/20$4,275$4,41543%58%$-1,626-$10,45118.4%$-13,465 (vs do-nothing $-9,690)

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 20 contracts at the conservative CC.

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