FORTRESS FIGHT: ETHA @ $13.34

BE SS: $17.33  |  CC-SS: $17.93  |  50 contracts (5,000 sh)  |  2026-07-10 10:41 |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

ETHA @ $13.34   UNDERWATER $3.99 (23.0% below BE SS)

50 contracts (5,000 sh)  |  BE SS: $17.33  |  CC-SS: $17.93  |  IV: HIGH  |  Accounts: Main:1299

LC: $13 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $9.050/sh)
SP: $16 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $4.879/sh)
HP: $10 exp 2026-10-16 (entry $0.737/sh)

Economics

Max Loss$51,650(ND $4.33 + SW $6) x 5000
Normal income ref$3,857/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge rolling cost$811/mo
Unrealized P&L$-23,100fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$1,929/mo
HEDGE COVER
$811/mo
NORMAL INCOME
$3,857/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
5.6 mo to earn back $21,650
ML VELOCITY
13.4 mo to earn back $51,650
Deep drawdown (unpriceable at CC-SS): no listed call within 92% of CC-SS $17.93 in the fetched chain; the deepest available is $16C (14d, $214/mo, a BELOW-CC-SS strike, not a safe CC). Income at true CC-SS ≈ $0, so FIGHT below it is warranted.
🏦 Campaign ledger: seeded, nothing tracked yet. Open short calls and banked credits appear here from the next cycle on; CC-SS ratchets down as premium accrues.
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYPULLBACK · %B 27 (live) · RSI 38 · MACD bearish, hist rising
DAILYMIXED (provisional) · RSI 49 · %B 73 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELS20W MA (bounce target) $15.14 (+13%) · daily UBB $14.01 · 1-wk expected move ±$1 (chain IV)
SETUPOversold with mixed daily momentum: lean 🎯, keep DTE short, watch the daily band. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 50 contracts at $14 / 7d. This is the safest strike (survival 78%, breach 22%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($1,929/mo); it brings $1,929/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 43 × $13.50/7d for $3,870/mo, but breach risk rises to 41% (+20pp vs the primary). The lower strike is hit by a smaller bounce.
More safety, less income: for just the hedge you can sit at 48 × $14.50/7d (90% survival, $823/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $19,199 (89% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $17, recoverable in 5.0 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 50 contracts realizes $-23,125 and cuts bleed by $811/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 50 contracts). The master ranks the two by E[net]/mo to pick one grand pick; both are shown here so you can choose the tenor that fits your roll cadence.

🏆 Grand pick: NEXT FRIDAY · 17 Jul 2026 (7d) · sell 50 × $14, 78% survival, $1,929/mo (E[net] $339/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆17 Jul 2026 · 7d50 × $1478%$1,929$339

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 17 Jul 2026 · 7d · E[net] $339/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 50 × $14 (primary), 78% survival, breach 22%, $1,929/mo.
⚖️ Worth a safer step: the $14.50 rung (cover hedge) lifts survival to 90% (breach 22% → 10%) for $1,106/mo less (57% income), and it still covers your hedge. The pick sits below the ~80% (≈1σ) comfort line; on a drawdown you are nursing back, dodging the frequent breach usually beats the extra premium. Lean: the safer $14.50 rung, unless you need the income to cover the hedge bleed, or you expect ETHA to stay flat-to-down near term.
ETHA  spot $13.34 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsPer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
cover hedge ← lean48 × $14.5017 Jul7d8.7%90%20%$192$823-$1,106$16,271
Sell 48 × $14.50 8.7% OTM over spot $13.34 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.04 mid)
= $192 credit for the 7d cycle → $823/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $14.50)
90%
Breach risk
10%
POP (stays ≤ $14.54)
91%
EV / mo
+$303
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 4.0 mo [2.1-6.2] median  ·  36% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 32% without)  ·  ~4.8 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $-1,823
🛡 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)
12%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$992
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$16 @ 80% POP
76% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 48 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.35/sh now → $0.25 mid-life (likely $0.19–$0.34)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.04/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.21/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 365 simulated challenges: the $14 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $15 (overshoots $0.19). 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 (48 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1524 Jul 202610d left+$0.12/sh+$599
cycle +$791
[+$552…+$844] · 100% credit
68%
surv 57%
-$15,907 NOT
cap gain +$7,193
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1424 Jul 202610d left+$0.12/sh+$592
cycle +$784
[+$521…+$866] · 99% credit
63%
surv 52%
-$16,690 NOT
cap gain +$6,410
Max even-money escape in the band~$1531 Jul 202618d left+$0.09/sh+$446
cycle +$638
[+$322…+$714] · 96% credit
74%
surv 67%
-$13,639 NOT
cap gain +$9,461
SS $17 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1631 Jul 202618d left-$0.04/sh-$168
cycle +$24
[-$386…+$56] · 30% credit
80%
surv 76%
-$11,830 NOT
cap gain +$11,270
budget: banked $192 debit $168 (88% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$24 cash · rolled 48 ct earn ≈ $1,693/mo while parked; 2 ct free to re-sell
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 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$823/mo
vs 50% target ($1,929/mo)-57%
vs normal income ($3,857/mo)21% covered
Net income (after hedge)$20/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $14.50 is $3 below CC-SS $17.93: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$16,271
… as % of IC ($21,650)75.2%
… as % of ML ($51,650)31.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)4.2 mo
Surgical close (48 ct)$-22,200
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.01/sh (~25% of the $0.04 collected) or spot ≥ $14.54 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $14)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $14.01 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $14.36Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$14-14.54
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $14.54
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 0.97 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$14.50 (1.3σ)$192$-17,282+$5,818+$48
+2.5%$14.86 (1.7σ)$-1,548$-17,265+$5,835-$1,692
+5%$15.23 (2.2σ)$-3,288$-17,249+$5,851-$3,432
SS (= V-bounce)$17.33 (4.6σ)$-13,392$-17,154+$5,946-$13,536
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $17.93, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-23,100
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$22,238
− CC assignment net of premium (48 × $14.50): -$16,271
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (2 × $17.50): -$80
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-17,213 (+$5,887 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,861 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-14,352, the opportunity cost of earning $823/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $15.14 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$2,880, position total $-17,253 (+$5,847 vs today)
33% normal33 × $1417 Jul7d4.9%78%44%$297$1,273-$656$12,672
Sell 33 × $14 4.9% OTM over spot $13.34 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.10 mid)
= $297 credit for the 7d cycle → $1,273/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $14)
78%
Breach risk
22%
POP (stays ≤ $14.10)
81%
EV / mo
+$197
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 3.4 mo [2.0-5.5] median, 0.1 mo SLOWER than no FIGHT (3.3 mo): roll costs eat the credits at this rung  ·  34% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 31% without)  ·  ~11.0 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $-665
🛡 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)
31%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$459
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$15 @ 81% POP
78% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 33 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.32/sh now → $0.23 mid-life (likely $0.25–$0.37)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.09/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.14/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 943 simulated challenges: the $14 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 7, at $14 (overshoots $0.20). 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 (33 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1424 Jul 202610d left+$0.11/sh+$371
cycle +$668
[+$285…+$412] · 100% credit
68%
surv 57%
-$18,408 NOT
cap gain +$4,692
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1424 Jul 202610d left+$0.12/sh+$380
cycle +$677
[+$267…+$423] · 99% credit
63%
surv 52%
-$19,174 NOT
cap gain +$3,926
Max even-money escape in the band~$1531 Jul 202618d left+$0.07/sh+$244
cycle +$541
[+$87…+$266] · 89% credit
74%
surv 68%
-$16,113 NOT
cap gain +$6,987
SS $17 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1531 Jul 202618d left-$0.05/sh-$156
cycle +$141
[-$405…-$163] · 10% credit
81%
surv 78%
-$14,090 NOT
cap gain +$9,010
budget: banked $297 debit $156 (52% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$141 cash · rolled 33 ct earn ≈ $1,001/mo while parked; 17 ct free to re-sell
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$1,273/mo
vs 50% target ($1,929/mo)-34%
vs normal income ($3,857/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$534/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $14 is $4 below CC-SS $17.93: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$12,672
… as % of IC ($21,650)58.5%
… as % of ML ($51,650)24.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.3 mo
Surgical close (33 ct)$-15,262
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.02/sh (~25% of the $0.09 collected) or spot ≥ $14.10 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $14)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $14.01 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $13.86Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$14-14.10
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $14.10
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 0.97 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$14.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$297$-19,554+$3,546+$198
+2.5%$14.35 (1.2σ)$-858$-19,014+$4,086-$957
+5%$14.70 (1.6σ)$-2,013$-18,473+$4,627-$2,112
SS (= V-bounce)$17.33 (4.6σ)$-10,692$-14,409+$8,691-$10,791
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $17.93, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-23,100
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$22,238
− CC assignment net of premium (33 × $14): -$12,672
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (17 × $17.50): -$680
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-14,213 (+$8,887 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,861 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-11,352, the opportunity cost of earning $1,273/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $15.14 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$3,465, position total $-17,793 (+$5,307 vs today)
🎯 50% normal50 × $1417 Jul7d4.9%78%32%$450$1,929$19,199
Sell 50 × $14 4.9% OTM over spot $13.34 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.10 mid)
= $450 credit for the 7d cycle → $1,929/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $14)
78%
Breach risk
22%
POP (stays ≤ $14.10)
81%
EV / mo
+$299
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 4.2 mo [2.7-6.6] median, 0.1 mo SLOWER than no FIGHT (4.0 mo): roll costs eat the credits at this rung  ·  40% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 32% without)  ·  ~11.1 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $1,040
🛡 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)
32%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$696
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$15 @ 81% POP
78% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 50 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.32/sh now → $0.23 mid-life (likely $0.24–$0.36)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.09/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.14/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 971 simulated challenges: the $14 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 7, at $14 (overshoots $0.18). 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 (50 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1424 Jul 202610d left+$0.11/sh+$562
cycle +$1,012
[+$444…+$656] · 100% credit
68%
surv 57%
-$18,115 NOT
cap gain +$4,985
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1424 Jul 202610d left+$0.12/sh+$576
cycle +$1,026
[+$413…+$679] · 99% credit
63%
surv 52%
-$18,877 NOT
cap gain +$4,223
Max even-money escape in the band~$1531 Jul 202618d left+$0.07/sh+$370
cycle +$820
[+$147…+$434] · 91% credit
74%
surv 68%
-$15,885 NOT
cap gain +$7,215
SS $17 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1531 Jul 202618d left-$0.05/sh-$236
cycle +$214
[-$569…-$218] · 10% credit
81%
surv 78%
-$14,068 NOT
cap gain +$9,032
budget: banked $450 debit $236 (52% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$214 cash · rolled 50 ct earn ≈ $1,517/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$1,929/mo
vs 50% target ($1,929/mo)+0%
vs normal income ($3,857/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,117/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $14 is $4 below CC-SS $17.93: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$19,199
… as % of IC ($21,650)88.7%
… as % of ML ($51,650)37.2%
Recovery months (at normal income)5.0 mo
Surgical close (50 ct)$-23,125
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.02/sh (~25% of the $0.09 collected) or spot ≥ $14.10 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $14)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $14.01 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $13.86Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$14-14.10
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $14.10
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 0.97 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$14.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$450$-19,452+$3,648+$300
+2.5%$14.35 (1.2σ)$-1,300$-19,507+$3,593-$1,450
+5%$14.70 (1.6σ)$-3,050$-19,561+$3,539-$3,200
SS (= V-bounce)$17.33 (4.6σ)$-16,200$-19,968+$3,132-$16,350
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $17.93, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-23,100
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$22,238
− CC assignment net of premium (50 × $14): -$19,199
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-20,061 (+$3,039 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,861 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-17,200, the opportunity cost of earning $1,929/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $15.14 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$5,250, position total $-19,629 (+$3,471 vs today)
100% normal43 × $13.5017 Jul7d1.2%59%84%$903$3,870+$1,941$18,145
Sell 43 × $13.50 1.2% OTM over spot $13.34 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.22 mid)
= $903 credit for the 7d cycle → $3,870/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $13.50)
59%
Breach risk
41%
POP (stays ≤ $13.72)
68%
EV / mo
$-68
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 3.7 mo [2.3-5.7] median, 0.1 mo SLOWER than no FIGHT (3.6 mo): roll costs eat the credits at this rung  ·  42% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 32% without)  ·  ~28.8 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $3,256
🛡 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)
66%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$10
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$16 @ 91% POP
91% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 43 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.30/sh now → $0.21 mid-life (likely $0.28–$0.41)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.21/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.00/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,988 simulated challenges: the $14 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 7, at $14 (overshoots $0.20). 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 (43 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1424 Jul 202610d left+$0.10/sh+$431
cycle +$1,334
[+$277…+$363] · 100% credit
68%
surv 57%
-$20,194 NOT
cap gain +$2,906
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1424 Jul 202610d left+$0.11/sh+$461
cycle +$1,364
[+$250…+$374] · 98% credit
63%
surv 52%
-$20,940 NOT
cap gain +$2,160
Max even-money escape in the band~$1431 Jul 202618d left+$0.06/sh+$241
cycle +$1,144
[-$62…+$122] · 64% credit
75%
surv 69%
-$17,962 NOT
cap gain +$5,138
SS $17 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1631 Jul 202618d left-$0.16/sh-$678
cycle +$225
[-$1,328…-$912]
91%
surv 91%
-$11,614 NOT
cap gain +$11,486
budget: banked $903 debit $678 (75% used ≈ 0.8 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$225 cash · rolled 43 ct earn ≈ $391/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$3,870/mo
vs 50% target ($1,929/mo)+101%
vs normal income ($3,857/mo)100% covered
Net income (after hedge)$3,089/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $13.50 is $4 below CC-SS $17.93: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$18,145
… as % of IC ($21,650)83.8%
… as % of ML ($51,650)35.1%
Recovery months (at normal income)4.7 mo
Surgical close (43 ct)$-19,909
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.05/sh (~25% of the $0.21 collected) or spot ≥ $13.72 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $14)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $14.01 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $13.37Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$13-13.72
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $13.72
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 0.97 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$13.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$903$-21,401+$1,699+$774
+2.5%$13.84 (≤1σ, normal week)$-548$-21,217+$1,883-$677
+5%$14.18 (≤1σ, normal week)$-2,000$-21,033+$2,067-$2,129
SS (= V-bounce)$17.33 (4.6σ)$-15,566$-19,313+$3,787-$15,695
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $17.93, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-23,100
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$22,238
− CC assignment net of premium (43 × $13.50): -$18,145
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (7 × $17.50): -$280
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-19,287 (+$3,813 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,861 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-16,426, the opportunity cost of earning $3,870/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $15.14 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$6,149, position total $-20,507 (+$2,593 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 ETHA are the tiebreakers.
⚔ FIGHT CC options · full candidate scan (6 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (3 expiries scanned, 6 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: 0.969 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$22,238 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-2,861

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$147d17 Jul 2026$0.0950/50$1,929$1,11778%81%+$299-$19,19988.7%$-20,061 (vs do-nothing $-17,200)
$1414d24 Jul 2026$0.2045/50$1,929$1,13972%77%+$226-$16,78477.5%$-17,846 (vs do-nothing $-14,985)
$1421d31 Jul 2026$0.3045/50$1,929$1,13968%75%+$211-$16,33475.4%$-17,396 (vs do-nothing $-14,535)
$13.507d17 Jul 2026$0.2122/50$1,980$1,28959%68%$-35-$9,28442.9%$-11,265 (vs do-nothing $-8,404)
$13.5014d24 Jul 2026$0.3625/50$1,929$1,22457%68%+$70-$10,17547.0%$-12,036 (vs do-nothing $-9,175)
$13.5021d31 Jul 2026$0.4829/50$1,989$1,26756%68%+$127-$11,45552.9%$-13,156 (vs do-nothing $-10,295)

Income/mo = FIGHT leg gross, DTE-prorated. Net/mo = FIGHT + conservative CC gross minus hedge cost. POP (mid) = probability stock closes at or below (strike + mid premium) at expiry, per-strike chain IV when available. Survival = CC expires fully worthless. EV/mo = premium minus expected buyback, monthly, with realized vol = IV x 85% (variance risk premium 15%). Cap give-up @ SS = recovery mortgaged on a V-bounce to SS, net of premium. Total P&L @ SS = absolute position P&L if the stock closes at SS; "vs do-nothing" = opportunity cost against holding all 50 contracts at the conservative CC.

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