FORTRESS FIGHT: ETHA @ $13.90

BE SS: $17.33  |  CC-SS: $18.13  |  50 contracts (5,000 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-07-18 03:37

ETHA @ $13.90   UNDERWATER $3.43 (19.8% below BE SS)

50 contracts (5,000 sh)  |  BE SS: $17.33  |  CC-SS: $18.13  |  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$5,192/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge rolling cost$517/mo
Unrealized P&L$-21,750fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$2,596/mo
HEDGE COVER
$517/mo
NORMAL INCOME
$5,192/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
4.2 mo to earn back $21,650
ML VELOCITY
9.9 mo to earn back $51,650
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $18.13 (probe: $18C 13d) brings only $115/mo (<20% of normal), so FIGHT below it is warranted.
🏦 Campaign ledger: seeded, nothing tracked yet. Open short calls and banked credits appear here from the next cycle on; the banked-floor (info) shows how far premium would ratchet the floor, but the recommended CC-SS stays the pure recovery strike.
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 34 (live) · RSI 41 · MACD bullish, hist rising
DAILYMIXED (provisional) · RSI 52 · %B 75 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $19.06 (+37%) · daily UBB $14.75 · 1-wk expected move ±$1 (chain IV)
SETUPNo tilt: engine default. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 44 contracts at $14.50 / 6d. This is the safest strike (survival 78%, breach 22%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($2,596/mo); it brings $2,640/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 36 × $14/6d for $5,220/mo, but breach risk rises to 44% (+22pp vs the primary). The lower strike is hit by a smaller bounce.
More safety, less income: for just the hedge you can sit at 35 × $15.50/6d (95% survival, $525/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $15,427 (71% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $17, recoverable in 3.0 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 44 contracts realizes $-19,162 and cuts bleed by $455/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 · 24 Jul 2026 (6d) · sell 44 × $14.50, 78% survival, $2,640/mo (E[net] $677/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆24 Jul 2026 · 6d44 × $14.5078%$2,640$677

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 24 Jul 2026 · 6d · E[net] $677/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 44 × $14.50 (primary), 78% survival, breach 22%, $2,640/mo.
⚖️ Worth a safer step: the $15 rung (🛡 safe yield) lifts survival to 90% (breach 22% → 10%) for $1,390/mo less (53% 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 $15 rung, unless you need the income to cover the hedge bleed, or you expect ETHA to stay flat-to-down near term.
ETHA  spot $13.90 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
cover hedge35 × $15.5024 Jul6d11.5%95%9%+2pp$105$525-$2,115$9,086
Sell 35 × $15.50 11.5% OTM over spot $13.90 24 Jul 2026 (6d, $0.04 mid)
= $105 credit for the 6d cycle → $525/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $15.50)
95%
Breach risk
5%
POP (stays ≤ $15.54)
96%
EV / mo
+$382
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+2pp
40% whole by 9mo vs 38% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.7/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$-6/mo
median; plan ~$-4/mo after 68% keep · $-22 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.7 mo [1.6-4.0], measured ONLY among the 40% 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)
3%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,000
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$17 @ 81% POP
78% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 35 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 6); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.45/sh now → $0.32 mid-life (likely $0.22–$0.36)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.03/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.29/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 93 simulated challenges: the $16 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 6, at $16 (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 (35 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1631 Jul 202610d left+$0.18/sh+$630
cycle +$735
[+$695…+$900] · 100% credit
66%
surv 52%
-$12,930 NOT
cap gain +$8,820
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$1631 Jul 202610d left+$0.18/sh+$647
cycle +$752
[+$713…+$900] · 100% credit
69%
surv 55%
-$12,410 NOT
cap gain +$9,340
Max even-money escape in the band~$1714 Aug 202624d left+$0.10/sh+$339
cycle +$444
[+$342…+$652] · 87% credit
77%
surv 71%
-$7,694 NOT
cap gain +$14,056
SS $17 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1714 Aug 202624d left-$0.02/sh-$58
cycle +$47
[-$112…+$254] · 66% credit
81%
surv 78%
-$5,728 NOT
cap gain +$16,022
budget: banked $105 debit $58 (55% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$47 cash · rolled 35 ct earn ≈ $1,309/mo while parked; 15 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$525/mo
vs 50% target ($2,596/mo)-80%
vs normal income ($5,192/mo)10% covered
Net income (after hedge)$112/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $15.50 is $3 below CC-SS $18.13: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$9,086
… as % of IC ($21,650)42.0%
… as % of ML ($51,650)17.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.7 mo
Surgical close (35 ct)$-15,243
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 $0.03 collected) or spot ≥ $15.54 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $16)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $14.75 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $15.35Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$15-15.54
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
≥ $15.54
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 1.00 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$15.50 (2.0σ)$105$-13,560+$8,190+$0
+2.5%$15.89 (2.4σ)$-1,251$-12,969+$8,781-$1,356
+5%$16.28 (2.9σ)$-2,608$-12,378+$9,372-$2,713
SS (= V-bounce)$17.33 (4.2σ)$-6,300$-11,264+$10,486-$5,250
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $18.13, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-21,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$21,236
− CC assignment net of premium (35 × $15.50): -$9,086
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (15 × $17): -$1,644
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-11,244 (+$10,506 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,994 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-5,250, the opportunity cost of earning $525/mo FIGHT income now)
🛡 safe yield ← lean50 × $1524 Jul6d7.9%90%20%+4pp$250$1,250-$1,390$15,380
Sell 50 × $15 7.9% OTM over spot $13.90 24 Jul 2026 (6d, $0.06 mid)
= $250 credit for the 6d cycle → $1,250/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $15)
90%
Breach risk
10%
POP (stays ≤ $15.05)
91%
EV / mo
+$668
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+4pp
46% whole by 9mo vs 42% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.6/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$348/mo
median; plan ~$237/mo after 68% keep · $2,166 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~3.2 mo [1.7-5.2], measured ONLY among the 46% 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)
12%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,222
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$17 @ 82% POP
79% 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 6); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.42/sh now → $0.29 mid-life (likely $0.26–$0.44)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.05/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.24/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 358 simulated challenges: the $15 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 6, at $15 (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 (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)~$1531 Jul 202610d left+$0.17/sh+$850
cycle +$1,100
[+$771…+$1,123] · 100% credit
69%
surv 55%
-$14,620 NOT
cap gain +$7,130
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1531 Jul 202610d left+$0.17/sh+$843
cycle +$1,093
[+$742…+$1,133] · 99% credit
66%
surv 52%
-$15,129 NOT
cap gain +$6,621
Max even-money escape in the band~$1614 Aug 202624d left+$0.07/sh+$366
cycle +$616
[+$59…+$620] · 78% credit
77%
surv 72%
-$10,079 NOT
cap gain +$11,671
SS $17 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1714 Aug 202624d left-$0.03/sh-$174
cycle +$76
[-$570…+$45] · 28% credit
82%
surv 79%
-$8,107 NOT
cap gain +$13,643
budget: banked $250 debit $174 (70% used ≈ 0.6 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$76 cash · rolled 50 ct earn ≈ $1,622/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$1,250/mo
vs 50% target ($2,596/mo)-52%
vs normal income ($5,192/mo)24% covered
Net income (after hedge)$733/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $15 is $3 below CC-SS $18.13: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$15,380
… as % of IC ($21,650)71.0%
… as % of ML ($51,650)29.8%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.0 mo
Surgical close (50 ct)$-21,775
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.01/sh (~25% of the $0.05 collected) or spot ≥ $15.05 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $15)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $14.75 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $14.85Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$15-15.05
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $15.05
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.00 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$15.00 (1.4σ)$250$-15,973+$5,777+$100
+2.5%$15.37 (1.8σ)$-1,625$-15,963+$5,787-$1,775
+5%$15.75 (2.3σ)$-3,500$-15,954+$5,796-$3,650
SS (= V-bounce)$17.33 (4.2σ)$-11,400$-15,914+$5,836-$9,900
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $18.13, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-21,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$21,236
− CC assignment net of premium (50 × $15): -$15,380
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-15,894 (+$5,856 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,994 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-9,900, the opportunity cost of earning $1,250/mo FIGHT income now)
33% normal29 × $14.5024 Jul6d4.3%78%45%+6pp$348$1,740-$900$10,167
Sell 29 × $14.50 4.3% OTM over spot $13.90 24 Jul 2026 (6d, $0.12 mid)
= $348 credit for the 6d cycle → $1,740/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $14.50)
78%
Breach risk
22%
POP (stays ≤ $14.62)
82%
EV / mo
+$708
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+6pp
44% whole by 9mo vs 37% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$485/mo
median; plan ~$330/mo after 68% keep · $3,733 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~3.4 mo [2.0-4.9], measured ONLY among the 44% 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)
33%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$446
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$16 @ 83% POP
80% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 29 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 6); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.39/sh now → $0.27 mid-life (likely $0.29–$0.45)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.12/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.15/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 983 simulated challenges: the $14 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 6, at $15 (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 (29 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)~$1531 Jul 202610d left+$0.16/sh+$451
cycle +$799
[+$345…+$511] · 100% credit
69%
surv 55%
-$17,370 NOT
cap gain +$4,380
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1431 Jul 202610d left+$0.16/sh+$457
cycle +$805
[+$330…+$519] · 99% credit
66%
surv 52%
-$17,867 NOT
cap gain +$3,883
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1514 Aug 202624d left+$0.19/sh+$560
cycle +$908
[+$355…+$609] · 98% credit
73%
surv 65%
-$14,749 NOT
cap gain +$7,001
Max even-money escape in the band~$1614 Aug 202624d left+$0.05/sh+$148
cycle +$496
[-$112…+$157] · 53% credit
78%
surv 73%
-$12,648 NOT
cap gain +$9,102
SS $17 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1614 Aug 202624d left-$0.05/sh-$149
cycle +$199
[-$462…-$160] · 11% credit
83%
surv 80%
-$10,433 NOT
cap gain +$11,317
budget: banked $348 debit $149 (43% used ≈ 0.4 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$199 cash · rolled 29 ct earn ≈ $806/mo while parked; 21 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$1,740/mo
vs 50% target ($2,596/mo)-33%
vs normal income ($5,192/mo)34% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,369/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $14.50 is $4 below CC-SS $18.13: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$10,167
… as % of IC ($21,650)47.0%
… as % of ML ($51,650)19.7%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.0 mo
Surgical close (29 ct)$-12,630
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 $0.12 collected) or spot ≥ $14.62 (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 $14.75 (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
$14-14.62
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
≥ $14.62
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 1.00 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$14.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$348$-18,324+$3,426+$261
+2.5%$14.86 (1.2σ)$-703$-17,554+$4,196-$790
+5%$15.23 (1.6σ)$-1,755$-16,783+$4,967-$1,842
SS (= V-bounce)$17.33 (4.2σ)$-7,859$-13,003+$8,747-$6,989
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $18.13, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-21,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$21,236
− CC assignment net of premium (29 × $14.50): -$10,167
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (21 × $17): -$2,302
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-12,983 (+$8,767 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,994 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-6,989, the opportunity cost of earning $1,740/mo FIGHT income now)
🎯 50% normal44 × $14.5024 Jul6d4.3%78%33%+11pp$528$2,640$15,427
Sell 44 × $14.50 4.3% OTM over spot $13.90 24 Jul 2026 (6d, $0.12 mid)
= $528 credit for the 6d cycle → $2,640/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $14.50)
78%
Breach risk
22%
POP (stays ≤ $14.62)
82%
EV / mo
+$1,074
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+11pp
49% whole by 9mo vs 38% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$840/mo
median; plan ~$571/mo after 68% keep · $6,414 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~3.5 mo [1.9-6.0], measured ONLY among the 49% 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)
33%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$676
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$16 @ 83% POP
80% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 44 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 6); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.39/sh now → $0.27 mid-life (likely $0.29–$0.45)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.12/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.15/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 978 simulated challenges: the $14 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 6, at $15 (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 (44 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)~$1531 Jul 202610d left+$0.16/sh+$684
cycle +$1,212
[+$521…+$766] · 99% credit
69%
surv 55%
-$17,002 NOT
cap gain +$4,748
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1431 Jul 202610d left+$0.16/sh+$694
cycle +$1,222
[+$501…+$778] · 99% credit
66%
surv 52%
-$17,495 NOT
cap gain +$4,255
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1514 Aug 202624d left+$0.19/sh+$849
cycle +$1,377
[+$529…+$909] · 98% credit
73%
surv 65%
-$14,325 NOT
cap gain +$7,425
Max even-money escape in the band~$1614 Aug 202624d left+$0.05/sh+$225
cycle +$753
[-$175…+$227] · 52% credit
78%
surv 73%
-$12,437 NOT
cap gain +$9,313
SS $17 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1614 Aug 202624d left-$0.05/sh-$226
cycle +$302
[-$709…-$244] · 10% credit
83%
surv 80%
-$10,375 NOT
cap gain +$11,375
budget: banked $528 debit $226 (43% used ≈ 0.4 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$302 cash · rolled 44 ct earn ≈ $1,223/mo while parked; 6 ct free to re-sell
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$2,640/mo
vs 50% target ($2,596/mo)+2%
vs normal income ($5,192/mo)51% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,165/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $14.50 is $4 below CC-SS $18.13: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$15,427
… as % of IC ($21,650)71.3%
… as % of ML ($51,650)29.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.0 mo
Surgical close (44 ct)$-19,162
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 $0.12 collected) or spot ≥ $14.62 (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 $14.75 (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
$14-14.62
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
≥ $14.62
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 1.00 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$14.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$528$-18,189+$3,561+$396
+2.5%$14.86 (1.2σ)$-1,067$-17,962+$3,788-$1,199
+5%$15.23 (1.6σ)$-2,662$-17,736+$4,014-$2,794
SS (= V-bounce)$17.33 (4.2σ)$-11,924$-16,618+$5,132-$10,604
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $18.13, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-21,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$21,236
− CC assignment net of premium (44 × $14.50): -$15,427
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (6 × $17): -$658
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-16,598 (+$5,152 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,994 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-10,604, the opportunity cost of earning $2,640/mo FIGHT income now)
100% normal36 × $1424 Jul6d0.7%56%89%+12pp$1,044$5,220+$2,580$13,810
Sell 36 × $14 0.7% OTM over spot $13.90 24 Jul 2026 (6d, $0.29 mid)
= $1,044 credit for the 6d cycle → $5,220/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $14)
56%
Breach risk
44%
POP (stays ≤ $14.29)
70%
EV / mo
+$1,352
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+12pp
47% whole by 9mo vs 35% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~11.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,150/mo
median; plan ~$782/mo after 68% keep · $8,658 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~3.6 mo [2.3-5.5], measured ONLY among the 47% 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)
69%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
+$131
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$17 @ 92% POP
91% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 36 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 6); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $0.36/sh now → $0.25 mid-life (likely $0.34–$0.52)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.29/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets +$0.04/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 2,075 simulated challenges: the $14 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 6, at $14 (overshoots $0.22). 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 (36 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)~$1431 Jul 202610d left+$0.14/sh+$510
cycle +$1,554
[+$295…+$427] · 99% credit
69%
surv 55%
-$19,149 NOT
cap gain +$2,601
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1431 Jul 202610d left+$0.15/sh+$529
cycle +$1,573
[+$274…+$433] · 97% credit
66%
surv 52%
-$19,632 NOT
cap gain +$2,118
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$1514 Aug 202624d left+$0.17/sh+$604
cycle +$1,648
[+$172…+$433] · 87% credit
73%
surv 65%
-$16,542 NOT
cap gain +$5,208
Max even-money escape in the band~$1514 Aug 202624d left+$0.03/sh+$110
cycle +$1,154
[-$427…-$85] · 15% credit
79%
surv 74%
-$14,524 NOT
cap gain +$7,226
SS $17 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$1714 Aug 202624d left-$0.18/sh-$639
cycle +$405
[-$1,431…-$900]
92%
surv 91%
-$7,736 NOT
cap gain +$14,014
budget: banked $1,044 debit $639 (61% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$405 cash · rolled 36 ct earn ≈ $343/mo while parked; 14 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$5,220/mo
vs 50% target ($2,596/mo)+101%
vs normal income ($5,192/mo)101% covered
Net income (after hedge)$4,800/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $14 is $4 below CC-SS $18.13: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$13,810
… as % of IC ($21,650)63.8%
… as % of ML ($51,650)26.7%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.7 mo
Surgical close (36 ct)$-15,678
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.07/sh (~25% of the $0.29 collected) or spot ≥ $14.29 (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 $14.75 (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
$14-14.29
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
≥ $14.29
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 1.00 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$14.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,044$-20,162+$1,588+$936
+2.5%$14.35 (≤1σ, normal week)$-216$-19,663+$2,087-$324
+5%$14.70 (≤1σ, normal week)$-1,476$-19,164+$2,586-$1,584
SS (= V-bounce)$17.33 (4.2σ)$-10,944$-15,878+$5,872-$9,864
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $18.13, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-21,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$21,236
− CC assignment net of premium (36 × $14): -$13,810
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (14 × $17): -$1,534
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-15,858 (+$5,892 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,994 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-9,864, the opportunity cost of earning $5,220/mo FIGHT income now)
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 (7 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (4 expiries scanned, 7 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: 1.005 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$21,236 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-5,994

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$14.506d24 Jul 2026$0.1244/50$2,640$2,16578%82%+$1,074-$15,42771.3%$-16,598 (vs do-nothing $-10,604)
$14.5013d31 Jul 2026$0.2644/50$2,640$2,16570%77%+$792-$14,81168.4%$-15,982 (vs do-nothing $-9,988)
$14.5020d7 Aug 2026$0.3649/50$2,646$2,13667%76%+$676-$16,00473.9%$-16,627 (vs do-nothing $-10,633)
$146d24 Jul 2026$0.2918/50$2,610$2,31556%70%+$676-$6,90531.9%$-10,926 (vs do-nothing $-4,932)
$1413d31 Jul 2026$0.4525/50$2,596$2,25355%69%+$533-$9,19042.4%$-12,444 (vs do-nothing $-6,450)
$1427d14 Aug 2026$0.6735/50$2,606$2,19355%69%+$296-$12,09655.9%$-14,254 (vs do-nothing $-8,260)
$1420d7 Aug 2026$0.5731/50$2,650$2,26555%69%+$531-$11,02450.9%$-13,620 (vs do-nothing $-7,626)

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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