FORTRESS FIGHT: GLXY @ $25.26

BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $31.96  |  125 contracts (12,500 sh)  |  2026-07-10 02:12 |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GLXY @ $25.26   UNDERWATER $14.45 (36.4% below BE SS)

125 contracts (12,500 sh)  |  BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $31.96  |  IV: HIGH  |  Accounts: Main:1299

LC: $37.50 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $4.148/sh)
SP: $37.50 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $21.813/sh)
HP: $17.50 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $6.960/sh)

Economics

Max Loss$277,625(ND $2.21 + SW $20) x 12500
Normal income ref$21,964/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge rolling cost$4,219/mo
Unrealized P&L$-71,062fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$10,982/mo
HEDGE COVER
$4,219/mo
NORMAL INCOME
$21,964/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
1.3 mo to earn back $27,625
ML VELOCITY
12.6 mo to earn back $277,625
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $31.96 (probe: $32C 14d) brings only $4,018/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; CC-SS ratchets down as premium accrues.
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 48 (live) · RSI 48 · MACD bullish, hist falling
DAILYFALLING (provisional) · RSI 38 · %B 22 · hist rising (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $34.97 (+38%) · daily UBB $36.21 · 1-wk expected move ±$4 (chain IV)
SETUPNo tilt: engine default. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
⚠ Next earnings 2026-07-28: candidates whose expiry crosses it are flagged in the spectrum; EV is unreliable across earnings.
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 112 contracts at $30 / 7d. This is the safest strike (survival 89%, breach 11%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($10,982/mo); it brings $11,040/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 125 × $29/7d for $21,964/mo, but breach risk rises to 15% (+5pp vs the primary). The lower strike is hit by a smaller bounce.
More safety, less income: for just the hedge you can sit at 83 × $32.50/7d (97% survival, $4,269/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $19,332 (70% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $40, recoverable in 0.9 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 112 contracts realizes $-64,568 and cuts bleed by $3,780/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 125 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 112 × $30, 89% survival, $11,040/mo (E[net] $1,117/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 · 7d112 × $3089%$11,040$1,117

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 17 Jul 2026 · 7d · E[net] $1,117/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 112 × $30 (primary), 89% survival, breach 11%, $11,040/mo.
The pick is already past the ~80% (≈1σ) comfort line, so take the income. Stepping out to the $30.50 rung (🛡 safe yield) lifts survival to 91% (breach 11% → 9%) for $861/mo less (8% income) buys safety you do not really need here.
GLXY  spot $25.26 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsPer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
cover hedge83 × $32.5017 Jul7d28.7%97%7%$996$4,269-$6,771$0
Sell 83 × $32.50 28.7% OTM over spot $25.26 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.14 mid)
= $996 credit for the 7d cycle → $4,269/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $32.50)
97%
Breach risk
3%
POP (stays ≤ $32.64)
97%
EV / mo
+$3,463
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 1.1 mo [0.5-2.5] median  ·  70% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 67% without)  ·  ~0.8 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $-769
🛡 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)
4%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$13,246
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$37 @ 78% POP
72% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 83 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: $2.43/sh now → $1.72 mid-life (likely $1.24–$2.25)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.12/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.60/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 112 simulated challenges: the $32 strike is typically first touched on day 6 of 7, at $34 (overshoots $1.02). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (83 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)~$3424 Jul 202610d left+$0.17/sh+$1,381
cycle +$2,377
[+$811…+$4,816] · 81% credit
72%
surv 61%
+$21,518 SAFE
cap gain +$92,581
Max even-money escape in the band~$3731 Jul 202618d left+$0.18/sh+$1,494
cycle +$2,490
[+$803…+$5,320] · 79% credit
78%
surv 72%
+$53,469 SAFE
cap gain +$124,531
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$3224 Jul 202610d left+$0.14/sh+$1,137
cycle +$2,133
[+$489…+$5,060] · 77% credit
65%
surv 54%
+$8,115 SAFE
cap gain +$79,178
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$4,269/mo
vs 50% target ($10,982/mo)-61%
vs normal income ($21,964/mo)19% covered
Net income (after hedge)$500/mo
Downside budget
✓ $32.50 is at/above CC-SS $31.96: assignment is break-even or better.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$0
… as % of IC ($27,625)0.0%
… as % of ML ($277,625)0.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.0 mo
Surgical close (83 ct)$-47,351
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 ≥ $32.64 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $32)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $36.21 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $32.17Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$32-32.64
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
≥ $32.64
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 0.85 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$32.50 (2.0σ)$996$6,978+$78,040+$581
+2.5%$33.31 (2.3σ)$-5,748$8,857+$79,919-$6,163
+5%$34.12 (2.5σ)$-12,492$10,736+$81,798-$12,906
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (4.0σ)$-58,847$23,651+$94,714-$59,262
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $31.96, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-71,062
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$71,062
− CC assignment net of premium (83 × $32.50): -$0
+ Conservative CC premium (42 × $40): +$210
Total Position P&L @ SS: $210 (+$71,272 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $625 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-415, the opportunity cost of earning $4,269/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.97 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$19,505, position total $12,690 (+$83,752 vs today)
33% normal90 × $30.5017 Jul7d20.7%91%19%$1,710$7,329-$3,711$11,395
Sell 90 × $30.50 20.7% OTM over spot $25.26 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.31 mid)
= $1,710 credit for the 7d cycle → $7,329/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $30.50)
91%
Breach risk
9%
POP (stays ≤ $30.81)
92%
EV / mo
+$3,152
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 1.0 mo [0.5-2.4] median  ·  71% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 67% without)  ·  ~1.8 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $1,381
🛡 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)
11%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$12,288
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$35 @ 79% POP
74% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 90 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: $2.20/sh now → $1.56 mid-life (likely $1.25–$2.17)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.19/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.37/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 326 simulated challenges: the $30 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $31 (overshoots $0.89). 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 (90 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$3331 Jul 202618d left+$0.40/sh+$3,581
cycle +$5,291
[+$1,935…+$6,421] · 90% credit
75%
surv 68%
+$19,091 SAFE
cap gain +$90,154
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$3224 Jul 202610d left+$0.11/sh+$979
cycle +$2,689
[-$640…+$3,330] · 68% credit
72%
surv 62%
+$570 SAFE
cap gain +$71,633
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$3024 Jul 202610d left+$0.12/sh+$1,121
cycle +$2,831
[-$850…+$3,770] · 67% credit
65%
surv 54%
-$12,447 NOT
cap gain +$58,616
Max even-money escape in the band~$3531 Jul 202618d left+$0.05/sh+$461
cycle +$2,171
[-$1,625…+$2,899] · 56% credit
79%
surv 74%
+$31,890 SAFE
cap gain +$102,953
SS $40 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$7,329/mo
vs 50% target ($10,982/mo)-33%
vs normal income ($21,964/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$3,485/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $30.50 is $1 below CC-SS $31.96: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$11,395
… as % of IC ($27,625)41.2%
… as % of ML ($277,625)4.1%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.5 mo
Surgical close (90 ct)$-52,245
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 $0.19 collected) or spot ≥ $30.81 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $30)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $36.21 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $30.20Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$30-30.81
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
≥ $30.81
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 0.85 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$30.50 (1.5σ)$1,710$-13,568+$57,494+$1,260
+2.5%$31.26 (1.7σ)$-5,152$-12,338+$58,724-$5,602
+5%$32.02 (1.9σ)$-12,015$-11,109+$59,954-$12,465
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (4.0σ)$-81,180$1,283+$72,346-$81,630
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $31.96, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-71,062
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$71,062
− CC assignment net of premium (90 × $30.50): -$11,395
+ Conservative CC premium (35 × $40): +$175
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-11,220 (+$59,842 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $625 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-11,845, the opportunity cost of earning $7,329/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.97 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$38,520, position total $-6,360 (+$64,702 vs today)
🛡 safe yield125 × $30.5017 Jul7d20.7%91%19%$2,375$10,179-$861$15,826
Sell 125 × $30.50 20.7% OTM over spot $25.26 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.31 mid)
= $2,375 credit for the 7d cycle → $10,179/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $30.50)
91%
Breach risk
9%
POP (stays ≤ $30.81)
92%
EV / mo
+$4,377
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 1.2 mo [0.5-2.7] median  ·  70% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 66% without)  ·  ~2.0 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $4,196
🛡 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)
11%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$17,067
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$35 @ 79% POP
74% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 125 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: $2.20/sh now → $1.56 mid-life (likely $1.28–$2.26)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.19/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.37/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 338 simulated challenges: the $30 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $31 (overshoots $0.92). 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 (125 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$3024 Jul 202610d left+$0.12/sh+$1,557
cycle +$3,932
[-$1,240…+$5,366] · 66% credit
65%
surv 54%
-$11,521 NOT
cap gain +$59,542
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$3224 Jul 202610d left+$0.11/sh+$1,360
cycle +$3,735
[-$939…+$4,738] · 66% credit
72%
surv 62%
+$1,441 SAFE
cap gain +$72,504
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$3431 Jul 202618d left+$0.07/sh+$873
cycle +$3,248
[-$2,323…+$4,553] · 60% credit
76%
surv 70%
+$22,180 SAFE
cap gain +$93,242
Max even-money escape in the band~$3531 Jul 202618d left+$0.05/sh+$640
cycle +$3,015
[-$2,317…+$4,191] · 60% credit
79%
surv 74%
+$32,559 SAFE
cap gain +$103,622
SS $40 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$10,179/mo
vs 50% target ($10,982/mo)-7%
vs normal income ($21,964/mo)46% covered
Net income (after hedge)$5,960/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $30.50 is $1 below CC-SS $31.96: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$15,826
… as % of IC ($27,625)57.3%
… as % of ML ($277,625)5.7%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.7 mo
Surgical close (125 ct)$-72,562
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 $0.19 collected) or spot ≥ $30.81 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $30)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $36.21 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $30.20Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$30-30.81
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
≥ $30.81
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 0.85 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$30.50 (1.5σ)$2,375$-13,078+$57,984+$1,750
+2.5%$31.26 (1.7σ)$-7,156$-14,517+$56,545-$7,781
+5%$32.02 (1.9σ)$-16,687$-15,956+$55,106-$17,312
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (4.0σ)$-112,750$-30,462+$40,601-$113,375
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $31.96, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-71,062
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$71,062
− CC assignment net of premium (125 × $30.50): -$15,826
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-15,826 (+$55,236 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $625 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-16,451, the opportunity cost of earning $10,179/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.97 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$53,500, position total $-21,515 (+$49,547 vs today)
🎯 50% normal112 × $3017 Jul7d18.8%89%14%$2,576$11,040$19,332
Sell 112 × $30 18.8% OTM over spot $25.26 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.31 mid)
= $2,576 credit for the 7d cycle → $11,040/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $30)
89%
Breach risk
11%
POP (stays ≤ $30.31)
90%
EV / mo
+$4,371
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 0.9 mo [0.5-2.2] median, 0.1 mo faster than no FIGHT (1.0 mo)  ·  67% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 62% without)  ·  ~2.5 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $4,902
🛡 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)
14%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$14,407
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$34 @ 79% POP
74% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 112 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: $2.14/sh now → $1.52 mid-life (likely $1.28–$2.28)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.23/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.29/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 409 simulated challenges: the $30 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $31 (overshoots $0.96). 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 (112 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$3331 Jul 202618d left+$0.37/sh+$4,105
cycle +$6,681
[+$1,527…+$6,800] · 84% credit
76%
surv 68%
+$15,065 SAFE
cap gain +$86,127
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$3024 Jul 202610d left+$0.12/sh+$1,362
cycle +$3,938
[-$1,538…+$4,041] · 59% credit
65%
surv 54%
-$16,757 NOT
cap gain +$54,306
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$3124 Jul 202610d left+$0.09/sh+$1,063
cycle +$3,639
[-$1,380…+$3,361] · 59% credit
72%
surv 62%
-$3,896 NOT
cap gain +$67,166
Max even-money escape in the band~$3431 Jul 202618d left+$0.02/sh+$234
cycle +$2,810
[-$2,870…+$2,729] · 47% credit
79%
surv 74%
+$27,113 SAFE
cap gain +$98,176
SS $40 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$11,040/mo
vs 50% target ($10,982/mo)+1%
vs normal income ($21,964/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$6,961/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $30 is $2 below CC-SS $31.96: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$19,332
… as % of IC ($27,625)70.0%
… as % of ML ($277,625)7.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.9 mo
Surgical close (112 ct)$-64,568
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.06/sh (~25% of the $0.23 collected) or spot ≥ $30.31 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $30)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $36.21 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $29.70Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$30-30.31
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
≥ $30.31
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 0.85 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$30.00 (1.3σ)$2,576$-18,118+$52,944+$2,016
+2.5%$30.75 (1.5σ)$-5,824$-18,559+$52,504-$6,384
+5%$31.50 (1.7σ)$-14,224$-19,000+$52,063-$14,784
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (4.0σ)$-106,176$-23,823+$47,240-$106,736
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $31.96, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-71,062
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$71,062
− CC assignment net of premium (112 × $30): -$19,332
+ Conservative CC premium (13 × $40): +$65
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-19,267 (+$51,795 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $625 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-19,892, the opportunity cost of earning $11,040/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.97 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$53,088, position total $-21,038 (+$50,024 vs today)
100% normal125 × $2917 Jul7d14.8%85%32%$5,125$21,964+$10,924$31,826
Sell 125 × $29 14.8% OTM over spot $25.26 17 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.44 mid)
= $5,125 credit for the 7d cycle → $21,964/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $29)
85%
Breach risk
15%
POP (stays ≤ $29.45)
87%
EV / mo
+$9,794
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 paths, sell-roll-repeat this rung for 9 mo)   whole in 1.0 mo [0.5-2.6] median  ·  71% of paths whole by 9 mo (vs 64% without)  ·  ~3.7 challenges expected  ·  median CC cash $18,146
🛡 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)
22%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$12,872
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$35 @ 84% POP
80% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 125 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: $2.04/sh now → $1.44 mid-life (likely $1.34–$2.22)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.41/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.03/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 654 simulated challenges: the $29 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 7, at $30 (overshoots $0.88). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (125 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$3231 Jul 202618d left+$0.31/sh+$3,816
cycle +$8,941
[+$343…+$6,265] · 78% credit
76%
surv 69%
+$6,647 SAFE
cap gain +$77,710
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2924 Jul 202610d left+$0.12/sh+$1,445
cycle +$6,570
[-$2,384…+$3,800] · 54% credit
65%
surv 54%
-$24,801 NOT
cap gain +$46,261
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$3024 Jul 202610d left+$0.07/sh+$847
cycle +$5,972
[-$2,393…+$2,886] · 49% credit
72%
surv 63%
-$12,240 NOT
cap gain +$58,822
Max even-money escape in the band~$3231 Jul 202618d left+$0.00/sh+$17
cycle +$5,142
[-$4,281…+$2,188] · 39% credit
77%
surv 71%
+$8,155 SAFE
cap gain +$79,217
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3531 Jul 202618d left-$0.35/sh-$4,420
cycle +$705
[-$9,301…-$2,638] · 13% credit
84%
surv 80%
+$30,249 SAFE
cap gain +$101,312
budget: banked $5,125 debit $4,420 (86% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$705 cash · rolled 125 ct earn ≈ $22,628/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$21,964/mo
vs 50% target ($10,982/mo)+100%
vs normal income ($21,964/mo)100% covered
Net income (after hedge)$17,746/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $29 is $3 below CC-SS $31.96: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$31,826
… as % of IC ($27,625)115.2%
… as % of ML ($277,625)11.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.4 mo
Surgical close (125 ct)$-71,500
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.10/sh (~25% of the $0.41 collected) or spot ≥ $29.45 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $29)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $36.21 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $28.71Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$29-29.45
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
≥ $29.45
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 0.85 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$29.00 (1.0σ)$5,125$-26,247+$44,816+$4,500
+2.5%$29.72 (1.2σ)$-3,937$-27,615+$43,447-$4,562
+5%$30.45 (1.5σ)$-13,000$-28,984+$42,079-$13,625
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (4.0σ)$-128,750$-46,462+$24,601-$129,375
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $31.96, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-71,062
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$71,062
− CC assignment net of premium (125 × $29): -$31,826
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-31,826 (+$39,236 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $625 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-32,451, the opportunity cost of earning $21,964/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.97 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$69,500, position total $-37,515 (+$33,547 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 GLXY are the tiebreakers.
⚔ FIGHT CC options · full candidate scan (33 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (3 expiries scanned, 33 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: 0.849 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$71,062 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $625

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$307d17 Jul 2026$0.23112/125$11,040$6,96189%90%+$4,371-$19,33270.0%$-19,267 (vs do-nothing $-19,892)
$29.507d17 Jul 2026$0.3574/125$11,100$7,42887%89%+$5,458-$15,58556.4%$-15,330 (vs do-nothing $-15,955)
$3221d31 Jul 2026$0.67115/125$11,007$6,89686%88%+$4,511-$00.0%$7,755 (vs do-nothing +$7,130)
$297d17 Jul 2026$0.4163/125$11,070$7,51685%87%+$4,936-$16,04158.1%$-15,731 (vs do-nothing $-16,356)
$31.5021d31 Jul 2026$0.63123/125$11,070$6,87384%87%+$3,068-$00.0%$2,149 (vs do-nothing +$1,524)
$3014d24 Jul 2026$0.43120/125$11,057$6,89283%86%+$1,237-$18,31366.3%$-18,288 (vs do-nothing $-18,913)
$3121d31 Jul 2026$0.8591/125$11,050$7,19683%86%+$4,242-$9663.5%$-796 (vs do-nothing $-1,421)
$28.507d17 Jul 2026$0.4854/125$11,109$7,65182%85%+$4,416-$16,07158.2%$-15,716 (vs do-nothing $-16,341)
$30.5021d31 Jul 2026$0.74104/125$10,994$7,00181%84%+$2,063-$7,44827.0%$-7,343 (vs do-nothing $-7,968)
$29.5014d24 Jul 2026$0.5299/125$11,031$7,09181%84%+$1,362-$19,16869.4%$-19,038 (vs do-nothing $-19,663)
$3021d31 Jul 2026$0.9086/125$11,057$7,25679%83%+$2,596-$9,08332.9%$-8,888 (vs do-nothing $-9,513)
$287d17 Jul 2026$0.4953/125$11,130$7,68378%82%+$2,801-$18,37066.5%$-18,010 (vs do-nothing $-18,635)
$29.5021d31 Jul 2026$1.1468/125$11,074$7,46677%82%+$3,427-$8,95032.4%$-8,665 (vs do-nothing $-9,290)
Show 20 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$28.5014d24 Jul 2026$0.8362/125$11,027$7,48376%81%+$2,506-$16,28258.9%$-15,967 (vs do-nothing $-16,592)
$2921d31 Jul 2026$1.1269/125$11,040$7,42175%80%+$2,193-$12,66945.9%$-12,389 (vs do-nothing $-13,014)
$27.507d17 Jul 2026$0.6639/125$11,031$7,73475%80%+$3,539-$14,80553.6%$-14,375 (vs do-nothing $-15,000)
$2814d24 Jul 2026$0.9157/125$11,115$7,62573%79%+$1,882-$17,36362.9%$-17,023 (vs do-nothing $-17,648)
$28.5021d31 Jul 2026$1.2065/125$11,143$7,56773%79%+$1,666-$14,66553.1%$-14,365 (vs do-nothing $-14,990)
$277d17 Jul 2026$0.8630/125$11,057$7,85671%78%+$3,717-$12,28844.5%$-11,813 (vs do-nothing $-12,438)
$2821d31 Jul 2026$1.4753/125$11,130$7,68370%78%+$2,368-$13,17647.7%$-12,816 (vs do-nothing $-13,441)
$27.5014d24 Jul 2026$1.1545/125$11,089$7,72870%78%+$2,537-$14,87853.9%$-14,478 (vs do-nothing $-15,103)
$27.5021d31 Jul 2026$1.7046/125$11,171$7,79968%77%+$2,576-$12,67845.9%$-12,283 (vs do-nothing $-12,908)
$2721d31 Jul 2026$1.8742/125$11,220$7,89165%75%+$2,376-$12,96246.9%$-12,547 (vs do-nothing $-13,172)
$26.5014d24 Jul 2026$1.3937/125$11,021$7,74563%74%+$1,473-$15,04554.5%$-14,605 (vs do-nothing $-15,230)
$26.5021d31 Jul 2026$2.0738/125$11,237$7,95162%74%+$2,250-$12,86746.6%$-12,432 (vs do-nothing $-13,057)
$267d17 Jul 2026$1.0625/125$11,357$8,21061%72%+$1,766-$12,24044.3%$-11,740 (vs do-nothing $-12,365)
$2614d24 Jul 2026$1.4636/125$11,263$7,99860%72%+$515-$16,18658.6%$-15,741 (vs do-nothing $-16,366)
$2621d31 Jul 2026$2.2734/125$11,026$7,78259%72%+$2,389-$12,53345.4%$-12,078 (vs do-nothing $-12,703)
$25.5021d31 Jul 2026$2.5031/125$11,071$7,86056%72%+$2,262-$12,26444.4%$-11,794 (vs do-nothing $-12,419)
$25.5014d24 Jul 2026$0.8263/125$11,070$7,51656%67%$-10,585-$35,508128.5%$-35,198 (vs do-nothing $-35,823)
$2521d31 Jul 2026$2.7429/125$11,351$8,16153%70%+$2,159-$12,22744.3%$-11,747 (vs do-nothing $-12,372)
$2514d24 Jul 2026$2.1524/125$11,057$7,92152%69%+$1,607-$11,53541.8%$-11,030 (vs do-nothing $-11,655)
$257d17 Jul 2026$1.5517/125$11,293$8,23150%68%+$1,576-$9,19033.3%$-8,650 (vs do-nothing $-9,275)

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 125 contracts at the conservative CC.

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