FORTRESS FIGHT: GLXY @ $21.59

BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $33.98  |  125 contracts (12,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-07-17 21:37

GLXYBBC @ $21.59   UNDERWATER $18.12 (45.6% below BE SS)

⚠ EARNINGS · SHORT EXPIRY ONLY
GLXY reports 2026-07-28 (Tue), in 11 days. The recommended CC (7d) closes BEFORE earnings , that one is safe , but the richer/longer options below expire after it and would sell through the gap. Keep the tenor inside 2026-07-28.

125 contracts (12,500 sh)  |  BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $33.98 (banked floor $33.82)  |  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$37,768/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $4,984/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-130,125fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$18,884/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$37,768/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.7 mo to earn back $27,625
ML VELOCITY
7.4 mo to earn back $277,625
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $33.98 (probe: $37.5C 14d) brings only $268/mo (<20% of normal), so FIGHT below it is warranted.
🏦 CAMPAIGN LEDGER , realized CC income since 2026-07-02; banked cash shrinks the hole (shown as an info-only banked floor, the recommended CC-SS stays the pure recovery strike; seeded from open positions, reconciled from IBKR executions nightly)
Banked since 2026-07-02
$1,754
Hole (after banked)
$128,371
was $130,125 · 1% earned back
Cycles closed
2
Credit in flight
$0
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$33.98 → $33.82
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 28 (live) · RSI 44 · MACD bearish, hist falling
DAILYFALLING (provisional) · RSI 32 · %B 12 · hist rising (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $34.86 (+61%) · daily UBB $33.28 · 1-wk expected move ±$3 (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: 94 contracts at $23.50 / 7d. This is the safest strike (survival 75%, breach 25%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($18,884/mo); it brings $18,934/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 112 × $22/7d for $37,920/mo, but breach risk rises to 42% (+17pp vs the primary). The lower strike is hit by a smaller bounce.
More safety, less income: for just the hedge you can sit at 125 × $27/7d (95% survival, $4,286/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $94,118 (341% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $40, recoverable in 2.5 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 94 contracts realizes $-99,311 and cuts bleed by $0/mo.

📅 Two weekly tracks, this Friday & next Friday

Each Friday gets its own recommended pick and full income ladder (safest strike per income rung, sized across your 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 · 24 Jul 2026 (7d) · sell 94 × $23.50, 75% survival, $18,934/mo (E[net] $-715/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 · 7d94 × $23.5075%$18,934$-715

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 24 Jul 2026 · 7d · E[net] $-715/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 94 × $23.50 (primary), 75% survival, breach 25%, $18,934/mo.
Stay at the pick. Stepping safer (the $24 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 79% (breach 25% → 21%) for $6,381/mo less (34% income)) buys little extra safety; the income is doing real work covering the bleed.
GLXY  spot $21.59 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
🛡 safe yield125 × $2724 Jul7d25.1%95%10%+3pp$1,000$4,286-$14,649$86,282
Sell 125 × $27 25.1% OTM over spot $21.59 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.23 mid)
= $1,000 credit for the 7d cycle → $4,286/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $27)
95%
Breach risk
5%
POP (stays ≤ $27.23)
96%
EV / mo
+$2,386
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+3pp
46% whole by 9mo vs 43% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.6/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$3,007/mo
median; plan ~$2,045/mo after 68% keep · $17,814 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.2 mo [1.3-4.2], 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)
7%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$18,542
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$29 @ 74% POP
67% 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: $2.21/sh now → $1.56 mid-life (likely $1.21–$2.13)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.08/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.48/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 218 simulated challenges: the $27 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $28 (overshoots $0.83). 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)~$2731 Jul 202610d left+$0.22/sh+$2,798
cycle +$3,798
[+$589…+$7,552] · 80% credit
67%
surv 54%
-$71,213 NOT
cap gain +$58,912
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$2731 Jul 202610d left+$0.11/sh+$1,388
cycle +$2,388
[-$870…+$5,956] · 71% credit
69%
surv 57%
-$68,446 NOT
cap gain +$61,679
Max even-money escape in the band~$2914 Aug 202624d left+$0.12/sh+$1,490
cycle +$2,490
[-$1,478…+$6,943] · 67% credit
74%
surv 67%
-$47,968 NOT
cap gain +$82,157
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$4,286/mo
vs 50% target ($18,884/mo)-77%
vs normal income ($37,768/mo)11% covered
Net income (after hedge)$4,286/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $27 is $7 below CC-SS $33.98: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$86,282
… as % of IC ($27,625)312.3%
… as % of ML ($277,625)31.1%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.3 mo
Surgical close (125 ct)$-132,000
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 $0.08 collected) or spot ≥ $27.23 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $27)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $33.28 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $26.73Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$27-27.23
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
≥ $27.23
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 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$27.00 (1.8σ)$1,000$-74,011+$56,114+$875
+2.5%$27.67 (2.0σ)$-7,437$-75,572+$54,553-$7,562
+5%$28.35 (2.2σ)$-15,875$-77,132+$52,992-$16,000
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.9σ)$-157,875$-103,402+$26,722-$130,375
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $33.98, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-130,125
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$126,249
− CC assignment net of premium (125 × $27): -$86,282
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-90,158 (+$39,967 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,751 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-86,407, the opportunity cost of earning $4,286/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$97,250, position total $-92,187 (+$37,938 vs today)
33% normal101 × $2424 Jul7d11.2%79%43%+7pp$2,929$12,553-$6,381$97,895
Sell 101 × $24 11.2% OTM over spot $21.59 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.48 mid)
= $2,929 credit for the 7d cycle → $12,553/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $24)
79%
Breach risk
21%
POP (stays ≤ $24.48)
83%
EV / mo
+$168
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+7pp
47% whole by 9mo vs 40% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.1/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$5,593/mo
median; plan ~$3,803/mo after 68% keep · $35,631 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.9 mo [1.3-4.8], 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)
33%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$10,258
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$26 @ 75% POP
69% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 101 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: $1.85/sh now → $1.31 mid-life (likely $1.37–$2.18)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.29/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.02/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 982 simulated challenges: the $24 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 7, at $25 (overshoots $0.76). 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 (101 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Max even-money escape in the band~$2514 Aug 202624d left+$0.38/sh+$3,832
cycle +$6,761
[-$267…+$4,482] · 72% credit
72%
surv 64%
-$84,424 NOT
cap gain +$45,701
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2431 Jul 202610d left+$0.19/sh+$1,907
cycle +$4,836
[-$1,441…+$2,435] · 55% credit
66%
surv 54%
-$100,714 NOT
cap gain +$29,411
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$2431 Jul 202610d left+$0.07/sh+$673
cycle +$3,602
[-$2,718…+$1,154] · 37% credit
69%
surv 57%
-$97,771 NOT
cap gain +$32,354
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2614 Aug 202624d left-$0.00/sh-$21
cycle +$2,908
[-$4,846…+$395] · 28% credit
75%
surv 69%
-$78,089 NOT
cap gain +$52,036
budget: banked $2,929 debit $21 (1% used ≈ 0.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$2,908 cash · rolled 101 ct earn ≈ $16,457/mo while parked; 24 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$12,553/mo
vs 50% target ($18,884/mo)-34%
vs normal income ($37,768/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$12,604/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $24 is $10 below CC-SS $33.98: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$97,895
… as % of IC ($27,625)354.4%
… as % of ML ($277,625)35.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.6 mo
Surgical close (101 ct)$-107,110
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 ≥ $24.48 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $24)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $33.28 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $23.76Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$24-24.48
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
≥ $24.48
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 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$24.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,929$-102,620+$27,505+$2,828
+2.5%$24.60 (≤1σ, normal week)$-3,131$-102,568+$27,557-$3,232
+5%$25.20 (1.2σ)$-9,191$-102,515+$27,610-$9,292
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.9σ)$-155,742$-106,550+$23,576-$133,522
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $33.98, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-130,125
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$126,249
− CC assignment net of premium (101 × $24): -$97,895
+ Conservative CC premium (24 × $37.50): +$24
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-101,747 (+$28,378 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,751 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-97,996, the opportunity cost of earning $12,553/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$106,757, position total $-101,670 (+$28,455 vs today)
🎯 50% normal94 × $23.5024 Jul7d8.8%75%39%+9pp$4,418$18,934$94,118
Sell 94 × $23.50 8.8% OTM over spot $21.59 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $0.62 mid)
= $4,418 credit for the 7d cycle → $18,934/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $23.50)
75%
Breach risk
25%
POP (stays ≤ $24.12)
80%
EV / mo
+$3,475
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+9pp
55% whole by 9mo vs 46% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.6/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$7,784/mo
median; plan ~$5,293/mo after 68% keep · $44,510 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.5 mo [1.3-3.9], measured ONLY among the 55% 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)
39%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$7,470
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 31 Jul 2026)
$25 @ 76% POP
70% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 94 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: $1.79/sh now → $1.26 mid-life (likely $1.39–$2.14)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.47/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.79/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,157 simulated challenges: the $24 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 7, at $24 (overshoots $0.72). 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 (94 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Max even-money escape in the band~$2514 Aug 202624d left+$0.35/sh+$3,325
cycle +$7,743
[-$779…+$3,513] · 64% credit
72%
surv 64%
-$88,528 NOT
cap gain +$41,597
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2431 Jul 202610d left+$0.18/sh+$1,722
cycle +$6,140
[-$1,579…+$1,881] · 46% credit
66%
surv 54%
-$104,496 NOT
cap gain +$25,629
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$2431 Jul 202610d left+$0.06/sh+$560
cycle +$4,978
[-$2,770…+$683] · 30% credit
69%
surv 57%
-$101,481 NOT
cap gain +$28,644
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2531 Jul 202610d left-$0.43/sh-$4,063
cycle +$355
[-$8,389…-$4,589] · 3% credit
76%
surv 70%
-$90,823 NOT
cap gain +$39,302
budget: banked $4,418 debit $4,063 (92% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$355 cash · rolled 94 ct earn ≈ $23,476/mo while parked; 31 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$18,934/mo
vs 50% target ($18,884/mo)+0%
vs normal income ($37,768/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$19,001/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $23.50 is $10 below CC-SS $33.98: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$94,118
… as % of IC ($27,625)340.7%
… as % of ML ($277,625)33.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.5 mo
Surgical close (94 ct)$-99,311
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.12/sh (~25% of the $0.47 collected) or spot ≥ $24.12 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $24)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $33.28 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $23.27Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$23-24.12
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $24.12
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$23.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$4,418$-106,218+$23,907+$4,324
+2.5%$24.09 (≤1σ, normal week)$-1,104$-105,755+$24,370-$1,198
+5%$24.68 (1.0σ)$-6,627$-105,293+$24,832-$6,721
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.9σ)$-147,956$-100,304+$29,822-$127,276
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $33.98, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-130,125
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$126,249
− CC assignment net of premium (94 × $23.50): -$94,118
+ Conservative CC premium (31 × $37.50): +$31
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-97,963 (+$32,162 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,751 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-94,212, the opportunity cost of earning $18,934/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$102,366, position total $-97,272 (+$32,853 vs today)
100% normal112 × $2224 Jul7d1.9%58%89%+12pp$8,848$37,920+$18,986$125,357
Sell 112 × $22 1.9% OTM over spot $21.59 24 Jul 2026 (7d, $1.07 mid)
= $8,848 credit for the 7d cycle → $37,920/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $22)
58%
Breach risk
42%
POP (stays ≤ $23.07)
71%
EV / mo
$-2,981
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+12pp
56% whole by 9mo vs 44% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~8.6/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$10,432/mo
median; plan ~$7,094/mo after 68% keep · $61,771 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.3 mo [1.4-4.4], measured ONLY among the 56% 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)
-$3,981
Free roll-up
+$0/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$27 @ 85% POP
83% 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: $1.62/sh now → $1.15 mid-life (likely $1.56–$2.30)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.79/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.36/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 2,084 simulated challenges: the $22 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 7, at $23 (overshoots $0.80). 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%)~$2214 Aug 202624d left+$0.81/sh+$9,082
cycle +$17,930
[+$3,877…+$6,891] · 95% credit
70%
surv 58%
-$103,829 NOT
cap gain +$26,296
Max even-money escape in the band~$2314 Aug 202624d left+$0.28/sh+$3,131
cycle +$11,979
[-$3,491…+$261] · 30% credit
72%
surv 64%
-$99,592 NOT
cap gain +$30,533
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2231 Jul 202610d left+$0.17/sh+$1,868
cycle +$10,716
[-$3,405…-$408] · 21% credit
66%
surv 53%
-$115,219 NOT
cap gain +$14,906
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$2231 Jul 202610d left+$0.04/sh+$439
cycle +$9,287
[-$4,879…-$1,856] · 11% credit
69%
surv 58%
-$112,472 NOT
cap gain +$17,653
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2714 Aug 202624d left-$0.69/sh-$7,749
cycle +$1,099
[-$17,749…-$11,477]
85%
surv 83%
-$69,722 NOT
cap gain +$60,403
budget: banked $8,848 debit $7,749 (88% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$1,099 cash · rolled 112 ct earn ≈ $6,350/mo while parked; 13 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$37,920/mo
vs 50% target ($18,884/mo)+101%
vs normal income ($37,768/mo)100% covered
Net income (after hedge)$37,948/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $22 is $12 below CC-SS $33.98: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$125,357
… as % of IC ($27,625)453.8%
… as % of ML ($277,625)45.2%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.3 mo
Surgical close (112 ct)$-119,728
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.20/sh (~25% of the $0.79 collected) or spot ≥ $23.07 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $22)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $33.28 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $21.78Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$22-23.07
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
≥ $23.07
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 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$22.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$8,848$-117,087+$13,038+$8,736
+2.5%$22.55 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,688$-117,644+$12,481+$2,576
+5%$23.10 (≤1σ, normal week)$-3,472$-118,201+$11,924-$3,584
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.9σ)$-189,504$-137,892-$7,766-$164,864
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $33.98, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-130,125
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$126,249
− CC assignment net of premium (112 × $22): -$125,357
+ Conservative CC premium (13 × $37.50): +$13
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-129,219 (+$906 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,751 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-125,469, the opportunity cost of earning $37,920/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$135,184, position total $-130,108 (+$17 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 (14 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (4 expiries scanned, 14 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: 0.815 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$126,249 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-3,751

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$23.507d24 Jul 2026$0.4794/125$18,934$19,00175%80%+$3,475-$94,118340.7%$-97,963 (vs do-nothing $-94,212)
$2414d31 Jul 2026$0.73121/125$18,928$18,93674%80%+$2,653-$111,956405.3%$-115,828 (vs do-nothing $-112,077)
$23.5014d31 Jul 2026$0.86103/125$18,981$19,02970%78%+$2,266-$99,113358.8%$-102,966 (vs do-nothing $-99,216)
$237d24 Jul 2026$0.5384/125$19,080$19,16870%77%+$798-$87,802317.8%$-91,636 (vs do-nothing $-87,886)
$2314d31 Jul 2026$1.0287/125$19,016$19,09766%75%+$1,721-$86,674313.8%$-90,512 (vs do-nothing $-86,761)
$2328d14 Aug 2026$1.50118/125$18,964$18,97964%74%+$149-$111,894405.0%$-115,763 (vs do-nothing $-112,012)
$22.507d24 Jul 2026$0.6865/125$18,943$19,07164%74%+$483-$70,217254.2%$-74,032 (vs do-nothing $-70,282)
$22.5014d31 Jul 2026$1.1081/125$19,093$19,18762%73%+$318-$84,099304.4%$-87,930 (vs do-nothing $-84,180)
$2228d14 Aug 2026$2.0487/125$19,016$19,09758%72%+$1,468-$86,500313.1%$-90,338 (vs do-nothing $-86,587)
$227d24 Jul 2026$0.7956/125$18,960$19,10858%71%$-1,491-$62,678226.9%$-66,485 (vs do-nothing $-62,734)
$2221d7 Aug 2026$1.25106/125$18,929$18,96958%71%$-5,437-$113,765411.8%$-117,622 (vs do-nothing $-113,871)
$2214d31 Jul 2026$1.3566/125$19,093$19,21958%71%+$989-$70,175254.0%$-73,992 (vs do-nothing $-70,241)
$21.5014d31 Jul 2026$1.5059/125$18,964$19,10653%69%$-450-$64,797234.6%$-68,607 (vs do-nothing $-64,856)
Show 1 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$21.507d24 Jul 2026$0.9547/125$19,136$19,30352%67%$-2,610-$54,203196.2%$-58,001 (vs do-nothing $-54,250)

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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