FORTRESS FIGHT: GLXY @ $25.08

BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $33.51  |  125 contracts (12,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-07-23 01:47

GLXYBBC @ $25.08   UNDERWATER $14.63 (36.8% below BE SS)

⚠ EARNINGS · SHORT EXPIRY ONLY
GLXY reports 2026-08-05 (Wed), in 14 days. The recommended CC (8d) 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 2026-08-05.

125 contracts (12,500 sh)  |  BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $33.51 (banked floor $33.43)  |  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$57,250/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $3,908/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-89,500fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$28,625/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$57,250/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.5 mo to earn back $27,625
ML VELOCITY
4.8 mo to earn back $277,625
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $33.51 (probe: $33.5C 15d) brings only $7,500/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
$879
Hole (after banked)
$88,621
was $89,500 · 1% earned back
Cycles closed
4
Credit in flight
$0
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$33.51 → $33.43
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 46 (live) · RSI 49 · MACD bearish, hist falling
DAILYMIXED (provisional) · RSI 46 · %B 48 · hist rising (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $34.85 (+39%) · daily UBB $29.02 · 1-wk expected move ±$4 (chain IV)
SETUPNo tilt: engine default. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
⚠ Next earnings 2026-08-05: candidates whose expiry crosses it are flagged in the spectrum; EV is unreliable across earnings.
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 111 contracts at $27.50 / 8d. This is the safest strike (survival 75%, breach 25%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($28,625/mo); it brings $28,721/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 × $25.50/8d for $57,540/mo, but breach risk rises to 43% (+18pp 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 × $30.50/8d (90% survival, $9,375/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $59,001 (214% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $40, recoverable in 1.0 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 111 contracts realizes $-80,087 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 · 31 Jul 2026 (8d) · sell 111 × $27.50, 75% survival, $28,721/mo (E[net] $6,786/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆31 Jul 2026 · 8d111 × $27.5075%$28,721$6,786

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 31 Jul 2026 · 8d · E[net] $6,786/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 111 × $27.50 (primary), 75% survival, breach 25%, $28,721/mo.
⚖️ Worth a safer step: the $29 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 84% (breach 25% → 16%) for $9,810/mo less (34% 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 $29 rung, unless you need the income to cover the hedge bleed, or you expect GLXY to stay flat-to-down near term.
GLXY  spot $25.08 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
🛡 safe yield125 × $30.5031 Jul8d21.6%90%20%+3pp$2,500$9,375-$19,346$35,067
Sell 125 × $30.50 21.6% OTM over spot $25.08 31 Jul 2026 (8d, $0.28 mid)
= $2,500 credit for the 8d cycle → $9,375/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $30.50)
90%
Breach risk
10%
POP (stays ≤ $30.77)
91%
EV / mo
+$3,565
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+3pp
64% whole by 9mo vs 60% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$6,012/mo
median; plan ~$4,088/mo after 68% keep · $22,334 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.3 mo [0.7-2.6], measured ONLY among the 64% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
13%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$17,445
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$35 @ 81% POP
76% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.26/sh now → $1.60 mid-life (likely $1.41–$2.20)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.20/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.40/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 387 simulated challenges: the $30 strike is typically first touched on day 6 of 8, 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)~$307 Aug 202611d left+$1.06/sh+$13,309
cycle +$15,809
[+$12,572…+$16,093] · 100% credit
69%
surv 54%
-$16,307 NOT
cap gain +$73,193
Max even-money escape in the band~$3414 Aug 202618d left+$0.11/sh+$1,425
cycle +$3,925
[-$1,212…+$4,205] · 63% credit
78%
surv 72%
+$13,312 SAFE
cap gain +$102,812
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$337 Aug 202611d left+$0.01/sh+$73
cycle +$2,573
[-$2,355…+$2,026] · 44% credit
75%
surv 68%
-$3,921 NOT
cap gain +$85,579
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3514 Aug 202618d left-$0.07/sh-$840
cycle +$1,660
[-$3,706…+$1,816] · 39% credit
81%
surv 76%
+$21,635 SAFE
cap gain +$111,135
budget: banked $2,500 debit $840 (34% used ≈ 0.4 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$1,660 cash · rolled 125 ct earn ≈ $31,842/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$9,375/mo
vs 50% target ($28,625/mo)-67%
vs normal income ($57,250/mo)16% covered
Net income (after hedge)$9,375/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $30.50 is $3 below CC-SS $33.51: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$35,067
… as % of IC ($27,625)126.9%
… as % of ML ($277,625)12.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.6 mo
Surgical close (125 ct)$-90,438
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 $0.20 collected) or spot ≥ $30.77 (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 $29.02 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $30.20Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$30-30.77
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
≥ $30.77
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 (1.4σ)$2,500$-29,616+$59,884+$1,125
+2.5%$31.26 (1.6σ)$-7,031$-31,074+$58,426-$8,406
+5%$32.02 (1.8σ)$-16,562$-32,532+$56,968-$17,937
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (3.7σ)$-112,625$-47,230+$42,270-$80,125
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $33.51, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-89,500
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$89,204
− CC assignment net of premium (125 × $30.50): -$35,067
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-35,364 (+$54,136 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $1,079 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-36,442, the opportunity cost of earning $9,375/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.85 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$51,875, position total $-37,935 (+$51,565 vs today)
33% normal ← lean123 × $2931 Jul8d15.6%84%33%+9pp$5,043$18,911-$9,810$50,373
Sell 123 × $29 15.6% OTM over spot $25.08 31 Jul 2026 (8d, $0.52 mid)
= $5,043 credit for the 8d cycle → $18,911/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $29)
84%
Breach risk
16%
POP (stays ≤ $29.52)
87%
EV / mo
+$7,395
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+9pp
70% whole by 9mo vs 61% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.3/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$10,903/mo
median; plan ~$7,414/mo after 68% keep · $31,412 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.3 mo [0.6-2.8], measured ONLY among the 70% 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)
24%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$13,126
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$35 @ 83% POP
80% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 123 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.09/sh now → $1.48 mid-life (likely $1.41–$2.27)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.41/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.07/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 726 simulated challenges: the $29 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 8, at $30 (overshoots $0.90). 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 (123 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$297 Aug 202611d left+$0.99/sh+$12,202
cycle +$17,245
[+$10,860…+$14,514] · 100% credit
69%
surv 54%
-$30,730 NOT
cap gain +$58,770
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$3214 Aug 202618d left+$0.32/sh+$3,919
cycle +$8,962
[+$675…+$6,018] · 82% credit
76%
surv 69%
-$8,097 NOT
cap gain +$81,403
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$317 Aug 202611d left+$0.21/sh+$2,529
cycle +$7,572
[-$109…+$3,787] · 75% credit
75%
surv 66%
-$20,075 NOT
cap gain +$69,425
Max even-money escape in the band~$3314 Aug 202618d left+$0.03/sh+$347
cycle +$5,390
[-$3,482…+$2,058] · 40% credit
79%
surv 73%
-$1,082 NOT
cap gain +$88,418
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3514 Aug 202618d left-$0.38/sh-$4,613
cycle +$430
[-$9,482…-$3,282] · 11% credit
83%
surv 80%
+$15,133 SAFE
cap gain +$104,633
budget: banked $5,043 debit $4,613 (91% used ≈ 1.1 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$430 cash · rolled 123 ct earn ≈ $22,594/mo while parked; 2 ct free to re-sell
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$18,911/mo
vs 50% target ($28,625/mo)-34%
vs normal income ($57,250/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$18,955/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $29 is $5 below CC-SS $33.51: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$50,373
… as % of IC ($27,625)182.3%
… as % of ML ($277,625)18.1%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.9 mo
Surgical close (123 ct)$-89,360
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 ≥ $29.52 (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 $29.02 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $28.71Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$29-29.52
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
≥ $29.52
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 (≤1σ, normal week)$5,043$-42,932+$46,568+$3,690
+2.5%$29.72 (1.2σ)$-3,874$-44,174+$45,326-$5,227
+5%$30.45 (1.4σ)$-12,792$-45,415+$44,085-$14,145
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (3.7σ)$-126,690$-61,815+$27,685-$94,710
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $33.51, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-89,500
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$89,204
− CC assignment net of premium (123 × $29): -$50,373
+ Conservative CC premium (2 × $37): +$22
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-50,647 (+$38,853 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $1,079 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-51,726, the opportunity cost of earning $18,911/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.85 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$66,912, position total $-52,950 (+$36,550 vs today)
🎯 50% normal111 × $27.5031 Jul8d9.6%75%39%+9pp$7,659$28,721$59,001
Sell 111 × $27.50 9.6% OTM over spot $25.08 31 Jul 2026 (8d, $0.74 mid)
= $7,659 credit for the 8d cycle → $28,721/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $27.50)
75%
Breach risk
25%
POP (stays ≤ $28.25)
80%
EV / mo
+$8,406
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+9pp
68% whole by 9mo vs 58% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.3/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$14,000/mo
median; plan ~$9,520/mo after 68% keep · $41,976 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.2 mo [0.6-2.7], measured ONLY among the 68% 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)
-$7,469
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 14 Aug 2026)
$34 @ 86% POP
85% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 111 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.93/sh now → $1.36 mid-life (likely $1.49–$2.30)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.69/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.67/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,160 simulated challenges: the $28 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 8, at $28 (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 (111 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$287 Aug 202611d left+$0.92/sh+$10,229
cycle +$17,888
[+$8,563…+$11,024] · 100% credit
69%
surv 54%
-$45,837 NOT
cap gain +$43,663
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2914 Aug 202618d left+$0.49/sh+$5,454
cycle +$13,113
[+$2,197…+$5,978] · 93% credit
74%
surv 65%
-$30,284 NOT
cap gain +$59,216
Max even-money escape in the band~$3014 Aug 202618d left+$0.23/sh+$2,516
cycle +$10,175
[-$1,179…+$2,580] · 57% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$22,633 NOT
cap gain +$66,867
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$297 Aug 202611d left+$0.14/sh+$1,586
cycle +$9,245
[-$1,372…+$1,447] · 49% credit
75%
surv 67%
-$34,151 NOT
cap gain +$55,349
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3414 Aug 202618d left-$0.69/sh-$7,634
cycle +$25
[-$14,170…-$8,292]
86%
surv 85%
+$9,566 SAFE
cap gain +$99,066
budget: banked $7,659 debit $7,634 (100% used ≈ 1.2 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$25 cash · rolled 111 ct earn ≈ $12,490/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$28,721/mo
vs 50% target ($28,625/mo)+0%
vs normal income ($57,250/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$29,029/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $27.50 is $6 below CC-SS $33.51: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$59,001
… as % of IC ($27,625)213.6%
… as % of ML ($277,625)21.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.0 mo
Surgical close (111 ct)$-80,087
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.17/sh (~25% of the $0.69 collected) or spot ≥ $28.25 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $28)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $29.02 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $27.23Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$27-28.25
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
≥ $28.25
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$27.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$7,659$-56,065+$33,435+$6,438
+2.5%$28.19 (≤1σ, normal week)$28$-56,418+$33,082-$1,193
+5%$28.88 (≤1σ, normal week)$-7,604$-56,770+$32,730-$8,824
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (3.7σ)$-127,872$-66,117+$23,383-$99,012
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $33.51, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-89,500
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$89,204
− CC assignment net of premium (111 × $27.50): -$59,001
+ Conservative CC premium (14 × $37): +$154
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-59,143 (+$30,357 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $1,079 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-60,222, the opportunity cost of earning $28,721/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.85 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$73,926, position total $-59,832 (+$29,668 vs today)
100% normal112 × $25.5031 Jul8d1.7%57%91%+14pp$15,344$57,540+$28,819$74,316
Sell 112 × $25.50 1.7% OTM over spot $25.08 31 Jul 2026 (8d, $1.43 mid)
= $15,344 credit for the 8d cycle → $57,540/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $25.50)
57%
Breach risk
43%
POP (stays ≤ $26.93)
71%
EV / mo
+$11,177
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+14pp
76% whole by 9mo vs 62% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~5.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$19,763/mo
median; plan ~$13,439/mo after 68% keep · $47,429 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.3 mo [0.6-3.1], measured ONLY among the 76% 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)
71%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
+$1,715
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 7 Aug 2026)
$31 @ 90% POP
89% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.72/sh now → $1.22 mid-life (likely $1.67–$2.38)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.37/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets +$0.15/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 2,137 simulated challenges: the $26 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 8, at $26 (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 (112 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$267 Aug 202611d left+$0.83/sh+$9,303
cycle +$24,647
[+$7,248…+$8,186] · 100% credit
69%
surv 54%
-$60,263 NOT
cap gain +$29,237
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2714 Aug 202618d left+$0.37/sh+$4,166
cycle +$19,510
[-$376…+$1,915] · 70% credit
75%
surv 66%
-$45,072 NOT
cap gain +$44,428
Max even-money escape in the band~$2814 Aug 202618d left+$0.11/sh+$1,264
cycle +$16,608
[-$3,858…-$1,153] · 14% credit
78%
surv 72%
-$37,387 NOT
cap gain +$52,113
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$277 Aug 202611d left+$0.06/sh+$720
cycle +$16,064
[-$3,155…-$973] · 11% credit
76%
surv 68%
-$48,518 NOT
cap gain +$40,982
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$317 Aug 202611d left-$0.76/sh-$8,538
cycle +$6,806
[-$15,327…-$11,214]
90%
surv 89%
-$15,427 NOT
cap gain +$74,073
budget: banked $15,344 debit $8,538 (56% used ≈ 0.6 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$6,806 cash · rolled 112 ct earn ≈ $13,883/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$57,540/mo
vs 50% target ($28,625/mo)+101%
vs normal income ($57,250/mo)101% covered
Net income (after hedge)$57,826/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $25.50 is $8 below CC-SS $33.51: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$74,316
… as % of IC ($27,625)269.0%
… as % of ML ($277,625)26.8%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.3 mo
Surgical close (112 ct)$-80,864
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.34/sh (~25% of the $1.37 collected) or spot ≥ $26.93 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $26)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $29.02 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $25.25Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$25-26.93
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
≥ $26.93
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$25.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$15,344$-69,566+$19,934+$14,112
+2.5%$26.14 (≤1σ, normal week)$8,204$-69,957+$19,543+$6,972
+5%$26.78 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,064$-70,347+$19,153-$168
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (3.7σ)$-143,808$-81,793+$7,707-$114,688
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $33.51, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-89,500
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$89,204
− CC assignment net of premium (112 × $25.50): -$74,316
+ Conservative CC premium (13 × $37): +$143
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-74,470 (+$15,030 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $1,079 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-75,548, the opportunity cost of earning $57,540/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.85 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$89,376, position total $-75,293 (+$14,207 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 (16 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (3 expiries scanned, 16 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: 0.847 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$89,204 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $1,079

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$27.508d31 Jul 2026$0.69111/125$28,721$29,02975%80%+$8,406-$59,001213.6%$-59,143 (vs do-nothing $-60,222)
$2815d7 Aug 2026$1.26114/125$28,728$28,97072%78%+$6,604-$48,397175.2%$-48,573 (vs do-nothing $-49,651)
$278d31 Jul 2026$0.8491/125$28,665$29,41371%78%+$8,041-$51,555186.6%$-51,477 (vs do-nothing $-52,556)
$27.5015d7 Aug 2026$1.32109/125$28,776$29,12870%77%+$5,720-$51,071184.9%$-51,191 (vs do-nothing $-52,270)
$26.508d31 Jul 2026$0.9978/125$28,958$29,99267%76%+$7,197-$46,920169.8%$-46,699 (vs do-nothing $-47,778)
$2715d7 Aug 2026$1.5692/125$28,704$29,43067%76%+$6,440-$45,498164.7%$-45,431 (vs do-nothing $-46,510)
$2722d14 Aug 2026$1.77119/125$28,722$28,85466%75%+$4,952-$56,351204.0%$-56,581 (vs do-nothing $-57,660)
$26.5015d7 Aug 2026$1.7383/125$28,718$29,64264%75%+$5,811-$43,786158.5%$-43,620 (vs do-nothing $-44,699)
$268d31 Jul 2026$1.1766/125$28,957$30,25562%73%+$6,445-$41,814151.4%$-41,461 (vs do-nothing $-42,540)
$2615d7 Aug 2026$1.9275/125$28,800$29,90061%73%+$5,274-$41,890151.6%$-41,637 (vs do-nothing $-42,715)
$2622d14 Aug 2026$2.1598/125$28,732$29,32661%73%+$4,453-$52,483190.0%$-52,482 (vs do-nothing $-53,561)
$25.5015d7 Aug 2026$2.1467/125$28,676$29,95257%71%+$4,875-$39,298142.3%$-38,956 (vs do-nothing $-40,035)
$25.508d31 Jul 2026$1.3756/125$28,770$30,28857%71%+$5,589-$37,158134.5%$-36,695 (vs do-nothing $-37,774)
Show 3 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$2522d14 Aug 2026$2.6879/125$28,871$29,88355%70%+$4,704-$46,021166.6%$-45,811 (vs do-nothing $-46,890)
$2515d7 Aug 2026$2.3761/125$28,914$30,32254%69%+$4,466-$37,426135.5%$-37,018 (vs do-nothing $-38,097)
$258d31 Jul 2026$1.6048/125$28,800$30,49452%68%+$4,880-$33,146120.0%$-32,595 (vs do-nothing $-33,674)

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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