FORTRESS FIGHT: GLXY @ $18.73

BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $33.50  |  125 contracts (12,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-08-06 21:36

GLXYBBC @ $18.73   UNDERWATER $20.98 (52.8% below BE SS)

125 contracts (12,500 sh)  |  BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $33.50 (banked floor $33.42)  |  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$29,250/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $5,066/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-152,312fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$14,625/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$29,250/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.9 mo to earn back $27,625
ML VELOCITY
9.5 mo to earn back $277,625
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $33.50 (probe: $32.5C 15d) brings only $250/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)
$151,433
was $152,312 · 1% earned back
Cycles closed
4
Credit in flight
$0
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$33.50 → $33.42
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYPULLBACK · %B 14 (live) · RSI 40 · MACD bearish, hist falling
DAILYFALLING (provisional) · RSI 36 · %B 10 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELS20W MA (bounce target) $25.54 (+36%) · daily UBB $26.29 · 1-wk expected move ±$3 (chain IV)
SETUPSpring loaded, not ignited: 🎯 or 💎 at short DTE, normal tripwires. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
⚠ Next earnings 2026-10-20: candidates whose expiry crosses it are flagged in the spectrum; EV is unreliable across earnings.
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 100 contracts at $20.50 / 8d. This is the safest strike (survival 75%, breach 25%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($14,625/mo); it brings $14,625/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 103 × $19/8d for $29,355/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 × $34/8d (99% survival, $469/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $126,097 (456% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $40, recoverable in 4.3 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 100 contracts realizes $-124,000 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 · 14 Aug 2026 (8d) · sell 100 × $20.50, 75% survival, $14,625/mo (E[net] $-6,647/mo).
⚠ NEGATIVE E[net]: the expected cost of being challenged exceeds this premium, so this is the least-bad track rather than a good write. Consider a safer rung on the ladder below, or sitting the cycle out.
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆14 Aug 2026 · 8d100 × $20.5075%$14,625$-6,647
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $3,900 with probability 63%; on the 37% touch you roll, paying $13,253 to close and taking $1,918 back from the best priced door (net cash $11,335) and parking about one cycle of income. Charging the FULL buyback with no door credit (the pre-2026-07-25 model) contradicted the campaign simulation, which prices the same event as a cash-neutral even roll.

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 14 Aug 2026 · 8d · E[net] $-6,647/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 100 × $20.50 (50% normal), 75% survival, breach 25%, $14,625/mo.
⚖️ Worth a safer step: the $24 rung (🛡 safe yield) lifts survival to 91% (breach 25% → 9%) for $11,375/mo less (78% 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 $24 rung, unless you need the income to cover the hedge bleed, or you expect GLXY to stay flat-to-down near term.
GLXY  spot $18.73 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
🛡 safe yield ← lean125 × $2421 Aug15d28.1%91%hist 99%20%hist 6%+3pp$1,625$3,250-$11,375$117,121
Sell 125 × $24 28.1% OTM over spot $18.73 21 Aug 2026 (15d, $0.30 mid)
= $1,625 credit for the 15d cycle → $3,250/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $24)
91%
Breach risk
9%
POP (stays ≤ $24.30)
92%
EV / mo
+$164
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+3pp
36% whole by 9mo vs 33% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,923/mo
median; plan ~$1,308/mo after 68% keep · $14,185 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~3.5 mo [2.2-5.3], measured ONLY among the 36% 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)
15%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$24,293
Free roll-up
none
Safest escape (by 28 Aug 2026)
$24 @ 66% POP
54% 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 7 of 15); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.93/sh now → $2.07 mid-life (likely $1.77–$2.82)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.13/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.94/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 453 simulated challenges: the $24 strike is typically first touched on day 9 of 15, at $25 (overshoots $0.75). 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)~$2428 Aug 202614d left-$0.34/sh-$4,259
cycle -$2,634
[-$7,938…-$909] · 21% credit
66%
surv 54%
-$103,235 NOT
cap gain +$49,078
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$3,250/mo
vs 50% target ($14,625/mo)-78%
vs normal income ($29,250/mo)11% covered
Net income (after hedge)$3,250/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $24 is $9 below CC-SS $33.50: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$117,121
… as % of IC ($27,625)424.0%
… as % of ML ($277,625)42.2%
Recovery months (at normal income)4.0 mo
Surgical close (125 ct)$-154,437
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 $0.13 collected) or spot ≥ $24.30 (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 $26.29 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 8d left3-7d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $23.76Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$24-24.30
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
≥ $24.30
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 0.79 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$24.00 (1.4σ)$1,625$-98,976+$53,337+$1,500
+2.5%$24.60 (1.5σ)$-5,875$-100,588+$51,724-$6,000
+5%$25.20 (1.7σ)$-13,375$-102,201+$50,112-$13,500
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.5σ)$-194,750$-141,196+$11,116-$104,750
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $33.50, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-152,312
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$144,928
− CC assignment net of premium (125 × $24): -$117,121
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-124,506 (+$27,806 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-19,756 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-104,750, the opportunity cost of earning $3,250/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $25.54 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$17,625, position total $-103,114 (+$49,198 vs today)
33% normal66 × $20.5014 Aug8d9.5%75%hist 92%52%hist 43%+2pp$2,574$9,652-$4,972$83,224
Sell 66 × $20.50 9.5% OTM over spot $18.73 14 Aug 2026 (8d, $0.60 mid)
= $2,574 credit for the 8d cycle → $9,652/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $20.50)
75%
Breach risk
25%
POP (stays ≤ $21.11)
81%
EV / mo
+$1,167
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+2pp
35% whole by 9mo vs 33% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$4,058/mo
median; plan ~$2,760/mo after 68% keep · $29,615 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.8 mo [1.6-4.4], measured ONLY among the 35% 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)
41%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$6,173
Free roll-up
none
Safest escape (by 28 Aug 2026)
$22 @ 72% POP
65% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 66 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: $1.87/sh now → $1.33 mid-life (likely $1.45–$2.21)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.39/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.94/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,238 simulated challenges: the $20 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 8, at $21 (overshoots $0.63). 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 (66 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Max even-money escape in the band~$2128 Aug 202618d left+$0.19/sh+$1,266
cycle +$3,840
[-$1,619…+$1,169] · 42% credit
68%
surv 57%
-$128,396 NOT
cap gain +$23,916
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2021 Aug 202611d left-$0.01/sh-$66
cycle +$2,508
[-$2,697…-$193] · 23% credit
67%
surv 54%
-$132,377 NOT
cap gain +$19,935
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2228 Aug 202618d left-$0.24/sh-$1,560
cycle +$1,014
[-$4,941…-$1,800] · 11% credit
72%
surv 65%
-$121,410 NOT
cap gain +$30,903
budget: banked $2,574 debit $1,560 (61% used ≈ 0.7 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$1,014 cash · rolled 66 ct earn ≈ $11,978/mo while parked; 59 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$9,652/mo
vs 50% target ($14,625/mo)-34%
vs normal income ($29,250/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$9,770/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $20.50 is $13 below CC-SS $33.50: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$83,224
… as % of IC ($27,625)301.3%
… as % of ML ($277,625)30.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.8 mo
Surgical close (66 ct)$-81,840
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 $0.39 collected) or spot ≥ $21.11 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $20)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $26.29 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $20.29Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$20-21.11
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
≥ $21.11
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 0.79 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$20.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,574$-132,311+$20,001+$2,508
+2.5%$21.01 (≤1σ, normal week)$-808$-130,665+$21,648-$874
+5%$21.53 (1.0σ)$-4,191$-129,019+$23,294-$4,257
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (7.6σ)$-124,212$-113,138+$39,174-$76,692
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $33.50, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-152,312
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$144,928
− CC assignment net of premium (66 × $20.50): -$83,224
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (59 × $32.50): -$5,839
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-96,448 (+$55,864 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-19,756 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-76,692, the opportunity cost of earning $9,652/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $25.54 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$30,690, position total $-116,120 (+$36,192 vs today)
🎯 50% normal100 × $20.5014 Aug8d9.5%75%hist 92%52%hist 43%+8pp$3,900$14,625$126,097
Sell 100 × $20.50 9.5% OTM over spot $18.73 14 Aug 2026 (8d, $0.60 mid)
= $3,900 credit for the 8d cycle → $14,625/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $20.50)
75%
Breach risk
25%
POP (stays ≤ $21.11)
81%
EV / mo
+$1,769
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+8pp
39% whole by 9mo vs 31% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$5,997/mo
median; plan ~$4,078/mo after 68% keep · $43,280 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~3.1 mo [1.8-5.2], measured ONLY among the 39% 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)
37%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$9,353
Free roll-up
none
Safest escape (by 28 Aug 2026)
$22 @ 72% POP
65% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 100 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: $1.87/sh now → $1.33 mid-life (likely $1.48–$2.22)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.39/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.94/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,117 simulated challenges: the $20 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 8, at $21 (overshoots $0.64). 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 (100 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Max even-money escape in the band~$2128 Aug 202618d left+$0.19/sh+$1,918
cycle +$5,818
[-$2,500…+$1,775] · 42% credit
68%
surv 57%
-$126,452 NOT
cap gain +$25,860
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2021 Aug 202611d left-$0.01/sh-$100
cycle +$3,800
[-$4,150…-$268] · 23% credit
67%
surv 54%
-$131,120 NOT
cap gain +$21,193
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2228 Aug 202618d left-$0.24/sh-$2,364
cycle +$1,536
[-$7,583…-$2,806] · 9% credit
72%
surv 65%
-$120,921 NOT
cap gain +$31,391
budget: banked $3,900 debit $2,364 (61% used ≈ 0.7 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$1,536 cash · rolled 100 ct earn ≈ $18,149/mo while parked; 25 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$14,625/mo
vs 50% target ($14,625/mo)+0%
vs normal income ($29,250/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$14,675/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $20.50 is $13 below CC-SS $33.50: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$126,097
… as % of IC ($27,625)456.5%
… as % of ML ($277,625)45.4%
Recovery months (at normal income)4.3 mo
Surgical close (100 ct)$-124,000
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.10/sh (~25% of the $0.39 collected) or spot ≥ $21.11 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $20)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $26.29 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $20.29Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$20-21.11
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
≥ $21.11
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 0.79 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$20.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$3,900$-131,019+$21,293+$3,800
+2.5%$21.01 (≤1σ, normal week)$-1,225$-131,115+$21,197-$1,325
+5%$21.53 (1.0σ)$-6,350$-131,212+$21,101-$6,450
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (7.6σ)$-188,200$-152,646-$334-$116,200
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $33.50, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-152,312
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$144,928
− CC assignment net of premium (100 × $20.50): -$126,097
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (25 × $32.50): -$2,474
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-135,956 (+$16,356 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-19,756 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-116,200, the opportunity cost of earning $14,625/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $25.54 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$46,500, position total $-131,964 (+$20,348 vs today)
100% normal103 × $1914 Aug8d1.4%57%hist 77%92%hist 89%+7pp$7,828$29,355+$14,730$141,519
Sell 103 × $19 1.4% OTM over spot $18.73 14 Aug 2026 (8d, $1.13 mid)
= $7,828 credit for the 8d cycle → $29,355/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $19)
57%
Breach risk
43%
POP (stays ≤ $20.13)
71%
EV / mo
$-2,283
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+7pp
42% whole by 9mo vs 35% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~10.3/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$7,621/mo
median; plan ~$5,182/mo after 68% keep · $55,580 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~3.2 mo [1.9-5.3], measured ONLY among the 42% 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)
73%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$4,341
Free roll-up
none
Safest escape (by 28 Aug 2026)
$22 @ 82% POP
79% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 103 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: $1.67/sh now → $1.18 mid-life (likely $1.60–$2.38)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.76/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.42/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 2,195 simulated challenges: the $19 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 8, at $20 (overshoots $0.67). 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 (103 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Max even-money escape in the band~$1928 Aug 202618d left+$0.16/sh+$1,648
cycle +$9,476
[-$4,595…-$1,006] · 16% credit
68%
surv 57%
-$137,516 NOT
cap gain +$14,797
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$1921 Aug 202611d left-$0.01/sh-$87
cycle +$7,741
[-$5,773…-$2,471] · 8% credit
67%
surv 54%
-$141,900 NOT
cap gain +$10,413
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2228 Aug 202618d left-$0.68/sh-$6,960
cycle +$868
[-$15,641…-$10,195]
82%
surv 79%
-$116,686 NOT
cap gain +$35,627
budget: banked $7,828 debit $6,960 (89% used ≈ 1.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$868 cash · rolled 103 ct earn ≈ $8,683/mo while parked; 22 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$29,355/mo
vs 50% target ($14,625/mo)+101%
vs normal income ($29,250/mo)100% covered
Net income (after hedge)$29,399/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $19 is $14 below CC-SS $33.50: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$141,519
… as % of IC ($27,625)512.3%
… as % of ML ($277,625)51.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)4.8 mo
Surgical close (103 ct)$-129,316
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.19/sh (~25% of the $0.76 collected) or spot ≥ $20.13 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $19)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $26.29 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $18.81Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$19-20.13
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
≥ $20.13
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 0.79 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$19.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$7,828$-141,813+$10,499+$7,725
+2.5%$19.47 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,936$-142,045+$10,268+$2,833
+5%$19.95 (≤1σ, normal week)$-1,957$-142,276+$10,036-$2,060
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (7.6σ)$-205,485$-167,771-$15,459-$131,325
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $33.50, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-152,312
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$144,928
− CC assignment net of premium (103 × $19): -$141,519
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (22 × $32.50): -$2,177
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-151,081 (+$1,231 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-19,756 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-131,325, the opportunity cost of earning $29,355/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $25.54 20W MA (bounce target), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$59,534, position total $-145,001 (+$7,311 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 (3 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: 0.785 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$144,928 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-19,756

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$20.508d14 Aug 2026$0.39100/125$14,625$14,67575%81%+$1,769-$126,097456.5%$-135,956 (vs do-nothing $-116,200)
$2115d21 Aug 2026$0.61120/125$14,640$14,65075%81%+$2,627-$142,676516.5%$-150,556 (vs do-nothing $-130,800)
$2122d28 Aug 2026$0.86125/125$14,659$14,65972%79%+$1,722-$145,496526.7%$-152,881 (vs do-nothing $-133,125)
$20.5015d21 Aug 2026$0.73101/125$14,746$14,79471%78%+$2,119-$123,924448.6%$-133,684 (vs do-nothing $-113,928)
$208d14 Aug 2026$0.5473/125$14,783$14,88770%78%+$2,003-$94,606342.5%$-107,137 (vs do-nothing $-87,381)
$2015d21 Aug 2026$0.7795/125$14,630$14,69067%76%$-110-$120,932437.8%$-131,286 (vs do-nothing $-111,530)
$2022d28 Aug 2026$1.04104/125$14,749$14,79165%75%$-218-$129,581469.1%$-139,044 (vs do-nothing $-119,288)
$19.508d14 Aug 2026$0.5670/125$14,700$14,81064%74%$-1,684-$94,078340.6%$-106,906 (vs do-nothing $-87,150)
$19.5015d21 Aug 2026$0.9776/125$14,744$14,84262%73%+$218-$99,026358.5%$-111,260 (vs do-nothing $-91,504)
$1922d28 Aug 2026$1.4674/125$14,733$14,83557%71%+$212-$96,494349.3%$-108,926 (vs do-nothing $-89,170)
$1915d21 Aug 2026$1.2758/125$14,732$14,86657%72%+$1,197-$76,732277.8%$-90,748 (vs do-nothing $-70,992)
$198d14 Aug 2026$0.7652/125$14,820$14,96657%71%$-1,153-$71,446258.6%$-86,056 (vs do-nothing $-66,300)
$18.5015d21 Aug 2026$1.4053/125$14,840$14,98452%69%$-114-$72,078260.9%$-86,589 (vs do-nothing $-66,833)
Show 1 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$18.508d14 Aug 2026$1.1534/125$14,662$14,84450%69%+$1,212-$47,089170.5%$-63,480 (vs do-nothing $-43,724)

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%). Survival, POP and touch use vol x 1.00 (raw implied: the VRP haircut is applied to the premium edge but NOT to risk, because understating the edge costs opportunity while understating breach odds costs capital; the risk-side haircut arms only from the graded ledger). 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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