FORTRESS FIGHT: GLXY @ $25.12

BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $34.77  |  125 contracts (12,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-09-03 21:35

GLXYBBC @ $25.12   UNDERWATER $14.59 (36.7% below BE SS)

125 contracts (12,500 sh)  |  BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $34.77 (banked floor $34.34)  |  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$35,750/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $3,713/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-102,938fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$17,875/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$35,750/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.8 mo to earn back $27,625
ML VELOCITY
7.8 mo to earn back $277,625
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $34.77 (probe: $35C 15d) brings only $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
$4,837
Hole (after banked)
$98,101
was $102,938 · 5% earned back
Cycles closed
9
Credit in flight
$0
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$34.77 → $34.34
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 43 (live) · RSI 50 · MACD bearish, hist rising
DAILYRISING (provisional) · RSI 58 · %B 82 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $34.05 (+36%) · daily UBB $26.48 · 1-wk expected move ±$3 (chain IV)
SETUPNo tilt: engine default. (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: 120 contracts at $26 / 8d. This is the safest strike (survival 64%, breach 36%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($17,875/mo); it brings $18,000/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 120 × $25/8d for $36,000/mo, but breach risk rises to 50% (+14pp 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 × $35/15d (98% survival, $500/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $100,450 (364% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $40, recoverable in 2.8 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 120 contracts realizes $-102,480 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 · 11 Sep 2026 (8d) · sell 120 × $26, 64% survival, $18,000/mo (E[net] $-10,967/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 🏆11 Sep 2026 · 8d120 × $2664%$18,000$-10,967
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $4,800 with probability 41%; on the 59% touch you roll, paying $11,617 to close and taking $3,427 back from the best priced door (net cash $8,190) 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 · 11 Sep 2026 · 8d · E[net] $-10,967/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 120 × $26 (50% normal), 64% survival, breach 36%, $18,000/mo.
Stay at the pick. Stepping safer (the $27 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 76% (breach 36% → 24%) for $6,142/mo less (34% income)) buys little extra safety; the income is doing real work covering the bleed.
GLXY  spot $25.12 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
🛡 safe yield125 × $3011 Sep8d19.4%93%hist 96%15%hist 13%+1pp$625$2,344-$15,656$59,010
Sell 125 × $30 19.4% OTM over spot $25.12 11 Sep 2026 (8d, $0.10 mid)
= $625 credit for the 8d cycle → $2,344/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $30)
93%
Breach risk
7%
POP (stays ≤ $30.10)
93%
EV / mo
$-779
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+1pp
54% whole by 9mo vs 53% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,562/mo
median; plan ~$1,062/mo after 68% keep · $8,532 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.8 mo [1.0-3.6], measured ONLY among the 54% 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)
-$14,784
Free roll-up
none
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$33 @ 78% POP
71% 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: $1.74/sh now → $1.23 mid-life (likely $0.93–$1.69)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.05/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.18/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 219 simulated challenges: the $30 strike is typically first touched on day 6 of 8, at $31 (overshoots $0.70). 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)~$3018 Sep 202611d left+$0.35/sh+$4,391
cycle +$5,016
[+$3,372…+$7,966] · 97% credit
66%
surv 53%
-$46,559 NOT
cap gain +$56,378
Max even-money escape in the band~$3325 Sep 202618d left+$0.16/sh+$2,052
cycle +$2,677
[+$834…+$5,617] · 80% credit
78%
surv 71%
-$18,586 NOT
cap gain +$84,351
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$2,344/mo
vs 50% target ($17,875/mo)-87%
vs normal income ($35,750/mo)7% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,344/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $30 is $5 below CC-SS $34.77: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$59,010
… as % of IC ($27,625)213.6%
… as % of ML ($277,625)21.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.7 mo
Surgical close (125 ct)$-103,563
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.01/sh (~25% of the $0.05 collected) or spot ≥ $30.10 (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 $26.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $29.70Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$30-30.10
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
≥ $30.10
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 0.84 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$30.00 (1.7σ)$625$-50,951+$51,987+$375
+2.5%$30.75 (1.9σ)$-8,750$-52,432+$50,506-$9,000
+5%$31.50 (2.2σ)$-18,125$-53,913+$49,024-$18,375
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.0σ)$-120,750$-70,128+$32,810-$62,125
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $34.77, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-102,938
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$101,575
− CC assignment net of premium (125 × $30): -$59,010
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-60,373 (+$42,565 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-1,113 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-59,260, the opportunity cost of earning $2,344/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.05 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$50,000, position total $-58,949 (+$43,988 vs today)
33% normal93 × $2711 Sep8d7.5%76%hist 84%51%hist 43%+6pp$3,162$11,858-$6,142$69,107
Sell 93 × $27 7.5% OTM over spot $25.12 11 Sep 2026 (8d, $0.50 mid)
= $3,162 credit for the 8d cycle → $11,858/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $27)
76%
Breach risk
24%
POP (stays ≤ $27.50)
80%
EV / mo
+$305
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+6pp
59% whole by 9mo vs 53% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$5,389/mo
median; plan ~$3,664/mo after 68% keep · $28,688 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.1 mo [1.2-4.0], measured ONLY among the 59% 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)
-$6,429
Free roll-up
none
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$30 @ 80% POP
74% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 93 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: $1.46/sh now → $1.03 mid-life (likely $1.09–$1.68)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.34/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.69/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,115 simulated challenges: the $27 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 8, at $28 (overshoots $0.59). 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 (93 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2718 Sep 202611d left+$0.30/sh+$2,804
cycle +$5,966
[+$791…+$3,123] · 87% credit
65%
surv 53%
-$77,121 NOT
cap gain +$25,817
Max even-money escape in the band~$2825 Sep 202618d left+$0.05/sh+$480
cycle +$3,642
[-$2,622…+$528] · 31% credit
68%
surv 61%
-$70,182 NOT
cap gain +$32,755
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3025 Sep 202618d left-$0.00/sh-$27
cycle +$3,135
[-$2,479…-$1] · 25% credit
80%
surv 74%
-$49,640 NOT
cap gain +$53,298
budget: banked $3,162 debit $27 (1% used ≈ 0.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$3,135 cash · rolled 93 ct earn ≈ $15,941/mo while parked; 32 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$11,858/mo
vs 50% target ($17,875/mo)-34%
vs normal income ($35,750/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$11,986/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $27 is $8 below CC-SS $34.77: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$69,107
… as % of IC ($27,625)250.2%
… as % of ML ($277,625)24.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.9 mo
Surgical close (93 ct)$-78,074
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.09/sh (~25% of the $0.34 collected) or spot ≥ $27.50 (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 $26.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $26.73Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$27-27.50
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
≥ $27.50
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 0.84 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$27.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$3,162$-79,925+$23,013+$2,976
+2.5%$27.67 (≤1σ, normal week)$-3,115$-79,098+$23,840-$3,301
+5%$28.35 (1.1σ)$-9,393$-78,271+$24,667-$9,579
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.0σ)$-115,041$-79,427+$23,511-$71,424
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $34.77, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-102,938
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$101,575
− CC assignment net of premium (93 × $27): -$69,107
+ Conservative CC premium (32 × $35): +$64
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-70,405 (+$32,532 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-1,113 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-69,293, the opportunity cost of earning $11,858/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.05 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$62,403, position total $-71,288 (+$31,649 vs today)
🎯 50% normal120 × $2611 Sep8d3.5%64%hist 66%74%hist 65%+7pp$4,800$18,000$100,450
Sell 120 × $26 3.5% OTM over spot $25.12 11 Sep 2026 (8d, $0.71 mid)
= $4,800 credit for the 8d cycle → $18,000/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $26)
64%
Breach risk
36%
POP (stays ≤ $26.70)
73%
EV / mo
$-8,598
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+7pp
56% whole by 9mo vs 49% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~5.4/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$6,137/mo
median; plan ~$4,173/mo after 68% keep · $36,286 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.1 mo [1.1-4.1], 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)
59%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$6,817
Free roll-up
none
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$29 @ 80% POP
75% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 120 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: $1.37/sh now → $0.97 mid-life (likely $1.25–$1.76)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.40/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.57/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,784 simulated challenges: the $26 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 8, at $27 (overshoots $0.62). 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 (120 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2618 Sep 202611d left+$0.29/sh+$3,427
cycle +$8,227
[+$224…+$2,149] · 78% credit
65%
surv 53%
-$85,439 NOT
cap gain +$17,499
Max even-money escape in the band~$2725 Sep 202618d left+$0.03/sh+$420
cycle +$5,220
[-$4,565…-$1,502] · 14% credit
68%
surv 61%
-$79,184 NOT
cap gain +$23,754
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2925 Sep 202618d left-$0.05/sh-$623
cycle +$4,177
[-$4,653…-$2,191] · 9% credit
80%
surv 75%
-$59,176 NOT
cap gain +$43,761
budget: banked $4,800 debit $623 (13% used ≈ 0.2 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$4,177 cash · rolled 120 ct earn ≈ $18,323/mo while parked; 5 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$18,000/mo
vs 50% target ($17,875/mo)+1%
vs normal income ($35,750/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$18,020/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $26 is $9 below CC-SS $34.77: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$100,450
… as % of IC ($27,625)363.6%
… as % of ML ($277,625)36.2%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.8 mo
Surgical close (120 ct)$-102,480
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 $0.40 collected) or spot ≥ $26.70 (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 $26.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $25.74Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$26-26.70
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
≥ $26.70
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 0.84 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$26.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$4,800$-88,866+$14,072+$4,560
+2.5%$26.65 (≤1σ, normal week)$-3,000$-89,824+$13,113-$3,240
+5%$27.30 (≤1σ, normal week)$-10,800$-90,783+$12,154-$11,040
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.0σ)$-159,720$-111,443-$8,505-$103,440
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $34.77, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-102,938
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$101,575
− CC assignment net of premium (120 × $26): -$100,450
+ Conservative CC premium (5 × $35): +$10
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-101,802 (+$1,135 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-1,113 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-100,690, the opportunity cost of earning $18,000/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.05 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$91,800, position total $-100,739 (+$2,198 vs today)
100% normal120 × $2511 Sep8d-0.5%50%hist 69%100%hist 89%·$9,600$36,000+$18,000$107,650
Sell 120 × $25 0.5% ITM over spot $25.12 11 Sep 2026 (8d, $1.08 mid)
= $9,600 credit for the 8d cycle → $36,000/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $25)
50%
Breach risk
50%
POP (stays ≤ $26.08)
65%
EV / mo
$-9,247
🛡 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)
100%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,281
Free roll-up
none
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$31 @ 91% POP
91% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 120 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: $1.28/sh now → $0.91 mid-life → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.80/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.11/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (120 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2518 Sep 202611d left+$0.27/sh+$3,241
cycle +$12,841
65%
surv 53%
-$90,087 NOT
cap gain +$12,851
Max even-money escape in the band~$2518 Sep 202611d left+$0.37/sh+$4,408
cycle +$14,008
66%
surv 53%
-$88,920 NOT
cap gain +$14,018
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3125 Sep 202618d left-$0.75/sh-$8,952
cycle +$648
91%
surv 91%
-$40,392 NOT
cap gain +$62,545
budget: banked $9,600 debit $8,952 (93% used ≈ 1.1 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$648 cash · rolled 120 ct earn ≈ $3,215/mo while parked; 5 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$36,000/mo
vs 50% target ($17,875/mo)+101%
vs normal income ($35,750/mo)101% covered
Net income (after hedge)$36,020/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $25 is $10 below CC-SS $34.77: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$107,650
… as % of IC ($27,625)389.7%
… as % of ML ($277,625)38.8%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.0 mo
Surgical close (120 ct)$-102,180
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 $0.80 collected) or spot ≥ $26.08 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $25)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $26.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $24.75Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$25-26.08
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
≥ $26.08
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 0.84 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$25.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$9,600$-93,328+$9,610+$9,360
+2.5%$25.62 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,100$-95,512+$7,425+$1,860
+5%$26.25 (≤1σ, normal week)$-5,400$-96,434+$6,503-$5,640
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.0σ)$-166,920$-118,643-$15,705-$110,640
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $34.77, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-102,938
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$101,575
− CC assignment net of premium (120 × $25): -$107,650
+ Conservative CC premium (5 × $35): +$10
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-109,002 ($-6,065 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-1,113 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-107,890, the opportunity cost of earning $36,000/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.05 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$99,000, position total $-107,939 ($-5,002 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 (8 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (3 expiries scanned, 8 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: 0.842 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$101,575 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-1,113

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$268d11 Sep 2026$0.40120/125$18,000$18,02064%73%$-8,598-$100,450363.6%$-101,802 (vs do-nothing $-100,690)
$2615d18 Sep 2026$0.76118/125$17,936$17,96461%71%$-6,700-$94,528342.2%$-95,876 (vs do-nothing $-94,764)
$2622d25 Sep 2026$1.06124/125$17,924$17,92861%71%$-3,530-$95,614346.1%$-96,975 (vs do-nothing $-95,862)
$25.508d11 Sep 2026$0.5390/125$17,888$18,02858%69%$-8,338-$78,667284.8%$-79,960 (vs do-nothing $-78,847)
$25.5015d18 Sep 2026$0.86104/125$17,888$17,97257%68%$-7,961-$87,472316.6%$-88,793 (vs do-nothing $-87,680)
$2522d25 Sep 2026$1.5685/125$18,082$18,24253%68%$-1,625-$69,792252.6%$-71,075 (vs do-nothing $-69,962)
$2515d18 Sep 2026$1.5558/125$17,980$18,24852%68%+$929-$47,681172.6%$-48,909 (vs do-nothing $-47,797)
$258d11 Sep 2026$0.8060/125$18,000$18,26050%65%$-4,623-$53,825194.8%$-55,058 (vs do-nothing $-53,945)

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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