FORTRESS FIGHT: GLXY @ $26.25

BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $34.50  |  125 contracts (12,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-09-04 21:36

GLXYBBC @ $26.25   UNDERWATER $13.46 (33.9% below BE SS)

125 contracts (12,500 sh)  |  BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $34.50 (banked floor $34.07)  |  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$38,839/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $3,534/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-88,250fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$19,420/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$38,839/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.7 mo to earn back $27,625
ML VELOCITY
7.1 mo to earn back $277,625
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $34.50 (probe: $35C 14d) brings only $268/mo (<20% of normal), so FIGHT below it is warranted.
🏦 CAMPAIGN LEDGER , realized CC income since 2026-07-02; banked cash shrinks the hole (shown as an info-only banked floor, the recommended CC-SS stays the pure recovery strike; seeded from open positions, reconciled from IBKR executions nightly)
Banked since 2026-07-02
$4,837
Hole (after banked)
$83,413
was $88,250 · 5% earned back
Cycles closed
9
Credit in flight
$0
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$34.50 → $34.07
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 50 (live) · RSI 53 · MACD bearish, hist rising
DAILYRISING (provisional) · RSI 60 · %B 87 · hist rising (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $34.10 (+30%) · daily UBB $27.23 · 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: 75 contracts at $27 / 7d. This is the safest strike (survival 62%, breach 38%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($19,420/mo); it brings $19,607/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 118 × $26.50/7d for $38,940/mo, but breach risk rises to 44% (+7pp 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 × $35/14d (97% survival, $268/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $51,701 (187% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $40, recoverable in 1.3 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 75 contracts realizes $-54,675 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 (7d) · sell 75 × $27, 62% survival, $19,607/mo (E[net] $-2,415/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 · 7d75 × $2762%$19,607$-2,415
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $4,575 with probability 39%; on the 61% touch you roll, paying $7,553 to close and taking $3,714 back from the best priced door (net cash $3,840) 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 · 7d · E[net] $-2,415/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 75 × $27 (50% normal), 62% survival, breach 38%, $19,607/mo.
Stay at the pick. Stepping safer (the $28 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 74% (breach 38% → 26%) for $6,681/mo less (34% income)) buys little extra safety; the income is doing real work covering the bleed.
GLXY  spot $26.25 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
🛡 safe yield125 × $3218 Sep14d21.9%91%hist 96%20%hist 13%+2pp$1,125$2,411-$17,196$30,169
Sell 125 × $32 21.9% OTM over spot $26.25 18 Sep 2026 (14d, $0.32 mid)
= $1,125 credit for the 14d cycle → $2,411/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $32)
91%
Breach risk
9%
POP (stays ≤ $32.32)
92%
EV / mo
$-1,006
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+2pp
62% whole by 9mo vs 61% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,696/mo
median; plan ~$1,153/mo after 68% keep · $6,419 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.5 mo [0.8-3.3], measured ONLY among the 62% 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)
17%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$22,797
Free roll-up
none
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$34 @ 72% POP
64% 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 14); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.70/sh now → $1.91 mid-life (likely $1.60–$2.55)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.09/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.82/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 512 simulated challenges: the $32 strike is typically first touched on day 9 of 14, at $33 (overshoots $0.82). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (125 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$332 Oct 202621d left+$0.41/sh+$5,164
cycle +$6,289
[+$3,281…+$9,746] · 96% credit
70%
surv 59%
-$12,574 NOT
cap gain +$75,676
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$3225 Sep 202614d left+$0.28/sh+$3,526
cycle +$4,651
[+$2,138…+$7,290] · 95% credit
68%
surv 54%
-$22,218 NOT
cap gain +$66,032
Max even-money escape in the band~$342 Oct 202621d left+$0.04/sh+$559
cycle +$1,684
[-$1,852…+$4,756] · 55% credit
72%
surv 64%
-$6,503 NOT
cap gain +$81,747
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$2,411/mo
vs 50% target ($19,420/mo)-88%
vs normal income ($38,839/mo)6% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,411/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $32 is $3 below CC-SS $34.50: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$30,169
… as % of IC ($27,625)109.2%
… as % of ML ($277,625)10.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.8 mo
Surgical close (125 ct)$-91,125
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.02/sh (~25% of the $0.09 collected) or spot ≥ $32.32 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $32)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $27.23 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 8d left3-7d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $31.68Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$32-32.32
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $32.32
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 0.85 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$32.00 (1.4σ)$1,125$-25,744+$62,506+$1,000
+2.5%$32.80 (1.6σ)$-8,875$-27,204+$61,046-$9,000
+5%$33.60 (1.7σ)$-18,875$-28,664+$59,586-$19,000
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (3.2σ)$-95,250$-39,815+$48,435-$36,500
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $34.50, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-88,250
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$88,106
− CC assignment net of premium (125 × $32): -$30,169
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-30,313 (+$57,937 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-19 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-30,294, the opportunity cost of earning $2,411/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.10 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$25,125, position total $-29,576 (+$58,674 vs today)
33% normal104 × $2811 Sep7d6.7%74%hist 84%54%hist 43%+3pp$3,016$12,926-$6,681$64,620
Sell 104 × $28 6.7% OTM over spot $26.25 11 Sep 2026 (7d, $0.51 mid)
= $3,016 credit for the 7d cycle → $12,926/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $28)
74%
Breach risk
26%
POP (stays ≤ $28.51)
79%
EV / mo
$-3,210
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+3pp
66% whole by 9mo vs 62% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.0/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$5,878/mo
median; plan ~$3,997/mo after 68% keep · $21,766 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.7 mo [0.8-3.1], measured ONLY among the 66% 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)
-$8,109
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$32 @ 79% POP
75% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 104 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.51/sh now → $1.07 mid-life (likely $1.22–$1.82)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.29/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.78/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,226 simulated challenges: the $28 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 7, at $29 (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 (104 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2818 Sep 202610d left+$0.45/sh+$4,709
cycle +$7,725
[+$2,389…+$4,778] · 95% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$61,823 NOT
cap gain +$26,427
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$302 Oct 202624d left+$0.56/sh+$5,800
cycle +$8,816
[+$2,480…+$5,775] · 92% credit
73%
surv 65%
-$42,051 NOT
cap gain +$46,199
Max even-money escape in the band~$312 Oct 202624d left+$0.21/sh+$2,169
cycle +$5,185
[-$1,811…+$1,775] · 48% credit
76%
surv 70%
-$35,006 NOT
cap gain +$53,244
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)~$2918 Sep 202610d left+$0.13/sh+$1,330
cycle +$4,346
[-$1,594…+$1,020] · 42% credit
70%
surv 60%
-$57,195 NOT
cap gain +$31,055
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$322 Oct 202624d left-$0.01/sh-$70
cycle +$2,946
[-$4,416…-$674] · 20% credit
79%
surv 75%
-$26,571 NOT
cap gain +$61,679
budget: banked $3,016 debit $70 (2% used ≈ 0.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$2,946 cash · rolled 104 ct earn ≈ $13,819/mo while parked; 21 ct free to re-sell
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$12,926/mo
vs 50% target ($19,420/mo)-33%
vs normal income ($38,839/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$12,971/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $28 is $7 below CC-SS $34.50: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$64,620
… as % of IC ($27,625)233.9%
… as % of ML ($277,625)23.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.7 mo
Surgical close (104 ct)$-75,712
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.07/sh (~25% of the $0.29 collected) or spot ≥ $28.51 (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 $27.23 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $27.72Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$28-28.51
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
≥ $28.51
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$28.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$3,016$-66,532+$21,718+$2,912
+2.5%$28.70 (≤1σ, normal week)$-4,264$-66,339+$21,911-$4,368
+5%$29.40 (1.1σ)$-11,544$-66,147+$22,103-$11,648
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (4.5σ)$-118,768$-73,202+$15,048-$69,888
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $34.50, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-88,250
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$88,106
− CC assignment net of premium (104 × $28): -$64,620
+ Conservative CC premium (21 × $35): +$21
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-64,743 (+$23,507 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-19 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-64,724, the opportunity cost of earning $12,926/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.10 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$60,424, position total $-64,854 (+$23,396 vs today)
🎯 50% normal75 × $2711 Sep7d2.9%62%hist 66%78%hist 65%+9pp$4,575$19,607$51,701
Sell 75 × $27 2.9% OTM over spot $26.25 11 Sep 2026 (7d, $0.84 mid)
= $4,575 credit for the 7d cycle → $19,607/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $27)
62%
Breach risk
38%
POP (stays ≤ $27.84)
73%
EV / mo
$-1,027
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+9pp
64% whole by 9mo vs 55% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~5.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$6,667/mo
median; plan ~$4,533/mo after 68% keep · $31,243 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.8 mo [0.9-4.1], 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)
61%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,978
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$32 @ 85% POP
83% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 75 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.42/sh now → $1.01 mid-life (likely $1.31–$1.86)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.61/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.40/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,832 simulated challenges: the $27 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 7, at $28 (overshoots $0.65). 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 (75 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2718 Sep 202610d left+$0.43/sh+$3,218
cycle +$7,793
[+$1,208…+$2,449] · 93% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$72,401 NOT
cap gain +$15,849
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$292 Oct 202624d left+$0.50/sh+$3,714
cycle +$8,289
[+$819…+$2,635] · 86% credit
74%
surv 65%
-$53,224 NOT
cap gain +$35,026
Max even-money escape in the band~$302 Oct 202624d left+$0.16/sh+$1,184
cycle +$5,759
[-$2,196…-$47] · 24% credit
77%
surv 71%
-$45,079 NOT
cap gain +$43,171
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)~$2818 Sep 202610d left+$0.11/sh+$801
cycle +$5,376
[-$1,666…-$91] · 22% credit
71%
surv 60%
-$66,811 NOT
cap gain +$21,439
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3225 Sep 202618d left-$0.50/sh-$3,772
cycle +$803
[-$7,987…-$5,294]
85%
surv 83%
-$28,685 NOT
cap gain +$59,565
budget: banked $4,575 debit $3,772 (82% used ≈ 0.8 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$803 cash · rolled 75 ct earn ≈ $6,302/mo while parked; 50 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$19,607/mo
vs 50% target ($19,420/mo)+1%
vs normal income ($38,839/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$19,714/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $27 is $8 below CC-SS $34.50: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$51,701
… as % of IC ($27,625)187.2%
… as % of ML ($277,625)18.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.3 mo
Surgical close (75 ct)$-54,675
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.15/sh (~25% of the $0.61 collected) or spot ≥ $27.84 (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 $27.23 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $26.73Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$27-27.84
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
≥ $27.84
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$27.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$4,575$-75,619+$12,631+$4,500
+2.5%$27.67 (≤1σ, normal week)$-487$-73,476+$14,774-$562
+5%$28.35 (≤1σ, normal week)$-5,550$-71,332+$16,918-$5,625
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (4.5σ)$-90,750$-58,815+$29,435-$55,500
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $34.50, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-88,250
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$88,106
− CC assignment net of premium (75 × $27): -$51,701
+ Conservative CC premium (50 × $35): +$50
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-51,795 (+$36,455 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-19 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-51,776, the opportunity cost of earning $19,607/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.10 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$48,675, position total $-53,076 (+$35,174 vs today)
100% normal118 × $26.5011 Sep7d1.0%56%hist 69%93%hist 89%+13pp$9,086$38,940+$19,333$85,355
Sell 118 × $26.50 1.0% OTM over spot $26.25 11 Sep 2026 (7d, $1.02 mid)
= $9,086 credit for the 7d cycle → $38,940/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $26.50)
56%
Breach risk
44%
POP (stays ≤ $27.52)
69%
EV / mo
$-3,456
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+13pp
70% whole by 9mo vs 57% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~7.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$12,202/mo
median; plan ~$8,297/mo after 68% keep · $41,283 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.7 mo [0.9-3.4], 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)
73%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,437
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$32 @ 89% POP
88% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 118 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.38/sh now → $0.98 mid-life (likely $1.34–$1.99)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.77/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.21/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 2,204 simulated challenges: the $26 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 7, at $27 (overshoots $0.74). 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 (118 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2618 Sep 202610d left+$0.42/sh+$4,926
cycle +$14,012
[+$1,229…+$3,268] · 88% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$71,562 NOT
cap gain +$16,688
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$282 Oct 202624d left+$0.46/sh+$5,484
cycle +$14,570
[+$108…+$3,111] · 76% credit
74%
surv 66%
-$52,323 NOT
cap gain +$35,927
Max even-money escape in the band~$292 Oct 202624d left+$0.13/sh+$1,573
cycle +$10,659
[-$4,800…-$1,005] · 14% credit
77%
surv 71%
-$45,559 NOT
cap gain +$42,691
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)~$2718 Sep 202610d left+$0.10/sh+$1,139
cycle +$10,225
[-$3,442…-$707] · 14% credit
71%
surv 61%
-$67,343 NOT
cap gain +$20,907
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3225 Sep 202618d left-$0.71/sh-$8,344
cycle +$742
[-$17,634…-$11,767]
89%
surv 88%
-$23,451 NOT
cap gain +$64,799
budget: banked $9,086 debit $8,344 (92% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$742 cash · rolled 118 ct earn ≈ $5,298/mo while parked; 7 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$38,940/mo
vs 50% target ($19,420/mo)+101%
vs normal income ($38,839/mo)100% covered
Net income (after hedge)$38,955/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $26.50 is $8 below CC-SS $34.50: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$85,355
… as % of IC ($27,625)309.0%
… as % of ML ($277,625)30.7%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.2 mo
Surgical close (118 ct)$-86,317
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 $0.77 collected) or spot ≥ $27.52 (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 $27.23 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $26.23Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$26-27.52
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
≥ $27.52
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$26.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$9,086$-76,488+$11,762+$8,968
+2.5%$27.16 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,269$-77,234+$11,016+$1,151
+5%$27.83 (≤1σ, normal week)$-6,549$-77,979+$10,271-$6,667
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (4.5σ)$-146,792$-94,646-$6,396-$91,332
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $34.50, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-88,250
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$88,106
− CC assignment net of premium (118 × $26.50): -$85,355
+ Conservative CC premium (7 × $35): +$7
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-85,492 (+$2,758 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-19 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-85,473, the opportunity cost of earning $38,940/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $34.10 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$80,594, position total $-85,038 (+$3,212 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 (15 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (4 expiries scanned, 15 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: 0.854 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$88,106 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-19

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$28.5014d18 Sep 2026$0.77118/125$19,470$19,48572%79%+$3,730-$61,755223.5%$-61,892 (vs do-nothing $-61,873)
$2814d18 Sep 2026$0.9299/125$19,517$19,57369%77%+$3,428-$55,276200.1%$-55,395 (vs do-nothing $-55,375)
$2821d25 Sep 2026$1.28107/125$19,566$19,60467%75%+$3,374-$55,891202.3%$-56,017 (vs do-nothing $-55,998)
$2828d2 Oct 2026$1.55117/125$19,430$19,44865%75%+$2,356-$57,956209.8%$-58,092 (vs do-nothing $-58,073)
$27.5014d18 Sep 2026$1.0884/125$19,440$19,52864%74%+$2,935-$49,757180.1%$-49,860 (vs do-nothing $-49,841)
$277d11 Sep 2026$0.6175/125$19,607$19,71462%73%$-1,027-$51,701187.2%$-51,795 (vs do-nothing $-51,776)
$2714d18 Sep 2026$1.2672/125$19,440$19,55460%72%+$1,873-$44,953162.7%$-45,044 (vs do-nothing $-45,025)
$2721d25 Sep 2026$1.5787/125$19,513$19,59460%72%+$1,887-$51,621186.9%$-51,727 (vs do-nothing $-51,708)
$2728d2 Oct 2026$1.9096/125$19,543$19,60559%72%+$1,973-$53,793194.7%$-53,909 (vs do-nothing $-53,889)
$26.507d11 Sep 2026$0.7759/125$19,470$19,61156%69%$-1,728-$42,678154.5%$-42,756 (vs do-nothing $-42,737)
$26.5014d18 Sep 2026$1.4762/125$19,530$19,66556%70%+$1,610-$40,508146.6%$-40,589 (vs do-nothing $-40,570)
$2628d2 Oct 2026$2.2083/125$19,564$19,65453%70%+$623-$52,319189.4%$-52,421 (vs do-nothing $-52,402)
$2621d25 Sep 2026$2.0766/125$19,517$19,64452%68%+$1,955-$42,461153.7%$-42,546 (vs do-nothing $-42,527)
Show 2 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$2614d18 Sep 2026$1.7054/125$19,671$19,82451%67%+$1,307-$36,739133.0%$-36,812 (vs do-nothing $-36,793)
$267d11 Sep 2026$1.1042/125$19,800$19,97849%66%+$411-$31,095112.6%$-31,156 (vs do-nothing $-31,137)

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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