FORTRESS FIGHT: GLXY @ $23.47

BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $35.20  |  25 contracts (2,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-09-18 21:45

GLXYBBC @ $23.47   UNDERWATER $16.24 (40.9% below BE SS)

⚠ EARNINGS AHEAD
GLXY reports 2026-10-20 (Tue), in 32 days. Every expiry shown clears the event, but keep any CC or roll tenor inside 2026-10-20, a longer one would sell through earnings.
PARTIAL: 100 of 125 contracts already capped (100x $26C). FIGHTing the 25 uncapped; all figures (income, hedge, cap give-up) are for that slice.

25 of 125 contracts (2,500 sh uncapped)  |  BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $35.20 (banked floor $32.45)  |  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$55,525(ND $2.21 + SW $20) x 2500
Normal income ref$7,768/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $765/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-24,900fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$3,884/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$7,768/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.7 mo to earn back $5,525
ML VELOCITY
7.1 mo to earn back $55,525
Deep drawdown (unpriceable at CC-SS): no listed call within 92% of CC-SS $35.20 in the fetched chain; the deepest available is $30C (14d, $589/mo, a BELOW-CC-SS strike, not a safe CC). Income at true CC-SS ≈ $0, 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
$6,095
Hole (after banked)
$18,805
was $24,900 · 24% earned back
Cycles closed
10
Credit in flight
$1,600
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$35.20 → $32.45
Open legAcctCredit/shIn flightOpened
100x $26.5C 25 Sep 2026U10001299$0.16$1,6002026-09-18
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 35 (live) · RSI 48 · MACD bearish, hist rising
DAILYMIXED (provisional) · RSI 49 · %B 36 · hist rising (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $33.84 (+44%) · daily UBB $26.91 · 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: 24 contracts at $25 / 7d. This is the safest strike (survival 72%, breach 28%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($3,884/mo); it brings $3,909/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 21 × $23.50/7d for $7,920/mo, but breach risk rises to 47% (+20pp vs the primary). The lower strike is hit by a smaller bounce.
More safety, less income: for just the hedge you can sit at 25 × $37.50/28d (97% survival, $134/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $23,573 (427% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $40, recoverable in 3.0 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 24 contracts realizes $-24,228 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 25 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 · 25 Sep 2026 (7d) · sell 24 × $25, 72% survival, $3,909/mo (E[net] $1,004/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆25 Sep 2026 · 7d24 × $2572%$3,909$1,004
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $912 with probability 56%; on the 44% touch you roll, paying $2,189 to close and taking $1,554 back from the best priced door (net cash $634) 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 · 25 Sep 2026 · 7d · E[net] $1,004/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 24 × $25 (50% normal), 72% survival, breach 28%, $3,909/mo.
⚖️ Worth a safer step: the $32.50 rung (🛡 safe yield) lifts survival to 93% (breach 28% → 7%) for $3,587/mo less (92% 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 $32.50 rung, unless you need the income to cover the hedge bleed, or you expect GLXY to stay flat-to-down near term.
GLXY  spot $23.47 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
🛡 safe yield ← lean25 × $32.5016 Oct28d38.5%93%hist 96%16%hist 14%+1pp$300$321-$3,587$6,455
Sell 25 × $32.50 38.5% OTM over spot $23.47 16 Oct 2026 (28d, $0.24 mid)
= $300 credit for the 28d cycle → $321/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $32.50)
93%
Breach risk
7%
POP (stays ≤ $32.74)
93%
EV / mo
$-74
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+1pp
57% whole by 9mo vs 56% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.2/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$237/mo
median; plan ~$161/mo after 68% keep · $1,169 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.7 mo [1.0-3.4], measured ONLY among the 57% 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)
16%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$7,326
Free roll-up
none
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 25 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 14 of 28); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $4.31/sh now → $3.05 mid-life → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.12/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.93/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (25 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
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$321/mo
vs 50% target ($3,884/mo)-92%
vs normal income ($7,768/mo)4% covered
Net income (after hedge)$321/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $32.50 is $3 below CC-SS $35.20: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$6,455
… as % of IC ($5,525)116.8%
… as % of ML ($55,525)11.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.8 mo
Surgical close (25 ct)$-25,200
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 $0.12 collected) or spot ≥ $32.74 (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 $26.91 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 15d left3-14d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $32.17Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$32-32.74
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
≥ $32.74
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 0.83 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$32.50 (1.6σ)$300$-5,795+$19,105+$3,950
+2.5%$33.31 (1.8σ)$-1,731$-6,134+$18,766+$3,950
+5%$34.12 (1.9σ)$-3,762$-6,473+$18,427+$3,950
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (2.9σ)$-17,725$-8,805+$16,095+$3,950
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.20, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-24,900
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$24,432
− CC assignment net of premium (25 × $32.50): -$6,455
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-6,923 (+$17,977 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,873 (this trade vs do-nothing: +$3,950, the opportunity cost of earning $321/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $33.84 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$3,050, position total $-6,354 (+$18,546 vs today)
33% normal16 × $2525 Sep7d6.5%72%hist 84%57%hist 44%+8pp$608$2,606-$1,303$15,715
Sell 16 × $25 6.5% OTM over spot $23.47 25 Sep 2026 (7d, $0.52 mid)
= $608 credit for the 7d cycle → $2,606/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $25)
72%
Breach risk
28%
POP (stays ≤ $25.52)
78%
EV / mo
$-85
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+8pp
61% whole by 9mo vs 53% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,102/mo
median; plan ~$750/mo after 68% keep · $5,955 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.6 mo [1.3-4.1], measured ONLY among the 61% 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)
43%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$851
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 16 Oct 2026)
$29 @ 82% POP
78% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 16 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: $1.29/sh now → $0.91 mid-life (likely $1.05–$1.59)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.38/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.53/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,280 simulated challenges: the $25 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 7, at $26 (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 (16 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$252 Oct 202610d left+$0.48/sh+$764
cycle +$1,372
[+$538…+$800] · 100% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$20,306 NOT
cap gain +$4,594
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2716 Oct 202624d left+$0.65/sh+$1,036
cycle +$1,644
[+$703…+$1,065] · 100% credit
74%
surv 65%
-$16,847 NOT
cap gain +$8,053
Max even-money escape in the band~$279 Oct 202618d left+$0.29/sh+$467
cycle +$1,075
[+$89…+$445] · 83% credit
73%
surv 66%
-$17,417 NOT
cap gain +$7,483
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)~$262 Oct 202610d left+$0.09/sh+$137
cycle +$745
[-$191…+$95] · 37% credit
73%
surv 64%
-$18,788 NOT
cap gain +$6,112
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2916 Oct 202624d left-$0.02/sh-$28
cycle +$580
[-$547…-$109] · 19% credit
82%
surv 78%
-$12,705 NOT
cap gain +$12,195
budget: banked $608 debit $28 (5% used ≈ 0.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$580 cash · rolled 16 ct earn ≈ $1,789/mo while parked; 9 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$2,606/mo
vs 50% target ($3,884/mo)-33%
vs normal income ($7,768/mo)34% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,657/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $25 is $10 below CC-SS $35.20: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$15,715
… as % of IC ($5,525)284.4%
… as % of ML ($55,525)28.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.0 mo
Surgical close (16 ct)$-16,152
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 $0.38 collected) or spot ≥ $25.52 (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 $26.91 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $24.75Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$25-25.52
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
≥ $25.52
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 0.83 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$25.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$608$-21,070+$3,830+$544
+2.5%$25.62 (≤1σ, normal week)$-392$-20,768+$4,132-$456
+5%$26.25 (1.0σ)$-1,392$-20,467+$4,433-$1,456
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.9σ)$-22,928$-21,811+$3,089-$9,056
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.20, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-24,900
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$24,432
− CC assignment net of premium (16 × $25): -$15,715
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (9 × $31): -$3,746
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-19,929 (+$4,971 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,873 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-9,056, the opportunity cost of earning $2,606/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $33.84 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$13,536, position total $-19,360 (+$5,540 vs today)
🎯 50% normal24 × $2525 Sep7d6.5%72%hist 84%57%hist 44%+14pp$912$3,909$23,573
Sell 24 × $25 6.5% OTM over spot $23.47 25 Sep 2026 (7d, $0.52 mid)
= $912 credit for the 7d cycle → $3,909/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $25)
72%
Breach risk
28%
POP (stays ≤ $25.52)
78%
EV / mo
$-128
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+14pp
65% whole by 9mo vs 51% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,587/mo
median; plan ~$1,079/mo after 68% keep · $7,525 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.0 mo [1.0-4.3], measured ONLY among the 65% 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)
44%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,277
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 16 Oct 2026)
$29 @ 82% POP
78% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 24 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: $1.29/sh now → $0.91 mid-life (likely $1.03–$1.56)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.38/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.53/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,315 simulated challenges: the $25 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 7, at $26 (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 (24 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$252 Oct 202610d left+$0.48/sh+$1,146
cycle +$2,058
[+$802…+$1,206] · 100% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$19,652 NOT
cap gain +$5,248
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2716 Oct 202624d left+$0.65/sh+$1,554
cycle +$2,466
[+$1,043…+$1,605] · 100% credit
74%
surv 65%
-$16,057 NOT
cap gain +$8,843
Max even-money escape in the band~$279 Oct 202618d left+$0.29/sh+$700
cycle +$1,612
[+$133…+$677] · 83% credit
73%
surv 66%
-$16,912 NOT
cap gain +$7,988
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)~$262 Oct 202610d left+$0.09/sh+$206
cycle +$1,118
[-$285…+$160] · 38% credit
73%
surv 64%
-$18,447 NOT
cap gain +$6,453
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2916 Oct 202624d left-$0.02/sh-$41
cycle +$871
[-$819…-$152] · 20% credit
82%
surv 78%
-$12,447 NOT
cap gain +$12,453
budget: banked $912 debit $41 (5% used ≈ 0.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$871 cash · rolled 24 ct earn ≈ $2,684/mo while parked; 1 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$3,909/mo
vs 50% target ($3,884/mo)+1%
vs normal income ($7,768/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$3,914/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $25 is $10 below CC-SS $35.20: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$23,573
… as % of IC ($5,525)426.7%
… as % of ML ($55,525)42.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.0 mo
Surgical close (24 ct)$-24,228
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 $0.38 collected) or spot ≥ $25.52 (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 $26.91 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $24.75Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$25-25.52
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
≥ $25.52
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 0.83 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$25.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$912$-20,798+$4,102+$816
+2.5%$25.62 (≤1σ, normal week)$-588$-20,996+$3,904-$684
+5%$26.25 (1.0σ)$-2,088$-21,195+$3,705-$2,184
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.9σ)$-34,392$-26,339-$1,439-$13,584
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.20, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-24,900
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$24,432
− CC assignment net of premium (24 × $25): -$23,573
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $31): -$416
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-24,457 (+$443 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,873 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-13,584, the opportunity cost of earning $3,909/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $33.84 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$20,304, position total $-23,888 (+$1,012 vs today)
100% normal21 × $23.5025 Sep7d0.1%53%hist 70%99%hist 90%+16pp$1,848$7,920+$4,011$22,726
Sell 21 × $23.50 0.1% OTM over spot $23.47 25 Sep 2026 (7d, $1.01 mid)
= $1,848 credit for the 7d cycle → $7,920/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $23.50)
53%
Breach risk
47%
POP (stays ≤ $24.52)
67%
EV / mo
$-284
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+16pp
64% whole by 9mo vs 48% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~9.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,155/mo
median; plan ~$1,465/mo after 68% keep · $8,725 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.8 mo [1.0-3.5], 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)
76%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
+$114
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$28 @ 92% POP
92% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 21 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: $1.17/sh now → $0.83 mid-life (likely $1.17–$1.78)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.88/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets +$0.05/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 2,291 simulated challenges: the $24 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 7, at $24 (overshoots $0.78). 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 (21 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$242 Oct 202610d left+$0.43/sh+$909
cycle +$2,757
[+$489…+$669] · 99% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$22,065 NOT
cap gain +$2,835
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2516 Oct 202624d left+$0.54/sh+$1,124
cycle +$2,972
[+$461…+$779] · 95% credit
74%
surv 66%
-$18,663 NOT
cap gain +$6,237
Max even-money escape in the band~$259 Oct 202618d left+$0.22/sh+$459
cycle +$2,307
[-$289…+$116] · 45% credit
74%
surv 67%
-$19,329 NOT
cap gain +$5,571
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)~$252 Oct 202610d left+$0.04/sh+$94
cycle +$1,942
[-$550…-$187] · 9% credit
73%
surv 65%
-$20,735 NOT
cap gain +$4,165
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$282 Oct 202610d left-$0.67/sh-$1,399
cycle +$449
[-$2,839…-$1,937]
92%
surv 92%
-$14,938 NOT
cap gain +$9,962
budget: banked $1,848 debit $1,399 (76% used ≈ 0.8 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$449 cash · rolled 21 ct earn ≈ $1,007/mo while parked; 4 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$7,920/mo
vs 50% target ($3,884/mo)+104%
vs normal income ($7,768/mo)102% covered
Net income (after hedge)$7,943/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $23.50 is $12 below CC-SS $35.20: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$22,726
… as % of IC ($5,525)411.3%
… as % of ML ($55,525)40.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.9 mo
Surgical close (21 ct)$-21,199
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.22/sh (~25% of the $0.88 collected) or spot ≥ $24.52 (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 $26.91 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $23.27Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$23-24.52
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
≥ $24.52
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 0.83 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$23.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,848$-22,974+$1,926+$1,764
+2.5%$24.09 (≤1σ, normal week)$614$-22,984+$1,916+$530
+5%$24.68 (≤1σ, normal week)$-620$-22,994+$1,906-$704
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.9σ)$-32,193$-26,741-$1,841-$13,986
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.20, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-24,900
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$24,432
− CC assignment net of premium (21 × $23.50): -$22,726
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (4 × $31): -$1,665
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-24,859 (+$41 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,873 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-13,986, the opportunity cost of earning $7,920/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $33.84 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$19,866, position total $-24,290 (+$610 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 (11 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (4 expiries scanned, 11 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: 0.833 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$24,432 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-10,873

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$257d25 Sep 2026$0.3824/25$3,909$3,91472%78%$-128-$23,573426.7%$-24,457 (vs do-nothing $-13,584)
$25.5014d2 Oct 2026$0.7724/25$3,960$3,96672%78%+$788-$21,437388.0%$-22,321 (vs do-nothing $-11,448)
$2514d2 Oct 2026$0.9021/25$4,050$4,07368%76%+$811-$19,534353.6%$-21,667 (vs do-nothing $-10,794)
$2521d9 Oct 2026$1.1923/25$3,910$3,92166%75%+$561-$20,728375.2%$-22,028 (vs do-nothing $-11,155)
$2528d16 Oct 2026$1.4925/25$3,991$3,99165%75%+$714-$21,780394.2%$-22,248 (vs do-nothing $-11,375)
$24.5014d2 Oct 2026$1.0618/25$4,089$4,12963%73%+$598-$17,356314.1%$-20,737 (vs do-nothing $-9,864)
$247d25 Sep 2026$0.6514/25$3,900$3,96360%71%$-291-$14,773267.4%$-19,819 (vs do-nothing $-8,946)
$2414d2 Oct 2026$1.2315/25$3,954$4,01159%71%+$448-$14,958270.7%$-19,588 (vs do-nothing $-8,715)
$2421d9 Oct 2026$1.5618/25$4,011$4,05158%71%+$489-$17,356314.1%$-20,737 (vs do-nothing $-9,864)
$23.5014d2 Oct 2026$1.4513/25$4,039$4,10854%69%+$399-$13,328241.2%$-18,790 (vs do-nothing $-7,917)
$23.507d25 Sep 2026$0.8811/25$4,149$4,22953%67%$-149-$11,904215.5%$-18,199 (vs do-nothing $-7,326)

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 25 contracts at the conservative CC.

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