FORTRESS FIGHT: GLXY @ $25.90

BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $35.24  |  25 contracts (2,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-09-24 21:44

GLXYBBC @ $25.90   UNDERWATER $13.81 (34.8% below BE SS)

⚠ EARNINGS AHEAD
GLXY reports 2026-10-20 (Tue), in 26 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 $32C). 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: $35.24 (banked floor $32.49)  |  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$8,000/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $697/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-20,025fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$4,000/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$8,000/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.7 mo to earn back $5,525
ML VELOCITY
6.9 mo to earn back $55,525
Deep drawdown (unpriceable at CC-SS): no listed call within 92% of CC-SS $35.24 in the fetched chain; the deepest available is $31C (15d, $150/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)
$13,930
was $20,025 · 30% earned back
Cycles closed
11
Credit in flight
$3,431
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$35.24 → $32.49
? 1 leg(s) closed as UNKNOWN (vanished with no fill in window): banked $0, conservative. Fix campaign.json by hand if wrong.
Open legAcctCredit/shIn flightOpened
100x $32.5C 16 Oct 2026U10001299$0.34$3,4312026-09-21
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 51 (live) · RSI 52 · MACD bullish, hist rising
DAILYRISING (provisional) · RSI 60 · %B 72 · hist rising (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $33.38 (+29%) · daily UBB $27.52 · 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: 22 contracts at $28 / 8d. This is the safest strike (survival 76%, breach 24%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($4,000/mo); it brings $4,125/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 23 × $26.50/8d for $8,194/mo, but breach risk rises to 40% (+16pp 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 × $40/22d (98% survival, $170/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $14,822 (268% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $40, recoverable in 1.9 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 22 contracts realizes $-17,776 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 · 2 Oct 2026 (8d) · sell 22 × $28, 76% survival, $4,125/mo (E[net] $528/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆2 Oct 2026 · 8d22 × $2876%$4,125$528
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $1,100 with probability 63%; on the 37% touch you roll, paying $2,495 to close and taking $1,028 back from the best priced door (net cash $1,467) 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 · 2 Oct 2026 · 8d · E[net] $528/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 22 × $28 (50% normal), 76% survival, breach 24%, $4,125/mo.
Stay at the pick. Stepping safer (the $28.50 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 80% (breach 24% → 20%) for $1,425/mo less (35% income)) buys little extra safety; the income is doing real work covering the bleed.
GLXY  spot $25.90 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
🛡 safe yield25 × $3416 Oct22d31.3%92%hist 96%17%hist 13%+0pp$200$273-$3,852$2,893
Sell 25 × $34 31.3% OTM over spot $25.90 16 Oct 2026 (22d, $0.25 mid)
= $200 credit for the 22d cycle → $273/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $34)
92%
Breach risk
8%
POP (stays ≤ $34.25)
92%
EV / mo
$-248
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+0pp
67% whole by 9mo vs 67% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.2/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$175/mo
median; plan ~$119/mo after 68% keep · $676 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.3 mo [0.5-2.9], measured ONLY among the 67% 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)
-$6,073
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 11 of 22); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $3.54/sh now → $2.51 mid-life → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.08/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.43/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$273/mo
vs 50% target ($4,000/mo)-93%
vs normal income ($8,000/mo)3% covered
Net income (after hedge)$273/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $34 is $1 below CC-SS $35.24: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$2,893
… as % of IC ($5,525)52.4%
… as % of ML ($55,525)5.2%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.4 mo
Surgical close (25 ct)$-20,450
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 $0.08 collected) or spot ≥ $34.25 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $34)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $27.52 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 12d left3-11d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $33.66Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$34-34.25
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $34.25
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 0.85 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$34.00 (1.6σ)$200$-2,552+$17,473+$7,625
+2.5%$34.85 (1.7σ)$-1,925$-2,864+$17,161+$7,625
+5%$35.70 (1.9σ)$-4,050$-3,176+$16,848+$7,625
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (2.6σ)$-14,075$-4,650+$15,375+$7,625
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.24, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-20,025
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,912
− CC assignment net of premium (25 × $34): -$2,893
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-3,006 (+$17,019 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,631 (this trade vs do-nothing: +$7,625, the opportunity cost of earning $273/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $33.38 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$0, position total $-4,074 (+$15,951 vs today)
33% normal18 × $28.502 Oct8d10.0%80%hist 84%42%hist 39%+5pp$720$2,700-$1,425$11,407
Sell 18 × $28.50 10.0% OTM over spot $25.90 2 Oct 2026 (8d, $0.47 mid)
= $720 credit for the 8d cycle → $2,700/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $28.50)
80%
Breach risk
20%
POP (stays ≤ $28.96)
83%
EV / mo
+$745
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+5pp
74% whole by 9mo vs 68% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.6/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,506/mo
median; plan ~$1,024/mo after 68% keep · $3,782 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.2 mo [0.6-2.5], measured ONLY among the 74% 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)
32%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,381
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 16 Oct 2026)
$33 @ 82% POP
78% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 18 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: $1.65/sh now → $1.17 mid-life (likely $1.15–$1.81)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.40/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.77/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 956 simulated challenges: the $28 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 8, at $29 (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 (18 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$289 Oct 202611d left+$0.48/sh+$866
cycle +$1,586
[+$607…+$1,093] · 99% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$12,874 NOT
cap gain +$7,151
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$3016 Oct 202618d left+$0.27/sh+$495
cycle +$1,215
[+$73…+$666] · 81% credit
73%
surv 65%
-$9,833 NOT
cap gain +$10,192
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$309 Oct 202611d left+$0.03/sh+$53
cycle +$773
[-$318…+$184] · 39% credit
72%
surv 63%
-$11,340 NOT
cap gain +$8,685
Max even-money escape in the band~$3116 Oct 202618d left+$0.01/sh+$17
cycle +$737
[-$466…+$172] · 34% credit
77%
surv 71%
-$8,248 NOT
cap gain +$11,777
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3316 Oct 202618d left-$0.35/sh-$623
cycle +$97
[-$1,238…-$518] · 8% credit
82%
surv 78%
-$6,739 NOT
cap gain +$13,286
budget: banked $720 debit $623 (87% used ≈ 1.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$97 cash · rolled 18 ct earn ≈ $2,464/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$2,700/mo
vs 50% target ($4,000/mo)-32%
vs normal income ($8,000/mo)34% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,742/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $28.50 is $7 below CC-SS $35.24: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$11,407
… as % of IC ($5,525)206.5%
… as % of ML ($55,525)20.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.4 mo
Surgical close (18 ct)$-14,535
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 ≥ $28.96 (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 $27.52 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $28.21Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$28-28.96
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
≥ $28.96
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$28.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$720$-13,739+$6,286+$666
+2.5%$29.21 (1.1σ)$-562$-13,503+$6,522-$616
+5%$29.93 (1.3σ)$-1,845$-13,266+$6,759-$1,899
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (4.4σ)$-19,458$-16,109+$3,916-$3,834
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.24, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-20,025
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,912
− CC assignment net of premium (18 × $28.50): -$11,407
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (7 × $31): -$2,945
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-14,465 (+$5,560 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,631 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-3,834, the opportunity cost of earning $2,700/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $33.38 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$8,064, position total $-13,783 (+$6,242 vs today)
🎯 50% normal22 × $282 Oct8d8.1%76%hist 84%51%hist 44%+11pp$1,100$4,125$14,822
Sell 22 × $28 8.1% OTM over spot $25.90 2 Oct 2026 (8d, $0.57 mid)
= $1,100 credit for the 8d cycle → $4,125/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $28)
76%
Breach risk
24%
POP (stays ≤ $28.57)
80%
EV / mo
+$1,008
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+11pp
74% whole by 9mo vs 63% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.1/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,157/mo
median; plan ~$1,467/mo after 68% keep · $5,647 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.3 mo [0.6-3.3], measured ONLY among the 74% 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)
-$1,395
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 16 Oct 2026)
$32 @ 82% POP
79% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 22 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: $1.60/sh now → $1.13 mid-life (likely $1.24–$1.89)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.50/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.63/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,121 simulated challenges: the $28 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 8, at $29 (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 (22 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$289 Oct 202611d left+$0.47/sh+$1,028
cycle +$2,128
[+$654…+$1,121] · 99% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$13,410 NOT
cap gain +$6,615
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$3016 Oct 202618d left+$0.25/sh+$554
cycle +$1,654
[-$56…+$571] · 70% credit
73%
surv 65%
-$10,472 NOT
cap gain +$9,553
Max even-money escape in the band~$3016 Oct 202618d left+$0.10/sh+$219
cycle +$1,319
[-$448…+$207] · 37% credit
75%
surv 68%
-$9,741 NOT
cap gain +$10,284
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)~$299 Oct 202611d left+$0.02/sh+$39
cycle +$1,139
[-$496…+$26] · 28% credit
72%
surv 63%
-$12,053 NOT
cap gain +$7,972
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3216 Oct 202618d left-$0.36/sh-$793
cycle +$307
[-$1,686…-$880] · 4% credit
82%
surv 79%
-$6,818 NOT
cap gain +$13,207
budget: banked $1,100 debit $793 (72% used ≈ 0.8 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$307 cash · rolled 22 ct earn ≈ $2,836/mo while parked; 3 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$4,125/mo
vs 50% target ($4,000/mo)+3%
vs normal income ($8,000/mo)52% covered
Net income (after hedge)$4,143/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $28 is $7 below CC-SS $35.24: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$14,822
… as % of IC ($5,525)268.3%
… as % of ML ($55,525)26.7%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.9 mo
Surgical close (22 ct)$-17,776
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.12/sh (~25% of the $0.50 collected) or spot ≥ $28.57 (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 $27.52 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $27.72Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$28-28.57
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
≥ $28.57
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)$1,100$-14,438+$5,587+$1,034
+2.5%$28.70 (≤1σ, normal week)$-440$-14,485+$5,540-$506
+5%$29.40 (1.1σ)$-1,980$-14,532+$5,493-$2,046
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (4.4σ)$-24,662$-17,841+$2,184-$5,566
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.24, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-20,025
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,912
− CC assignment net of premium (22 × $28): -$14,822
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (3 × $31): -$1,262
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-16,197 (+$3,828 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,631 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-5,566, the opportunity cost of earning $4,125/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $33.38 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$10,736, position total $-15,515 (+$4,510 vs today)
100% normal23 × $26.502 Oct8d2.3%60%hist 68%84%hist 78%+11pp$2,185$8,194+$4,069$17,911
Sell 23 × $26.50 2.3% OTM over spot $25.90 2 Oct 2026 (8d, $1.07 mid)
= $2,185 credit for the 8d cycle → $8,194/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $26.50)
60%
Breach risk
40%
POP (stays ≤ $27.57)
72%
EV / mo
+$1,252
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+11pp
76% whole by 9mo vs 66% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~4.3/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$3,306/mo
median; plan ~$2,248/mo after 68% keep · $6,280 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.1 mo [0.5-2.3], measured ONLY among the 76% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
67%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$200
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 16 Oct 2026)
$33 @ 90% POP
90% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 23 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: $1.47/sh now → $1.04 mid-life (likely $1.38–$1.95)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.95/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.09/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,998 simulated challenges: the $26 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 8, at $27 (overshoots $0.71). 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 (23 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$269 Oct 202611d left+$0.43/sh+$983
cycle +$3,168
[+$486…+$763] · 98% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$15,571 NOT
cap gain +$4,454
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2816 Oct 202618d left+$0.36/sh+$834
cycle +$3,019
[+$86…+$510] · 82% credit
72%
surv 62%
-$13,375 NOT
cap gain +$6,650
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$279 Oct 202611d left+$0.17/sh+$390
cycle +$2,575
[-$222…+$126] · 43% credit
70%
surv 59%
-$14,885 NOT
cap gain +$5,140
Max even-money escape in the band~$2916 Oct 202618d left+$0.04/sh+$86
cycle +$2,271
[-$820…-$288] · 11% credit
76%
surv 69%
-$11,991 NOT
cap gain +$8,034
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3316 Oct 202618d left-$0.88/sh-$2,033
cycle +$152
[-$3,850…-$2,728]
90%
surv 90%
-$4,933 NOT
cap gain +$15,092
budget: banked $2,185 debit $2,033 (93% used ≈ 1.1 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$152 cash · rolled 23 ct earn ≈ $588/mo while parked; 2 ct free to re-sell
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$8,194/mo
vs 50% target ($4,000/mo)+105%
vs normal income ($8,000/mo)102% covered
Net income (after hedge)$8,206/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $26.50 is $9 below CC-SS $35.24: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$17,911
… as % of IC ($5,525)324.2%
… as % of ML ($55,525)32.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.2 mo
Surgical close (23 ct)$-18,710
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.24/sh (~25% of the $0.95 collected) or spot ≥ $27.57 (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 $27.52 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $26.23Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$26-27.57
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
≥ $27.57
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)$2,185$-16,554+$3,471+$2,116
+2.5%$27.16 (≤1σ, normal week)$661$-16,665+$3,360+$592
+5%$27.83 (≤1σ, normal week)$-863$-16,776+$3,249-$932
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (4.4σ)$-28,198$-20,509-$484-$8,234
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.24, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-20,025
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,912
− CC assignment net of premium (23 × $26.50): -$17,911
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (2 × $31): -$841
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-18,865 (+$1,160 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-10,631 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-8,234, the opportunity cost of earning $8,194/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $33.38 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$13,639, position total $-18,183 (+$1,842 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 (18 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (3 expiries scanned, 18 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: 0.853 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$19,912 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-10,631

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$288d2 Oct 2026$0.5022/25$4,125$4,14376%80%+$1,008-$14,822268.3%$-16,197 (vs do-nothing $-5,566)
$27.508d2 Oct 2026$0.6317/25$4,016$4,06471%77%+$892-$12,082218.7%$-15,561 (vs do-nothing $-4,930)
$2815d9 Oct 2026$0.8923/25$4,094$4,10671%78%+$847-$14,599264.2%$-15,553 (vs do-nothing $-4,922)
$2822d16 Oct 2026$1.1925/25$4,057$4,05769%76%+$706-$15,118273.6%$-15,231 (vs do-nothing $-4,600)
$27.5015d9 Oct 2026$1.0420/25$4,160$4,19067%75%+$782-$13,395242.4%$-15,611 (vs do-nothing $-4,980)
$278d2 Oct 2026$0.7714/25$4,042$4,10866%74%+$730-$10,454189.2%$-15,195 (vs do-nothing $-4,564)
$27.5022d16 Oct 2026$1.3422/25$4,020$4,03865%74%+$610-$14,074254.7%$-15,449 (vs do-nothing $-4,818)
$2715d9 Oct 2026$1.2017/25$4,080$4,12863%73%+$656-$11,963216.5%$-15,442 (vs do-nothing $-4,811)
$2722d16 Oct 2026$1.5220/25$4,145$4,17562%73%+$572-$13,435243.2%$-15,651 (vs do-nothing $-5,020)
$26.508d2 Oct 2026$0.9512/25$4,275$4,35360%72%+$653-$9,345169.1%$-14,927 (vs do-nothing $-4,296)
$26.5015d9 Oct 2026$1.3915/25$4,170$4,23059%71%+$582-$11,021199.5%$-15,341 (vs do-nothing $-4,710)
$26.5022d16 Oct 2026$1.7218/25$4,222$4,26458%71%+$527-$12,631228.6%$-15,689 (vs do-nothing $-5,058)
$2622d16 Oct 2026$1.9615/25$4,009$4,06955%69%+$486-$10,916197.6%$-15,236 (vs do-nothing $-4,605)
Show 5 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$2615d9 Oct 2026$1.6013/25$4,160$4,23254%69%+$486-$9,929179.7%$-15,090 (vs do-nothing $-4,459)
$268d2 Oct 2026$1.1610/25$4,350$4,44054%69%+$544-$8,077146.2%$-14,501 (vs do-nothing $-3,870)
$25.5022d16 Oct 2026$2.2114/25$4,219$4,28551%68%+$472-$10,538190.7%$-15,279 (vs do-nothing $-4,648)
$25.5015d9 Oct 2026$1.8411/25$4,048$4,13250%67%+$397-$8,687157.2%$-14,690 (vs do-nothing $-4,059)
$25.508d2 Oct 2026$1.408/25$4,200$4,30247%66%+$408-$6,670120.7%$-13,935 (vs do-nothing $-3,304)

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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