FORTRESS FIGHT: GLXY @ $22.74

BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $35.08  |  25 contracts (2,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-10-01 21:47

GLXYBBC @ $22.74   UNDERWATER $16.97 (42.7% below BE SS)

⚠ EARNINGS · SHORT EXPIRY ONLY
GLXY reports 2026-10-20 (Tue), in 19 days. The recommended CC (8d) closes BEFORE earnings , that one is safe , but the richer/longer options below expire after it and would sell through the gap. Keep the tenor inside 2026-10-20.
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: $35.08 (banked floor $32.33)  |  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$6,800/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $763/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-26,088fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$3,400/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$6,800/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.8 mo to earn back $5,525
ML VELOCITY
8.2 mo to earn back $55,525
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $35.08 (probe: $35C 15d) brings only $100/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
$6,095
Hole (after banked)
$19,993
was $26,088 · 23% earned back
Cycles closed
13
Credit in flight
$2,631
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$35.08 → $32.33
? 3 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 $26C 2 Oct 2026U10001299$0.26$2,6312026-09-29
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 33 (live) · RSI 46 · MACD bearish, hist falling
DAILYFALLING (provisional) · RSI 46 · %B 26 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $32.86 (+45%) · daily UBB $27.42 · 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 / 8d. This is the safest strike (survival 79%, breach 21%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($3,400/mo); it brings $3,420/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 × $23.50/8d for $6,900/mo, but breach risk rises to 37% (+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 × $35/15d (99% survival, $100/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $23,284 (421% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $40, recoverable in 3.4 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 24 contracts realizes $-25,200 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 · 9 Oct 2026 (8d) · sell 24 × $25, 79% survival, $3,420/mo (E[net] $414/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆9 Oct 2026 · 8d24 × $2579%$3,420$414
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $912 with probability 66%; on the 34% touch you roll, paying $2,523 to close and taking $1,056 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 · 9 Oct 2026 · 8d · E[net] $414/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 24 × $25 (50% normal), 79% survival, breach 21%, $3,420/mo.
Stay at the pick. Stepping safer (the $25.50 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 83% (breach 21% → 17%) for $1,110/mo less (32% income)) buys little extra safety; the income is doing real work covering the bleed.
GLXY  spot $22.74 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
▸🛡 safe yield25 × $279 Oct8d18.7%92%hist 96%17%hist 14%+4pp$150$562-$2,858$20,054
Sell 25 × $27 18.7% OTM over spot $22.74 9 Oct 2026 (8d, $0.21 mid)
= $150 credit for the 8d cycle → $562/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $27)
92%
Breach risk
8%
POP (stays ≤ $27.21)
92%
EV / mo
$-124
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+4pp
55% whole by 9mo vs 51% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$375/mo
median; plan ~$255/mo after 68% keep · $2,011 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.7 mo [0.9-3.3], measured ONLY among the 55% 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)
12%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,828
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$29 @ 76% POP
69% survival
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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.68/sh now → $1.19 mid-life (likely $0.92–$1.57) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.06/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.13/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 352 simulated challenges: the $27 strike is typically first touched on day 6 of 8, at $28 (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 (25 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2716 Oct 202611d left+$0.50/sh+$1,248
cycle +$1,398
[+$1,168…+$1,905] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$15,945 NOT
cap gain +$10,142
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$2816 Oct 202611d left+$0.18/sh+$451
cycle +$601
[+$246…+$972] · 90% credit
71%
surv 60%
-$15,183 NOT
cap gain +$10,905
Max even-money escape in the band~$2923 Oct 202618d left+$0.12/sh+$290
cycle +$440
[-$29…+$861] · 74% credit
76%
surv 69%
-$12,265 NOT
cap gain +$13,822
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$562/mo
vs 50% target ($3,400/mo)-83%
vs normal income ($6,800/mo)8% covered
Net income (after hedge)$562/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $27 is $8 below CC-SS $35.08: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$20,054
… as % of IC ($5,525)363.0%
… as % of ML ($55,525)36.1%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.9 mo
Surgical close (25 ct)$-26,463
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.01/sh (~25% of the $0.06 collected) or spot ≥ $27.21 (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 $27.42 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $26.73Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$27-27.21
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
≥ $27.21
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 0.82 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$27.00 (1.5σ)$150$-17,194+$8,894+$100
+2.5%$27.67 (1.8σ)$-1,537$-17,496+$8,592-$1,587
+5%$28.35 (2.0σ)$-3,225$-17,798+$8,290-$3,275
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (6.0σ)$-31,625$-22,882+$3,206-$19,900
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.08, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-26,088
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$25,331
− CC assignment net of premium (25 × $27): -$20,054
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-20,810 (+$5,277 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-910 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-19,900, the opportunity cost of earning $562/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $32.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$14,500, position total $-19,816 (+$6,271 vs today)
▸33% normal22 × $25.509 Oct8d12.1%83%hist 86%35%hist 33%+6pp$616$2,310-$1,110$20,464
Sell 22 × $25.50 12.1% OTM over spot $22.74 9 Oct 2026 (8d, $0.36 mid)
= $616 credit for the 8d cycle → $2,310/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $25.50)
83%
Breach risk
17%
POP (stays ≤ $25.86)
86%
EV / mo
+$702
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+6pp
57% whole by 9mo vs 51% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,232/mo
median; plan ~$838/mo after 68% keep · $6,416 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.0 mo [1.1-3.5], 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)
24%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,772
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$29 @ 80% POP
76% 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: $1.53/sh now → $1.09 mid-life (likely $0.99–$1.65) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.28/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.81/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 705 simulated challenges: the $26 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 8, at $26 (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 (22 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2616 Oct 202611d left+$0.45/sh+$1,000
cycle +$1,616
[+$775…+$1,353] · 99% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$18,801 NOT
cap gain +$7,287
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2723 Oct 202618d left+$0.37/sh+$806
cycle +$1,422
[+$452…+$1,175] · 95% credit
73%
surv 63%
-$16,408 NOT
cap gain +$9,679
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$2616 Oct 202611d left+$0.14/sh+$302
cycle +$918
[-$8…+$581] · 74% credit
71%
surv 61%
-$17,939 NOT
cap gain +$8,149
Max even-money escape in the band~$2823 Oct 202618d left+$0.04/sh+$98
cycle +$714
[-$368…+$393] · 46% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$15,064 NOT
cap gain +$11,023
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2923 Oct 202618d left-$0.22/sh-$488
cycle +$128
[-$1,080…-$253] · 14% credit
80%
surv 76%
-$13,597 NOT
cap gain +$12,490
budget: banked $616 debit $488 (79% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$128 cash · rolled 22 ct earn ≈ $3,167/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$2,310/mo
vs 50% target ($3,400/mo)-32%
vs normal income ($6,800/mo)34% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,322/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $25.50 is $10 below CC-SS $35.08: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$20,464
… as % of IC ($5,525)370.4%
… as % of ML ($55,525)36.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.0 mo
Surgical close (22 ct)$-23,133
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 $0.28 collected) or spot ≥ $25.86 (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 $27.42 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $25.25Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$25-25.86
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
≥ $25.86
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 0.82 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$25.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$616$-19,801+$6,287+$572
+2.5%$26.14 (1.2σ)$-786$-19,895+$6,193-$830
+5%$26.78 (1.4σ)$-2,189$-19,989+$6,099-$2,233
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (6.0σ)$-30,646$-23,310+$2,778-$20,328
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.08, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-26,088
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$25,331
− CC assignment net of premium (22 × $25.50): -$20,464
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (3 × $35): -$19
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-21,238 (+$4,849 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-910 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-20,328, the opportunity cost of earning $2,310/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $32.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$15,576, position total $-20,886 (+$5,201 vs today)
▸🎯 50% normal24 × $259 Oct8d9.9%79%hist 82%43%hist 41%+10pp$912$3,420—$23,284
Sell 24 × $25 9.9% OTM over spot $22.74 9 Oct 2026 (8d, $0.45 mid)
= $912 credit for the 8d cycle → $3,420/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $25)
79%
Breach risk
21%
POP (stays ≤ $25.45)
83%
EV / mo
+$1,018
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+10pp
57% whole by 9mo vs 48% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.4/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,635/mo
median; plan ~$1,112/mo after 68% keep · $9,100 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.0 mo [1.3-4.1], 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)
34%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,611
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$28 @ 80% POP
76% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.49/sh now → $1.05 mid-life (likely $1.09–$1.68) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.38/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.67/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,011 simulated challenges: the $25 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 8, at $26 (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 (24 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2516 Oct 202611d left+$0.44/sh+$1,056
cycle +$1,968
[+$758…+$1,226] · 99% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$19,479 NOT
cap gain +$6,609
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2623 Oct 202618d left+$0.34/sh+$816
cycle +$1,728
[+$334…+$967] · 92% credit
73%
surv 64%
-$17,132 NOT
cap gain +$8,955
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$2616 Oct 202611d left+$0.12/sh+$296
cycle +$1,208
[-$117…+$397] · 61% credit
71%
surv 61%
-$18,679 NOT
cap gain +$7,408
Max even-money escape in the band~$2723 Oct 202618d left+$0.02/sh+$52
cycle +$964
[-$546…+$131] · 31% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$15,844 NOT
cap gain +$10,244
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2823 Oct 202618d left-$0.24/sh-$573
cycle +$339
[-$1,315…-$564] · 9% credit
80%
surv 76%
-$14,417 NOT
cap gain +$11,671
budget: banked $912 debit $573 (63% used ≈ 0.7 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$339 cash · rolled 24 ct earn ≈ $3,250/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$3,420/mo
vs 50% target ($3,400/mo)+1%
vs normal income ($6,800/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$3,424/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $25 is $10 below CC-SS $35.08: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$23,284
… as % of IC ($5,525)421.4%
… as % of ML ($55,525)41.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.4 mo
Surgical close (24 ct)$-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 < $0.10/sh (~25% of the $0.38 collected) or spot ≥ $25.45 (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 $27.42 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $24.75Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$25-25.45
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
≥ $25.45
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 0.82 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$25.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$912$-20,535+$5,553+$864
+2.5%$25.62 (1.0σ)$-588$-20,752+$5,335-$636
+5%$26.25 (1.2σ)$-2,088$-20,969+$5,118-$2,136
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (6.0σ)$-34,392$-26,118-$30-$23,136
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.08, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-26,088
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$25,331
− CC assignment net of premium (24 × $25): -$23,284
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $35): -$6
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-24,046 (+$2,041 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-910 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-23,136, the opportunity cost of earning $3,420/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $32.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$17,952, position total $-23,266 (+$2,821 vs today)
▸100% normal23 × $23.509 Oct8d3.3%63%hist 64%78%hist 68%+16pp$1,840$6,900+$3,480$24,798
Sell 23 × $23.50 3.3% OTM over spot $22.74 9 Oct 2026 (8d, $0.89 mid)
= $1,840 credit for the 8d cycle → $6,900/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $23.50)
63%
Breach risk
37%
POP (stays ≤ $24.39)
73%
EV / mo
+$1,346
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+16pp
65% whole by 9mo vs 49% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~5.4/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,326/mo
median; plan ~$1,582/mo after 68% keep · $10,839 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.2 mo [1.2-4.1], 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)
63%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$349
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 16 Oct 2026)
$28 @ 91% 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: $1.35/sh now → $0.95 mid-life (likely $1.22–$1.73) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.80/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.15/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,891 simulated challenges: the $24 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 8, at $24 (overshoots $0.62). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (23 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2416 Oct 202611d left+$0.40/sh+$915
cycle +$2,755
[+$510…+$790] · 99% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$21,769 NOT
cap gain +$4,319
Max even-money escape in the band~$2523 Oct 202618d left+$0.26/sh+$609
cycle +$2,449
[-$29…+$392] · 72% credit
73%
surv 64%
-$19,489 NOT
cap gain +$6,599
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)~$2416 Oct 202611d left+$0.08/sh+$191
cycle +$2,031
[-$344…+$1] · 25% credit
72%
surv 61%
-$20,933 NOT
cap gain +$5,155
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$2816 Oct 202611d left-$0.78/sh-$1,783
cycle +$57
[-$3,122…-$2,249]
91%
surv 90%
-$14,697 NOT
cap gain +$11,391
budget: banked $1,840 debit $1,783 (97% used ≈ 1.1 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$57 cash · rolled 23 ct earn ≈ $1,106/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$6,900/mo
vs 50% target ($3,400/mo)+103%
vs normal income ($6,800/mo)101% covered
Net income (after hedge)$6,908/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $23.50 is $12 below CC-SS $35.08: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$24,798
… as % of IC ($5,525)448.8%
… as % of ML ($55,525)44.7%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.6 mo
Surgical close (23 ct)$-24,196
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.20/sh (~25% of the $0.80 collected) or spot ≥ $24.39 (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 $27.42 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $23.27Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$23-24.39
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
≥ $24.39
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 0.82 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$23.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,840$-22,684+$3,404+$1,794
+2.5%$24.09 (≤1σ, normal week)$489$-22,829+$3,258+$443
+5%$24.68 (≤1σ, normal week)$-863$-22,974+$3,113-$909
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (6.0σ)$-35,443$-27,638-$1,550-$24,656
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.08, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-26,088
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$25,331
− CC assignment net of premium (23 × $23.50): -$24,798
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (2 × $35): -$12
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-25,566 (+$521 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-910 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-24,656, the opportunity cost of earning $6,900/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $32.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$19,688, position total $-25,000 (+$1,087 vs today)
A nudge, not a rule: the engine maximizes income at acceptable safety; this weighs the income you would give up against the breach risk you would shed. Your hedge bleed and your read on GLXY are the tiebreakers.
⚔ FIGHT CC options · full candidate scan (14 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (3 expiries scanned, 14 clear the income floor), each sized to the minimum contracts that clear it. Sorted by survival (safest first): the primary 🎯 is the safest; rows below trade safety for income.

Fortress delta: 0.821 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$25,331 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-910

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$258d9 Oct 2026$0.3824/25$3,420$3,42479%83%+$1,018-$23,284421.4%$-24,046 (vs do-nothing $-23,136)
$24.508d9 Oct 2026$0.4919/25$3,491$3,51574%80%+$911-$19,174347.0%$-19,967 (vs do-nothing $-19,057)
$2515d16 Oct 2026$0.7124/25$3,408$3,41274%80%+$844-$22,492407.1%$-23,254 (vs do-nothing $-22,344)
$24.5015d16 Oct 2026$0.8421/25$3,528$3,54470%77%+$766-$20,458370.3%$-21,238 (vs do-nothing $-20,328)
$248d9 Oct 2026$0.6215/25$3,488$3,52869%77%+$753-$15,693284.0%$-16,510 (vs do-nothing $-15,600)
$2415d16 Oct 2026$1.0018/25$3,600$3,62866%75%+$702-$18,147328.5%$-18,946 (vs do-nothing $-18,036)
$2422d23 Oct 2026$1.3020/25$3,545$3,56564%74%+$625-$19,563354.1%$-20,350 (vs do-nothing $-19,440)
$23.508d9 Oct 2026$0.8012/25$3,600$3,65263%73%+$702-$12,938234.2%$-13,774 (vs do-nothing $-12,864)
$23.5015d16 Oct 2026$1.1815/25$3,540$3,58061%72%+$603-$15,603282.4%$-16,420 (vs do-nothing $-15,510)
$2322d23 Oct 2026$1.7015/25$3,477$3,51756%70%+$502-$15,573281.9%$-16,390 (vs do-nothing $-15,480)
$238d9 Oct 2026$0.9710/25$3,638$3,69856%70%+$485-$11,112201.1%$-11,960 (vs do-nothing $-11,050)
$2315d16 Oct 2026$1.3813/25$3,588$3,63656%70%+$514-$13,912251.8%$-14,742 (vs do-nothing $-13,832)
$22.5015d16 Oct 2026$1.6011/25$3,520$3,57651%68%+$404-$12,080218.6%$-12,922 (vs do-nothing $-12,012)
Show 1 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$22.508d9 Oct 2026$1.218/25$3,630$3,69849%67%+$392-$9,097164.7%$-9,958 (vs do-nothing $-9,048)

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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