FORTRESS FIGHT: GLXY @ $24.30

BE SS: $39.71  |  CC-SS: $35.45  |  25 contracts (2,500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-10-02 21:47

GLXYBBC @ $24.30   UNDERWATER $15.41 (38.8% below BE SS)

⚠ EARNINGS · SHORT EXPIRY ONLY
GLXY reports 2026-10-20 (Tue), in 18 days. The recommended CC (7d) 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: $35.45 (banked floor $32.71)  |  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$5,250/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $725/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-23,775fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$2,625/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$5,250/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
1.1 mo to earn back $5,525
ML VELOCITY
10.6 mo to earn back $55,525
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $35.45 (probe: $35C 14d) brings only $54/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)
$17,680
was $23,775 · 26% earned back
Cycles closed
13
Credit in flight
$2,631
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$35.45 → $32.71
? 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 43 (live) · RSI 49 · MACD bullish, hist rising
DAILYRISING (provisional) · RSI 53 · %B 50 · hist rising (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $32.86 (+35%) · daily UBB $27.17 · 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: 20 contracts at $26 / 7d. This is the safest strike (survival 74%, breach 26%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($2,625/mo); it brings $2,743/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 25 × $25.50/7d for $5,250/mo, but breach risk rises to 31% (+6pp 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 × $35/14d (99% survival, $54/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $18,253 (330% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $40, recoverable in 3.5 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 20 contracts realizes $-19,310 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 (7d) · sell 20 × $26, 74% survival, $2,743/mo (E[net] $-103/mo).
⚠ NEGATIVE E[net]: the expected cost of being challenged exceeds this premium, so this is the least-bad track rather than a good write. Consider a safer rung on the ladder below, or sitting the cycle out.
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆9 Oct 2026 · 7d20 × $2674%$2,743$-103
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $640 with probability 60%; on the 40% touch you roll, paying $2,108 to close and taking $1,101 back from the best priced door (net cash $1,006) 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 · 7d · E[net] $-103/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 20 × $26 (50% normal), 74% survival, breach 26%, $2,743/mo.
⚖️ Worth a safer step: the $27.50 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 87% (breach 26% → 13%) for $994/mo less (36% 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 $27.50 rung, unless you need the income to cover the hedge bleed, or you expect GLXY to stay flat-to-down near term.
GLXY  spot $24.30 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
▸🛡 safe yield25 × $3016 Oct14d23.5%91%hist 96%18%hist 14%+3pp$375$804-$1,939$13,242
Sell 25 × $30 23.5% OTM over spot $24.30 16 Oct 2026 (14d, $0.21 mid)
= $375 credit for the 14d cycle → $804/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $30)
91%
Breach risk
9%
POP (stays ≤ $30.21)
92%
EV / mo
+$237
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+3pp
59% whole by 9mo vs 56% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$548/mo
median; plan ~$372/mo after 68% keep · $2,847 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 59% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
10%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$4,140
Free roll-up
none
Safest escape (by 30 Oct 2026)
$31 @ 68% POP
59% 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 7 of 14); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.55/sh now → $1.81 mid-life (likely $1.36–$2.26) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.15/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.66/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 296 simulated challenges: the $30 strike is typically first touched on day 10 of 14, at $31 (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 (25 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Max even-money escape in the band~$3130 Oct 202621d left+$0.11/sh+$271
cycle +$646
[-$107…+$1,225] · 70% credit
68%
surv 59%
-$9,737 NOT
cap gain +$14,038
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$3023 Oct 202614d left-$0.04/sh-$97
cycle +$278
[-$426…+$724] · 52% credit
66%
surv 54%
-$11,570 NOT
cap gain +$12,205
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$804/mo
vs 50% target ($2,625/mo)-69%
vs normal income ($5,250/mo)15% covered
Net income (after hedge)$804/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $30 is $5 below CC-SS $35.45: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$13,242
… as % of IC ($5,525)239.7%
… as % of ML ($55,525)23.8%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.5 mo
Surgical close (25 ct)$-23,925
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.04/sh (~25% of the $0.15 collected) or spot ≥ $30.21 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $30)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $27.17 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 8d left3-7d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $29.70Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$30-30.21
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
≥ $30.21
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 0.84 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$30.00 (1.5σ)$375$-11,473+$12,302+$350
+2.5%$30.75 (1.7σ)$-1,500$-11,778+$11,997-$1,525
+5%$31.50 (1.9σ)$-3,375$-12,084+$11,691-$3,400
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (4.0σ)$-23,900$-15,430+$8,345-$12,150
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.45, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-23,775
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$23,325
− CC assignment net of premium (25 × $30): -$13,242
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-13,692 (+$10,083 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-1,542 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-12,150, the opportunity cost of earning $804/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $32.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$6,775, position total $-12,638 (+$11,137 vs today)
▸33% normal ← lean24 × $27.509 Oct7d13.2%87%hist 86%28%hist 25%+4pp$408$1,749-$994$18,664
Sell 24 × $27.50 13.2% OTM over spot $24.30 9 Oct 2026 (7d, $0.24 mid)
= $408 credit for the 7d cycle → $1,749/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $27.50)
87%
Breach risk
13%
POP (stays ≤ $27.75)
88%
EV / mo
+$362
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+4pp
65% whole by 9mo vs 61% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,022/mo
median; plan ~$695/mo after 68% keep · $4,559 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 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)
18%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,365
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 30 Oct 2026)
$30 @ 75% POP
70% 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: $1.63/sh now → $1.16 mid-life (likely $1.06–$1.75) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.17/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.99/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 546 simulated challenges: the $28 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $28 (overshoots $0.68). 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
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2930 Oct 202624d left+$0.20/sh+$471
cycle +$879
[-$208…+$896] · 64% credit
72%
surv 65%
-$12,642 NOT
cap gain +$11,133
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$2816 Oct 202610d left+$0.09/sh+$217
cycle +$625
[-$221…+$564] · 59% credit
71%
surv 60%
-$14,988 NOT
cap gain +$8,787
Max even-money escape in the band~$3030 Oct 202624d left+$0.06/sh+$152
cycle +$560
[-$551…+$549] · 47% credit
75%
surv 70%
-$10,868 NOT
cap gain +$12,907
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2816 Oct 202610d left+$0.01/sh+$19
cycle +$427
[-$485…+$427] · 45% credit
65%
surv 53%
-$16,651 NOT
cap gain +$7,124
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$1,749/mo
vs 50% target ($2,625/mo)-33%
vs normal income ($5,250/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,751/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $27.50 is $8 below CC-SS $35.45: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$18,664
… as % of IC ($5,525)337.8%
… as % of ML ($55,525)33.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.6 mo
Surgical close (24 ct)$-23,004
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.04/sh (~25% of the $0.17 collected) or spot ≥ $27.75 (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 $27.17 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $27.23Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$27-27.75
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
≥ $27.75
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 0.84 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$27.50 (1.2σ)$408$-16,670+$7,105+$384
+2.5%$28.19 (1.4σ)$-1,242$-16,881+$6,894-$1,266
+5%$28.88 (1.7σ)$-2,892$-17,093+$6,682-$2,916
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.7σ)$-28,896$-20,896+$2,879-$17,616
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.45, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-23,775
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$23,325
− CC assignment net of premium (24 × $27.50): -$18,664
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $35): -$44
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-19,158 (+$4,617 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-1,542 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-17,616, the opportunity cost of earning $1,749/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $32.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$12,456, position total $-18,318 (+$5,457 vs today)
▸🎯 50% normal20 × $269 Oct7d7.0%74%hist 82%53%hist 46%+9pp$640$2,743—$18,253
Sell 20 × $26 7.0% OTM over spot $24.30 9 Oct 2026 (7d, $0.46 mid)
= $640 credit for the 7d cycle → $2,743/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $26)
74%
Breach risk
26%
POP (stays ≤ $26.46)
79%
EV / mo
$-246
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+9pp
66% whole by 9mo vs 56% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.3/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,211/mo
median; plan ~$823/mo after 68% keep · $5,864 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.3 mo [1.0-4.2], measured ONLY among the 66% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
40%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,468
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 30 Oct 2026)
$30 @ 79% POP
76% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 20 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: $1.49/sh now → $1.05 mid-life (likely $1.18–$1.78) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.32/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.73/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,210 simulated challenges: the $26 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 7, at $27 (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 (20 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2730 Oct 202624d left+$0.55/sh+$1,101
cycle +$1,741
[+$452…+$1,095] · 92% credit
69%
surv 59%
-$17,007 NOT
cap gain +$6,768
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$2716 Oct 202610d left+$0.06/sh+$116
cycle +$756
[-$394…+$84] · 31% credit
71%
surv 60%
-$17,992 NOT
cap gain +$5,783
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2616 Oct 202610d left+$0.00/sh+$7
cycle +$647
[-$579…-$7] · 25% credit
65%
surv 53%
-$19,566 NOT
cap gain +$4,209
Max even-money escape in the band~$2930 Oct 202624d left+$0.00/sh+$5
cycle +$645
[-$801…-$90] · 22% credit
76%
surv 71%
-$13,918 NOT
cap gain +$9,857
SS $40 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3030 Oct 202624d left-$0.27/sh-$537
cycle +$103
[-$1,466…-$675] · 7% credit
79%
surv 76%
-$12,367 NOT
cap gain +$11,408
budget: banked $640 debit $537 (84% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$103 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $1,963/mo while parked; 5 ct free to re-sell
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$2,743/mo
vs 50% target ($2,625/mo)+4%
vs normal income ($5,250/mo)52% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,754/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $26 is $9 below CC-SS $35.45: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$18,253
… as % of IC ($5,525)330.4%
… as % of ML ($55,525)32.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.5 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-19,310
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.08/sh (~25% of the $0.32 collected) or spot ≥ $26.46 (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 $27.17 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $25.74Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$26-26.46
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $26.46
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 0.84 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$26.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$640$-19,573+$4,202+$620
+2.5%$26.65 (≤1σ, normal week)$-660$-19,513+$4,262-$680
+5%$27.30 (1.1σ)$-1,960$-19,453+$4,322-$1,980
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.7σ)$-26,780$-20,660+$3,115-$17,380
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.45, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-23,775
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$23,325
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $26): -$18,253
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (5 × $35): -$218
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-18,922 (+$4,853 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-1,542 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-17,380, the opportunity cost of earning $2,743/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $32.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$13,080, position total $-18,938 (+$4,837 vs today)
▸100% normal25 × $25.509 Oct7d4.9%69%hist 64%65%hist 59%+9pp$1,225$5,250+$2,507$23,642
Sell 25 × $25.50 4.9% OTM over spot $24.30 9 Oct 2026 (7d, $0.59 mid)
= $1,225 credit for the 7d cycle → $5,250/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $25.50)
69%
Breach risk
31%
POP (stays ≤ $26.09)
75%
EV / mo
+$206
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+9pp
70% whole by 9mo vs 61% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,983/mo
median; plan ~$1,348/mo after 68% keep · $6,209 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.7 mo [0.9-2.9], measured ONLY among the 70% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
50%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,327
Free roll-up
+$1/wk
Safest escape (by 30 Oct 2026)
$30 @ 83% POP
81% 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 3 of 7); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.44/sh now → $1.02 mid-life (likely $1.22–$1.83) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.49/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.53/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,493 simulated challenges: the $26 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 7, at $26 (overshoots $0.66). 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
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$2630 Oct 202624d left+$0.53/sh+$1,318
cycle +$2,543
[+$389…+$1,147] · 87% credit
69%
surv 59%
-$17,257 NOT
cap gain +$6,518
Max even-money escape in the band~$2730 Oct 202624d left+$0.12/sh+$310
cycle +$1,535
[-$830…+$62] · 28% credit
72%
surv 66%
-$16,172 NOT
cap gain +$7,603
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)~$2616 Oct 202610d left+$0.05/sh+$118
cycle +$1,343
[-$621…-$32] · 23% credit
71%
surv 61%
-$18,456 NOT
cap gain +$5,319
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$2616 Oct 202610d left+$0.00/sh+$5
cycle +$1,230
[-$834…-$152] · 20% credit
65%
surv 52%
-$20,034 NOT
cap gain +$3,741
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3030 Oct 202624d left-$0.48/sh-$1,208
cycle +$17
[-$2,689…-$1,572] · 1% credit
83%
surv 81%
-$11,412 NOT
cap gain +$12,363
budget: banked $1,225 debit $1,208 (99% used ≈ 1.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$17 cash · rolled 25 ct earn ≈ $1,681/mo while parked; 0 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$5,250/mo
vs 50% target ($2,625/mo)+100%
vs normal income ($5,250/mo)100% covered
Net income (after hedge)$5,250/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $25.50 is $10 below CC-SS $35.45: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$23,642
… as % of IC ($5,525)427.9%
… as % of ML ($55,525)42.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)4.5 mo
Surgical close (25 ct)$-24,038
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 $0.49 collected) or spot ≥ $26.09 (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 $27.17 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $25.25Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$25-26.09
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $26.09
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 0.84 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$25.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,225$-20,039+$3,736+$1,200
+2.5%$26.14 (≤1σ, normal week)$-369$-20,299+$3,476-$394
+5%$26.78 (≤1σ, normal week)$-1,963$-20,559+$3,216-$1,988
SS (= V-bounce)$39.71 (5.7σ)$-34,300$-25,830-$2,055-$22,550
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $35.45, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-23,775
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$23,325
− CC assignment net of premium (25 × $25.50): -$23,642
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-24,092 ($-317 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-1,542 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-22,550, the opportunity cost of earning $5,250/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $32.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$17,175, position total $-23,038 (+$737 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 (19 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (4 expiries scanned, 19 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: 0.837 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$23,325 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-1,542

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$2714d16 Oct 2026$0.4925/25$2,625$2,62577%81%+$388-$19,892360.0%$-20,342 (vs do-nothing $-18,800)
$267d9 Oct 2026$0.3220/25$2,743$2,75474%79%$-246-$18,253330.4%$-18,922 (vs do-nothing $-17,380)
$26.5014d16 Oct 2026$0.5523/25$2,711$2,71574%79%+$179-$19,312349.5%$-19,850 (vs do-nothing $-18,308)
$2728d30 Oct 2026$0.9925/25$2,652$2,65272%78%+$113-$18,642337.4%$-19,092 (vs do-nothing $-17,550)
$2614d16 Oct 2026$0.6121/25$2,745$2,75470%77%$-63-$18,557335.9%$-19,182 (vs do-nothing $-17,640)
$25.507d9 Oct 2026$0.4913/25$2,730$2,75669%75%+$107-$12,294222.5%$-13,268 (vs do-nothing $-11,726)
$2621d23 Oct 2026$0.9220/25$2,629$2,63967%75%$-32-$17,053308.7%$-17,722 (vs do-nothing $-16,180)
$2628d30 Oct 2026$1.1322/25$2,664$2,67066%74%$-247-$18,297331.2%$-18,878 (vs do-nothing $-17,336)
$25.5014d16 Oct 2026$0.9613/25$2,674$2,70065%74%+$255-$11,683211.5%$-12,657 (vs do-nothing $-11,115)
$257d9 Oct 2026$0.6710/25$2,871$2,90462%72%+$181-$9,777177.0%$-10,882 (vs do-nothing $-9,340)
$2514d16 Oct 2026$1.1611/25$2,734$2,76460%72%+$413-$10,215184.9%$-11,277 (vs do-nothing $-9,735)
$2521d23 Oct 2026$1.2515/25$2,679$2,70060%71%$-76-$13,795249.7%$-14,682 (vs do-nothing $-13,140)
$2528d30 Oct 2026$1.5317/25$2,787$2,80459%71%$-137-$15,158274.4%$-15,958 (vs do-nothing $-14,416)
Show 6 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$24.507d9 Oct 2026$0.927/25$2,760$2,79955%70%+$285-$7,019127.0%$-8,255 (vs do-nothing $-6,713)
$24.5014d16 Oct 2026$0.9813/25$2,730$2,75655%69%$-260-$12,957234.5%$-13,931 (vs do-nothing $-12,389)
$2428d30 Oct 2026$1.8414/25$2,760$2,78452%68%$-31-$13,449243.4%$-14,380 (vs do-nothing $-12,838)
$2421d23 Oct 2026$1.6512/25$2,829$2,85651%67%$-146-$11,756212.8%$-12,774 (vs do-nothing $-11,232)
$2414d16 Oct 2026$1.2510/25$2,679$2,71150%67%$-268-$10,197184.6%$-11,302 (vs do-nothing $-9,760)
$247d9 Oct 2026$1.027/25$3,060$3,09948%66%$-138-$7,299132.1%$-8,535 (vs do-nothing $-6,993)

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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