FORTRESS FIGHT: GOOG-LC340 @ $342.33

BE SS: $398.00  |  CC-SS: $384.15  |  5 contracts (500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-08-28 22:49

GOOG-LC340 @ $342.33   UNDERWATER $55.67 (14.0% below BE SS)

5 contracts (500 sh)  |  BE SS: $398.00  |  CC-SS: $384.15 (banked floor $326.41)  |  IV: MEDIUM  |  Accounts: Neville:0865

LC: $340 exp 2027-06-17 (entry $76.240/sh)
SP: $405 exp 2027-06-17 (entry $67.181/sh)
HP: $360 exp 2027-06-17 (entry $41.954/sh)

Economics

Max Loss$48,000(ND $51.00 + SW $45) x 500
Normal income ref$5,914/mo75% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $2,345/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-17,150fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$2,957/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$5,914/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
4.3 mo to earn back $25,500
ML VELOCITY
8.1 mo to earn back $48,000
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $384.15 (probe: $385C 14d) brings only $193/mo (<20% of normal), so FIGHT below it is warranted.
🏦 CAMPAIGN LEDGER , realized CC income since 2026-07-07; 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 2026-07-07
$23,324
Hole (after banked)
$0
was $17,150 · 136% earned back
Cycles closed
25
Credit in flight
$462
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$384.15 → $326.41
? 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
5x $357.5C 28 Aug 2026U13190865$0.92$4622026-08-25
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 31 (live) · RSI 51 · MACD bearish, hist rising
DAILYMIXED (provisional) · RSI 46 · %B 39 · hist rising (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $397.08 (+16%) · daily UBB $364.56 · 1-wk expected move ±$12 (chain IV)
SETUPNo tilt: engine default. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
⚠ Next earnings 2026-10-28: candidates whose expiry crosses it are flagged in the spectrum; EV is unreliable across earnings.
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 4 contracts at $350 / 7d. This is the safest strike (survival 74%, breach 26%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($2,957/mo); it brings $3,771/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 4 × $345/7d for $6,686/mo, but breach risk rises to 41% (+15pp vs the primary). The lower strike is hit by a smaller bounce.
More safety, less income: for just the hedge you can sit at 5 × $385/28d (93% survival, $407/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $12,779 (50% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $398, recoverable in 2.2 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 4 contracts realizes $-13,748 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 5 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 · 4 Sep 2026 (7d) · sell 4 × $350, 74% survival, $3,771/mo (E[net] $1,280/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆4 Sep 2026 · 7d4 × $35074%$3,771$1,280
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $880 with probability 61%; on the 39% touch you roll, paying $1,524 to close and taking $918 back from the best priced door (net cash $606) 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 · 4 Sep 2026 · 7d · E[net] $1,280/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 4 × $350 (50% normal), 74% survival, breach 26%, $3,771/mo.
⚖️ Worth a safer step: the $355 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 85% (breach 26% → 15%) for $1,731/mo less (46% 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 $355 rung, unless you need the income to cover the hedge bleed, or you expect GOOG to stay flat-to-down near term.
GOOG  spot $342.33 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
🛡 safe yield5 × $3604 Sep7d5.2%91%hist 96%17%hist 13%·$300$1,286-$2,486$11,773
Sell 5 × $360 5.2% OTM over spot $342.33 4 Sep 2026 (7d, $0.62 mid)
= $300 credit for the 7d cycle → $1,286/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $360)
91%
Breach risk
9%
POP (stays ≤ $360.62)
92%
EV / mo
+$717
🛡 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)
-$1,659
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$373 @ 78% POP
72% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 5 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: $5.54/sh now → $3.92 mid-life (likely $3.38–$5.45)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.60/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$3.32/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 347 simulated challenges: the $360 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $363 (overshoots $2.70). 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 (5 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$36011 Sep 202610d left+$1.82/sh+$911
cycle +$1,211
[+$773…+$1,293] · 99% credit
66%
surv 51%
-$8,995 NOT
cap gain +$8,155
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$36825 Sep 202624d left+$2.02/sh+$1,009
cycle +$1,309
[+$691…+$1,334] · 95% credit
73%
surv 64%
-$5,883 NOT
cap gain +$11,267
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$36311 Sep 202610d left+$0.67/sh+$335
cycle +$635
[+$111…+$600] · 84% credit
70%
surv 58%
-$8,521 NOT
cap gain +$8,629
Max even-money escape in the band~$37325 Sep 202624d left+$0.27/sh+$133
cycle +$433
[-$282…+$421] · 53% credit
78%
surv 72%
-$4,793 NOT
cap gain +$12,357
SS $398 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 -0.4 vol pt per +1% move (equity skew: vol eases as spot rises; buyback shift floored at 0). 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$1,286/mo
vs 50% target ($2,957/mo)-57%
vs normal income ($5,914/mo)22% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,286/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $360 is $24 below CC-SS $384.15: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$11,773
… as % of IC ($25,500)46.2%
… as % of ML ($48,000)24.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.0 mo
Surgical close (5 ct)$-17,163
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.15/sh (~25% of the $0.60 collected) or spot ≥ $360.62 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $360)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $364.56 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $356.40Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$356-360.62
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
≥ $360.62
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 0.79 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$360.00 (1.4σ)$300$-9,906+$7,244+$295
+2.5%$369.00 (2.2σ)$-4,200$-10,869+$6,281-$4,205
+5%$378.00 (2.9σ)$-8,700$-11,832+$5,318-$8,705
SS (= V-bounce)$398.00 (4.5σ)$-18,700$-13,972+$3,178-$18,705
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $384.15, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-17,150
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$16,434
− CC assignment net of premium (5 × $360): -$11,773
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-12,489 (+$4,661 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-711 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-11,778, the opportunity cost of earning $1,286/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $397.08 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$18,240, position total $-13,873 (+$3,277 vs today)
33% normal ← lean4 × $3554 Sep7d3.7%85%hist 85%31%hist 31%·$476$2,040-$1,731$11,183
Sell 4 × $355 3.7% OTM over spot $342.33 4 Sep 2026 (7d, $1.22 mid)
= $476 credit for the 7d cycle → $2,040/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $355)
85%
Breach risk
15%
POP (stays ≤ $356.22)
87%
EV / mo
+$958
🛡 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)
22%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,069
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$373 @ 82% POP
78% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 4 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: $5.46/sh now → $3.86 mid-life (likely $3.54–$5.94)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.19/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.67/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 650 simulated challenges: the $355 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 7, at $358 (overshoots $2.71). 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 (4 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$35511 Sep 202610d left+$1.93/sh+$774
cycle +$1,250
[+$605…+$969] · 100% credit
66%
surv 51%
-$10,920 NOT
cap gain +$6,230
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$36325 Sep 202624d left+$2.16/sh+$864
cycle +$1,340
[+$505…+$1,069] · 96% credit
73%
surv 64%
-$7,816 NOT
cap gain +$9,334
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$35811 Sep 202610d left+$0.78/sh+$314
cycle +$790
[+$65…+$478] · 82% credit
70%
surv 58%
-$10,331 NOT
cap gain +$6,819
Max even-money escape in the band~$36825 Sep 202624d left+$0.40/sh+$159
cycle +$635
[-$301…+$321] · 48% credit
78%
surv 72%
-$6,555 NOT
cap gain +$10,595
SS $398 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$37325 Sep 202624d left-$0.49/sh-$195
cycle +$281
[-$708…-$60] · 21% credit
82%
surv 78%
-$4,944 NOT
cap gain +$12,206
budget: banked $476 debit $195 (41% used ≈ 0.4 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$281 cash · rolled 4 ct earn ≈ $1,688/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 -0.4 vol pt per +1% move (equity skew: vol eases as spot rises; buyback shift floored at 0). 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$2,040/mo
vs 50% target ($2,957/mo)-31%
vs normal income ($5,914/mo)34% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,042/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $355 is $29 below CC-SS $384.15: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$11,183
… as % of IC ($25,500)43.9%
… as % of ML ($48,000)23.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.9 mo
Surgical close (4 ct)$-13,732
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.30/sh (~25% of the $1.19 collected) or spot ≥ $356.22 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $355)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $364.56 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $351.45Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$351-356.22
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
≥ $356.22
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 0.79 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$355.00 (1.0σ)$476$-11,694+$5,456+$472
+2.5%$363.87 (1.8σ)$-3,074$-11,756+$5,394-$3,078
+5%$372.75 (2.5σ)$-6,624$-11,818+$5,332-$6,628
SS (= V-bounce)$398.00 (4.5σ)$-16,724$-11,995+$5,155-$16,728
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $384.15, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-17,150
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$16,434
− CC assignment net of premium (4 × $355): -$11,183
+ Conservative CC premium (1 × $400): +$1
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-11,898 (+$5,252 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-711 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-11,187, the opportunity cost of earning $2,040/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $397.08 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$16,356, position total $-11,988 (+$5,162 vs today)
🎯 50% normal4 × $3504 Sep7d2.2%74%hist 84%52%hist 43%·$880$3,771$12,779
Sell 4 × $350 2.2% OTM over spot $342.33 4 Sep 2026 (7d, $2.27 mid)
= $880 credit for the 7d cycle → $3,771/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $350)
74%
Breach risk
26%
POP (stays ≤ $352.27)
80%
EV / mo
+$1,394
🛡 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)
39%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$644
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$378 @ 89% POP
88% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 4 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: $5.39/sh now → $3.81 mid-life (likely $4.14–$6.36)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $2.20/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.61/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,174 simulated challenges: the $350 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 7, at $353 (overshoots $2.70). 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 (4 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$35011 Sep 202610d left+$2.04/sh+$818
cycle +$1,698
[+$580…+$868] · 100% credit
66%
surv 51%
-$12,437 NOT
cap gain +$4,713
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$35825 Sep 202624d left+$2.29/sh+$918
cycle +$1,798
[+$474…+$929] · 95% credit
73%
surv 64%
-$9,322 NOT
cap gain +$7,828
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$35311 Sep 202610d left+$0.89/sh+$358
cycle +$1,238
[+$51…+$372] · 81% credit
70%
surv 58%
-$11,848 NOT
cap gain +$5,302
Max even-money escape in the band~$36325 Sep 202624d left+$0.52/sh+$210
cycle +$1,090
[-$364…+$182] · 38% credit
77%
surv 72%
-$8,066 NOT
cap gain +$9,084
SS $398 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$37825 Sep 202624d left-$2.10/sh-$839
cycle +$41
[-$1,645…-$941]
89%
surv 88%
-$3,220 NOT
cap gain +$13,930
budget: banked $880 debit $839 (95% used ≈ 1.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$41 cash · rolled 4 ct earn ≈ $856/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 -0.4 vol pt per +1% move (equity skew: vol eases as spot rises; buyback shift floored at 0). 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$3,771/mo
vs 50% target ($2,957/mo)+28%
vs normal income ($5,914/mo)64% covered
Net income (after hedge)$3,774/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $350 is $34 below CC-SS $384.15: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$12,779
… as % of IC ($25,500)50.1%
… as % of ML ($48,000)26.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.2 mo
Surgical close (4 ct)$-13,748
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.55/sh (~25% of the $2.20 collected) or spot ≥ $352.27 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $350)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $364.56 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $346.50Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$346-352.27
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
≥ $352.27
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 0.79 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$350.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$880$-13,255+$3,895+$876
+2.5%$358.75 (1.3σ)$-2,620$-13,316+$3,834-$2,624
+5%$367.50 (2.1σ)$-6,120$-13,377+$3,773-$6,124
SS (= V-bounce)$398.00 (4.5σ)$-18,320$-13,591+$3,559-$18,324
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $384.15, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-17,150
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$16,434
− CC assignment net of premium (4 × $350): -$12,779
+ Conservative CC premium (1 × $400): +$1
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-13,494 (+$3,656 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-711 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-12,783, the opportunity cost of earning $3,771/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $397.08 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$17,952, position total $-13,584 (+$3,566 vs today)
100% normal4 × $3454 Sep7d0.8%59%hist 69%83%hist 79%·$1,560$6,686+$2,914$14,099
Sell 4 × $345 0.8% OTM over spot $342.33 4 Sep 2026 (7d, $4.00 mid)
= $1,560 credit for the 7d cycle → $6,686/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $345)
59%
Breach risk
41%
POP (stays ≤ $349.00)
71%
EV / mo
+$1,583
🛡 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)
65%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
+$58
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 25 Sep 2026)
$378 @ 91% POP
91% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 4 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: $5.31/sh now → $3.75 mid-life (likely $4.98–$7.11)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $3.90/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets +$0.15/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,959 simulated challenges: the $345 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 7, at $348 (overshoots $2.99). 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 (4 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$34511 Sep 202610d left+$2.15/sh+$860
cycle +$2,420
[+$545…+$726] · 99% credit
66%
surv 51%
-$13,680 NOT
cap gain +$3,470
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$35325 Sep 202624d left+$2.43/sh+$970
cycle +$2,530
[+$368…+$743] · 93% credit
73%
surv 64%
-$10,555 NOT
cap gain +$6,595
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$34811 Sep 202610d left+$1.00/sh+$400
cycle +$1,960
[-$12…+$240] · 74% credit
70%
surv 58%
-$13,090 NOT
cap gain +$4,060
Max even-money escape in the band~$35825 Sep 202624d left+$0.65/sh+$258
cycle +$1,818
[-$496…-$30] · 23% credit
77%
surv 72%
-$9,302 NOT
cap gain +$7,848
SS $398 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$37825 Sep 202624d left-$2.60/sh-$1,041
cycle +$519
[-$2,160…-$1,450]
91%
surv 91%
-$2,741 NOT
cap gain +$14,409
budget: banked $1,560 debit $1,041 (67% used ≈ 0.7 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$519 cash · rolled 4 ct earn ≈ $576/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 -0.4 vol pt per +1% move (equity skew: vol eases as spot rises; buyback shift floored at 0). 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$6,686/mo
vs 50% target ($2,957/mo)+126%
vs normal income ($5,914/mo)113% covered
Net income (after hedge)$6,688/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $345 is $39 below CC-SS $384.15: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$14,099
… as % of IC ($25,500)55.3%
… as % of ML ($48,000)29.4%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.4 mo
Surgical close (4 ct)$-13,760
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.97/sh (~25% of the $3.90 collected) or spot ≥ $349.00 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $345)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $364.56 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $341.55Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$342-349.00
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
≥ $349.00
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 0.79 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$345.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,560$-14,540+$2,610+$1,556
+2.5%$353.62 (≤1σ, normal week)$-1,890$-14,600+$2,550-$1,894
+5%$362.25 (1.6σ)$-5,340$-14,660+$2,490-$5,344
SS (= V-bounce)$398.00 (4.5σ)$-19,640$-14,911+$2,239-$19,644
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $384.15, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-17,150
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$16,434
− CC assignment net of premium (4 × $345): -$14,099
+ Conservative CC premium (1 × $400): +$1
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-14,814 (+$2,336 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-711 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-14,103, the opportunity cost of earning $6,686/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $397.08 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$19,272, position total $-14,904 (+$2,246 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 GOOG are the tiebreakers.
⚔ FIGHT CC options · full candidate scan (12 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (4 expiries scanned, 12 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: 0.786 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$16,434 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-711

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$3507d4 Sep 2026$2.204/5$3,771$3,77474%80%+$1,394-$12,77950.1%$-13,494 (vs do-nothing $-12,783)
$35014d11 Sep 2026$3.804/5$3,257$3,25968%76%+$941-$12,13947.6%$-12,854 (vs do-nothing $-12,143)
$35021d18 Sep 2026$5.804/5$3,314$3,31665%74%+$981-$11,33944.5%$-12,054 (vs do-nothing $-11,343)
$35028d25 Sep 2026$6.855/5$3,670$3,67063%73%+$831-$13,64853.5%$-14,364 (vs do-nothing $-13,653)
$3457d4 Sep 2026$3.902/5$3,343$3,34959%71%+$792-$7,04927.6%$-7,762 (vs do-nothing $-7,051)
$34514d11 Sep 2026$5.703/5$3,664$3,66957%70%+$664-$10,03439.3%$-10,748 (vs do-nothing $-10,037)
$34521d18 Sep 2026$7.703/5$3,300$3,30456%70%+$739-$9,43437.0%$-10,148 (vs do-nothing $-9,437)
$34528d25 Sep 2026$9.154/5$3,921$3,92456%70%+$885-$11,99947.1%$-12,714 (vs do-nothing $-12,003)
$34028d25 Sep 2026$11.503/5$3,696$3,70148%66%+$640-$9,79438.4%$-10,508 (vs do-nothing $-9,797)
$34021d18 Sep 2026$10.103/5$4,329$4,33347%66%+$737-$10,21440.1%$-10,928 (vs do-nothing $-10,217)
$34014d11 Sep 2026$7.852/5$3,364$3,37146%64%+$321-$7,25928.5%$-7,972 (vs do-nothing $-7,261)
$3407d4 Sep 2026$6.402/5$5,486$5,49243%64%+$844-$7,54929.6%$-8,262 (vs do-nothing $-7,551)

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 5 contracts at the conservative CC.

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