FORTRESS FIGHT: GOOG-LC340 @ $342.39

BE SS: $398.00  |  CC-SS: $383.75  |  5 contracts (500 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-09-17 21:49

GOOG-LC340 @ $342.39   UNDERWATER $55.61 (14.0% below BE SS)

5 contracts (500 sh)  |  BE SS: $398.00  |  CC-SS: $383.75 (banked floor $322.71)  |  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$7,600/mo75% ann ROI on ML
Hedge (static, never rolled)$0/moHP expiry = SP LEAPS; decay ≈ $2,495/mo (info only, already in marks)
Unrealized P&L$-17,000fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$3,800/mo
HEDGE COVER
$0/mo (static)
NORMAL INCOME
$7,600/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
3.4 mo to earn back $25,500
ML VELOCITY
6.3 mo to earn back $48,000
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $383.75 (probe: $385C 15d) brings only $350/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
$24,503
Hole (after banked)
$0
was $17,000 · 144% earned back
Cycles closed
29
Credit in flight
$0
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$383.75 → $322.71
? 4 leg(s) closed as UNKNOWN (vanished with no fill in window): banked $0, conservative. Fix campaign.json by hand if wrong.
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 34 (live) · RSI 51 · MACD bearish, hist rising
DAILYRISING (provisional) · RSI 56 · %B 72 · hist rising (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $393.86 (+15%) · daily UBB $347.65 · 1-wk expected move ±$14 (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: 5 contracts at $352.50 / 8d. This is the safest strike (survival 75%, breach 25%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($3,800/mo); it brings $4,031/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 5 × $345/8d for $8,531/mo, but breach risk rises to 42% (+18pp 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 × $385/22d (94% survival, $505/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $14,548 (57% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $398, recoverable in 1.9 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 5 contracts realizes $-17,038 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 · 25 Sep 2026 (8d) · sell 5 × $352.50, 75% survival, $4,031/mo (E[net] $870/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆25 Sep 2026 · 8d5 × $352.5075%$4,031$870
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $1,075 with probability 61%; on the 39% touch you roll, paying $2,168 to close and taking $1,070 back from the best priced door (net cash $1,097) and parking about one cycle of income. Charging the FULL buyback with no door credit (the pre-2026-07-25 model) contradicted the campaign simulation, which prices the same event as a cash-neutral even roll.

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 25 Sep 2026 · 8d · E[net] $870/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 5 × $352.50 (50% normal), 75% survival, breach 25%, $4,031/mo.
Stay at the pick. Stepping safer (the $355 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 80% (breach 25% → 20%) for $956/mo less (24% income)) buys little extra safety; the income is doing real work covering the bleed.
GOOG  spot $342.39 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
🛡 safe yield5 × $36525 Sep8d6.6%92%hist 96%16%hist 14%·$285$1,069-$2,962$9,088
Sell 5 × $365 6.6% OTM over spot $342.39 25 Sep 2026 (8d, $0.62 mid)
= $285 credit for the 8d cycle → $1,069/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $365)
92%
Breach risk
8%
POP (stays ≤ $365.62)
92%
EV / mo
+$480
🛡 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)
9%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,959
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 9 Oct 2026)
$373 @ 73% POP
65% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $6.35/sh now → $4.49 mid-life (likely $3.47–$6.05)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.57/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$3.92/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 259 simulated challenges: the $365 strike is typically first touched on day 6 of 8, at $368 (overshoots $2.96). 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)~$3652 Oct 202611d left+$1.86/sh+$932
cycle +$1,217
[+$871…+$1,478] · 100% credit
66%
surv 51%
-$6,819 NOT
cap gain +$10,181
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$3682 Oct 202611d left+$0.79/sh+$396
cycle +$681
[+$244…+$849] · 89% credit
69%
surv 57%
-$6,319 NOT
cap gain +$10,681
Max even-money escape in the band~$3739 Oct 202618d left+$0.73/sh+$363
cycle +$648
[+$112…+$849] · 79% credit
73%
surv 65%
-$4,370 NOT
cap gain +$12,630
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$1,069/mo
vs 50% target ($3,800/mo)-72%
vs normal income ($7,600/mo)14% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,069/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $365 is $19 below CC-SS $383.75: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$9,088
… as % of IC ($25,500)35.6%
… as % of ML ($48,000)18.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.2 mo
Surgical close (5 ct)$-17,025
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.14/sh (~25% of the $0.57 collected) or spot ≥ $365.62 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $365)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $347.65 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $361.35Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$361-365.62
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
≥ $365.62
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$365.00 (1.5σ)$285$-7,750+$9,250+$210
+2.5%$374.12 (2.2σ)$-4,277$-8,695+$8,305-$4,352
+5%$383.25 (2.8σ)$-8,840$-9,639+$7,361-$8,915
SS (= V-bounce)$398.00 (3.8σ)$-16,215$-11,166+$5,834-$16,290
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $383.75, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-17,000
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$16,398
− CC assignment net of premium (5 × $365): -$9,088
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-9,690 (+$7,310 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-527 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-9,163, the opportunity cost of earning $1,069/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $393.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$14,145, position total $-10,737 (+$6,263 vs today)
33% normal5 × $35525 Sep8d3.7%80%hist 86%40%hist 39%·$820$3,075-$956$13,553
Sell 5 × $355 3.7% OTM over spot $342.39 25 Sep 2026 (8d, $1.70 mid)
= $820 credit for the 8d cycle → $3,075/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $355)
80%
Breach risk
20%
POP (stays ≤ $356.70)
83%
EV / mo
+$906
🛡 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)
30%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,363
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$365 @ 78% POP
73% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $6.17/sh now → $4.37 mid-life (likely $4.28–$6.82)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.64/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.73/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 912 simulated challenges: the $355 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 8, at $358 (overshoots $2.94). 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)~$3552 Oct 202611d left+$2.09/sh+$1,043
cycle +$1,863
[+$804…+$1,269] · 100% credit
66%
surv 51%
-$10,137 NOT
cap gain +$6,863
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$3582 Oct 202611d left+$1.02/sh+$509
cycle +$1,329
[+$191…+$641] · 90% credit
69%
surv 57%
-$9,636 NOT
cap gain +$7,364
Max even-money escape in the band~$3639 Oct 202618d left+$0.98/sh+$489
cycle +$1,309
[+$16…+$627] · 76% credit
73%
surv 65%
-$7,674 NOT
cap gain +$9,326
SS $398 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3652 Oct 202611d left-$1.53/sh-$764
cycle +$56
[-$1,394…-$718] · 2% credit
78%
surv 73%
-$7,936 NOT
cap gain +$9,064
budget: banked $820 debit $764 (93% used ≈ 1.1 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$56 cash · rolled 5 ct earn ≈ $3,870/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 -0.4 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$3,075/mo
vs 50% target ($3,800/mo)-19%
vs normal income ($7,600/mo)40% covered
Net income (after hedge)$3,075/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $355 is $29 below CC-SS $383.75: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$13,553
… as % of IC ($25,500)53.1%
… as % of ML ($48,000)28.2%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.8 mo
Surgical close (5 ct)$-17,030
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.41/sh (~25% of the $1.64 collected) or spot ≥ $356.70 (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 $347.65 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $351.45Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$351-356.70
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
≥ $356.70
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 (≤1σ, normal week)$820$-11,180+$5,820+$745
+2.5%$363.87 (1.5σ)$-3,617$-12,099+$4,901-$3,692
+5%$372.75 (2.1σ)$-8,055$-13,017+$3,983-$8,130
SS (= V-bounce)$398.00 (3.8σ)$-20,680$-15,631+$1,369-$20,755
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $383.75, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-17,000
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$16,398
− CC assignment net of premium (5 × $355): -$13,553
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-14,155 (+$2,845 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-527 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-13,628, the opportunity cost of earning $3,075/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $393.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$18,610, position total $-15,202 (+$1,798 vs today)
🎯 50% normal5 × $352.5025 Sep8d3.0%75%hist 84%50%hist 39%·$1,075$4,031$14,548
Sell 5 × $352.50 3.0% OTM over spot $342.39 25 Sep 2026 (8d, $2.22 mid)
= $1,075 credit for the 8d cycle → $4,031/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $352.50)
75%
Breach risk
25%
POP (stays ≤ $354.73)
80%
EV / mo
+$1,048
🛡 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)
-$1,093
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 9 Oct 2026)
$370 @ 83% POP
80% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $6.13/sh now → $4.34 mid-life (likely $4.69–$7.17)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $2.15/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.19/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,164 simulated challenges: the $352 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 8, at $356 (overshoots $3.13). 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)~$3522 Oct 202611d left+$2.14/sh+$1,070
cycle +$2,145
[+$774…+$1,183] · 100% credit
66%
surv 51%
-$10,846 NOT
cap gain +$6,154
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$3552 Oct 202611d left+$1.07/sh+$536
cycle +$1,611
[+$160…+$577] · 89% credit
69%
surv 57%
-$10,346 NOT
cap gain +$6,654
Max even-money escape in the band~$3609 Oct 202618d left+$1.04/sh+$519
cycle +$1,594
[-$53…+$507] · 71% credit
73%
surv 65%
-$8,380 NOT
cap gain +$8,620
SS $398 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3709 Oct 202618d left-$1.68/sh-$840
cycle +$235
[-$1,726…-$937] · 2% credit
83%
surv 80%
-$5,774 NOT
cap gain +$11,226
budget: banked $1,075 debit $840 (78% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$235 cash · rolled 5 ct earn ≈ $2,212/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 -0.4 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$4,031/mo
vs 50% target ($3,800/mo)+6%
vs normal income ($7,600/mo)53% covered
Net income (after hedge)$4,031/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $352.50 is $31 below CC-SS $383.75: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$14,548
… as % of IC ($25,500)57.1%
… as % of ML ($48,000)30.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.9 mo
Surgical close (5 ct)$-17,038
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.54/sh (~25% of the $2.15 collected) or spot ≥ $354.73 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $352)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $347.65 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $348.98Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$349-354.73
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
≥ $354.73
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$352.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,075$-11,916+$5,084+$1,000
+2.5%$361.31 (1.3σ)$-3,331$-12,828+$4,172-$3,406
+5%$370.12 (1.9σ)$-7,738$-13,741+$3,259-$7,812
SS (= V-bounce)$398.00 (3.8σ)$-21,675$-16,626+$374-$21,750
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $383.75, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-17,000
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$16,398
− CC assignment net of premium (5 × $352.50): -$14,548
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-15,150 (+$1,850 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-527 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-14,623, the opportunity cost of earning $4,031/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $393.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$19,605, position total $-16,197 (+$803 vs today)
100% normal5 × $34525 Sep8d0.8%58%hist 70%86%hist 79%·$2,275$8,531+$4,500$17,098
Sell 5 × $345 0.8% OTM over spot $342.39 25 Sep 2026 (8d, $4.62 mid)
= $2,275 credit for the 8d cycle → $8,531/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $345)
58%
Breach risk
42%
POP (stays ≤ $349.62)
69%
EV / mo
+$1,370
🛡 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)
69%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
+$154
Free roll-up
+$5/wk
Safest escape (by 9 Oct 2026)
$373 @ 90% POP
89% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $6.00/sh now → $4.24 mid-life (likely $5.67–$7.81)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $4.55/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets +$0.31/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 2,069 simulated challenges: the $345 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 8, at $348 (overshoots $3.19). 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)~$3452 Oct 202611d left+$2.29/sh+$1,147
cycle +$3,422
[+$763…+$955] · 100% credit
66%
surv 51%
-$12,543 NOT
cap gain +$4,457
Max even-money escape in the band~$3539 Oct 202618d left+$1.21/sh+$605
cycle +$2,880
[-$122…+$284] · 65% credit
73%
surv 65%
-$10,068 NOT
cap gain +$6,932
SS $398 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$3502 Oct 202611d left+$0.13/sh+$67
cycle +$2,342
[-$561…-$211] · 11% credit
72%
surv 63%
-$11,597 NOT
cap gain +$5,403
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$3739 Oct 202618d left-$2.93/sh-$1,465
cycle +$810
[-$2,812…-$1,999]
90%
surv 89%
-$4,207 NOT
cap gain +$12,793
budget: banked $2,275 debit $1,465 (64% used ≈ 0.7 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$810 cash · rolled 5 ct earn ≈ $1,095/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 -0.4 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$8,531/mo
vs 50% target ($3,800/mo)+125%
vs normal income ($7,600/mo)112% covered
Net income (after hedge)$8,531/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $345 is $39 below CC-SS $383.75: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$17,098
… as % of IC ($25,500)67.1%
… as % of ML ($48,000)35.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.2 mo
Surgical close (5 ct)$-17,038
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $1.14/sh (~25% of the $4.55 collected) or spot ≥ $349.62 (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 $347.65 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $341.55Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$342-349.62
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
≥ $349.62
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$345.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,275$-13,690+$3,310+$2,200
+2.5%$353.62 (≤1σ, normal week)$-2,037$-14,583+$2,417-$2,112
+5%$362.25 (1.3σ)$-6,350$-15,476+$1,524-$6,425
SS (= V-bounce)$398.00 (3.8σ)$-24,225$-19,176-$2,176-$24,300
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $383.75, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-17,000
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$16,398
− CC assignment net of premium (5 × $345): -$17,098
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-17,700 ($-700 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-527 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-17,173, the opportunity cost of earning $8,531/mo FIGHT income now)
BB-reversion stress (→ $393.86 Upper BB (CC ceiling), the probable scenario per weekly technicals): CC give-up -$22,155, position total $-18,747 ($-1,747 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 (17 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (3 expiries scanned, 17 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: 0.793 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$16,398 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-527

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$352.508d25 Sep 2026$2.155/5$4,031$4,03175%80%+$1,048-$14,54857.1%$-15,150 (vs do-nothing $-14,623)
$3508d25 Sep 2026$2.774/5$4,155$4,18570%76%+$910-$12,39148.6%$-12,978 (vs do-nothing $-12,451)
$352.5015d2 Oct 2026$3.905/5$3,900$3,90070%77%+$877-$13,67353.6%$-14,275 (vs do-nothing $-13,748)
$35015d2 Oct 2026$4.655/5$4,650$4,65066%74%+$906-$14,54857.1%$-15,150 (vs do-nothing $-14,623)
$347.508d25 Sep 2026$3.403/5$3,825$3,88564%73%+$563-$9,85438.6%$-10,426 (vs do-nothing $-9,899)
$35022d9 Oct 2026$6.355/5$4,330$4,33064%73%+$874-$13,69853.7%$-14,300 (vs do-nothing $-13,773)
$347.5015d2 Oct 2026$5.454/5$4,360$4,39061%71%+$680-$12,31948.3%$-12,906 (vs do-nothing $-12,379)
$3458d25 Sep 2026$4.553/5$5,119$5,17958%69%+$822-$10,25940.2%$-10,831 (vs do-nothing $-10,304)
$34515d2 Oct 2026$6.603/5$3,960$4,02056%69%+$600-$9,64437.8%$-10,216 (vs do-nothing $-9,689)
$34522d9 Oct 2026$8.304/5$4,527$4,55756%69%+$666-$12,17947.8%$-12,766 (vs do-nothing $-12,239)
$342.5015d2 Oct 2026$7.603/5$4,560$4,62051%66%+$510-$10,09439.6%$-10,666 (vs do-nothing $-10,139)
$342.508d25 Sep 2026$5.352/5$4,012$4,10251%66%+$316-$7,17928.2%$-7,736 (vs do-nothing $-7,209)
$34022d9 Oct 2026$10.553/5$4,316$4,37648%65%+$426-$9,95939.1%$-10,531 (vs do-nothing $-10,004)
Show 4 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$34015d2 Oct 2026$8.903/5$5,340$5,40046%64%+$505-$10,45441.0%$-11,026 (vs do-nothing $-10,499)
$3408d25 Sep 2026$6.652/5$4,988$5,07844%63%+$296-$7,41929.1%$-7,976 (vs do-nothing $-7,449)
$337.5015d2 Oct 2026$10.202/5$4,080$4,17042%62%+$273-$7,20928.3%$-7,766 (vs do-nothing $-7,239)
$337.508d25 Sep 2026$8.002/5$6,000$6,09038%60%+$157-$7,64930.0%$-8,206 (vs do-nothing $-7,679)

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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