FORTRESS FIGHT: IREN-LC25-1782 @ $35.50

BE SS: $44.00  |  CC-SS: $47.37  |  20 contracts (2,000 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-07-28 12:24

IREN-LC25-1782 @ $35.50   UNDERWATER $8.50 (19.3% below BE SS)

20 contracts (2,000 sh)  |  BE SS: $44.00  |  CC-SS: $47.37  |  IV: HIGH  |  Accounts: Joint:1782

LC: $25 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $31.708/sh)
SP: $47 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $21.265/sh)
HP: $35 exp 2026-10-16 (entry $5.087/sh)

Economics

Max Loss$56,000(ND $16.00 + SW $12) x 2000
Normal income ref$14,471/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge rolling cost$5,925/mo
Unrealized P&L$-19,660fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$7,235/mo
HEDGE COVER
$5,925/mo
NORMAL INCOME
$14,471/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
2.2 mo to earn back $32,000
ML VELOCITY
3.9 mo to earn back $56,000
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $47.37 (probe: $47C 17d) brings only $2,682/mo (<20% of normal), so FIGHT below it is warranted.
🏦 CAMPAIGN LEDGER , realized CC income since 2026-07-16; 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 2026-07-16
$-4,619
Hole (after banked)
$24,279
was $19,660 · -23% earned back
Cycles closed
11
Credit in flight
$1,913
? 1 leg(s) closed as UNKNOWN (vanished with no fill in window): banked $0, conservative. Fix campaign.json by hand if wrong.
Open legAcctCredit/shIn flightOpened
20x $51C 31 Jul 2026U6241782$0.96$1,9132026-07-22
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYPULLBACK · %B 21 (live) · RSI 44 · MACD bearish, hist falling
DAILYFALLING (provisional) · RSI 36 · %B 16 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELS20W MA (bounce target) $46.88 (+32%) · daily UBB $45.89 · 1-wk expected move ±$7 (chain IV)
SETUPSpring loaded, not ignited: 🎯 or 💎 at short DTE, normal tripwires. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
⚠ Next earnings 2026-08-28: candidates whose expiry crosses it are flagged in the spectrum; EV is unreliable across earnings.
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 20 contracts at $43 / 3d. This is the safest strike (survival 93%, breach 7%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($7,235/mo); it brings $7,400/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 17 × $40/3d for $14,960/mo, but breach risk rises to 17% (+10pp vs the primary). The lower strike is hit by a smaller bounce.
More safety, less income: for just the hedge you can sit at 20 × $44.50/3d (96% survival, $4,800/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $8,004 (25% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $44, recoverable in 0.6 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 20 contracts realizes $-19,690 and cuts bleed by $5,925/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 20 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: THIS FRIDAY · 31 Jul 2026 (3d) · sell 20 × $43, 93% survival, $7,400/mo (E[net] $5,512/mo).
The two weekly tracks below are ranked by E[net]/mo = income kept when unchallenged − the net cash cost and forgone cycle when it is. Each has its own full ladder.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
THIS FRIDAY 🏆31 Jul 2026 · 3d20 × $4393%$7,400$5,512
NEXT FRIDAY7 Aug 2026 · 10d18 × $4279%$7,236$-716
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $740 with probability 92%; on the 8% touch you roll, paying $5,067 to close and taking $3,345 back from the best priced door (net cash $1,722) 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.

📅 THIS FRIDAY · 31 Jul 2026 · 3d · E[net] $5,512/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 20 × $43 (50% normal), 93% survival, breach 7%, $7,400/mo.
The pick is already past the ~80% (≈1σ) comfort line, so take the income. Stepping out to the $44.50 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 96% (breach 7% → 4%) for $2,600/mo less (35% income) buys safety you do not really need here.
IREN  spot $35.50 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
33% normal20 × $44.5031 Jul3d25.4%96%hist 100%8%hist 1%-7pp$480$4,800-$2,600$5,264
Sell 20 × $44.50 25.4% OTM over spot $35.50 31 Jul 2026 (3d, $0.26 mid)
= $480 credit for the 3d cycle → $4,800/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $44.50)
96%
Breach risk
4%
POP (stays ≤ $44.76)
97%
EV / mo
+$4,097
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-7pp
52% whole by 9mo vs 59% doing nothing · roll costs eat the credits at this rung
FIRE DRILLS
~0.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$-3,276/mo
median; plan ~$-2,227/mo after 68% keep · $-19,080 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.2 mo [0.5-2.2], measured ONLY among the 52% 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)
4%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$4,834
Free roll-up
+$4/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$58 @ 86% POP
83% 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 1 of 3); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $3.76/sh now → $2.66 mid-life (likely $2.23–$4.05)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.24/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.42/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 125 simulated challenges: the $44 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 3, at $46 (overshoots $1.62). 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 (20 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$447 Aug 20268d left+$1.76/sh+$3,514
cycle +$3,994
[+$3,064…+$4,476] · 98% credit
70%
surv 54%
-$1,176 NOT
cap gain +$18,484
Max even-money escape in the band~$5621 Aug 202622d left+$0.10/sh+$205
cycle +$685
[-$1,114…+$1,076] · 60% credit
84%
surv 80%
+$14,030 SAFE
cap gain +$33,690
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$497 Aug 20268d left+$0.05/sh+$110
cycle +$590
[-$948…+$806] · 58% credit
79%
surv 71%
+$2,665 SAFE
cap gain +$22,325
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5821 Aug 202622d left-$0.12/sh-$244
cycle +$236
[-$1,613…+$591] · 50% credit
86%
surv 83%
+$16,801 SAFE
cap gain +$36,461
budget: banked $480 debit $244 (51% used ≈ 0.2 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$236 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $6,913/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$4,800/mo
vs 50% target ($7,235/mo)-34%
vs normal income ($14,471/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$-1,125/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $44.50 is $3 below CC-SS $47.37: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$5,264
… as % of IC ($32,000)16.5%
… as % of ML ($56,000)9.4%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.4 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-19,690
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.06/sh (~25% of the $0.24 collected) or spot ≥ $44.76 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $44)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $45.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $44.05Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$44-44.76
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
≥ $44.76
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 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$44.50 (1.9σ)$480$-4,690+$14,970-$380
+2.5%$45.61 (2.1σ)$-1,745$-5,124+$14,536-$380
+5%$46.73 (2.4σ)$-3,970$-5,558+$14,102-$380
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $47.37, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-19,660
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,114
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $44.50): -$5,264
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-5,810 (+$13,850 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,430 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-380, the opportunity cost of earning $4,800/mo FIGHT income now)
cover hedge17 × $4331 Jul3d21.1%93%hist 100%13%hist 5%-2pp$629$6,290-$1,110$6,804
Sell 17 × $43 21.1% OTM over spot $35.50 31 Jul 2026 (3d, $0.39 mid)
= $629 credit for the 3d cycle → $6,290/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $43)
93%
Breach risk
7%
POP (stays ≤ $43.38)
94%
EV / mo
+$4,927
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-2pp
57% whole by 9mo vs 59% doing nothing · roll costs eat the credits at this rung
FIRE DRILLS
~1.3/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$-1,325/mo
median; plan ~$-901/mo after 68% keep · $-3,937 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.3 mo [0.5-2.8], measured ONLY among the 57% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
7%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$3,678
Free roll-up
+$4/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$56 @ 87% POP
84% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 17 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 1 of 3); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $3.58/sh now → $2.53 mid-life (likely $2.33–$4.30)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.37/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.16/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 220 simulated challenges: the $43 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 3, at $45 (overshoots $1.71). 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 (17 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$437 Aug 20268d left+$1.67/sh+$2,843
cycle +$3,472
[+$2,288…+$3,403] · 97% credit
70%
surv 54%
-$3,834 NOT
cap gain +$15,826
Max even-money escape in the band~$5221 Aug 202622d left+$0.58/sh+$978
cycle +$1,607
[-$142…+$1,574] · 72% credit
83%
surv 78%
+$7,046 SAFE
cap gain +$26,706
reaches SS ✓
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$467 Aug 20268d left+$0.45/sh+$761
cycle +$1,390
[-$99…+$1,226] · 71% credit
78%
surv 68%
-$1,031 NOT
cap gain +$18,629
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5621 Aug 202622d left-$0.26/sh-$448
cycle +$181
[-$1,930…+$72] · 29% credit
87%
surv 84%
+$10,860 SAFE
cap gain +$30,520
budget: banked $629 debit $448 (71% used ≈ 0.3 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$181 cash · rolled 17 ct earn ≈ $5,262/mo while parked; 3 ct free to re-sell · clears SS ✓
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$6,290/mo
vs 50% target ($7,235/mo)-13%
vs normal income ($14,471/mo)43% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,202/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $43 is $4 below CC-SS $47.37: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$6,804
… as % of IC ($32,000)21.3%
… as % of ML ($56,000)12.1%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.5 mo
Surgical close (17 ct)$-16,736
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.09/sh (~25% of the $0.37 collected) or spot ≥ $43.38 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $43)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $45.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $42.57Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$43-43.38
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
≥ $43.38
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 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$43.00 (1.6σ)$629$-6,677+$12,983-$952
+2.5%$44.07 (1.8σ)$-1,198$-6,796+$12,864-$2,652
+5%$45.15 (2.1σ)$-3,026$-7,215+$12,444-$2,652
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $47.37, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-19,660
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,114
− CC assignment net of premium (17 × $43): -$6,804
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (3 × $44): -$733
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-8,082 (+$11,578 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,430 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-2,652, the opportunity cost of earning $6,290/mo FIGHT income now)
🎯 50% normal20 × $4331 Jul3d21.1%93%hist 100%13%hist 5%-1pp$740$7,400$8,004
Sell 20 × $43 21.1% OTM over spot $35.50 31 Jul 2026 (3d, $0.39 mid)
= $740 credit for the 3d cycle → $7,400/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $43)
93%
Breach risk
7%
POP (stays ≤ $43.38)
94%
EV / mo
+$5,796
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-1pp
58% whole by 9mo vs 60% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.4/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$-1,402/mo
median; plan ~$-953/mo after 68% keep · $-4,512 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.2 mo [0.5-3.3], measured ONLY among the 58% 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)
8%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$4,327
Free roll-up
+$4/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$56 @ 87% POP
84% 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 1 of 3); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $3.58/sh now → $2.53 mid-life (likely $2.22–$4.73)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.37/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.16/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 230 simulated challenges: the $43 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 3, at $45 (overshoots $1.91). 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
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$437 Aug 20268d left+$1.67/sh+$3,345
cycle +$4,085
[+$2,310…+$4,003] · 95% credit
70%
surv 54%
-$3,500 NOT
cap gain +$16,160
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$467 Aug 20268d left+$0.45/sh+$895
cycle +$1,635
[-$544…+$1,485] · 65% credit
78%
surv 68%
-$315 NOT
cap gain +$19,345
Max even-money escape in the band~$5221 Aug 202622d left+$0.58/sh+$1,150
cycle +$1,890
[-$705…+$1,848] · 64% credit
83%
surv 78%
+$9,600 SAFE
cap gain +$29,260
reaches SS ✓
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5621 Aug 202622d left-$0.26/sh-$527
cycle +$213
[-$2,869…+$159] · 28% credit
87%
surv 84%
+$14,363 SAFE
cap gain +$34,023
budget: banked $740 debit $527 (71% used ≈ 0.3 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$213 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $6,191/mo while parked; 0 ct free to re-sell · clears SS ✓
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$7,400/mo
vs 50% target ($7,235/mo)+2%
vs normal income ($14,471/mo)51% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,475/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $43 is $4 below CC-SS $47.37: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$8,004
… as % of IC ($32,000)25.0%
… as % of ML ($56,000)14.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.6 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-19,690
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.09/sh (~25% of the $0.37 collected) or spot ≥ $43.38 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $43)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $45.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $42.57Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$43-43.38
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
≥ $43.38
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 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$43.00 (1.6σ)$740$-6,845+$12,815-$1,120
+2.5%$44.07 (1.8σ)$-1,410$-7,264+$12,396-$3,120
+5%$45.15 (2.1σ)$-3,560$-7,683+$11,976-$3,120
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $47.37, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-19,660
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,114
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $43): -$8,004
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-8,550 (+$11,110 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,430 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-3,120, the opportunity cost of earning $7,400/mo FIGHT income now)
🛡 safe yield20 × $4231 Jul3d18.3%91%hist 100%18%hist 5%+1pp$1,000$10,000+$2,600$9,744
Sell 20 × $42 18.3% OTM over spot $35.50 31 Jul 2026 (3d, $0.53 mid)
= $1,000 credit for the 3d cycle → $10,000/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $42)
91%
Breach risk
9%
POP (stays ≤ $42.53)
93%
EV / mo
+$7,593
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+1pp
53% whole by 9mo vs 52% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$-721/mo
median; plan ~$-490/mo after 68% keep · $-2,281 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.1 mo [0.5-2.5], measured ONLY among the 53% 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)
11%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$3,905
Free roll-up
+$4/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$56 @ 87% POP
85% 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 1 of 3); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $3.47/sh now → $2.45 mid-life (likely $2.34–$4.71)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.50/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.95/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 342 simulated challenges: the $42 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 3, at $44 (overshoots $1.93). 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
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$427 Aug 20268d left+$1.62/sh+$3,234
cycle +$4,234
[+$2,064…+$3,827] · 94% credit
70%
surv 54%
-$4,961 NOT
cap gain +$14,699
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$467 Aug 20268d left+$0.38/sh+$769
cycle +$1,769
[-$788…+$1,228] · 64% credit
78%
surv 69%
-$1,791 NOT
cap gain +$17,869
Max even-money escape in the band~$5221 Aug 202622d left+$0.47/sh+$933
cycle +$1,933
[-$1,110…+$1,476] · 63% credit
83%
surv 78%
+$8,033 SAFE
cap gain +$27,693
reaches SS ✓
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5621 Aug 202622d left-$0.35/sh-$704
cycle +$296
[-$3,209…-$226] · 18% credit
87%
surv 85%
+$12,836 SAFE
cap gain +$32,496
budget: banked $1,000 debit $704 (70% used ≈ 0.3 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$296 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $5,729/mo while parked; 0 ct free to re-sell · clears SS ✓
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$10,000/mo
vs 50% target ($7,235/mo)+38%
vs normal income ($14,471/mo)69% covered
Net income (after hedge)$4,075/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $42 is $5 below CC-SS $47.37: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$9,744
… as % of IC ($32,000)30.5%
… as % of ML ($56,000)17.4%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.7 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-19,720
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.12/sh (~25% of the $0.50 collected) or spot ≥ $42.53 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $42)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $45.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $41.58Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$42-42.53
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
≥ $42.53
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 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$42.00 (1.4σ)$1,000$-8,195+$11,465-$860
+2.5%$43.05 (1.6σ)$-1,100$-8,604+$11,056-$2,960
+5%$44.10 (1.8σ)$-3,200$-9,014+$10,646-$4,860
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $47.37, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-19,660
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,114
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $42): -$9,744
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-10,290 (+$9,370 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,430 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-4,860, the opportunity cost of earning $10,000/mo FIGHT income now)
100% normal17 × $4031 Jul3d12.7%83%hist 99%35%hist 18%+6pp$1,496$14,960+$7,560$11,037
Sell 17 × $40 12.7% OTM over spot $35.50 31 Jul 2026 (3d, $0.91 mid)
= $1,496 credit for the 3d cycle → $14,960/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $40)
83%
Breach risk
17%
POP (stays ≤ $40.91)
87%
EV / mo
+$9,601
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+6pp
67% whole by 9mo vs 61% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.0/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,170/mo
median; plan ~$796/mo after 68% keep · $1,549 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~0.8 mo [0.4-2.1], measured ONLY among the 67% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
24%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,404
Free roll-up
+$4/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$54 @ 88% POP
86% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 17 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 1 of 3); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $3.24/sh now → $2.29 mid-life (likely $2.34–$4.37)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.88/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.41/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 706 simulated challenges: the $40 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 3, at $42 (overshoots $1.77). 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 (17 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$407 Aug 20268d left+$1.51/sh+$2,564
cycle +$4,060
[+$1,607…+$2,958] · 94% credit
70%
surv 54%
-$8,076 NOT
cap gain +$11,584
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$4621 Aug 202622d left+$1.30/sh+$2,207
cycle +$3,703
[+$787…+$2,590] · 85% credit
78%
surv 71%
-$28 NOT
cap gain +$19,632
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$447 Aug 20268d left+$0.26/sh+$446
cycle +$1,942
[-$887…+$692] · 45% credit
78%
surv 69%
-$4,559 NOT
cap gain +$15,101
Max even-money escape in the band~$5021 Aug 202622d left+$0.26/sh+$444
cycle +$1,940
[-$1,290…+$748] · 41% credit
84%
surv 79%
+$3,449 SAFE
cap gain +$23,109
reaches SS ✓
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5421 Aug 202622d left-$0.51/sh-$873
cycle +$623
[-$2,964…-$678] · 8% credit
88%
surv 86%
+$7,372 SAFE
cap gain +$27,032
budget: banked $1,496 debit $873 (58% used ≈ 0.3 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$623 cash · rolled 17 ct earn ≈ $4,128/mo while parked; 3 ct free to re-sell · clears SS ✓
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$14,960/mo
vs 50% target ($7,235/mo)+107%
vs normal income ($14,471/mo)103% covered
Net income (after hedge)$9,872/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $40 is $7 below CC-SS $47.37: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$11,037
… as % of IC ($32,000)34.5%
… as % of ML ($56,000)19.7%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.8 mo
Surgical close (17 ct)$-16,753
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.22/sh (~25% of the $0.88 collected) or spot ≥ $40.91 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $40)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $45.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $39.60Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$40-40.91
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
≥ $40.91
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 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$40.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,496$-10,640+$9,020-$85
+2.5%$41.00 (1.2σ)$-204$-10,730+$8,930-$1,785
+5%$42.00 (1.4σ)$-1,904$-10,820+$8,840-$3,485
SS (= V-bounce)$44.00 (1.8σ)$-5,304$-11,000+$8,660-$6,885
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $47.37, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-19,660
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,114
− CC assignment net of premium (17 × $40): -$11,037
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (3 × $44): -$733
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-12,315 (+$7,345 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,430 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-6,885, the opportunity cost of earning $14,960/mo FIGHT income now)
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 IREN are the tiebreakers.

📅 NEXT FRIDAY · 7 Aug 2026 · 10d · E[net] $-716/mo

🎯 Engine pick: sell 18 × $42 (50% normal), 79% survival, breach 21%, $7,236/mo.
Stay at the pick. Stepping safer (the $44 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 84% (breach 21% → 16%) for $2,214/mo less (31% income)) would drop below hedge coverage; the income is doing real work covering the bleed.
IREN  spot $35.50 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
33% normal18 × $447 Aug10d23.9%84%hist 99%34%hist 18%-7pp$1,674$5,022-$2,214$4,396
Sell 18 × $44 23.9% OTM over spot $35.50 7 Aug 2026 (10d, $1.02 mid)
= $1,674 credit for the 10d cycle → $5,022/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $44)
84%
Breach risk
16%
POP (stays ≤ $45.02)
86%
EV / mo
+$1,669
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-7pp
56% whole by 9mo vs 62% doing nothing · roll costs eat the credits at this rung
FIRE DRILLS
~1.4/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$-2,873/mo
median; plan ~$-1,954/mo after 68% keep · $-13,105 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.1 mo [0.5-2.4], measured ONLY among the 56% 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)
22%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$5,272
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$50 @ 78% POP
70% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 18 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 5 of 10); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $5.45/sh now → $3.86 mid-life (likely $3.72–$5.63)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.93/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.93/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 671 simulated challenges: the $44 strike is typically first touched on day 6 of 10, at $46 (overshoots $1.78). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (18 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$4821 Aug 202619d left+$0.79/sh+$1,429
cycle +$3,103
[+$471…+$2,259] · 89% credit
75%
surv 65%
+$2,249 SAFE
cap gain +$21,909
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$4414 Aug 202612d left+$0.76/sh+$1,374
cycle +$3,048
[+$430…+$2,045] · 86% credit
69%
surv 56%
-$2,741 NOT
cap gain +$16,919
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$4614 Aug 202612d left+$0.23/sh+$406
cycle +$2,080
[-$558…+$940] · 51% credit
72%
surv 62%
-$889 NOT
cap gain +$18,771
Max even-money escape in the band~$5021 Aug 202619d left+$0.00/sh+$9
cycle +$1,683
[-$1,112…+$770] · 38% credit
78%
surv 70%
+$3,649 SAFE
cap gain +$23,309
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$5,022/mo
vs 50% target ($7,235/mo)-31%
vs normal income ($14,471/mo)35% covered
Net income (after hedge)$-345/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $44 is $3 below CC-SS $47.37: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$4,396
… as % of IC ($32,000)13.7%
… as % of ML ($56,000)7.8%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.3 mo
Surgical close (18 ct)$-17,847
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.23/sh (~25% of the $0.93 collected) or spot ≥ $45.02 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $44)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $45.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 6d left3-5d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $43.56Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$44-45.02
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
≥ $45.02
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 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$44.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,674$-4,115+$15,545+$0
+2.5%$45.10 (1.1σ)$-306$-4,544+$15,116+$0
+5%$46.20 (1.2σ)$-2,286$-4,973+$14,687-$0
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $47.37, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-19,660
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,114
− CC assignment net of premium (18 × $44): -$4,396
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (2 × $44): -$488
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-5,430 (+$14,230 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,430 (this trade vs do-nothing: +$0, the opportunity cost of earning $5,022/mo FIGHT income now)
cover hedge15 × $427 Aug10d18.3%79%hist 96%45%hist 28%-2pp$2,010$6,030-$1,206$6,048
Sell 15 × $42 18.3% OTM over spot $35.50 7 Aug 2026 (10d, $1.50 mid)
= $2,010 credit for the 10d cycle → $6,030/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $42)
79%
Breach risk
21%
POP (stays ≤ $43.50)
83%
EV / mo
+$1,877
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-2pp
56% whole by 9mo vs 59% doing nothing · roll costs eat the credits at this rung
FIRE DRILLS
~1.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$-1,789/mo
median; plan ~$-1,217/mo after 68% keep · $-6,785 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~0.8 mo [0.4-2.1], measured ONLY among the 56% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
34%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$3,412
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$52 @ 83% POP
79% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 15 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 5 of 10); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $5.11/sh now → $3.61 mid-life (likely $3.75–$5.75)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.34/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.27/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,016 simulated challenges: the $42 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 10, at $44 (overshoots $1.86). 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 (15 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$4214 Aug 202612d left+$0.72/sh+$1,079
cycle +$3,089
[+$127…+$1,333] · 80% credit
69%
surv 56%
-$5,641 NOT
cap gain +$14,019
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$4621 Aug 202619d left+$0.65/sh+$976
cycle +$2,986
[-$21…+$1,312] · 74% credit
76%
surv 66%
-$859 NOT
cap gain +$18,801
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$4414 Aug 202612d left+$0.17/sh+$250
cycle +$2,260
[-$728…+$437] · 38% credit
73%
surv 62%
-$3,250 NOT
cap gain +$16,410
Max even-money escape in the band~$4621 Aug 202619d left+$0.05/sh+$76
cycle +$2,086
[-$1,090…+$364] · 34% credit
76%
surv 68%
-$649 NOT
cap gain +$19,011
reaches SS ✓
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5221 Aug 202619d left-$1.16/sh-$1,738
cycle +$272
[-$3,171…-$1,612] · 6% credit
83%
surv 79%
+$3,087 SAFE
cap gain +$22,747
budget: banked $2,010 debit $1,738 (86% used ≈ 1.3 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$272 cash · rolled 15 ct earn ≈ $5,818/mo while parked; 5 ct free to re-sell · clears SS ✓
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$6,030/mo
vs 50% target ($7,235/mo)-17%
vs normal income ($14,471/mo)42% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,500/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $42 is $5 below CC-SS $47.37: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$6,048
… as % of IC ($32,000)18.9%
… as % of ML ($56,000)10.8%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.4 mo
Surgical close (15 ct)$-14,985
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.34/sh (~25% of the $1.34 collected) or spot ≥ $43.50 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $42)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $45.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 6d left3-5d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $41.58Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$42-43.50
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
≥ $43.50
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 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$42.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,010$-6,720+$12,940+$615
+2.5%$43.05 (≤1σ, normal week)$435$-6,604+$13,056-$960
+5%$44.10 (1.0σ)$-1,140$-6,539+$13,121-$2,385
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $47.37, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-19,660
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,114
− CC assignment net of premium (15 × $42): -$6,048
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (5 × $44): -$1,221
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-7,815 (+$11,845 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,430 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-2,385, the opportunity cost of earning $6,030/mo FIGHT income now)
🎯 50% normal18 × $427 Aug10d18.3%79%hist 96%45%hist 28%-3pp$2,412$7,236$7,258
Sell 18 × $42 18.3% OTM over spot $35.50 7 Aug 2026 (10d, $1.50 mid)
= $2,412 credit for the 10d cycle → $7,236/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $42)
79%
Breach risk
21%
POP (stays ≤ $43.50)
83%
EV / mo
+$2,252
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-3pp
57% whole by 9mo vs 60% doing nothing · roll costs eat the credits at this rung
FIRE DRILLS
~1.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$-1,921/mo
median; plan ~$-1,306/mo after 68% keep · $-7,570 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~0.8 mo [0.4-2.2], measured ONLY among the 57% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
35%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$4,095
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$52 @ 83% POP
79% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 18 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 5 of 10); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $5.11/sh now → $3.61 mid-life (likely $3.79–$5.69)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.34/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.27/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,043 simulated challenges: the $42 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 10, at $44 (overshoots $1.81). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (18 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$4214 Aug 202612d left+$0.72/sh+$1,295
cycle +$3,707
[+$195…+$1,544] · 82% credit
69%
surv 56%
-$5,302 NOT
cap gain +$14,358
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$4621 Aug 202619d left+$0.65/sh+$1,171
cycle +$3,583
[+$33…+$1,520] · 76% credit
76%
surv 66%
-$91 NOT
cap gain +$19,569
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$4414 Aug 202612d left+$0.17/sh+$300
cycle +$2,712
[-$852…+$421] · 36% credit
73%
surv 62%
-$3,077 NOT
cap gain +$16,583
Max even-money escape in the band~$4621 Aug 202619d left+$0.05/sh+$91
cycle +$2,503
[-$1,253…+$349] · 32% credit
76%
surv 68%
+$239 SAFE
cap gain +$19,899
reaches SS ✓
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5221 Aug 202619d left-$1.16/sh-$2,086
cycle +$326
[-$3,736…-$2,077] · 6% credit
83%
surv 79%
+$5,112 SAFE
cap gain +$24,772
budget: banked $2,412 debit $2,086 (86% used ≈ 1.3 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$326 cash · rolled 18 ct earn ≈ $6,981/mo while parked; 2 ct free to re-sell · clears SS ✓
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$7,236/mo
vs 50% target ($7,235/mo)+0%
vs normal income ($14,471/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,869/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $42 is $5 below CC-SS $47.37: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$7,258
… as % of IC ($32,000)22.7%
… as % of ML ($56,000)13.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.5 mo
Surgical close (18 ct)$-17,982
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.34/sh (~25% of the $1.34 collected) or spot ≥ $43.50 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $42)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $45.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 6d left3-5d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $41.58Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$42-43.50
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
≥ $43.50
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 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$42.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,412$-6,597+$13,063+$738
+2.5%$43.05 (≤1σ, normal week)$522$-6,796+$12,864-$1,152
+5%$44.10 (1.0σ)$-1,368$-7,016+$12,644-$2,862
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $47.37, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-19,660
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,114
− CC assignment net of premium (18 × $42): -$7,258
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (2 × $44): -$488
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-8,292 (+$11,368 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,430 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-2,862, the opportunity cost of earning $7,236/mo FIGHT income now)
100% normal20 × $38.507 Aug10d8.5%68%hist 80%69%hist 51%+2pp$4,840$14,520+$7,284$12,904
Sell 20 × $38.50 8.5% OTM over spot $35.50 7 Aug 2026 (10d, $2.51 mid)
= $4,840 credit for the 10d cycle → $14,520/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $38.50)
68%
Breach risk
32%
POP (stays ≤ $41.02)
78%
EV / mo
+$5,248
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+2pp
55% whole by 9mo vs 53% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.4/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$-1,241/mo
median; plan ~$-844/mo after 68% keep · $-6,716 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.0 mo [0.4-2.2], measured ONLY among the 55% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
54%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,567
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 21 Aug 2026)
$52 @ 90% POP
88% 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 5 of 10); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $4.53/sh now → $3.20 mid-life (likely $4.00–$5.68)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $2.42/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.78/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,623 simulated challenges: the $38 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 10, at $40 (overshoots $1.74). 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%)~$4021 Aug 202619d left+$0.91/sh+$1,819
cycle +$6,659
[-$66…+$1,279] · 73% credit
72%
surv 61%
-$5,756 NOT
cap gain +$13,904
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$3814 Aug 202612d left+$0.64/sh+$1,288
cycle +$6,128
[-$242…+$852] · 65% credit
69%
surv 55%
-$8,702 NOT
cap gain +$10,958
Max even-money escape in the band~$4221 Aug 202619d left+$0.41/sh+$827
cycle +$5,667
[-$805…+$366] · 35% credit
76%
surv 67%
-$3,528 NOT
cap gain +$16,132
SS $44 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$4014 Aug 202612d left+$0.07/sh+$136
cycle +$4,976
[-$1,479…-$386] · 17% credit
73%
surv 63%
-$6,634 NOT
cap gain +$13,026
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5221 Aug 202619d left-$1.98/sh-$3,962
cycle +$878
[-$6,908…-$4,957]
90%
surv 88%
+$7,783 SAFE
cap gain +$27,443
budget: banked $4,840 debit $3,962 (82% used ≈ 1.2 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$878 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $3,860/mo while parked; 0 ct free to re-sell · clears SS ✓
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$14,520/mo
vs 50% target ($7,235/mo)+101%
vs normal income ($14,471/mo)100% covered
Net income (after hedge)$8,595/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $38.50 is $9 below CC-SS $47.37: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$12,904
… as % of IC ($32,000)40.3%
… as % of ML ($56,000)23.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.9 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-19,850
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.60/sh (~25% of the $2.42 collected) or spot ≥ $41.02 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $38)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $45.89 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 6d left3-5d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $38.12Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$38-41.02
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
≥ $41.02
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 0.81 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$38.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$4,840$-9,990+$9,670+$2,980
+2.5%$39.46 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,915$-10,365+$9,295+$1,055
+5%$40.43 (≤1σ, normal week)$990$-10,741+$8,919-$870
SS (= V-bounce)$44.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$-6,160$-12,135+$7,525-$8,020
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $47.37, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-19,660
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$19,114
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $38.50): -$12,904
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-13,450 (+$6,210 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-5,430 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-8,020, the opportunity cost of earning $14,520/mo FIGHT income now)
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 IREN are the tiebreakers.
⚔ FIGHT CC options · full candidate scan (52 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 3-45 DTE band (4 expiries scanned, 52 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: 0.805 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$19,114 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-5,430

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$433d31 Jul 2026$0.3720/20$7,400$1,47593%94%+$5,796-$8,00425.0%$-8,550 (vs do-nothing $-3,120)
$42.503d31 Jul 2026$0.3820/20$7,600$1,67592%93%+$5,555-$8,98428.1%$-9,530 (vs do-nothing $-4,100)
$423d31 Jul 2026$0.5015/20$7,500$2,97091%93%+$5,695-$7,30822.8%$-9,075 (vs do-nothing $-3,645)
$41.503d31 Jul 2026$0.5314/20$7,420$3,16989%91%+$5,133-$7,47923.4%$-9,490 (vs do-nothing $-4,060)
$413d31 Jul 2026$0.6611/20$7,260$3,84688%90%+$5,009-$6,28319.6%$-9,027 (vs do-nothing $-3,597)
$40.503d31 Jul 2026$0.7211/20$7,920$4,50686%89%+$5,271-$6,76721.1%$-9,511 (vs do-nothing $-4,081)
$403d31 Jul 2026$0.889/20$7,920$5,06483%87%+$5,083-$5,84318.3%$-9,075 (vs do-nothing $-3,645)
$39.503d31 Jul 2026$1.008/20$8,000$5,42381%86%+$4,899-$5,49817.2%$-8,974 (vs do-nothing $-3,544)
$4210d7 Aug 2026$1.3418/20$7,236$1,86979%83%+$2,252-$7,25822.7%$-8,292 (vs do-nothing $-2,862)
$393d31 Jul 2026$1.137/20$7,910$5,61278%84%+$4,595-$5,07015.8%$-8,790 (vs do-nothing $-3,360)
$4110d7 Aug 2026$1.5716/20$7,536$2,72776%81%+$2,172-$7,68424.0%$-9,206 (vs do-nothing $-3,776)
$38.503d31 Jul 2026$1.286/20$7,680$5,66175%83%+$4,316-$4,55514.2%$-8,520 (vs do-nothing $-3,090)
$4010d7 Aug 2026$1.8314/20$7,686$3,43574%81%+$3,004-$7,75924.2%$-9,770 (vs do-nothing $-4,340)
Show 39 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$4117d14 Aug 2026$2.2918/20$7,274$1,90773%79%+$1,237-$7,34823.0%$-8,382 (vs do-nothing $-2,952)
$4124d21 Aug 2026$2.9220/20$7,300$1,37573%79%+$2,209-$6,90421.6%$-7,450 (vs do-nothing $-2,020)
$39.5010d7 Aug 2026$1.7914/20$7,518$3,26772%80%+$2,284-$8,51526.6%$-10,526 (vs do-nothing $-5,096)
$383d31 Jul 2026$1.475/20$7,350$5,61072%81%+$3,944-$3,95112.3%$-8,160 (vs do-nothing $-2,730)
$4017d14 Aug 2026$2.1919/20$7,343$1,69770%77%+$79-$9,84630.8%$-10,636 (vs do-nothing $-5,206)
$3910d7 Aug 2026$2.2511/20$7,425$4,01170%79%+$2,840-$6,73421.0%$-9,478 (vs do-nothing $-4,048)
$4024d21 Aug 2026$3.1019/20$7,362$1,71670%78%+$1,824-$8,11725.4%$-8,907 (vs do-nothing $-3,477)
$39.5017d14 Aug 2026$2.2918/20$7,274$1,90769%76%$-67-$10,04831.4%$-11,082 (vs do-nothing $-5,652)
$39.5024d21 Aug 2026$3.0020/20$7,500$1,57569%78%+$1,269-$9,74430.5%$-10,290 (vs do-nothing $-4,860)
$37.503d31 Jul 2026$1.655/20$8,250$6,51068%79%+$4,141-$4,11112.8%$-8,320 (vs do-nothing $-2,890)
$38.5010d7 Aug 2026$2.4210/20$7,260$4,12568%78%+$2,624-$6,45220.2%$-9,440 (vs do-nothing $-4,010)
$3917d14 Aug 2026$3.0014/20$7,412$3,16168%76%+$1,325-$7,52123.5%$-9,532 (vs do-nothing $-4,102)
$3924d21 Aug 2026$3.6516/20$7,300$2,49167%77%+$1,977-$7,55623.6%$-9,078 (vs do-nothing $-3,648)
$3810d7 Aug 2026$2.6210/20$7,860$4,72566%77%+$2,718-$6,75221.1%$-9,740 (vs do-nothing $-4,310)
$38.5017d14 Aug 2026$3.0514/20$7,535$3,28466%75%+$1,050-$8,15125.5%$-10,162 (vs do-nothing $-4,732)
$38.5024d21 Aug 2026$3.3018/20$7,425$2,05866%75%+$1,036-$10,03031.3%$-11,064 (vs do-nothing $-5,634)
$373d31 Jul 2026$1.874/20$7,480$6,01965%78%+$3,544-$3,40110.6%$-7,854 (vs do-nothing $-2,424)
$3817d14 Aug 2026$3.2513/20$7,456$3,48465%74%+$1,044-$7,95924.9%$-10,214 (vs do-nothing $-4,784)
$3824d21 Aug 2026$3.8016/20$7,600$2,79164%75%+$1,547-$8,91627.9%$-10,438 (vs do-nothing $-5,008)
$37.5010d7 Aug 2026$2.809/20$7,560$4,70464%75%+$2,441-$6,36519.9%$-9,597 (vs do-nothing $-4,167)
$37.5017d14 Aug 2026$3.5512/20$7,518$3,82563%74%+$1,219-$7,58723.7%$-10,086 (vs do-nothing $-4,656)
$37.5024d21 Aug 2026$3.8016/20$7,600$2,79163%75%+$1,155-$9,71630.4%$-11,238 (vs do-nothing $-5,808)
$3724d21 Aug 2026$4.1514/20$7,262$3,01162%73%+$477-$8,71127.2%$-10,722 (vs do-nothing $-5,292)
$3710d7 Aug 2026$3.009/20$8,100$5,24462%74%+$2,453-$6,63520.7%$-9,867 (vs do-nothing $-4,437)
$3717d14 Aug 2026$3.8011/20$7,376$3,96261%73%+$1,237-$7,22922.6%$-9,973 (vs do-nothing $-4,543)
$36.503d31 Jul 2026$2.074/20$8,280$6,81961%76%+$3,603-$3,52111.0%$-7,974 (vs do-nothing $-2,544)
$36.5024d21 Aug 2026$4.1015/20$7,688$3,15760%72%+$48-$10,15831.7%$-11,925 (vs do-nothing $-6,495)
$36.5017d14 Aug 2026$3.2513/20$7,456$3,48460%71%$-254-$9,90931.0%$-12,164 (vs do-nothing $-6,734)
$3624d21 Aug 2026$4.6513/20$7,556$3,58459%72%+$601-$8,73927.3%$-10,994 (vs do-nothing $-5,564)
$3617d14 Aug 2026$4.1510/20$7,324$4,18958%71%+$1,025-$7,22222.6%$-10,210 (vs do-nothing $-4,780)
$35.5024d21 Aug 2026$4.7513/20$7,719$3,74757%72%+$416-$9,25928.9%$-11,514 (vs do-nothing $-6,084)
$363d31 Jul 2026$2.314/20$9,240$7,77957%74%+$3,725-$3,62511.3%$-8,078 (vs do-nothing $-2,648)
$35.5017d14 Aug 2026$4.1010/20$7,235$4,10056%71%+$552-$7,77224.3%$-10,760 (vs do-nothing $-5,330)
$3524d21 Aug 2026$5.6011/20$7,700$4,28656%71%+$1,214-$7,44923.3%$-10,193 (vs do-nothing $-4,763)
$35.5010d7 Aug 2026$3.507/20$7,350$5,05255%71%+$1,548-$5,86118.3%$-9,581 (vs do-nothing $-4,151)
$3517d14 Aug 2026$4.659/20$7,385$4,52954%70%+$1,008-$6,95021.7%$-10,182 (vs do-nothing $-4,752)
$35.503d31 Jul 2026$2.603/20$7,800$6,61853%73%+$2,960-$2,7828.7%$-7,479 (vs do-nothing $-2,049)
$3510d7 Aug 2026$3.707/20$7,770$5,47252%70%+$1,438-$6,07119.0%$-9,791 (vs do-nothing $-4,361)
$353d31 Jul 2026$2.883/20$8,640$7,45848%71%+$3,021-$2,8488.9%$-7,545 (vs do-nothing $-2,115)

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 20 contracts at the conservative CC.

fortress_fight.py v6.3  |  2026-07-28 12:24