FORTRESS FIGHT: IREN-LC45 @ $42.98

BE SS: $56.50  |  CC-SS: $57.66  |  20 contracts (2,000 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-09-17 21:49

IREN-LC45 @ $42.98   UNDERWATER $13.52 (23.9% below BE SS)

20 contracts (2,000 sh)  |  BE SS: $56.50  |  CC-SS: $57.66 (banked floor $55.41)  |  IV: HIGH  |  Accounts: Neville:0865

LC: $45 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $31.729/sh)
SP: $65 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $29.138/sh)
HP: $21 exp 2026-11-20 (entry $0.272/sh)

Economics

Max Loss$94,000(ND $3.00 + SW $44) x 2000
Normal income ref$11,160/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge rolling cost$319/mo
Unrealized P&L$-32,520fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$5,580/mo
HEDGE COVER
$319/mo
NORMAL INCOME
$11,160/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.5 mo to earn back $6,000
ML VELOCITY
8.4 mo to earn back $94,000
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $57.66 (probe: $56C 15d) brings only $1,080/mo (<20% of normal), so FIGHT below it is warranted.
🏦 CAMPAIGN LEDGER , realized CC income since 2026-07-02; banked cash shrinks the hole (shown as an info-only banked floor, the recommended CC-SS stays the pure recovery strike; seeded from open positions, reconciled from IBKR executions nightly)
Banked since 2026-07-02
$5,005
Hole (after banked)
$27,515
was $32,520 · 15% earned back
Cycles closed
34
Credit in flight
$806
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$57.66 → $55.41
⚠ ASSIGNMENT recorded: 20x $40C 20260904 on 2026-09-08. Premium kept, but check the position: assignment below CC-SS locks the cap give-up.
? 4 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 $60C 18 Sep 2026U13190865$0.40$8062026-09-09
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 39 (live) · RSI 49 · MACD bearish, hist rising
DAILYMIXED (provisional) · RSI 52 · %B 62 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $65.35 (+52%) · daily UBB $47.33 · 1-wk expected move ±$5 (chain IV)
SETUPNo tilt: engine default. (advisory; floors and picks are chain-only)
⚠ Next earnings 2026-11-05: candidates whose expiry crosses it are flagged in the spectrum; EV is unreliable across earnings.
INTERPRETATION
Primary: 19 contracts at $47 / 8d. This is the safest strike (survival 78%, breach 22%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($5,580/mo); it brings $5,629/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 19 × $44/8d for $11,756/mo, but breach risk rises to 40% (+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 13 × $56/8d (97% survival, $341/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $18,746 (312% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $56, recoverable in 1.7 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 19 contracts realizes $-30,980 and cuts bleed by $303/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: NEXT FRIDAY · 25 Sep 2026 (8d) · sell 19 × $47, 78% survival, $5,629/mo (E[net] $1,749/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 · 8d19 × $4778%$5,629$1,749
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $1,501 with probability 65%; on the 35% touch you roll, paying $3,364 to close and taking $1,895 back from the best priced door (net cash $1,469) 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] $1,749/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 19 × $47 (50% normal), 78% survival, breach 22%, $5,629/mo.
⚖️ Worth a safer step: the $48.50 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 84% (breach 22% → 16%) for $1,853/mo less (33% income), and it still covers your hedge. The pick sits below the ~80% (≈1σ) comfort line; on a drawdown you are nursing back, dodging the frequent breach usually beats the extra premium. Lean: the safer $48.50 rung, unless you need the income to cover the hedge bleed, or you expect IREN to stay flat-to-down near term.
IREN  spot $42.98 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
cover hedge13 × $5625 Sep8d30.3%97%hist 96%5%hist 3%-1pp$91$341-$5,288$2,062
Sell 13 × $56 30.3% OTM over spot $42.98 25 Sep 2026 (8d, $0.12 mid)
= $91 credit for the 8d cycle → $341/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $56)
97%
Breach risk
3%
POP (stays ≤ $56.12)
97%
EV / mo
+$196
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-1pp
64% whole by 9mo vs 66% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.2/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$319/mo
median; plan ~$217/mo after 68% keep · $1,185 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.3 mo [0.6-3.1], measured ONLY among the 64% 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)
2%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,980
Free roll-up
+$4/wk
Safest escape (by 9 Oct 2026)
$63 @ 80% POP
74% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 13 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: $3.34/sh now → $2.36 mid-life (likely $1.51–$2.91)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.07/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.29/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 50 simulated challenges: the $56 strike is typically first touched on day 7 of 8, at $57 (overshoots $1.34). 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 (13 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$562 Oct 202611d left+$1.33/sh+$1,734
cycle +$1,825
[+$2,058…+$2,642] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$1,118 NOT
cap gain +$31,402
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$602 Oct 202611d left+$0.04/sh+$55
cycle +$146
[-$11…+$778] · 74% credit
75%
surv 67%
+$2,679 SAFE
cap gain +$35,199
Max even-money escape in the band~$639 Oct 202618d left+$0.04/sh+$46
cycle +$137
[-$40…+$972] · 74% credit
80%
surv 74%
+$8,123 SAFE
cap gain +$40,643
reaches 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$341/mo
vs 50% target ($5,580/mo)-94%
vs normal income ($11,160/mo)3% covered
Net income (after hedge)$400/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $56 is $2 below CC-SS $57.66: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$2,062
… as % of IC ($6,000)34.4%
… as % of ML ($94,000)2.2%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.2 mo
Surgical close (13 ct)$-21,197
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.02/sh (~25% of the $0.07 collected) or spot ≥ $56.12 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $56)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $47.33 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $55.44Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$55-56.12
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
≥ $56.12
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 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$56.00 (2.5σ)$91$-2,852+$29,668-$260
+2.5%$57.40 (2.7σ)$-1,729$-2,491+$30,029-$260
+5%$58.80 (3.0σ)$-3,549$-2,130+$30,390-$260
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $57.66, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,520
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,128
− CC assignment net of premium (13 × $56): -$2,062
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (7 × $56): -$970
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-2,425 (+$30,095 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,165 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-260, the opportunity cost of earning $341/mo FIGHT income now)
🛡 safe yield20 × $5125 Sep8d18.6%91%hist 96%18%hist 14%+2pp$560$2,100-$3,529$12,753
Sell 20 × $51 18.6% OTM over spot $42.98 25 Sep 2026 (8d, $0.32 mid)
= $560 credit for the 8d cycle → $2,100/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $51)
91%
Breach risk
9%
POP (stays ≤ $51.31)
92%
EV / mo
+$989
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+2pp
66% whole by 9mo vs 64% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.7/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,064/mo
median; plan ~$723/mo after 68% keep · $3,644 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.4 mo [0.6-2.7], measured ONLY among the 66% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
10%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$3,487
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 9 Oct 2026)
$58 @ 81% POP
77% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.86/sh now → $2.02 mid-life (likely $1.65–$2.74)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.28/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.74/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 305 simulated challenges: the $51 strike is typically first touched on day 6 of 8, at $52 (overshoots $1.25). 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)~$512 Oct 202611d left+$1.14/sh+$2,282
cycle +$2,842
[+$2,275…+$3,260] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$11,580 NOT
cap gain +$20,940
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$569 Oct 202618d left+$0.25/sh+$499
cycle +$1,059
[+$100…+$1,269] · 79% credit
78%
surv 71%
-$2,039 NOT
cap gain +$30,481
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$542 Oct 202611d left+$0.02/sh+$39
cycle +$599
[-$327…+$610] · 58% credit
75%
surv 67%
-$7,015 NOT
cap gain +$25,505
Max even-money escape in the band~$579 Oct 202618d left+$0.01/sh+$17
cycle +$577
[-$475…+$743] · 55% credit
79%
surv 74%
-$263 NOT
cap gain +$32,257
reaches SS ✓
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$589 Oct 202618d left-$0.23/sh-$464
cycle +$96
[-$1,015…+$243] · 36% credit
81%
surv 77%
+$1,514 SAFE
cap gain +$34,034
budget: banked $560 debit $464 (83% used ≈ 1.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$96 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $5,971/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$2,100/mo
vs 50% target ($5,580/mo)-62%
vs normal income ($11,160/mo)19% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,781/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $51 is $7 below CC-SS $57.66: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$12,753
… as % of IC ($6,000)212.5%
… as % of ML ($94,000)13.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.1 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-32,590
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.07/sh (~25% of the $0.28 collected) or spot ≥ $51.31 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $51)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $47.33 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $50.49Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$50-51.31
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
≥ $51.31
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 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$51.00 (1.5σ)$560$-13,862+$18,658+$20
+2.5%$52.27 (1.8σ)$-1,990$-13,533+$18,987-$2,530
+5%$53.55 (2.0σ)$-4,540$-13,204+$19,316-$5,080
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (2.6σ)$-10,440$-12,443+$20,077-$9,980
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $57.66, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,520
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,128
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $51): -$12,753
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-12,145 (+$20,375 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,165 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-9,980, the opportunity cost of earning $2,100/mo FIGHT income now)
33% normal ← lean19 × $48.5025 Sep8d12.8%84%hist 86%33%hist 30%+2pp$1,007$3,776-$1,853$16,390
Sell 19 × $48.50 12.8% OTM over spot $42.98 25 Sep 2026 (8d, $0.57 mid)
= $1,007 credit for the 8d cycle → $3,776/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $48.50)
84%
Breach risk
16%
POP (stays ≤ $49.08)
86%
EV / mo
+$1,369
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+2pp
62% whole by 9mo vs 60% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,756/mo
median; plan ~$1,194/mo after 68% keep · $7,174 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.5 mo [0.7-2.9], measured ONLY among the 62% 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)
-$2,534
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 9 Oct 2026)
$57 @ 83% POP
80% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 19 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: $2.63/sh now → $1.86 mid-life (likely $1.70–$2.77)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.53/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.33/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 670 simulated challenges: the $48 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 8, at $50 (overshoots $1.16). 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 (19 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$482 Oct 202611d left+$1.05/sh+$1,995
cycle +$3,002
[+$1,821…+$2,503] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$17,038 NOT
cap gain +$15,482
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$539 Oct 202618d left+$0.37/sh+$712
cycle +$1,719
[+$192…+$1,133] · 85% credit
76%
surv 69%
-$9,255 NOT
cap gain +$23,265
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$512 Oct 202611d left+$0.09/sh+$175
cycle +$1,182
[-$261…+$484] · 52% credit
74%
surv 66%
-$13,179 NOT
cap gain +$19,341
Max even-money escape in the band~$549 Oct 202618d left+$0.11/sh+$216
cycle +$1,223
[-$380…+$601] · 51% credit
78%
surv 72%
-$7,494 NOT
cap gain +$25,026
SS $56 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$579 Oct 202618d left-$0.47/sh-$902
cycle +$105
[-$1,712…-$614] · 11% credit
83%
surv 80%
-$1,889 NOT
cap gain +$30,631
budget: banked $1,007 debit $902 (90% used ≈ 1.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$105 cash · rolled 19 ct earn ≈ $4,398/mo while parked; 1 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$3,776/mo
vs 50% target ($5,580/mo)-32%
vs normal income ($11,160/mo)34% covered
Net income (after hedge)$3,512/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $48.50 is $9 below CC-SS $57.66: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$16,390
… as % of IC ($6,000)273.2%
… as % of ML ($94,000)17.4%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.5 mo
Surgical close (19 ct)$-30,980
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.13/sh (~25% of the $0.53 collected) or spot ≥ $49.08 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $48)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $47.33 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $48.02Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$48-49.08
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
≥ $49.08
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 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$48.50 (1.1σ)$1,007$-19,033+$13,487+$494
+2.5%$49.71 (1.3σ)$-1,297$-18,599+$13,921-$1,810
+5%$50.93 (1.5σ)$-3,601$-18,165+$14,355-$4,114
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (2.6σ)$-14,193$-16,219+$16,301-$13,756
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $57.66, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,520
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,128
− CC assignment net of premium (19 × $48.50): -$16,390
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $56): -$139
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-15,921 (+$16,599 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,165 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-13,756, the opportunity cost of earning $3,776/mo FIGHT income now)
🎯 50% normal19 × $4725 Sep8d9.3%78%hist 84%46%hist 39%+7pp$1,501$5,629$18,746
Sell 19 × $47 9.3% OTM over spot $42.98 25 Sep 2026 (8d, $0.83 mid)
= $1,501 credit for the 8d cycle → $5,629/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $47)
78%
Breach risk
22%
POP (stays ≤ $47.84)
82%
EV / mo
+$1,725
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+7pp
67% whole by 9mo vs 60% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.1/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,411/mo
median; plan ~$1,639/mo after 68% keep · $9,557 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.6 mo [0.8-3.5], 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)
35%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,863
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 9 Oct 2026)
$56 @ 86% POP
84% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 19 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: $2.50/sh now → $1.77 mid-life (likely $1.82–$2.83)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.79/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.98/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,045 simulated challenges: the $47 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 8, at $48 (overshoots $1.16). 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 (19 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$472 Oct 202611d left+$1.00/sh+$1,895
cycle +$3,396
[+$1,593…+$2,275] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$20,031 NOT
cap gain +$12,489
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$519 Oct 202618d left+$0.29/sh+$557
cycle +$2,058
[-$110…+$744] · 66% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$12,303 NOT
cap gain +$20,217
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$502 Oct 202611d left+$0.04/sh+$83
cycle +$1,584
[-$458…+$203] · 35% credit
74%
surv 66%
-$16,164 NOT
cap gain +$16,356
Max even-money escape in the band~$529 Oct 202618d left+$0.04/sh+$70
cycle +$1,571
[-$678…+$222] · 33% credit
79%
surv 73%
-$10,532 NOT
cap gain +$21,988
SS $56 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$569 Oct 202618d left-$0.76/sh-$1,450
cycle +$51
[-$2,627…-$1,455] · 2% credit
86%
surv 84%
-$3,022 NOT
cap gain +$29,498
budget: banked $1,501 debit $1,450 (97% used ≈ 1.1 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$51 cash · rolled 19 ct earn ≈ $3,190/mo while parked; 1 ct free to re-sell
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$5,629/mo
vs 50% target ($5,580/mo)+1%
vs normal income ($11,160/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$5,364/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $47 is $11 below CC-SS $57.66: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$18,746
… as % of IC ($6,000)312.4%
… as % of ML ($94,000)19.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.7 mo
Surgical close (19 ct)$-30,980
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.20/sh (~25% of the $0.79 collected) or spot ≥ $47.84 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $47)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $47.33 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $46.53Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$47-47.84
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
≥ $47.84
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 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$47.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,501$-21,926+$10,594+$988
+2.5%$48.17 (≤1σ, normal week)$-731$-21,505+$11,015-$1,244
+5%$49.35 (1.2σ)$-2,964$-21,085+$11,435-$3,477
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (2.6σ)$-16,549$-18,575+$13,945-$16,112
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $57.66, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,520
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,128
− CC assignment net of premium (19 × $47): -$18,746
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $56): -$139
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-18,277 (+$14,243 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,165 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-16,112, the opportunity cost of earning $5,629/mo FIGHT income now)
100% normal19 × $4425 Sep8d2.4%60%hist 70%84%hist 79%+9pp$3,135$11,756+$6,127$22,812
Sell 19 × $44 2.4% OTM over spot $42.98 25 Sep 2026 (8d, $1.69 mid)
= $3,135 credit for the 8d cycle → $11,756/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $44)
60%
Breach risk
40%
POP (stays ≤ $45.70)
71%
EV / mo
+$2,116
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+9pp
68% whole by 9mo vs 59% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~5.1/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$3,743/mo
median; plan ~$2,545/mo after 68% keep · $10,992 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.2 mo [0.6-2.8], measured ONLY among the 68% 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)
67%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
+$111
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 9 Oct 2026)
$55 @ 90% POP
89% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 19 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: $2.25/sh now → $1.59 mid-life (likely $2.13–$3.01)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.65/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets +$0.06/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 2,022 simulated challenges: the $44 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 8, at $45 (overshoots $1.20). 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 (19 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$442 Oct 202611d left+$0.90/sh+$1,702
cycle +$4,837
[+$1,290…+$1,543] · 100% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$25,365 NOT
cap gain +$7,155
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$479 Oct 202618d left+$0.44/sh+$828
cycle +$3,963
[-$42…+$442] · 72% credit
75%
surv 67%
-$19,430 NOT
cap gain +$13,090
Max even-money escape in the band~$489 Oct 202618d left+$0.14/sh+$268
cycle +$3,403
[-$732…-$154] · 18% credit
77%
surv 71%
-$17,732 NOT
cap gain +$14,788
SS $56 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$462 Oct 202611d left+$0.08/sh+$160
cycle +$3,295
[-$577…-$157] · 16% credit
73%
surv 65%
-$22,356 NOT
cap gain +$10,164
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$559 Oct 202618d left-$0.99/sh-$1,883
cycle +$1,252
[-$3,668…-$2,577]
90%
surv 89%
-$4,078 NOT
cap gain +$28,442
budget: banked $3,135 debit $1,883 (60% used ≈ 0.7 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$1,252 cash · rolled 19 ct earn ≈ $1,901/mo while parked; 1 ct free to re-sell
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$11,756/mo
vs 50% target ($5,580/mo)+111%
vs normal income ($11,160/mo)105% covered
Net income (after hedge)$11,492/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $44 is $14 below CC-SS $57.66: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$22,812
… as % of IC ($6,000)380.2%
… as % of ML ($94,000)24.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.0 mo
Surgical close (19 ct)$-30,980
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 $1.65 collected) or spot ≥ $45.70 (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 $47.33 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $43.56Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$44-45.70
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
≥ $45.70
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 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$44.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$3,135$-27,066+$5,454+$2,622
+2.5%$45.10 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,045$-26,672+$5,848+$532
+5%$46.20 (≤1σ, normal week)$-1,045$-26,279+$6,241-$1,558
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (2.6σ)$-20,615$-22,641+$9,879-$20,178
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $57.66, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,520
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,128
− CC assignment net of premium (19 × $44): -$22,812
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $56): -$139
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-22,343 (+$10,177 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,165 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-20,178, the opportunity cost of earning $11,756/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 (24 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (3 expiries scanned, 24 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: 1.129 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$33,128 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-2,165

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$478d25 Sep 2026$0.7919/20$5,629$5,36478%82%+$1,725-$18,746312.4%$-18,277 (vs do-nothing $-16,112)
$46.508d25 Sep 2026$0.9017/20$5,738$5,58175%80%+$1,649-$17,436290.6%$-17,244 (vs do-nothing $-15,079)
$4715d2 Oct 2026$1.4220/20$5,680$5,36173%79%+$1,476-$18,473307.9%$-17,865 (vs do-nothing $-15,700)
$468d25 Sep 2026$1.0215/20$5,738$5,68973%78%+$1,524-$15,954265.9%$-16,040 (vs do-nothing $-13,875)
$46.5015d2 Oct 2026$1.5618/20$5,616$5,40571%77%+$1,399-$17,273287.9%$-16,943 (vs do-nothing $-14,778)
$45.508d25 Sep 2026$1.1513/20$5,606$5,66670%77%+$1,353-$14,308238.5%$-14,671 (vs do-nothing $-12,506)
$4615d2 Oct 2026$1.7017/20$5,780$5,62369%76%+$1,345-$16,926282.1%$-16,734 (vs do-nothing $-14,569)
$4622d9 Oct 2026$2.2319/20$5,778$5,51367%75%+$1,178-$17,910298.5%$-17,441 (vs do-nothing $-15,276)
$458d25 Sep 2026$1.3012/20$5,850$5,96367%75%+$1,290-$13,628227.1%$-14,129 (vs do-nothing $-11,964)
$45.5015d2 Oct 2026$1.8516/20$5,920$5,81766%75%+$1,277-$16,490274.8%$-16,437 (vs do-nothing $-14,272)
$4515d2 Oct 2026$1.9815/20$5,940$5,89164%73%+$1,106-$16,014266.9%$-16,100 (vs do-nothing $-13,935)
$44.508d25 Sep 2026$1.4711/20$6,064$6,23163%73%+$1,225-$12,855214.2%$-13,495 (vs do-nothing $-11,330)
$4522d9 Oct 2026$2.5716/20$5,607$5,50563%73%+$995-$16,138269.0%$-16,085 (vs do-nothing $-13,920)
Show 11 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$44.5015d2 Oct 2026$2.2013/20$5,720$5,77961%72%+$1,073-$14,243237.4%$-14,606 (vs do-nothing $-12,441)
$448d25 Sep 2026$1.6510/20$6,188$6,40960%71%+$1,114-$12,006200.1%$-12,785 (vs do-nothing $-10,620)
$4415d2 Oct 2026$2.4012/20$5,760$5,87359%71%+$1,011-$13,508225.1%$-14,009 (vs do-nothing $-11,844)
$4422d9 Oct 2026$2.9414/20$5,613$5,61859%71%+$838-$15,003250.0%$-15,227 (vs do-nothing $-13,062)
$43.508d25 Sep 2026$1.859/20$6,244$6,51956%69%+$997-$11,076184.6%$-11,993 (vs do-nothing $-9,828)
$43.5015d2 Oct 2026$2.5611/20$5,632$5,79956%69%+$821-$12,756212.6%$-13,396 (vs do-nothing $-11,231)
$4322d9 Oct 2026$3.3013/20$5,850$5,90954%69%+$708-$14,763246.1%$-15,126 (vs do-nothing $-12,961)
$4315d2 Oct 2026$2.7910/20$5,580$5,80153%68%+$756-$11,866197.8%$-12,645 (vs do-nothing $-10,480)
$438d25 Sep 2026$2.078/20$6,210$6,53953%68%+$873-$10,069167.8%$-11,125 (vs do-nothing $-8,960)
$42.5015d2 Oct 2026$3.0010/20$6,000$6,22151%67%+$690-$12,156202.6%$-12,935 (vs do-nothing $-10,770)
$42.508d25 Sep 2026$2.257/20$5,906$6,29049%66%+$586-$9,034150.6%$-10,229 (vs do-nothing $-8,064)

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.

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