FORTRESS FIGHT: IREN-LC45 @ $43.66

BE SS: $56.50  |  CC-SS: $58.19  |  20 contracts (2,000 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-09-28 21:45

IREN-LC45 @ $43.66   UNDERWATER $12.84 (22.7% below BE SS)

20 contracts (2,000 sh)  |  BE SS: $56.50  |  CC-SS: $58.19 (banked floor $55.75)  |  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$12,327/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge rolling cost$226/mo
Unrealized P&L$-32,600fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$6,164/mo
HEDGE COVER
$226/mo
NORMAL INCOME
$12,327/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.5 mo to earn back $6,000
ML VELOCITY
7.6 mo to earn back $94,000
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $58.19 (probe: $58C 11d) brings only $491/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
$5,471
Hole (after banked)
$27,129
was $32,600 · 17% earned back
Cycles closed
38
Credit in flight
$0
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$58.19 → $55.75
⚠ ASSIGNMENT recorded: 20x $40C 20260904 on 2026-09-08. Premium kept, but check the position: assignment below CC-SS locks the cap give-up.
? 7 leg(s) closed as UNKNOWN (vanished with no fill in window): banked $0, conservative. Fix campaign.json by hand if wrong.
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 44 (live) · RSI 50 · MACD bullish, hist rising
DAILYFALLING (provisional) · RSI 51 · %B 47 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $62.73 (+44%) · daily UBB $49.48 · 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 $47.50 / 4d. This is the safest strike (survival 83%, breach 17%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($6,164/mo); it brings $6,270/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 × $45.50/4d for $12,682/mo, but breach risk rises to 31% (+14pp vs the primary). The lower strike is hit by a smaller bounce.
More safety, less income: for just the hedge you can sit at 11 × $56/4d (99% survival, $247/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $19,473 (325% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $56, recoverable in 1.6 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 19 contracts realizes $-31,008 and cuts bleed by $215/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 · 2 Oct 2026 (4d) · sell 19 × $47.50, 83% survival, $6,270/mo (E[net] $4,176/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 🏆2 Oct 2026 · 4d19 × $47.5083%$6,270$4,176
NEXT FRIDAY9 Oct 2026 · 11d20 × $4773%$6,218$883
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $836 with probability 78%; on the 22% touch you roll, paying $2,532 to close and taking $2,087 back from the best priced door (net cash $445) 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 · 2 Oct 2026 · 4d · E[net] $4,176/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 19 × $47.50 (50% normal), 83% survival, breach 17%, $6,270/mo.
The pick is already past the ~80% (≈1σ) comfort line, so take the income. Stepping out to the $48.50 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 88% (breach 17% → 12%) for $2,085/mo less (33% income) buys safety you do not really need here.
IREN  spot $43.66 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
▸cover hedge11 × $562 Oct4d28.3%99%hist 96%3%hist 3%-1pp$33$247-$6,022$2,375
Sell 11 × $56 28.3% OTM over spot $43.66 2 Oct 2026 (4d, $0.04 mid)
= $33 credit for the 4d cycle → $247/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $56)
99%
Breach risk
1%
POP (stays ≤ $56.03)
99%
EV / mo
+$185
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-1pp
66% whole by 9mo vs 67% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.1/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$314/mo
median; plan ~$214/mo after 68% keep · $896 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.1 mo [0.5-2.7], 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)
0%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,884
Free roll-up
+$4/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$66 @ 83% POP
80% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 11 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 2 of 4); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.46/sh now → $1.74 mid-life → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.03/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.71/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (11 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$569 Oct 20269d left+$1.46/sh+$1,611
cycle +$1,644
68%
surv 53%
-$2,448 NOT
cap gain +$30,152
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$609 Oct 20269d left+$0.04/sh+$44
cycle +$77
77%
surv 70%
+$1,361 SAFE
cap gain +$33,961
Max even-money escape in the band~$6623 Oct 202623d left+$0.15/sh+$161
cycle +$194
83%
surv 80%
+$10,578 SAFE
cap gain +$43,178
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$247/mo
vs 50% target ($6,164/mo)-96%
vs normal income ($12,327/mo)2% covered
Net income (after hedge)$365/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $56 is $2 below CC-SS $58.19: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$2,375
… as % of IC ($6,000)39.6%
… as % of ML ($94,000)2.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.2 mo
Surgical close (11 ct)$-17,936
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.01/sh (~25% of the $0.03 collected) or spot ≥ $56.03 (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 $49.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $55.44Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$55-56.03
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
≥ $56.03
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 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$56.00 (3.5σ)$33$-4,059+$28,541-$121
+2.5%$57.40 (3.9σ)$-1,507$-3,639+$28,961-$121
+5%$58.80 (4.3σ)$-3,047$-3,219+$29,381-$121
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $58.19, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,600
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,417
− CC assignment net of premium (11 × $56): -$2,375
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (9 × $56): -$1,844
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-3,402 (+$29,198 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,281 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-121, the opportunity cost of earning $247/mo FIGHT income now)
▸🛡 safe yield20 × $49.502 Oct4d13.4%91%hist 96%18%hist 14%+4pp$400$3,000-$3,270$16,978
Sell 20 × $49.50 13.4% OTM over spot $43.66 2 Oct 2026 (4d, $0.23 mid)
= $400 credit for the 4d cycle → $3,000/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $49.50)
91%
Breach risk
9%
POP (stays ≤ $49.73)
92%
EV / mo
+$1,537
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+4pp
68% whole by 9mo vs 64% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.2/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,774/mo
median; plan ~$1,206/mo after 68% keep · $5,018 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.2 mo [0.6-2.4], 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)
10%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,449
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$59 @ 84% POP
82% 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 2 of 4); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.01/sh now → $1.42 mid-life (likely $1.23–$2.30) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.20/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.22/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 290 simulated challenges: the $50 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 4, at $51 (overshoots $1.31). 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)~$509 Oct 20269d left+$1.18/sh+$2,360
cycle +$2,760
[+$2,274…+$2,896] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$16,408 NOT
cap gain +$16,192
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$5723 Oct 202623d left+$0.29/sh+$572
cycle +$972
[-$235…+$1,085] · 68% credit
81%
surv 77%
-$1,314 NOT
cap gain +$31,286
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$529 Oct 20269d left+$0.12/sh+$241
cycle +$641
[-$334…+$651] · 59% credit
76%
surv 69%
-$11,995 NOT
cap gain +$20,605
Max even-money escape in the band~$5823 Oct 202623d left+$0.14/sh+$284
cycle +$684
[-$570…+$784] · 54% credit
83%
surv 79%
+$698 SAFE
cap gain +$33,298
reaches SS ✓
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5923 Oct 202623d left-$0.08/sh-$168
cycle +$232
[-$1,130…+$308] · 37% credit
84%
surv 82%
+$2,546 SAFE
cap gain +$35,146
budget: banked $400 debit $168 (42% used ≈ 0.2 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$232 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $3,496/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$3,000/mo
vs 50% target ($6,164/mo)-51%
vs normal income ($12,327/mo)24% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,774/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $49.50 is $9 below CC-SS $58.19: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$16,978
… as % of IC ($6,000)283.0%
… as % of ML ($94,000)18.1%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.4 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-32,650
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.05/sh (~25% of the $0.20 collected) or spot ≥ $49.73 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $50)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $49.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $49.01Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$49-49.73
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $49.73
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$49.50 (1.7σ)$400$-18,768+$13,832+$120
+2.5%$50.74 (2.0σ)$-2,075$-18,397+$14,203-$2,355
+5%$51.98 (2.4σ)$-4,550$-18,025+$14,575-$4,830
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (3.6σ)$-13,600$-16,668+$15,932-$12,880
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $58.19, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,600
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,417
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $49.50): -$16,978
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-16,161 (+$16,439 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,281 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-12,880, the opportunity cost of earning $3,000/mo FIGHT income now)
▸33% normal18 × $48.502 Oct4d11.1%88%hist 86%25%hist 25%+6pp$558$4,185-$2,085$16,882
Sell 18 × $48.50 11.1% OTM over spot $43.66 2 Oct 2026 (4d, $0.33 mid)
= $558 credit for the 4d cycle → $4,185/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $48.50)
88%
Breach risk
12%
POP (stays ≤ $48.83)
89%
EV / mo
+$2,058
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+6pp
71% whole by 9mo vs 66% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.6/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,389/mo
median; plan ~$1,625/mo after 68% keep · $6,728 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.5 mo [0.6-2.8], measured ONLY among the 71% 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)
15%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,922
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$59 @ 86% POP
84% 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 2 of 4); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.95/sh now → $1.38 mid-life (likely $1.27–$2.27) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.31/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.07/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 440 simulated challenges: the $48 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 4, at $50 (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 (18 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$489 Oct 20269d left+$1.14/sh+$2,050
cycle +$2,608
[+$1,945…+$2,512] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$18,832 NOT
cap gain +$13,768
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$5623 Oct 202623d left+$0.22/sh+$398
cycle +$956
[-$350…+$785] · 60% credit
82%
surv 78%
-$3,602 NOT
cap gain +$28,998
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$519 Oct 20269d left+$0.08/sh+$152
cycle +$710
[-$387…+$461] · 53% credit
76%
surv 69%
-$14,198 NOT
cap gain +$18,402
Max even-money escape in the band~$5723 Oct 202623d left+$0.08/sh+$142
cycle +$700
[-$655…+$505] · 49% credit
83%
surv 80%
-$1,726 NOT
cap gain +$30,874
reaches SS ✓
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5923 Oct 202623d left-$0.28/sh-$503
cycle +$55
[-$1,456…-$187] · 17% credit
86%
surv 84%
+$1,829 SAFE
cap gain +$34,429
budget: banked $558 debit $503 (90% used ≈ 0.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$55 cash · rolled 18 ct earn ≈ $2,579/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$4,185/mo
vs 50% target ($6,164/mo)-32%
vs normal income ($12,327/mo)34% covered
Net income (after hedge)$4,035/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $48.50 is $10 below CC-SS $58.19: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$16,882
… as % of IC ($6,000)281.4%
… as % of ML ($94,000)18.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.4 mo
Surgical close (18 ct)$-29,367
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.08/sh (~25% of the $0.31 collected) or spot ≥ $48.83 (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 $49.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $48.02Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$48-48.83
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
≥ $48.83
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 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$48.50 (1.4σ)$558$-20,882+$11,718+$306
+2.5%$49.71 (1.7σ)$-1,624$-20,276+$12,324-$1,876
+5%$50.93 (2.1σ)$-3,807$-19,669+$12,931-$4,059
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (3.6σ)$-13,842$-16,982+$15,618-$13,194
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $58.19, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,600
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,417
− CC assignment net of premium (18 × $48.50): -$16,882
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (2 × $56): -$410
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-16,475 (+$16,125 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,281 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-13,194, the opportunity cost of earning $4,185/mo FIGHT income now)
▸🎯 50% normal19 × $47.502 Oct4d8.8%83%hist 86%34%hist 33%+8pp$836$6,270—$19,473
Sell 19 × $47.50 8.8% OTM over spot $43.66 2 Oct 2026 (4d, $0.46 mid)
= $836 credit for the 4d cycle → $6,270/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $47.50)
83%
Breach risk
17%
POP (stays ≤ $47.96)
86%
EV / mo
+$2,646
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+8pp
72% whole by 9mo vs 64% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.4/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$3,183/mo
median; plan ~$2,164/mo after 68% keep · $8,430 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.1 mo [0.6-2.8], measured ONLY among the 72% 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)
-$1,696
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$58 @ 87% POP
85% 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 2 of 4); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.88/sh now → $1.33 mid-life (likely $1.33–$2.25) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.44/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.89/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 654 simulated challenges: the $48 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 4, at $49 (overshoots $1.15). 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)~$489 Oct 20269d left+$1.10/sh+$2,087
cycle +$2,923
[+$1,896…+$2,539] · 100% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$20,831 NOT
cap gain +$11,769
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$5423 Oct 202623d left+$0.40/sh+$763
cycle +$1,599
[+$26…+$1,095] · 76% credit
80%
surv 76%
-$7,573 NOT
cap gain +$25,027
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$509 Oct 20269d left+$0.05/sh+$94
cycle +$930
[-$509…+$319] · 42% credit
76%
surv 70%
-$16,292 NOT
cap gain +$16,308
Max even-money escape in the band~$5623 Oct 202623d left+$0.02/sh+$36
cycle +$872
[-$865…+$295] · 35% credit
84%
surv 81%
-$3,700 NOT
cap gain +$28,900
SS $56 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5823 Oct 202623d left-$0.32/sh-$615
cycle +$221
[-$1,686…-$432] · 11% credit
87%
surv 85%
+$65 SAFE
cap gain +$32,665
budget: banked $836 debit $615 (74% used ≈ 0.4 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$221 cash · rolled 19 ct earn ≈ $2,500/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$6,270/mo
vs 50% target ($6,164/mo)+2%
vs normal income ($12,327/mo)51% covered
Net income (after hedge)$6,082/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $47.50 is $11 below CC-SS $58.19: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$19,473
… as % of IC ($6,000)324.6%
… as % of ML ($94,000)20.7%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.6 mo
Surgical close (19 ct)$-31,008
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.11/sh (~25% of the $0.44 collected) or spot ≥ $47.96 (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 $49.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $47.02Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$47-47.96
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
≥ $47.96
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 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$47.50 (1.1σ)$836$-22,918+$9,682+$570
+2.5%$48.69 (1.4σ)$-1,420$-22,443+$10,157-$1,686
+5%$49.88 (1.8σ)$-3,676$-21,968+$10,632-$3,942
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (3.6σ)$-16,264$-19,368+$13,232-$15,580
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $58.19, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,600
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,417
− CC assignment net of premium (19 × $47.50): -$19,473
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $56): -$205
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-18,861 (+$13,739 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,281 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-15,580, the opportunity cost of earning $6,270/mo FIGHT income now)
▸100% normal19 × $45.502 Oct4d4.2%69%hist 64%63%hist 59%+11pp$1,691$12,682+$6,412$22,418
Sell 19 × $45.50 4.2% OTM over spot $43.66 2 Oct 2026 (4d, $0.90 mid)
= $1,691 credit for the 4d cycle → $12,682/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $45.50)
69%
Breach risk
31%
POP (stays ≤ $46.40)
76%
EV / mo
+$3,688
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+11pp
74% whole by 9mo vs 63% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~4.8/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$4,709/mo
median; plan ~$3,202/mo after 68% keep · $11,855 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.3 mo [0.6-2.6], measured ONLY among the 74% 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)
43%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$672
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$58 @ 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 2 of 4); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.76/sh now → $1.24 mid-life (likely $1.53–$2.47) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.89/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.35/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,302 simulated challenges: the $46 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 4, at $47 (overshoots $1.22). 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)~$469 Oct 20269d left+$1.02/sh+$1,937
cycle +$3,628
[+$1,576…+$1,964] · 100% credit
67%
surv 52%
-$24,726 NOT
cap gain +$7,874
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$5123 Oct 202623d left+$0.46/sh+$877
cycle +$2,568
[-$164…+$749] · 69% credit
79%
surv 74%
-$13,504 NOT
cap gain +$19,096
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$489 Oct 20269d left+$0.10/sh+$196
cycle +$1,887
[-$625…+$82] · 29% credit
75%
surv 68%
-$21,085 NOT
cap gain +$11,515
Max even-money escape in the band~$5323 Oct 202623d left+$0.04/sh+$79
cycle +$1,770
[-$1,177…-$143] · 20% credit
83%
surv 80%
-$9,702 NOT
cap gain +$22,898
SS $56 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5823 Oct 202623d left-$0.61/sh-$1,164
cycle +$527
[-$2,852…-$1,542]
90%
surv 89%
+$371 SAFE
cap gain +$32,971
budget: banked $1,691 debit $1,164 (69% used ≈ 0.4 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$527 cash · rolled 19 ct earn ≈ $1,563/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$12,682/mo
vs 50% target ($6,164/mo)+106%
vs normal income ($12,327/mo)103% covered
Net income (after hedge)$12,494/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $45.50 is $13 below CC-SS $58.19: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$22,418
… as % of IC ($6,000)373.6%
… as % of ML ($94,000)23.8%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.8 mo
Surgical close (19 ct)$-30,979
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 $0.89 collected) or spot ≥ $46.40 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $46)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $49.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $45.05Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$45-46.40
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
≥ $46.40
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 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$45.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,691$-26,663+$5,937+$1,425
+2.5%$46.64 (≤1σ, normal week)$-470$-26,208+$6,392-$736
+5%$47.77 (1.2σ)$-2,631$-25,753+$6,847-$2,897
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (3.6σ)$-19,209$-22,313+$10,287-$18,525
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $58.19, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,600
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,417
− CC assignment net of premium (19 × $45.50): -$22,418
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $56): -$205
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-21,806 (+$10,794 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,281 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-18,525, the opportunity cost of earning $12,682/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 · 9 Oct 2026 · 11d · E[net] $883/mo

🎯 Engine pick: sell 20 × $47 (50% normal), 73% survival, breach 27%, $6,218/mo.
Stay at the pick. Stepping safer (the $48.50 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 80% (breach 27% → 20%) for $2,144/mo less (34% income)) buys little extra safety; the income is doing real work covering the bleed.
IREN  spot $43.66 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
▸cover hedge11 × $609 Oct11d37.4%98%hist 96%4%hist 3%-0pp$88$240-$5,978$0
Sell 11 × $60 37.4% OTM over spot $43.66 9 Oct 2026 (11d, $0.08 mid)
= $88 credit for the 11d cycle → $240/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $60)
98%
Breach risk
2%
POP (stays ≤ $60.09)
98%
EV / mo
+$169
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-0pp
62% whole by 9mo vs 62% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.1/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$293/mo
median; plan ~$199/mo after 68% keep · $1,075 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.2 mo [0.7-2.3], 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)
1%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$3,114
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$66 @ 77% POP
71% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 11 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 5 of 11); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $4.11/sh now → $2.91 mid-life → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.08/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.83/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (11 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$6016 Oct 202612d left+$1.28/sh+$1,407
cycle +$1,495
68%
surv 53%
+$3,003 SAFE
cap gain +$35,603
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$6316 Oct 202612d left+$0.01/sh+$8
cycle +$96
75%
surv 66%
+$6,280 SAFE
cap gain +$38,880
Max even-money escape in the band~$6623 Oct 202620d left+$0.06/sh+$68
cycle +$156
77%
surv 71%
+$10,540 SAFE
cap gain +$43,140
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$240/mo
vs 50% target ($6,164/mo)-96%
vs normal income ($12,327/mo)2% covered
Net income (after hedge)$357/mo
Downside budget
✓ $60 is at/above CC-SS $58.19: assignment is break-even or better.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$0
… as % of IC ($6,000)0.0%
… as % of ML ($94,000)0.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.0 mo
Surgical close (11 ct)$-17,936
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 $0.08 collected) or spot ≥ $60.09 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $60)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $49.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 6d left3-5d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $59.40Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$59-60.09
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $60.09
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$60.00 (2.8σ)$88$1,596+$34,196+$4,334
+2.5%$61.50 (3.0σ)$-1,562$2,046+$34,646+$4,334
+5%$63.00 (3.3σ)$-3,212$2,496+$35,096+$4,334
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $58.19, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,600
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,417
− CC assignment net of premium (11 × $60): -$0
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (9 × $56): -$1,844
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-1,027 (+$31,573 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,281 (this trade vs do-nothing: +$2,254, the opportunity cost of earning $240/mo FIGHT income now)
▸🛡 safe yield20 × $529 Oct11d19.1%90%hist 96%21%hist 25%+2pp$800$2,182-$4,036$11,578
Sell 20 × $52 19.1% OTM over spot $43.66 9 Oct 2026 (11d, $0.43 mid)
= $800 credit for the 11d cycle → $2,182/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $52)
90%
Breach risk
10%
POP (stays ≤ $52.42)
91%
EV / mo
+$1,084
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+2pp
65% whole by 9mo vs 64% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.6/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,215/mo
median; plan ~$826/mo after 68% keep · $4,412 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.5 mo [0.7-3.1], measured ONLY among the 65% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
13%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$3,764
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$58 @ 79% POP
74% 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 11); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $3.23/sh now → $2.28 mid-life (likely $1.80–$3.08) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.40/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.88/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 389 simulated challenges: the $52 strike is typically first touched on day 7 of 11, at $53 (overshoots $1.15). 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)~$5216 Oct 202612d left+$1.00/sh+$1,997
cycle +$2,797
[+$1,979…+$2,817] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$10,621 NOT
cap gain +$21,979
Max even-money escape in the band~$5623 Oct 202620d left+$0.19/sh+$375
cycle +$1,175
[-$43…+$1,153] · 72% credit
76%
surv 69%
-$2,261 NOT
cap gain +$30,339
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)~$5416 Oct 202612d left+$0.08/sh+$154
cycle +$954
[-$147…+$708] · 65% credit
74%
surv 64%
-$7,082 NOT
cap gain +$25,518
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5823 Oct 202620d left-$0.32/sh-$647
cycle +$153
[-$1,245…+$41] · 26% credit
79%
surv 74%
+$1,317 SAFE
cap gain +$33,917
budget: banked $800 debit $647 (81% used ≈ 1.3 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$153 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $5,876/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$2,182/mo
vs 50% target ($6,164/mo)-65%
vs normal income ($12,327/mo)18% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,955/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $52 is $6 below CC-SS $58.19: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$11,578
… as % of IC ($6,000)193.0%
… as % of ML ($94,000)12.3%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.9 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-32,650
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.10/sh (~25% of the $0.40 collected) or spot ≥ $52.42 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $52)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $49.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 6d left3-5d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $51.48Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$51-52.42
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
≥ $52.42
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 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$52.00 (1.4σ)$800$-12,618+$19,982+$520
+2.5%$53.30 (1.6σ)$-1,800$-12,228+$20,372-$2,080
+5%$54.60 (1.9σ)$-4,400$-11,838+$20,762-$4,680
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (2.2σ)$-8,200$-11,268+$21,332-$7,480
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $58.19, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,600
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,417
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $52): -$11,578
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-10,761 (+$21,839 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,281 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-7,480, the opportunity cost of earning $2,182/mo FIGHT income now)
▸33% normal18 × $48.509 Oct11d11.1%80%hist 82%42%hist 41%+7pp$1,494$4,075-$2,144$15,946
Sell 18 × $48.50 11.1% OTM over spot $43.66 9 Oct 2026 (11d, $0.87 mid)
= $1,494 credit for the 11d cycle → $4,075/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $48.50)
80%
Breach risk
20%
POP (stays ≤ $49.37)
83%
EV / mo
+$1,365
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+7pp
70% whole by 9mo vs 63% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,008/mo
median; plan ~$1,365/mo after 68% keep · $6,824 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.5 mo [0.8-3.4], measured ONLY among the 70% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
34%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,161
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$57 @ 84% POP
81% 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 11); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.87/sh now → $2.03 mid-life (likely $2.01–$3.11) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.83/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.20/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,007 simulated challenges: the $48 strike is typically first touched on day 6 of 11, at $50 (overshoots $1.17). 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)~$4816 Oct 202612d left+$0.89/sh+$1,596
cycle +$3,090
[+$1,343…+$1,984] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$18,350 NOT
cap gain +$14,250
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$5223 Oct 202620d left+$0.31/sh+$558
cycle +$2,052
[-$26…+$803] · 72% credit
75%
surv 67%
-$11,706 NOT
cap gain +$20,894
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$5016 Oct 202612d left+$0.13/sh+$241
cycle +$1,735
[-$170…+$421] · 54% credit
73%
surv 63%
-$15,473 NOT
cap gain +$17,127
Max even-money escape in the band~$5323 Oct 202620d left+$0.02/sh+$38
cycle +$1,532
[-$626…+$238] · 34% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$9,926 NOT
cap gain +$22,674
SS $56 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5723 Oct 202620d left-$0.83/sh-$1,492
cycle +$2
[-$2,497…-$1,407] · 2% credit
84%
surv 81%
-$2,424 NOT
cap gain +$30,176
budget: banked $1,494 debit $1,492 (100% used ≈ 1.6 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$2 cash · rolled 18 ct earn ≈ $3,245/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$4,075/mo
vs 50% target ($6,164/mo)-34%
vs normal income ($12,327/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$3,924/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $48.50 is $10 below CC-SS $58.19: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$15,946
… as % of IC ($6,000)265.8%
… as % of ML ($94,000)17.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.3 mo
Surgical close (18 ct)$-29,412
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.21/sh (~25% of the $0.83 collected) or spot ≥ $49.37 (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 $49.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 6d left3-5d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $48.02Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$48-49.37
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
≥ $49.37
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 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$48.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,494$-19,946+$12,654+$1,242
+2.5%$49.71 (1.0σ)$-688$-19,340+$13,260-$940
+5%$50.93 (1.2σ)$-2,871$-18,733+$13,867-$3,123
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (2.2σ)$-12,906$-16,046+$16,554-$12,258
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $58.19, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,600
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,417
− CC assignment net of premium (18 × $48.50): -$15,946
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (2 × $56): -$410
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-15,539 (+$17,061 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,281 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-12,258, the opportunity cost of earning $4,075/mo FIGHT income now)
▸🎯 50% normal20 × $479 Oct11d7.7%73%hist 82%57%hist 46%+6pp$2,280$6,218—$20,098
Sell 20 × $47 7.7% OTM over spot $43.66 9 Oct 2026 (11d, $1.19 mid)
= $2,280 credit for the 11d cycle → $6,218/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $47)
73%
Breach risk
27%
POP (stays ≤ $48.19)
79%
EV / mo
+$1,640
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+6pp
68% whole by 9mo vs 62% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.1/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,629/mo
median; plan ~$1,788/mo after 68% keep · $8,261 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.7 mo [0.8-3.0], 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)
44%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,573
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$56 @ 86% 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 5 of 11); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.72/sh now → $1.93 mid-life (likely $2.18–$3.15) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.14/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.79/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,318 simulated challenges: the $47 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 11, at $48 (overshoots $1.14). 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)~$4716 Oct 202612d left+$0.84/sh+$1,681
cycle +$3,961
[+$1,331…+$1,875] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$20,957 NOT
cap gain +$11,643
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$4923 Oct 202620d left+$0.61/sh+$1,221
cycle +$3,501
[+$599…+$1,267] · 99% credit
73%
surv 64%
-$16,035 NOT
cap gain +$16,565
Max even-money escape in the band~$5023 Oct 202620d left+$0.24/sh+$476
cycle +$2,756
[-$294…+$424] · 48% credit
75%
surv 68%
-$14,480 NOT
cap gain +$18,120
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)~$4916 Oct 202612d left+$0.09/sh+$180
cycle +$2,460
[-$358…+$139] · 33% credit
73%
surv 63%
-$18,226 NOT
cap gain +$14,374
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5623 Oct 202620d left-$1.04/sh-$2,084
cycle +$196
[-$3,533…-$2,395]
86%
surv 85%
-$3,240 NOT
cap gain +$29,360
budget: banked $2,280 debit $2,084 (91% used ≈ 1.5 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$196 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $2,654/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$6,218/mo
vs 50% target ($6,164/mo)+1%
vs normal income ($12,327/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$5,992/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $47 is $11 below CC-SS $58.19: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$20,098
… as % of IC ($6,000)335.0%
… as % of ML ($94,000)21.4%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.6 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-32,700
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.28/sh (~25% of the $1.14 collected) or spot ≥ $48.19 (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 $49.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 6d left3-5d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $46.53Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$47-48.19
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
≥ $48.19
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 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$47.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,280$-22,638+$9,962+$2,000
+2.5%$48.17 (≤1σ, normal week)$-70$-22,285+$10,315-$350
+5%$49.35 (≤1σ, normal week)$-2,420$-21,933+$10,667-$2,700
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (2.2σ)$-16,720$-19,788+$12,812-$16,000
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $58.19, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,600
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,417
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $47): -$20,098
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-19,281 (+$13,319 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,281 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-16,000, the opportunity cost of earning $6,218/mo FIGHT income now)
▸100% normal19 × $43.509 Oct11d-0.4%52%hist 68%100%hist 90%·$4,598$12,540+$6,322$23,311
Sell 19 × $43.50 0.4% ITM over spot $43.66 9 Oct 2026 (11d, $2.46 mid)
= $4,598 credit for the 11d cycle → $12,540/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $43.50)
52%
Breach risk
48%
POP (stays ≤ $45.95)
67%
EV / mo
+$1,863
🛡 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)
100%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
+$1,377
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$54 @ 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 5 of 11); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.40/sh now → $1.70 mid-life → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $2.42/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets +$0.72/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
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)~$4416 Oct 202612d left+$0.74/sh+$1,402
cycle +$6,000
68%
surv 53%
-$26,586 NOT
cap gain +$6,014
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$4516 Oct 202612d left+$0.13/sh+$239
cycle +$4,837
73%
surv 62%
-$24,667 NOT
cap gain +$7,933
Max even-money escape in the band~$4723 Oct 202620d left+$0.03/sh+$64
cycle +$4,662
76%
surv 70%
-$20,242 NOT
cap gain +$12,358
SS $56 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5423 Oct 202620d left-$1.18/sh-$2,245
cycle +$2,353
90%
surv 89%
-$6,451 NOT
cap gain +$26,149
budget: banked $4,598 debit $2,245 (49% used ≈ 0.8 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$2,353 cash · rolled 19 ct earn ≈ $1,464/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$12,540/mo
vs 50% target ($6,164/mo)+103%
vs normal income ($12,327/mo)102% covered
Net income (after hedge)$12,352/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $43.50 is $15 below CC-SS $58.19: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$23,311
… as % of IC ($6,000)388.5%
… as % of ML ($94,000)24.8%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.9 mo
Surgical close (19 ct)$-31,036
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 ≥ $45.95 (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 $49.48 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 6d left3-5d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $43.06Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$43-45.95
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
≥ $45.95
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 1.15 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$43.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$4,598$-27,988+$4,612+$4,332
+2.5%$44.59 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,532$-27,921+$4,679+$2,266
+5%$45.68 (≤1σ, normal week)$465$-27,486+$5,114+$199
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (2.2σ)$-20,102$-23,206+$9,394-$19,418
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $58.19, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-32,600
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$33,417
− CC assignment net of premium (19 × $43.50): -$23,311
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $56): -$205
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-22,699 (+$9,901 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-3,281 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-19,418, the opportunity cost of earning $12,540/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 (30 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (4 expiries scanned, 30 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: 1.150 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$33,417 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-3,281

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$47.504d2 Oct 2026$0.4419/20$6,270$6,08283%86%+$2,646-$19,473324.6%$-18,861 (vs do-nothing $-15,580)
$474d2 Oct 2026$0.5316/20$6,360$6,28680%84%+$2,499-$17,054284.2%$-17,057 (vs do-nothing $-13,776)
$46.504d2 Oct 2026$0.6314/20$6,615$6,61877%81%+$2,360-$15,483258.0%$-15,895 (vs do-nothing $-12,614)
$464d2 Oct 2026$0.7412/20$6,660$6,73973%79%+$2,092-$13,739229.0%$-14,561 (vs do-nothing $-11,280)
$4711d9 Oct 2026$1.1420/20$6,218$5,99273%79%+$1,640-$20,098335.0%$-19,281 (vs do-nothing $-16,000)
$46.5011d9 Oct 2026$1.3018/20$6,382$6,23270%77%+$1,661-$18,700311.7%$-18,293 (vs do-nothing $-15,012)
$45.504d2 Oct 2026$0.8910/20$6,675$6,83069%76%+$1,941-$11,799196.7%$-13,031 (vs do-nothing $-9,750)
$46.5018d16 Oct 2026$1.8620/20$6,200$5,97468%76%+$1,454-$19,658327.6%$-18,841 (vs do-nothing $-15,560)
$4611d9 Oct 2026$1.4216/20$6,196$6,12367%75%+$1,398-$17,230287.2%$-17,233 (vs do-nothing $-13,952)
$4618d16 Oct 2026$2.0319/20$6,428$6,24065%74%+$1,433-$19,302321.7%$-18,690 (vs do-nothing $-15,409)
$454d2 Oct 2026$1.058/20$6,300$6,53265%74%+$1,627-$9,711161.9%$-11,353 (vs do-nothing $-8,072)
$45.5011d9 Oct 2026$1.5915/20$6,505$6,46965%74%+$1,375-$16,649277.5%$-16,856 (vs do-nothing $-13,575)
$45.5018d16 Oct 2026$2.1917/20$6,205$6,09363%73%+$1,259-$17,848297.5%$-17,646 (vs do-nothing $-14,365)
Show 17 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$4511d9 Oct 2026$1.7913/20$6,346$6,38761%72%+$1,289-$14,819247.0%$-15,436 (vs do-nothing $-12,155)
$4518d16 Oct 2026$2.3916/20$6,373$6,30060%72%+$1,231-$17,278288.0%$-17,281 (vs do-nothing $-14,000)
$44.504d2 Oct 2026$1.217/20$6,352$6,62260%71%+$1,348-$8,735145.6%$-10,582 (vs do-nothing $-7,301)
$4525d23 Oct 2026$2.8718/20$6,199$6,04960%72%+$1,044-$18,574309.6%$-18,167 (vs do-nothing $-14,886)
$44.5011d9 Oct 2026$1.9412/20$6,349$6,42858%70%+$1,055-$14,099235.0%$-14,921 (vs do-nothing $-11,640)
$44.5018d16 Oct 2026$2.5815/20$6,450$6,41458%70%+$1,133-$16,664277.7%$-16,871 (vs do-nothing $-13,590)
$4425d23 Oct 2026$3.2516/20$6,240$6,16656%70%+$877-$17,502291.7%$-17,505 (vs do-nothing $-14,224)
$444d2 Oct 2026$1.426/20$6,390$6,69855%69%+$1,188-$7,661127.7%$-9,713 (vs do-nothing $-6,432)
$4418d16 Oct 2026$2.8014/20$6,533$6,53655%69%+$1,070-$15,945265.7%$-16,357 (vs do-nothing $-13,076)
$4411d9 Oct 2026$2.1611/20$6,480$6,59755%69%+$994-$13,232220.5%$-14,259 (vs do-nothing $-10,978)
$43.5018d16 Oct 2026$3.0013/20$6,500$6,54152%68%+$926-$15,196253.3%$-15,813 (vs do-nothing $-12,532)
$43.5011d9 Oct 2026$2.4210/20$6,600$6,75552%67%+$981-$12,269204.5%$-13,501 (vs do-nothing $-10,220)
$4325d23 Oct 2026$3.7514/20$6,300$6,30351%68%+$831-$16,015266.9%$-16,427 (vs do-nothing $-13,146)
$43.504d2 Oct 2026$1.655/20$6,188$6,53450%67%+$980-$6,520108.7%$-8,776 (vs do-nothing $-5,495)
$4318d16 Oct 2026$3.2512/20$6,500$6,57950%67%+$858-$14,327238.8%$-15,149 (vs do-nothing $-11,868)
$4311d9 Oct 2026$2.669/20$6,529$6,72348%66%+$851-$11,276187.9%$-12,713 (vs do-nothing $-9,432)
$434d2 Oct 2026$1.905/20$7,125$7,47145%65%+$928-$6,645110.7%$-8,901 (vs do-nothing $-5,620)

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  |  2026-09-28 21:45