FORTRESS FIGHT: IREN-LC45 @ $40.20

BE SS: $56.50  |  CC-SS: $57.82  |  20 contracts (2,000 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-10-01 21:47

IREN-LC45 @ $40.20   UNDERWATER $16.30 (28.9% below BE SS)

20 contracts (2,000 sh)  |  BE SS: $56.50  |  CC-SS: $57.82 (banked floor $55.39)  |  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$9,060/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge rolling cost$192/mo
Unrealized P&L$-39,750fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$4,530/mo
HEDGE COVER
$192/mo
NORMAL INCOME
$9,060/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
0.7 mo to earn back $6,000
ML VELOCITY
10.4 mo to earn back $94,000
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $57.82 (probe: $58C 15d) brings only $240/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)
$34,279
was $39,750 · 14% earned back
Cycles closed
38
Credit in flight
$0
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$57.82 → $55.39
⚠ 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 34 (live) · RSI 47 · MACD bearish, hist falling
DAILYFALLING (provisional) · RSI 44 · %B 12 · hist falling (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $62.70 (+56%) · daily UBB $48.92 · 1-wk expected move ±$4 (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 $43.50 / 8d. This is the safest strike (survival 78%, breach 22%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($4,530/mo); it brings $4,774/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 18 × $41/8d for $9,450/mo, but breach risk rises to 41% (+19pp 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 × $55/8d (99% survival, $206/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $25,942 (432% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $56, recoverable in 2.9 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 19 contracts realizes $-37,829 and cuts bleed by $182/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 · 9 Oct 2026 (8d) · sell 19 × $43.50, 78% survival, $4,774/mo (E[net] $1,797/mo).
This week's Friday is inside the pin/gamma window, so only the next weekly is shown.
TrackExpirySellSurvivalIncome/moE[net]/mo
NEXT FRIDAY 🏆9 Oct 2026 · 8d19 × $43.5078%$4,774$1,797
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $1,273 with probability 67%; on the 33% touch you roll, paying $2,767 to close and taking $1,642 back from the best priced door (net cash $1,125) 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 · 9 Oct 2026 · 8d · E[net] $1,797/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 19 × $43.50 (50% normal), 78% survival, breach 22%, $4,774/mo.
⚖️ Worth a safer step: the $45 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 85% (breach 22% → 15%) for $1,781/mo less (37% 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 $45 rung, unless you need the income to cover the hedge bleed, or you expect IREN to stay flat-to-down near term.
IREN  spot $40.20 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
▸cover hedge11 × $559 Oct8d36.8%99%hist 96%3%hist 3%+0pp$55$206-$4,568$3,051
Sell 11 × $55 36.8% OTM over spot $40.20 9 Oct 2026 (8d, $0.06 mid)
= $55 credit for the 8d cycle → $206/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $55)
99%
Breach risk
1%
POP (stays ≤ $55.06)
99%
EV / mo
+$163
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+0pp
56% whole by 9mo vs 56% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.1/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$111/mo
median; plan ~$75/mo after 68% keep · $424 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.6 mo [0.8-3.0], measured ONLY among the 56% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
0%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,353
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$62 @ 80% POP
74% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $3.10/sh now → $2.19 mid-life → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.05/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.14/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)~$5516 Oct 202611d left+$1.28/sh+$1,413
cycle +$1,468
68%
surv 53%
-$3,921 NOT
cap gain +$35,829
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$5816 Oct 202611d left+$0.09/sh+$97
cycle +$152
76%
surv 67%
+$1,242 SAFE
cap gain +$40,992
Max even-money escape in the band~$6223 Oct 202618d left+$0.03/sh+$30
cycle +$85
80%
surv 74%
+$6,132 SAFE
cap gain +$45,882
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$206/mo
vs 50% target ($4,530/mo)-95%
vs normal income ($9,060/mo)2% covered
Net income (after hedge)$158/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $55 is $3 below CC-SS $57.82: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$3,051
… as % of IC ($6,000)50.8%
… as % of ML ($94,000)3.2%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.3 mo
Surgical close (11 ct)$-21,873
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 $0.05 collected) or spot ≥ $55.06 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $55)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $48.92 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $54.45Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$54-55.06
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
≥ $55.06
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 1.16 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$55.00 (3.4σ)$55$-5,335+$34,415-$33
+2.5%$56.37 (3.8σ)$-1,457$-3,663+$36,087-$1,545
+5%$57.75 (4.1σ)$-2,970$-2,666+$37,084-$2,233
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $57.82, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-39,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$40,828
− CC assignment net of premium (11 × $55): -$3,051
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (9 × $57): -$669
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-2,642 (+$37,108 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-409 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-2,233, the opportunity cost of earning $206/mo FIGHT income now)
▸🛡 safe yield20 × $46.509 Oct8d15.7%90%hist 96%20%hist 14%+3pp$540$2,025-$2,749$22,107
Sell 20 × $46.50 15.7% OTM over spot $40.20 9 Oct 2026 (8d, $0.30 mid)
= $540 credit for the 8d cycle → $2,025/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $46.50)
90%
Breach risk
10%
POP (stays ≤ $46.80)
91%
EV / mo
+$994
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+3pp
59% whole by 9mo vs 56% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,093/mo
median; plan ~$743/mo after 68% keep · $5,268 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.9 mo [1.0-3.8], measured ONLY among the 59% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
11%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,727
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$52 @ 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: $2.31/sh now → $1.63 mid-life (likely $1.33–$2.27) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.27/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.36/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 323 simulated challenges: the $46 strike is typically first touched on day 6 of 8, at $47 (overshoots $0.99). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (20 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$4616 Oct 202611d left+$0.97/sh+$1,932
cycle +$2,472
[+$1,925…+$2,672] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$22,676 NOT
cap gain +$17,074
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$5023 Oct 202618d left+$0.26/sh+$520
cycle +$1,060
[+$201…+$1,114] · 85% credit
77%
surv 70%
-$15,275 NOT
cap gain +$24,475
Max even-money escape in the band~$5123 Oct 202618d left+$0.06/sh+$121
cycle +$661
[-$264…+$674] · 58% credit
79%
surv 73%
-$13,359 NOT
cap gain +$26,391
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 202611d left+$0.03/sh+$56
cycle +$596
[-$238…+$491] · 55% credit
74%
surv 66%
-$19,214 NOT
cap gain +$20,536
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5223 Oct 202618d left-$0.19/sh-$382
cycle +$158
[-$879…+$153] · 33% credit
81%
surv 77%
-$11,545 NOT
cap gain +$28,205
budget: banked $540 debit $382 (71% used ≈ 0.8 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$158 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $4,808/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$2,025/mo
vs 50% target ($4,530/mo)-55%
vs normal income ($9,060/mo)22% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,833/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $46.50 is $11 below CC-SS $57.82: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$22,107
… as % of IC ($6,000)368.5%
… as % of ML ($94,000)23.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.4 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-39,810
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 $0.27 collected) or spot ≥ $46.80 (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 $48.92 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $46.03Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$46-46.80
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
≥ $46.80
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 1.16 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$46.50 (1.5σ)$540$-24,608+$15,142+$380
+2.5%$47.66 (1.7σ)$-1,785$-24,240+$15,510-$1,945
+5%$48.83 (2.0σ)$-4,110$-23,873+$15,877-$4,270
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (3.8σ)$-19,460$-21,448+$18,302-$19,620
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $57.82, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-39,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$40,828
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $46.50): -$22,107
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-21,029 (+$18,721 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-409 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-20,620, the opportunity cost of earning $2,025/mo FIGHT income now)
▸33% normal ← lean19 × $459 Oct8d12.0%85%hist 86%30%hist 33%+7pp$798$2,992-$1,781$23,567
Sell 19 × $45 12.0% OTM over spot $40.20 9 Oct 2026 (8d, $0.44 mid)
= $798 credit for the 8d cycle → $2,992/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $45)
85%
Breach risk
15%
POP (stays ≤ $45.45)
87%
EV / mo
+$1,256
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+7pp
61% whole by 9mo vs 54% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$1,533/mo
median; plan ~$1,043/mo after 68% keep · $7,658 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.3 mo [1.2-3.9], measured ONLY among the 61% 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)
21%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,135
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$51 @ 82% POP
78% 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: $2.18/sh now → $1.54 mid-life (likely $1.43–$2.39) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.42/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.12/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 624 simulated challenges: the $45 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 8, at $46 (overshoots $1.05). 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)~$4516 Oct 202611d left+$0.91/sh+$1,737
cycle +$2,535
[+$1,567…+$2,137] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$26,078 NOT
cap gain +$13,672
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$4716 Oct 202611d left+$0.15/sh+$280
cycle +$1,078
[-$144…+$552] · 63% credit
73%
surv 64%
-$23,355 NOT
cap gain +$16,395
Max even-money escape in the band~$4923 Oct 202618d left+$0.18/sh+$351
cycle +$1,149
[-$241…+$671] · 60% credit
77%
surv 71%
-$18,652 NOT
cap gain +$21,098
SS $56 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5123 Oct 202618d left-$0.25/sh-$481
cycle +$317
[-$1,242…-$240] · 14% credit
82%
surv 78%
-$14,852 NOT
cap gain +$24,898
budget: banked $798 debit $481 (60% used ≈ 0.7 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$317 cash · rolled 19 ct earn ≈ $4,087/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$2,992/mo
vs 50% target ($4,530/mo)-34%
vs normal income ($9,060/mo)33% covered
Net income (after hedge)$2,816/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $45 is $13 below CC-SS $57.82: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$23,567
… as % of IC ($6,000)392.8%
… as % of ML ($94,000)25.1%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.6 mo
Surgical close (19 ct)$-37,810
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 $0.42 collected) or spot ≥ $45.45 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $45)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $48.92 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $44.55Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$45-45.45
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
≥ $45.45
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 1.16 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$45.00 (1.1σ)$798$-27,816+$11,934+$646
+2.5%$46.12 (1.4σ)$-1,339$-27,348+$12,402-$1,491
+5%$47.25 (1.6σ)$-3,477$-26,880+$12,870-$3,629
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (3.8σ)$-21,052$-23,032+$16,718-$21,204
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $57.82, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-39,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$40,828
− CC assignment net of premium (19 × $45): -$23,567
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $57): -$74
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-22,563 (+$17,187 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-409 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-22,154, the opportunity cost of earning $2,992/mo FIGHT income now)
▸🎯 50% normal19 × $43.509 Oct8d8.2%78%hist 82%45%hist 41%+9pp$1,273$4,774—$25,942
Sell 19 × $43.50 8.2% OTM over spot $40.20 9 Oct 2026 (8d, $0.71 mid)
= $1,273 credit for the 8d cycle → $4,774/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $43.50)
78%
Breach risk
22%
POP (stays ≤ $44.20)
82%
EV / mo
+$1,668
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+9pp
60% whole by 9mo vs 52% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,101/mo
median; plan ~$1,428/mo after 68% keep · $10,694 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.4 mo [1.3-4.4], measured ONLY among the 60% 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)
33%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,494
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$51 @ 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.06/sh now → $1.46 mid-life (likely $1.50–$2.29) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.67/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.79/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 993 simulated challenges: the $44 strike is typically first touched on day 4 of 8, at $44 (overshoots $0.93). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (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 202611d left+$0.86/sh+$1,642
cycle +$2,915
[+$1,394…+$1,944] · 100% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$29,173 NOT
cap gain +$10,577
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$4623 Oct 202618d left+$0.38/sh+$720
cycle +$1,993
[+$181…+$890] · 87% credit
75%
surv 67%
-$23,599 NOT
cap gain +$16,151
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$4516 Oct 202611d left+$0.10/sh+$195
cycle +$1,468
[-$245…+$298] · 47% credit
73%
surv 64%
-$26,439 NOT
cap gain +$13,311
Max even-money escape in the band~$4723 Oct 202618d left+$0.11/sh+$215
cycle +$1,488
[-$400…+$332] · 43% credit
78%
surv 72%
-$21,788 NOT
cap gain +$17,962
SS $56 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5123 Oct 202618d left-$0.63/sh-$1,199
cycle +$74
[-$2,112…-$1,213] · 2% credit
87%
surv 85%
-$13,938 NOT
cap gain +$25,812
budget: banked $1,273 debit $1,199 (94% used ≈ 1.1 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$74 cash · rolled 19 ct earn ≈ $2,612/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$4,774/mo
vs 50% target ($4,530/mo)+5%
vs normal income ($9,060/mo)53% covered
Net income (after hedge)$4,598/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $43.50 is $14 below CC-SS $57.82: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$25,942
… as % of IC ($6,000)432.4%
… as % of ML ($94,000)27.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.9 mo
Surgical close (19 ct)$-37,829
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.17/sh (~25% of the $0.67 collected) or spot ≥ $44.20 (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 $48.92 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $43.06Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$43-44.20
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $44.20
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 1.16 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$43.50 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,273$-30,815+$8,935+$1,121
+2.5%$44.59 (1.0σ)$-793$-30,362+$9,388-$945
+5%$45.68 (1.3σ)$-2,860$-29,910+$9,840-$3,012
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (3.8σ)$-23,427$-25,407+$14,343-$23,579
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $57.82, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-39,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$40,828
− CC assignment net of premium (19 × $43.50): -$25,942
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $57): -$74
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-24,938 (+$14,812 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-409 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-24,529, the opportunity cost of earning $4,774/mo FIGHT income now)
▸100% normal18 × $419 Oct8d2.0%59%hist 68%84%hist 80%+10pp$2,520$9,450+$4,676$27,762
Sell 18 × $41 2.0% OTM over spot $40.20 9 Oct 2026 (8d, $1.43 mid)
= $2,520 credit for the 8d cycle → $9,450/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $41)
59%
Breach risk
41%
POP (stays ≤ $42.43)
71%
EV / mo
+$2,029
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+10pp
58% whole by 9mo vs 48% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~6.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,728/mo
median; plan ~$1,855/mo after 68% keep · $16,771 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.5 mo [1.1-4.6], measured ONLY among the 58% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
66%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
+$151
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 23 Oct 2026)
$51 @ 91% POP
90% 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 4 of 8); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.86/sh now → $1.32 mid-life (likely $1.75–$2.51) → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.40/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets +$0.08/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,993 simulated challenges: the $41 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 8, at $42 (overshoots $0.98). 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)~$4116 Oct 202611d left+$0.78/sh+$1,410
cycle +$3,930
[+$1,076…+$1,283] · 100% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$33,940 NOT
cap gain +$5,810
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$4323 Oct 202618d left+$0.64/sh+$1,148
cycle +$3,668
[+$557…+$897] · 98% credit
73%
surv 63%
-$30,021 NOT
cap gain +$9,729
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$4316 Oct 202611d left+$0.03/sh+$58
cycle +$2,578
[-$563…-$200] · 13% credit
74%
surv 66%
-$31,111 NOT
cap gain +$8,639
Max even-money escape in the band~$4523 Oct 202618d left+$0.00/sh+$4
cycle +$2,524
[-$882…-$355] · 10% credit
78%
surv 73%
-$26,533 NOT
cap gain +$13,217
SS $56 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$5123 Oct 202618d left-$0.87/sh-$1,570
cycle +$950
[-$3,068…-$2,127]
91%
surv 90%
-$14,211 NOT
cap gain +$25,539
budget: banked $2,520 debit $1,570 (62% used ≈ 0.7 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$950 cash · rolled 18 ct earn ≈ $1,332/mo while parked; 2 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$9,450/mo
vs 50% target ($4,530/mo)+109%
vs normal income ($9,060/mo)104% covered
Net income (after hedge)$9,290/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $41 is $17 below CC-SS $57.82: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$27,762
… as % of IC ($6,000)462.7%
… as % of ML ($94,000)29.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)3.1 mo
Surgical close (18 ct)$-35,829
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.35/sh (~25% of the $1.40 collected) or spot ≥ $42.43 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $41)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $48.92 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $40.59Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$41-42.43
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $42.43
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 1.16 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$41.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$2,520$-35,350+$4,400+$2,376
+2.5%$42.02 (≤1σ, normal week)$675$-34,821+$4,929+$531
+5%$43.05 (≤1σ, normal week)$-1,170$-34,292+$5,458-$1,314
SS (= V-bounce)$56.50 (3.8σ)$-25,380$-27,352+$12,398-$25,524
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $57.82, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-39,750
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$40,828
− CC assignment net of premium (18 × $41): -$27,762
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (2 × $57): -$149
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-26,833 (+$12,917 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-409 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-26,424, the opportunity cost of earning $9,450/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 (22 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 4-45 DTE band (3 expiries scanned, 22 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: 1.158 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$40,828 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-409

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$43.508d9 Oct 2026$0.6719/20$4,774$4,59878%82%+$1,668-$25,942432.4%$-24,938 (vs do-nothing $-24,529)
$438d9 Oct 2026$0.7816/20$4,680$4,55275%80%+$1,512-$22,470374.5%$-21,689 (vs do-nothing $-21,280)
$43.5015d16 Oct 2026$1.2119/20$4,598$4,42273%79%+$1,438-$24,916415.3%$-23,912 (vs do-nothing $-23,503)
$42.508d9 Oct 2026$0.9014/20$4,725$4,62972%78%+$1,375-$20,193336.6%$-19,561 (vs do-nothing $-19,152)
$4315d16 Oct 2026$1.3517/20$4,590$4,44670%77%+$1,231-$22,905381.8%$-22,050 (vs do-nothing $-21,641)
$4322d23 Oct 2026$1.7519/20$4,534$4,35868%76%+$954-$24,840414.0%$-23,836 (vs do-nothing $-23,427)
$428d9 Oct 2026$1.0312/20$4,635$4,57168%76%+$1,177-$17,752295.9%$-17,269 (vs do-nothing $-16,860)
$42.5015d16 Oct 2026$1.4516/20$4,640$4,51267%75%+$1,044-$22,198370.0%$-21,417 (vs do-nothing $-21,008)
$4215d16 Oct 2026$1.6115/20$4,830$4,71864%74%+$1,001-$21,320355.3%$-20,614 (vs do-nothing $-20,205)
$41.508d9 Oct 2026$1.1911/20$4,909$4,86164%73%+$1,108-$16,647277.4%$-16,238 (vs do-nothing $-15,829)
$4222d23 Oct 2026$2.1416/20$4,669$4,54163%73%+$979-$21,894364.9%$-21,113 (vs do-nothing $-20,704)
$41.5015d16 Oct 2026$1.8313/20$4,758$4,67861%72%+$997-$18,842314.0%$-18,284 (vs do-nothing $-17,875)
$418d9 Oct 2026$1.409/20$4,725$4,70959%71%+$1,015-$13,881231.4%$-13,621 (vs do-nothing $-13,212)
Show 9 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$4115d16 Oct 2026$2.0212/20$4,848$4,78458%70%+$787-$17,764296.1%$-17,281 (vs do-nothing $-16,872)
$4122d23 Oct 2026$2.5114/20$4,792$4,69658%71%+$857-$20,039334.0%$-19,407 (vs do-nothing $-18,998)
$40.5015d16 Oct 2026$2.2311/20$4,906$4,85855%69%+$848-$16,603276.7%$-16,194 (vs do-nothing $-15,785)
$40.508d9 Oct 2026$1.588/20$4,740$4,74055%69%+$827-$12,595209.9%$-12,409 (vs do-nothing $-12,000)
$4022d23 Oct 2026$2.9012/20$4,745$4,68152%68%+$660-$17,908298.5%$-17,425 (vs do-nothing $-17,016)
$4015d16 Oct 2026$2.4610/20$4,920$4,88852%67%+$681-$15,364256.1%$-15,029 (vs do-nothing $-14,620)
$408d9 Oct 2026$1.827/20$4,778$4,79450%67%+$742-$11,203186.7%$-11,091 (vs do-nothing $-10,682)
$39.5015d16 Oct 2026$2.689/20$4,824$4,80848%66%+$504-$14,079234.7%$-13,819 (vs do-nothing $-13,410)
$39.508d9 Oct 2026$2.056/20$4,612$4,64446%65%+$563-$9,764162.7%$-9,727 (vs do-nothing $-9,318)

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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