FORTRESS FIGHT: IREN-LC50 @ $46.48

BE SS: $63.43  |  CC-SS: $66.97  |  20 contracts (2,000 sh) |  ⌂ PORTFOLIO

GENERATED2026-09-09 21:47

IREN-LC50 @ $46.48   UNDERWATER $16.95 (26.7% below BE SS)

20 contracts (2,000 sh)  |  BE SS: $63.43  |  CC-SS: $66.97 (banked floor $65.33)  |  IV: HIGH  |  Accounts: RetireInc:7291

LC: $50 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $38.797/sh)
SP: $70 exp 2028-01-21 (entry $32.718/sh)
HP: $23 exp 2026-10-16 (entry $1.351/sh)

Economics

Max Loss$107,700(ND $6.85 + SW $47) x 2000
Normal income ref$11,507/mo95% ann ROI on ML
Hedge rolling cost$243/mo
Unrealized P&L$-45,120fortress legs from IBKR
INCOME GOALPOSTS & VELOCITY
50% INCOME FLOOR
$5,754/mo
HEDGE COVER
$243/mo
NORMAL INCOME
$11,507/mo (ATM CC, chain)
IC VELOCITY
1.2 mo to earn back $13,700
ML VELOCITY
9.4 mo to earn back $107,700
Deep drawdown confirmed: a CC at CC-SS $66.97 (probe: $65C 16d) brings only $900/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
$3,610
Hole (after banked)
$41,510
was $45,120 · 8% earned back
Cycles closed
19
Credit in flight
$0
CC-SS · banked floor (info)
$66.97 → $65.33
⚠ ASSIGNMENT recorded: 20x $40C 20260904 on 2026-09-08. Premium kept, but check the position: assignment below CC-SS locks the cap give-up.
? 4 leg(s) closed as UNKNOWN (vanished with no fill in window): banked $0, conservative. Fix campaign.json by hand if wrong.
TECHNICALS (cc_timing weekly gate + daily trigger)
WEEKLYNEUTRAL · %B 48 (live) · RSI 52 · MACD bearish, hist rising
DAILYRISING (provisional) · RSI 60 · %B 85 · hist rising (nightly)
LEVELSUpper BB (CC ceiling) $65.47 (+41%) · daily UBB $48.35 · 1-wk expected move ±$6 (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: 15 contracts at $51 / 2d. This is the safest strike (survival 89%, breach 11%) that still earns 50% of normal income ($5,754/mo); it brings $5,850/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 × $50/2d for $11,685/mo, but breach risk rises to 16% (+5pp vs the primary). The lower strike is hit by a smaller bounce.
More safety, less income: for just the hedge you can sit at 20 × $65/9d (99% survival, $600/mo).
Downside anchor: the primary mortgages $23,569 (172% of IC) ONLY on a full V-bounce all the way to SS $63, recoverable in 2.0 months of normal income. That is the rare tail; the frequent case is the strike holding. Surgical close on the 15 contracts realizes $-33,885 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: THIS FRIDAY · 11 Sep 2026 (2d) · sell 15 × $51, 89% survival, $5,850/mo (E[net] $5,173/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 🏆11 Sep 2026 · 2d15 × $5189%$5,850$5,173
NEXT FRIDAY18 Sep 2026 · 9d19 × $5281%$5,763$1,618
E[net] arithmetic on the grand pick: keep $390 with probability 88%; on the 12% touch you roll, paying $1,867 to close and taking $2,420 back from the best priced door (net cash $0) 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 · 11 Sep 2026 · 2d · E[net] $5,173/mo 🏆 GRAND PICK

🎯 Engine pick: sell 15 × $51 (50% normal), 89% survival, breach 11%, $5,850/mo.
The pick is already past the ~80% (≈1σ) comfort line, so take the income. Stepping out to the $52 rung (🛡 safe yield) lifts survival to 92% (breach 11% → 8%) for $750/mo less (13% income) buys safety you do not really need here.
IREN  spot $46.48 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
cover hedge17 × $6011 Sep2d29.1%99%hist 96%2%hist 3%-0pp$17$255-$5,595$11,836
Sell 17 × $60 29.1% OTM over spot $46.48 11 Sep 2026 (2d, $0.02 mid)
= $17 credit for the 2d cycle → $255/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $60)
99%
Breach risk
1%
POP (stays ≤ $60.02)
99%
EV / mo
+$154
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-0pp
60% whole by 9mo vs 60% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.2/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$110/mo
median; plan ~$75/mo after 68% keep · $126 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~0.9 mo [0.5-2.0], 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)
0%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,701
Free roll-up
+$7/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$79 @ 90% POP
88% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 17 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 1 of 2); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.26/sh now → $1.60 mid-life → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.01/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.59/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (17 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$6018 Sep 20268d left+$2.11/sh+$3,592
cycle +$3,609
68%
surv 53%
-$10,995 NOT
cap gain +$34,125
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$6718 Sep 20268d left+$0.06/sh+$101
cycle +$118
82%
surv 77%
-$262 NOT
cap gain +$44,858
Max even-money escape in the band~$792 Oct 202622d left+$0.11/sh+$187
cycle +$204
90%
surv 88%
+$23,249 SAFE
cap gain +$68,369
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$255/mo
vs 50% target ($5,754/mo)-96%
vs normal income ($11,507/mo)2% covered
Net income (after hedge)$147/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $60 is $7 below CC-SS $66.97: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$11,836
… as % of IC ($13,700)86.4%
… as % of ML ($107,700)11.0%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.0 mo
Surgical close (17 ct)$-38,369
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.00/sh (~25% of the $0.01 collected) or spot ≥ $60.02 (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 $48.35 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $59.40Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$59-60.02
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $60.02
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$60.00 (4.4σ)$17$-14,587+$30,533-$391
+2.5%$61.50 (4.9σ)$-2,533$-13,759+$31,361-$2,941
+5%$63.00 (5.4σ)$-5,083$-12,931+$32,189-$5,491
SS (= V-bounce)$63.43 (5.6σ)$-5,814$-12,694+$32,426-$6,222
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $66.97, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-45,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$46,146
− CC assignment net of premium (17 × $60): -$11,836
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (3 × $65): -$520
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-11,330 (+$33,790 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,439 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-8,891, the opportunity cost of earning $255/mo FIGHT income now)
33% normal20 × $5311 Sep2d14.0%95%hist 96%11%hist 13%+4pp$260$3,900-$1,950$27,685
Sell 20 × $53 14.0% OTM over spot $46.48 11 Sep 2026 (2d, $0.14 mid)
= $260 credit for the 2d cycle → $3,900/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $53)
95%
Breach risk
5%
POP (stays ≤ $53.14)
95%
EV / mo
+$2,569
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+4pp
63% whole by 9mo vs 59% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.5/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,547/mo
median; plan ~$1,732/mo after 68% keep · $8,435 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.5 mo [0.6-2.9], measured ONLY among the 63% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
4%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,380
Free roll-up
+$5/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$67 @ 88% POP
86% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 20 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 1 of 2); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.87/sh now → $1.32 mid-life (likely $1.20–$2.49)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.13/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.19/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 107 simulated challenges: the $53 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 2, at $54 (overshoots $1.42). 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)~$5318 Sep 20268d left+$1.72/sh+$3,438
cycle +$3,698
[+$3,254…+$3,788] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$26,742 NOT
cap gain +$18,378
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$622 Oct 202622d left+$0.85/sh+$1,691
cycle +$1,951
[+$717…+$2,040] · 81% credit
82%
surv 77%
-$9,306 NOT
cap gain +$35,814
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$5818 Sep 20268d left+$0.13/sh+$269
cycle +$529
[-$809…+$457] · 56% credit
80%
surv 74%
-$19,735 NOT
cap gain +$25,385
Max even-money escape in the band~$672 Oct 202622d left+$0.04/sh+$86
cycle +$346
[-$1,261…+$380] · 44% credit
88%
surv 86%
+$350 SAFE
cap gain +$45,470
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$3,900/mo
vs 50% target ($5,754/mo)-32%
vs normal income ($11,507/mo)34% covered
Net income (after hedge)$3,657/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $53 is $14 below CC-SS $66.97: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$27,685
… as % of IC ($13,700)202.1%
… as % of ML ($107,700)25.7%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.4 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-45,140
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.03/sh (~25% of the $0.13 collected) or spot ≥ $53.14 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $53)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $48.35 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $52.47Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$52-53.14
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
≥ $53.14
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$53.00 (2.1σ)$260$-30,180+$14,940-$220
+2.5%$54.32 (2.6σ)$-2,390$-29,846+$15,274-$2,870
+5%$55.65 (3.0σ)$-5,040$-29,512+$15,608-$5,520
SS (= V-bounce)$63.43 (5.6σ)$-20,600$-27,552+$17,568-$21,080
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $66.97, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-45,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$46,146
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $53): -$27,685
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-26,659 (+$18,461 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,439 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-24,220, the opportunity cost of earning $3,900/mo FIGHT income now)
🛡 safe yield20 × $5211 Sep2d11.9%92%hist 96%16%hist 13%+4pp$340$5,100-$750$29,605
Sell 20 × $52 11.9% OTM over spot $46.48 11 Sep 2026 (2d, $0.19 mid)
= $340 credit for the 2d cycle → $5,100/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $52)
92%
Breach risk
8%
POP (stays ≤ $52.19)
93%
EV / mo
+$2,888
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+4pp
65% whole by 9mo vs 61% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~2.2/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$3,099/mo
median; plan ~$2,107/mo after 68% keep · $11,680 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.9 mo [0.9-3.4], 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)
6%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,224
Free roll-up
+$5/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$66 @ 88% POP
87% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 20 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 1 of 2); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.81/sh now → $1.28 mid-life (likely $1.28–$2.34)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.17/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.11/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 195 simulated challenges: the $52 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 2, at $53 (overshoots $1.23). 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)~$5218 Sep 20268d left+$1.67/sh+$3,332
cycle +$3,672
[+$3,163…+$3,640] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$29,021 NOT
cap gain +$16,099
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$612 Oct 202622d left+$0.76/sh+$1,515
cycle +$1,855
[+$616…+$1,724] · 84% credit
82%
surv 78%
-$11,653 NOT
cap gain +$33,467
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$5718 Sep 20268d left+$0.09/sh+$182
cycle +$522
[-$797…+$237] · 44% credit
80%
surv 75%
-$21,994 NOT
cap gain +$23,126
Max even-money escape in the band~$6125 Sep 202615d left+$0.06/sh+$115
cycle +$455
[-$1,045…+$223] · 37% credit
84%
surv 81%
-$13,054 NOT
cap gain +$32,066
SS $63 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$662 Oct 202622d left-$0.03/sh-$50
cycle +$290
[-$1,303…+$66] · 27% credit
88%
surv 87%
-$1,958 NOT
cap gain +$43,162
budget: banked $340 debit $50 (15% used ≈ 0.0 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$290 cash · rolled 20 ct earn ≈ $3,428/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$5,100/mo
vs 50% target ($5,754/mo)-11%
vs normal income ($11,507/mo)44% covered
Net income (after hedge)$4,857/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $52 is $15 below CC-SS $66.97: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$29,605
… as % of IC ($13,700)216.1%
… as % of ML ($107,700)27.5%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.6 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-45,160
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.04/sh (~25% of the $0.17 collected) or spot ≥ $52.19 (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 $48.35 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $51.48Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$51-52.19
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
≥ $52.19
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 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$52.00 (1.8σ)$340$-32,352+$12,768-$140
+2.5%$53.30 (2.2σ)$-2,260$-32,025+$13,095-$2,740
+5%$54.60 (2.7σ)$-4,860$-31,697+$13,423-$5,340
SS (= V-bounce)$63.43 (5.6σ)$-22,520$-29,472+$15,648-$23,000
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $66.97, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-45,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$46,146
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $52): -$29,605
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-28,579 (+$16,541 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,439 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-26,140, the opportunity cost of earning $5,100/mo FIGHT income now)
🎯 50% normal15 × $5111 Sep2d9.7%89%hist 86%23%hist 26%+3pp$390$5,850$23,569
Sell 15 × $51 9.7% OTM over spot $46.48 11 Sep 2026 (2d, $0.29 mid)
= $390 credit for the 2d cycle → $5,850/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $51)
89%
Breach risk
11%
POP (stays ≤ $51.29)
90%
EV / mo
+$3,032
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+3pp
63% whole by 9mo vs 60% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~3.2/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$3,547/mo
median; plan ~$2,412/mo after 68% keep · $13,802 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.4 mo [0.7-3.1], measured ONLY among the 63% 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)
12%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,477
Free roll-up
+$5/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$65 @ 89% POP
87% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 15 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 1 of 2); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.76/sh now → $1.24 mid-life (likely $1.37–$2.50)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.26/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.98/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 347 simulated challenges: the $51 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 2, at $52 (overshoots $1.44). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (15 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$5118 Sep 20268d left+$1.61/sh+$2,420
cycle +$2,810
[+$2,211…+$2,603] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$32,014 NOT
cap gain +$13,106
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$602 Oct 202622d left+$0.67/sh+$1,009
cycle +$1,399
[+$133…+$1,021] · 80% credit
82%
surv 78%
-$14,242 NOT
cap gain +$30,878
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$5618 Sep 20268d left+$0.05/sh+$73
cycle +$463
[-$818…+$4] · 26% credit
80%
surv 75%
-$24,185 NOT
cap gain +$20,935
Max even-money escape in the band~$6025 Sep 202615d left+$0.00/sh+$4
cycle +$394
[-$1,067…-$49] · 21% credit
85%
surv 82%
-$15,246 NOT
cap gain +$29,874
SS $63 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$652 Oct 202622d left-$0.09/sh-$134
cycle +$256
[-$1,304…-$194] · 15% credit
89%
surv 87%
-$4,124 NOT
cap gain +$40,996
budget: banked $390 debit $134 (34% used ≈ 0.1 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$256 cash · rolled 15 ct earn ≈ $2,363/mo while parked; 5 ct free to re-sell · clears SS ✓
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$5,850/mo
vs 50% target ($5,754/mo)+2%
vs normal income ($11,507/mo)51% covered
Net income (after hedge)$5,832/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $51 is $16 below CC-SS $66.97: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$23,569
… as % of IC ($13,700)172.0%
… as % of ML ($107,700)21.9%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.0 mo
Surgical close (15 ct)$-33,885
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 $0.26 collected) or spot ≥ $51.29 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $51)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $48.35 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $50.49Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$50-51.29
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $51.29
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$51.00 (1.5σ)$390$-34,434+$10,686+$30
+2.5%$52.27 (1.9σ)$-1,522$-33,475+$11,645-$1,882
+5%$53.55 (2.3σ)$-3,435$-32,517+$12,603-$3,795
SS (= V-bounce)$63.43 (5.6σ)$-18,255$-25,087+$20,033-$18,615
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $66.97, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-45,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$46,146
− CC assignment net of premium (15 × $51): -$23,569
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (5 × $65): -$866
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-23,409 (+$21,711 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,439 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-20,970, the opportunity cost of earning $5,850/mo FIGHT income now)
100% normal19 × $5011 Sep2d7.6%84%hist 86%33%hist 31%+12pp$779$11,685+$5,835$31,469
Sell 19 × $50 7.6% OTM over spot $46.48 11 Sep 2026 (2d, $0.42 mid)
= $779 credit for the 2d cycle → $11,685/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $50)
84%
Breach risk
16%
POP (stays ≤ $50.42)
86%
EV / mo
+$5,609
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+12pp
69% whole by 9mo vs 56% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~4.4/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$5,826/mo
median; plan ~$3,962/mo after 68% keep · $22,637 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.4 mo [0.8-3.5], measured ONLY among the 69% 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)
18%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$1,516
Free roll-up
+$5/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$64 @ 89% POP
88% 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 1 of 2); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $1.71/sh now → $1.21 mid-life (likely $1.29–$2.45)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.41/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.80/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 547 simulated challenges: the $50 strike is typically first touched on day 2 of 2, at $51 (overshoots $1.39). 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)~$5018 Sep 20268d left+$1.56/sh+$2,968
cycle +$3,747
[+$2,674…+$3,191] · 100% credit
68%
surv 53%
-$33,425 NOT
cap gain +$11,695
Max even-money escape in the band~$592 Oct 202622d left+$0.59/sh+$1,121
cycle +$1,900
[-$17…+$1,122] · 74% credit
83%
surv 79%
-$16,088 NOT
cap gain +$29,032
SS $63 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$5518 Sep 20268d left+$0.01/sh+$16
cycle +$795
[-$1,148…-$37] · 21% credit
81%
surv 76%
-$26,201 NOT
cap gain +$18,919
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$642 Oct 202622d left-$0.15/sh-$284
cycle +$495
[-$1,795…-$337] · 11% credit
89%
surv 88%
-$6,233 NOT
cap gain +$38,887
budget: banked $779 debit $284 (36% used ≈ 0.1 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$495 cash · rolled 19 ct earn ≈ $2,742/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$11,685/mo
vs 50% target ($5,754/mo)+103%
vs normal income ($11,507/mo)102% covered
Net income (after hedge)$11,487/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $50 is $17 below CC-SS $66.97: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$31,469
… as % of IC ($13,700)229.7%
… as % of ML ($107,700)29.2%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.7 mo
Surgical close (19 ct)$-42,892
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 $0.41 collected) or spot ≥ $50.42 (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 $48.35 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 4d left3d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $49.50Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$50-50.42
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
≥ $50.42
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 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$50.00 (1.2σ)$779$-36,393+$8,727+$323
+2.5%$51.25 (1.6σ)$-1,596$-35,953+$9,167-$2,052
+5%$52.50 (2.0σ)$-3,971$-35,513+$9,607-$4,427
SS (= V-bounce)$63.43 (5.6σ)$-24,738$-31,666+$13,454-$25,194
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $66.97, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-45,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$46,146
− CC assignment net of premium (19 × $50): -$31,469
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $65): -$173
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-30,616 (+$14,504 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,439 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-28,177, the opportunity cost of earning $11,685/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 · 18 Sep 2026 · 9d · E[net] $1,618/mo

🎯 Engine pick: sell 19 × $52 (50% normal), 81% survival, breach 19%, $5,763/mo.
The pick is already past the ~80% (≈1σ) comfort line, so take the income. Stepping out to the $54 rung (33% normal) lifts survival to 87% (breach 19% → 13%) for $1,900/mo less (33% income) buys safety you do not really need here.
IREN  spot $46.48 · click a rung to expand its decision panel
RungSellExpiryDTEOTMSurvivalTouch oddsFIGHT edgePer cycleIncome/moΔ vs pickCap give-up
cover hedge9 × $6518 Sep9d39.8%99%hist 96%1%hist 3%-1pp$81$270-$5,493$1,694
Sell 9 × $65 39.8% OTM over spot $46.48 18 Sep 2026 (9d, $0.10 mid)
= $81 credit for the 9d cycle → $270/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $65)
99%
Breach risk
1%
POP (stays ≤ $65.10)
99%
EV / mo
+$257
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
-1pp
55% whole by 9mo vs 56% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.0/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$368/mo
median; plan ~$250/mo after 68% keep · $2,461 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.0 mo [1.0-4.1], measured ONLY among the 55% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
1%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,864
Free roll-up
+$4/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$74 @ 79% POP
74% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 9 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 4 of 9); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $4.63/sh now → $3.27 mid-life → ≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.09/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$3.18/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (9 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$6525 Sep 202612d left+$1.57/sh+$1,409
cycle +$1,490
68%
surv 54%
-$1,662 NOT
cap gain +$43,458
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$6925 Sep 202612d left+$0.23/sh+$209
cycle +$290
73%
surv 64%
+$1,191 SAFE
cap gain +$46,311
Max even-money escape in the band~$742 Oct 202618d left+$0.09/sh+$82
cycle +$163
79%
surv 74%
+$6,825 SAFE
cap gain +$51,945
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$270/mo
vs 50% target ($5,754/mo)-95%
vs normal income ($11,507/mo)2% covered
Net income (after hedge)$522/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $65 is $2 below CC-SS $66.97: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$1,694
… as % of IC ($13,700)12.4%
… as % of ML ($107,700)1.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)0.1 mo
Surgical close (9 ct)$-20,313
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 $0.09 collected) or spot ≥ $65.10 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $65)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $48.35 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $64.35Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$64-65.10
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
≥ $65.10
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$65.00 (2.9σ)$81$-3,071+$42,049-$135
+2.5%$66.62 (3.1σ)$-1,382$-2,662+$42,458-$135
+5%$68.25 (3.4σ)$-2,844$-2,252+$42,868-$135
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $66.97, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-45,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$46,146
− CC assignment net of premium (9 × $65): -$1,694
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (11 × $65): -$1,906
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-2,574 (+$42,546 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,439 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-135, the opportunity cost of earning $270/mo FIGHT income now)
🛡 safe yield20 × $6018 Sep9d29.1%95%hist 96%9%hist 3%+1pp$400$1,333-$4,430$13,545
Sell 20 × $60 29.1% OTM over spot $46.48 18 Sep 2026 (9d, $0.22 mid)
= $400 credit for the 9d cycle → $1,333/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $60)
95%
Breach risk
5%
POP (stays ≤ $60.22)
96%
EV / mo
+$798
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+1pp
55% whole by 9mo vs 55% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~0.4/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$672/mo
median; plan ~$457/mo after 68% keep · $3,167 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.7 mo [0.8-3.6], measured ONLY among the 55% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
4%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$5,342
Free roll-up
+$4/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$67 @ 78% POP
71% 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 9); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $4.06/sh now → $2.87 mid-life (likely $1.96–$3.89)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.20/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$2.67/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 106 simulated challenges: the $60 strike is typically first touched on day 7 of 9, at $62 (overshoots $1.77). The [P25–P75] under each Total is that door's credit across those paths; % credit is the share of those challenges where the roll is a net credit.
MoveNew strike ≈New expiryTenorEst netTotal (20 ct)POP / surv
of new CC
If rolled & exited
total P&L · cap gain @ new strike
Roll out (same strike, buy time)~$6025 Sep 202612d left+$1.38/sh+$2,750
cycle +$3,150
[+$2,853…+$4,305] · 100% credit
68%
surv 54%
-$11,526 NOT
cap gain +$33,594
Max even-money escape in the band~$672 Oct 202618d left+$0.29/sh+$571
cycle +$971
[+$235…+$2,159] · 79% credit
78%
surv 71%
+$975 SAFE
cap gain +$46,095
reaches SS ✓
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$6425 Sep 202612d left+$0.05/sh+$101
cycle +$501
[-$258…+$1,383] · 68% credit
74%
surv 65%
-$6,252 NOT
cap gain +$38,868
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$1,333/mo
vs 50% target ($5,754/mo)-77%
vs normal income ($11,507/mo)12% covered
Net income (after hedge)$1,090/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $60 is $7 below CC-SS $66.97: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$13,545
… as % of IC ($13,700)98.9%
… as % of ML ($107,700)12.6%
Recovery months (at normal income)1.2 mo
Surgical close (20 ct)$-45,160
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 ≥ $60.22 (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 $48.35 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $59.40Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$59-60.22
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
≥ $60.22
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$60.00 (2.1σ)$400$-14,276+$30,844-$80
+2.5%$61.50 (2.3σ)$-2,600$-13,898+$31,222-$3,080
+5%$63.00 (2.6σ)$-5,600$-13,520+$31,600-$6,080
SS (= V-bounce)$63.43 (2.6σ)$-6,460$-13,412+$31,708-$6,940
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $66.97, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-45,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$46,146
− CC assignment net of premium (20 × $60): -$13,545
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-12,519 (+$32,601 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,439 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-10,080, the opportunity cost of earning $1,333/mo FIGHT income now)
33% normal19 × $5418 Sep9d16.2%87%hist 86%26%hist 26%+6pp$1,159$3,863-$1,900$23,489
Sell 19 × $54 16.2% OTM over spot $46.48 18 Sep 2026 (9d, $0.64 mid)
= $1,159 credit for the 9d cycle → $3,863/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $54)
87%
Breach risk
13%
POP (stays ≤ $54.64)
89%
EV / mo
+$2,027
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+6pp
58% whole by 9mo vs 53% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.2/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,009/mo
median; plan ~$1,366/mo after 68% keep · $10,647 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~2.0 mo [1.0-4.0], 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)
20%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$3,442
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$63 @ 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 9); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $3.42/sh now → $2.42 mid-life (likely $2.15–$3.63)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.61/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.81/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 606 simulated challenges: the $54 strike is typically first touched on day 6 of 9, at $55 (overshoots $1.50). 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)~$5425 Sep 202612d left+$1.16/sh+$2,207
cycle +$3,366
[+$1,920…+$2,899] · 100% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$24,798 NOT
cap gain +$20,322
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$592 Oct 202618d left+$0.47/sh+$887
cycle +$2,046
[+$260…+$1,511] · 85% credit
76%
surv 68%
-$15,942 NOT
cap gain +$29,178
Max even-money escape in the band~$602 Oct 202618d left+$0.20/sh+$389
cycle +$1,548
[-$306…+$969] · 58% credit
78%
surv 71%
-$14,188 NOT
cap gain +$30,932
SS $63 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$5725 Sep 202612d left+$0.11/sh+$206
cycle +$1,365
[-$357…+$677] · 51% credit
72%
surv 64%
-$21,127 NOT
cap gain +$23,993
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$632 Oct 202618d left-$0.50/sh-$954
cycle +$205
[-$1,929…-$471] · 15% credit
82%
surv 78%
-$8,776 NOT
cap gain +$36,344
budget: banked $1,159 debit $954 (82% used ≈ 1.1 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$205 cash · rolled 19 ct earn ≈ $6,078/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$3,863/mo
vs 50% target ($5,754/mo)-33%
vs normal income ($11,507/mo)34% covered
Net income (after hedge)$3,665/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $54 is $13 below CC-SS $66.97: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$23,489
… as % of IC ($13,700)171.5%
… as % of ML ($107,700)21.8%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.0 mo
Surgical close (19 ct)$-42,921
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.15/sh (~25% of the $0.61 collected) or spot ≥ $54.64 (breakeven), whichever comes first. Time value = call mark price minus intrinsic (max(0, spot − $54)); NOT the premium you collected. Momentum override: two daily closes above $48.35 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $53.46Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$53-54.64
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
≥ $54.64
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$54.00 (1.2σ)$1,159$-27,005+$18,115+$703
+2.5%$55.35 (1.4σ)$-1,406$-26,530+$18,590-$1,862
+5%$56.70 (1.6σ)$-3,971$-26,055+$19,065-$4,427
SS (= V-bounce)$63.43 (2.6σ)$-16,758$-23,686+$21,434-$17,214
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $66.97, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-45,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$46,146
− CC assignment net of premium (19 × $54): -$23,489
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $65): -$173
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-22,636 (+$22,484 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,439 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-20,197, the opportunity cost of earning $3,863/mo FIGHT income now)
🎯 50% normal19 × $5218 Sep9d11.9%81%hist 86%40%hist 31%+4pp$1,729$5,763$26,719
Sell 19 × $52 11.9% OTM over spot $46.48 18 Sep 2026 (9d, $0.95 mid)
= $1,729 credit for the 9d cycle → $5,763/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $52)
81%
Breach risk
19%
POP (stays ≤ $52.95)
84%
EV / mo
+$2,374
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+4pp
57% whole by 9mo vs 53% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~1.9/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$2,577/mo
median; plan ~$1,752/mo after 68% keep · $13,898 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 57% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
31%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$2,603
Free roll-up
+$3/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$61 @ 83% POP
80% survival
Roll menuyour doors if the call gets challenged; each row = buy back the 19 calls + sell the new ones, one order. Prices assume the central case (day 4 of 9); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $3.22/sh now → $2.28 mid-life (likely $2.27–$3.60)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $0.91/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$1.37/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 937 simulated challenges: the $52 strike is typically first touched on day 5 of 9, at $53 (overshoots $1.45). 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)~$5225 Sep 202612d left+$1.09/sh+$2,079
cycle +$3,808
[+$1,695…+$2,563] · 100% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$28,860 NOT
cap gain +$16,260
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$572 Oct 202618d left+$0.36/sh+$676
cycle +$2,405
[-$114…+$1,023] · 68% credit
76%
surv 69%
-$20,088 NOT
cap gain +$25,032
Max even-money escape in the band~$582 Oct 202618d left+$0.10/sh+$186
cycle +$1,915
[-$678…+$471] · 38% credit
78%
surv 72%
-$18,325 NOT
cap gain +$26,795
SS $63 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$5525 Sep 202612d left+$0.05/sh+$96
cycle +$1,825
[-$580…+$326] · 36% credit
73%
surv 64%
-$25,171 NOT
cap gain +$19,949
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$612 Oct 202618d left-$0.59/sh-$1,113
cycle +$616
[-$2,251…-$986] · 8% credit
83%
surv 80%
-$12,868 NOT
cap gain +$32,252
budget: banked $1,729 debit $1,113 (64% used ≈ 0.8 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$616 cash · rolled 19 ct earn ≈ $5,365/mo while parked; 1 ct free to re-sell
If rolled & exited = your total from-entry P&L if you roll to that strike and then close the whole fortress with the stock pinned there (all legs repriced; SAFE = P&L ≥ 0). Cap gain is what that roll earns THIS cycle (premium + appreciation from today to the new strike); the total adds your existing MTM on top. Same from-entry basis as this tool's @cap / total-exit numbers, at the rolled strike.
POP = P(stays ≤ strike + premium collected, the call is profitable); surv = P(stays ≤ strike, the call expires fully worthless). Survival is the stricter bar (no premium cushion), so it sits below POP.
Method: each leg = its live quote (buyback off the ask, sells off the bid) × a Black-Scholes ratio to the challenge, using the leg's own IV shifted +0.5 vol pt per +1% move (spike-vol name: vol expands on a fast move, richer buyback). Estimates, not quotes; the live roll table owns the real decision when a CC is actually threatened.
More detail, income coverage, downside budget, tripwires, held-to-expiry ladder, V-bounce stress
Income coverage
Gross FIGHT income$5,763/mo
vs 50% target ($5,754/mo)+0%
vs normal income ($11,507/mo)50% covered
Net income (after hedge)$5,565/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $52 is $15 below CC-SS $66.97: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$26,719
… as % of IC ($13,700)195.0%
… as % of ML ($107,700)24.8%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.3 mo
Surgical close (19 ct)$-42,940
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.23/sh (~25% of the $0.91 collected) or spot ≥ $52.95 (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 $48.35 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $51.48Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$51-52.95
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
≥ $52.95
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 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$52.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,729$-30,939+$14,181+$1,273
+2.5%$53.30 (1.1σ)$-741$-30,482+$14,638-$1,197
+5%$54.60 (1.3σ)$-3,211$-30,024+$15,096-$3,667
SS (= V-bounce)$63.43 (2.6σ)$-19,988$-26,916+$18,204-$20,444
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $66.97, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-45,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$46,146
− CC assignment net of premium (19 × $52): -$26,719
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (1 × $65): -$173
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-25,866 (+$19,254 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,439 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-23,427, the opportunity cost of earning $5,763/mo FIGHT income now)
100% normal18 × $4818 Sep9d3.3%62%hist 65%80%hist 79%+8pp$3,546$11,820+$6,057$30,605
Sell 18 × $48 3.3% OTM over spot $46.48 18 Sep 2026 (9d, $2.02 mid)
= $3,546 credit for the 9d cycle → $11,820/mo projected
Survival (stays ≤ $48)
62%
Breach risk
38%
POP (stays ≤ $50.02)
72%
EV / mo
+$2,502
📈 CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK (400 simulated futures, this rung on repeat for 9 months, no directional opinion)
FIGHT'S EDGE
+8pp
64% whole by 9mo vs 56% doing nothing
FIRE DRILLS
~5.1/quarter
challenges to roll; realized tends lower (calibration)
BANKED RATE WHILE FIGHTING
$3,720/mo
median; plan ~$2,530/mo after 68% keep · $17,815 banked by campaign end (selling stops once whole)
green: with FIGHT · grey: without
if it recovers, the typical trip is ~1.9 mo [1.0-4.1], measured ONLY among the 64% of futures that got whole
🛡 IF CHALLENGED (spot reaches the strike) · challenge = the strike is touched at any point, so it runs ~2x the breach risk (finishing through it)
Challenge odds (touch by expiry)
66%
Flat exit net (mid-life)
-$69
Free roll-up
+$2/wk
Safest escape (by 2 Oct 2026)
$62 @ 92% POP
91% 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 9); earlier = worse credits, later = better, through the strike = add intrinsic
Buyback gross: $2.84/sh now → $2.01 mid-life (likely $2.65–$3.76)≈ $0 at expiry  |  you banked $1.97/sh, so a flat mid-life exit nets -$0.04/sh  |  roll rows are incremental, the banked premium stays yours
📊 Across 1,967 simulated challenges: the $48 strike is typically first touched on day 3 of 9, at $49 (overshoots $1.40). 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)~$4825 Sep 202612d left+$0.96/sh+$1,737
cycle +$5,283
[+$1,208…+$1,509] · 100% credit
67%
surv 53%
-$36,369 NOT
cap gain +$8,751
Reliable up-and-out (highest cap still free ≥60%)~$512 Oct 202618d left+$0.76/sh+$1,375
cycle +$4,921
[+$521…+$1,007] · 96% credit
74%
surv 64%
-$31,060 NOT
cap gain +$14,060
Up-and-out for even (raise the cap, free)~$5025 Sep 202612d left+$0.35/sh+$626
cycle +$4,172
[-$99…+$300] · 65% credit
71%
surv 61%
-$34,060 NOT
cap gain +$11,060
Max even-money escape in the band~$532 Oct 202618d left+$0.15/sh+$268
cycle +$3,814
[-$869…-$225] · 18% credit
77%
surv 71%
-$27,662 NOT
cap gain +$17,458
SS $63 not reachable for even money within 45d; this is the ceiling of the free ladder
Safety roll (pay small debit, max POP)~$622 Oct 202618d left-$1.35/sh-$2,435
cycle +$1,111
[-$4,493…-$3,232]
92%
surv 91%
-$10,097 NOT
cap gain +$35,023
budget: banked $3,546 debit $2,435 (69% used ≈ 0.9 wk of income) → whole cycle still +$1,111 cash · rolled 18 ct earn ≈ $1,967/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$11,820/mo
vs 50% target ($5,754/mo)+105%
vs normal income ($11,507/mo)103% covered
Net income (after hedge)$11,667/mo
Downside budget
⚠ $48 is $19 below CC-SS $66.97: assignment on a recovery to whole locks the cap give-up below.
Cap give-up @ CC-SS (V-bounce)-$30,605
… as % of IC ($13,700)223.4%
… as % of ML ($107,700)28.4%
Recovery months (at normal income)2.7 mo
Surgical close (18 ct)$-40,689
Tripwiresprice and time left decide together; the matrix is the playbook
The one rule: roll when the short call's remaining TIME VALUE < $0.49/sh (~25% of the $1.97 collected) or spot ≥ $50.02 (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 $48.35 (daily upper band) or daily RSI > 70 → treat "pressing" as "through".
Spot \ Time≥ 5d left3-4d left≤ 2d (expiry)
Below $47.52Do nothing. Theta wins.Do nothing.Penny buyback at the close; re-sell next cycle.
Pressing the strike
$48-50.02
Hold, alert at breakeven. Rolling into a spike pays top dollar; let theta bleed the buyback first.★ Roll on strength NOW: cheap buyback, fat credits.Close or roll same day; pin risk at the strike.
Through breakeven
≥ $50.02
Act now: intrinsic compounds daily. Up-and-out or safety roll.Roll or close immediately; time value is gone.Close today, or be assigned.
If held to expiryexact, settlement = intrinsic  ·  fortress delta 1.13 (IBKR)
ScenarioSpotCC leg netPosition totalvs todayvs do-nothing
at strike$48.00 (≤1σ, normal week)$3,546$-38,106+$7,014+$3,114
+2.5%$49.20 (≤1σ, normal week)$1,386$-37,564+$7,556+$954
+5%$50.40 (≤1σ, normal week)$-774$-37,021+$8,099-$1,206
SS (= V-bounce)$63.43 (2.6σ)$-24,228$-31,132+$13,988-$24,660
V-BOUNCE STRESS (stock → CC-SS $66.97, where you are whole again, by expiry)
Starting unrealized P&L: $-45,120
+ Fortress recovery (un-capped): +$46,146
− CC assignment net of premium (18 × $48): -$30,605
− Conservative CC assignment net of premium (2 × $65): -$347
Total Position P&L @ SS: $-29,925 (+$15,195 vs today)
Do-nothing baseline at SS: $-2,439 (this trade vs do-nothing: $-27,486, the opportunity cost of earning $11,820/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 (31 clear the floor), click to expand

Every eligible strike x expiry in the 2-45 DTE band (4 expiries scanned, 31 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: 1.126 (IBKR)  |  Recovery@SS: +$46,146 (un-capped fortress gain if stock rallies to SS)  |  Do-nothing @ SS: $-2,439

StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$512d11 Sep 2026$0.2615/20$5,850$5,83289%90%+$3,032-$23,569172.0%$-23,409 (vs do-nothing $-20,970)
$502d11 Sep 2026$0.4110/20$6,150$6,35784%86%+$2,952-$16,563120.9%$-17,269 (vs do-nothing $-14,830)
$529d18 Sep 2026$0.9119/20$5,763$5,56581%84%+$2,374-$26,719195.0%$-25,866 (vs do-nothing $-23,427)
$49.502d11 Sep 2026$0.498/20$5,880$6,17780%84%+$2,550-$13,58699.2%$-14,639 (vs do-nothing $-12,200)
$519d18 Sep 2026$1.0916/20$5,813$5,75077%81%+$2,011-$23,812173.8%$-23,479 (vs do-nothing $-21,040)
$492d11 Sep 2026$0.607/20$6,300$6,64277%82%+$2,525-$12,16188.8%$-13,387 (vs do-nothing $-10,948)
$48.502d11 Sep 2026$0.726/20$6,480$6,86773%79%+$2,311-$10,65277.7%$-12,051 (vs do-nothing $-9,612)
$509d18 Sep 2026$1.3513/20$5,850$5,92272%79%+$1,789-$20,309148.2%$-20,496 (vs do-nothing $-18,057)
$5116d25 Sep 2026$1.7618/20$5,940$5,78772%78%+$1,481-$25,583186.7%$-24,903 (vs do-nothing $-22,464)
$5123d2 Oct 2026$2.3819/20$5,898$5,70070%77%+$1,319-$25,826188.5%$-24,973 (vs do-nothing $-22,534)
$5016d25 Sep 2026$2.0515/20$5,766$5,74769%76%+$1,282-$22,384163.4%$-22,224 (vs do-nothing $-19,785)
$482d11 Sep 2026$0.885/20$6,600$7,03268%76%+$2,171-$9,04666.0%$-10,619 (vs do-nothing $-8,180)
$499d18 Sep 2026$1.6511/20$6,050$6,21267%75%+$1,596-$17,955131.1%$-18,488 (vs do-nothing $-16,049)
Show 18 more candidates (lower strikes: more income, lower survival)
StrikeDTEExpiryBidSellIncome/moNet/moSurvivalPOP (mid)EV/moCap Give-up @ CC-SS%ICTotal P&L @ SS
$5023d2 Oct 2026$2.6817/20$5,943$5,83467%75%+$1,187-$24,297177.4%$-23,791 (vs do-nothing $-21,352)
$4916d25 Sep 2026$2.3014/20$6,038$6,06465%74%+$1,022-$21,942160.2%$-21,955 (vs do-nothing $-19,516)
$4923d2 Oct 2026$3.0015/20$5,870$5,85164%74%+$1,160-$22,459163.9%$-22,299 (vs do-nothing $-19,860)
$47.502d11 Sep 2026$1.044/20$6,240$6,71763%73%+$1,748-$7,37353.8%$-9,119 (vs do-nothing $-6,680)
$489d18 Sep 2026$1.979/20$5,910$6,16262%72%+$1,251-$15,302111.7%$-16,182 (vs do-nothing $-13,743)
$4816d25 Sep 2026$2.7212/20$6,120$6,23760%72%+$1,002-$19,503142.4%$-19,863 (vs do-nothing $-17,424)
$4823d2 Oct 2026$3.4013/20$5,765$5,83760%72%+$1,071-$20,244147.8%$-20,431 (vs do-nothing $-17,992)
$47.509d18 Sep 2026$2.198/20$5,840$6,13759%71%+$1,182-$13,826100.9%$-14,879 (vs do-nothing $-12,440)
$472d11 Sep 2026$1.214/20$7,260$7,73757%70%+$1,625-$7,50554.8%$-9,251 (vs do-nothing $-6,812)
$4723d2 Oct 2026$3.8012/20$5,948$6,06556%70%+$977-$19,407141.7%$-19,767 (vs do-nothing $-17,328)
$4716d25 Sep 2026$3.1010/20$5,812$6,01956%69%+$770-$16,873123.2%$-17,579 (vs do-nothing $-15,140)
$479d18 Sep 2026$2.388/20$6,347$6,64356%70%+$1,152-$14,074102.7%$-15,127 (vs do-nothing $-12,688)
$46.509d18 Sep 2026$2.617/20$6,090$6,43253%68%+$1,021-$12,50491.3%$-13,730 (vs do-nothing $-11,291)
$4623d2 Oct 2026$4.2511/20$6,098$6,26052%68%+$888-$18,395134.3%$-18,928 (vs do-nothing $-16,489)
$46.502d11 Sep 2026$1.453/20$6,525$7,04752%68%+$1,294-$5,70741.7%$-7,626 (vs do-nothing $-5,187)
$4616d25 Sep 2026$3.559/20$5,991$6,24251%67%+$663-$15,680114.5%$-16,560 (vs do-nothing $-14,121)
$469d18 Sep 2026$2.847/20$6,627$6,96850%67%+$978-$12,69392.6%$-13,919 (vs do-nothing $-11,480)
$462d11 Sep 2026$1.703/20$7,650$8,17246%65%+$1,256-$5,78242.2%$-7,701 (vs do-nothing $-5,262)

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  |  2026-09-09 21:47