Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If AMAT hits $560 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$2,975 (6.5%) on $-2,975 credit (max loss $46,025), vs +$2,973 (5.6%) for 100 shares on $53,027. Options give 1.2× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (72 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if AMAT is at $560. Use the 30d / 60d / 90d / 180d pills to compare different expiries.
📊 Projected Return
📋 Notes for each mode (not shown on real page)
Reprices legs at (target_price, target_date) via Black-Scholes. Works on existing BS service. Simplest mode — ship first.
Uses our historical options chains to replay this exact strategy over past expirations. Needs: date picker, "rolling every N days", cumulative P&L chart.
"Run this strategy on every BUY-rated stock with score ≥ 80 for last 90d." Reuses score_backtest pipeline + strategy overlay.
Inverse: user says "+50% in 90d", system solves for required price move, shows IV-implied probability. Pure math.
📊 P&L Scenarios — what happens at different prices and dates
| AMAT Price | Today | Oct 31 | Nov 24 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $424 (-20%) | -$5,400 | -$4,789 | -$4,085 | -$3,603 |
| $451 (-15%) | -$3,787 | -$3,049 | -$2,107 | -$952 |
| $477 (-10%) | -$2,411 | -$1,592 | -$500 | +$1,699 |
| $504 (-5%) | -$1,261 | -$411 | +$721 | +$2,975 |
| $520 (-2%) | -$672 | +$173 | +$1,278 | +$2,975 |
| $530 (0%) ← spot | -$318 | +$516 | +$1,585 | +$2,975 |
| $541 (+2%) | +$6 | +$823 | +$1,845 | +$2,975 |
| $560 (+6%) ← target | +$523 | +$1,296 | +$2,212 | +$2,975 |
| $583 (+10%) | +$1,045 | +$1,749 | +$2,517 | +$2,975 |
| $610 (+15%) | +$1,517 | +$2,130 | +$2,728 | +$2,975 |
| $636 (+20%) | +$1,881 | +$2,401 | +$2,847 | +$2,975 |