Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If AMZN hits $270 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$650 (2.8%) on $-650 credit (max loss $22,850), vs +$1,371 (5.3%) for 100 shares on $25,629. Options give 0.5× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (72 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if AMZN is at $270. 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
| AMZN Price | Today | Oct 31 | Nov 24 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $205 (-20%) | -$2,523 | -$2,421 | -$2,334 | -$2,347 |
| $218 (-15%) | -$1,615 | -$1,439 | -$1,229 | -$1,065 |
| $231 (-10%) | -$888 | -$667 | -$369 | +$216 |
| $243 (-5%) | -$343 | -$116 | +$184 | +$650 |
| $251 (-2%) | -$97 | +$117 | +$383 | +$650 |
| $256 (0%) ← spot | +$38 | +$238 | +$472 | +$650 |
| $261 (+2%) | +$153 | +$336 | +$535 | +$650 |
| $270 (+5%) ← target | +$304 | +$455 | +$598 | +$650 |
| $282 (+10%) | +$447 | +$555 | +$634 | +$650 |
| $295 (+15%) | +$540 | +$609 | +$646 | +$650 |
| $308 (+20%) | +$592 | +$633 | +$649 | +$650 |