Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If ARM hits $320 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$2,305 (9.0%) on $-2,305 credit (max loss $25,695), vs +$1,744 (5.8%) for 100 shares on $30,256. Options give 1.6× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (72 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if ARM is at $320. 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
| ARM Price | Today | Oct 31 | Nov 24 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $242 (-20%) | -$2,855 | -$2,426 | -$1,914 | -$1,490 |
| $257 (-15%) | -$1,974 | -$1,476 | -$834 | +$23 |
| $272 (-10%) | -$1,212 | -$668 | +$56 | +$1,535 |
| $287 (-5%) | -$561 | +$2 | +$752 | +$2,305 |
| $297 (-2%) | -$221 | +$343 | +$1,083 | +$2,305 |
| $303 (0%) ← spot | -$13 | +$546 | +$1,271 | +$2,305 |
| $309 (+2%) | +$179 | +$732 | +$1,435 | +$2,305 |
| $320 (+6%) ← target | +$504 | +$1,036 | +$1,684 | +$2,305 |
| $333 (+10%) | +$817 | +$1,317 | +$1,890 | +$2,305 |
| $348 (+15%) | +$1,123 | +$1,576 | +$2,053 | +$2,305 |
| $363 (+20%) | +$1,370 | +$1,772 | +$2,156 | +$2,305 |