Buy a longer-dated put, sell a shorter-dated OTM put. Profits from time decay + a moderate drop.
๐ฏ Target
56d from today
โ๏ธ Legs
LONG PUT ยท $1750 ยท Nov '26
Qty 1 ยท Premium $159.95 ยท ฮ -0.43
SHORT PUT ยท $1660 ยท Oct '26
Qty 1 ยท Premium $81.9 ยท ฮ -0.35
P&L at Expiry
Stock (100 sh)Diagonal Put SpreadNowTarget
๐ก Stock vs Options at Target
If ASML hits $1660 by Oct 16:
the diagonal put spread returns
+$7,139
(91.5%)
on $7,805 risked, vs
$-9,031
(-5.2%)
for 100 shares on $175,031.
Options give 17.6ร capital efficiency.
๐ Expiry
Options expire Oct 16, 2026
(56 days out).
P&L shown is the value at expiry if ASML is at $1660.
Use the 30d / 60d / 90d / 180d pills to compare different expiries.
Forward Projection
Reprices legs at (target_price, target_date) via Black-Scholes. Works on existing BS service. Simplest mode โ ship first.
Historical Backtest
Uses our historical options chains to replay this exact strategy over past expirations. Needs: date picker, "rolling every N days", cumulative P&L chart.
Signal Backtest
"Run this strategy on every BUY-rated stock with score โฅ 80 for last 90d." Reuses score_backtest pipeline + strategy overlay.
Solve for Return
Inverse: user says "+50% in 90d", system solves for required price move, shows IV-implied probability. Pure math.
๐ P&L Scenarios โ what happens at different prices and dates
ASML Price
Today
Sep 8
Sep 27
Oct 16 (exp)
$1400
(-20%)
+$1,248
+$1,543
+$1,760
+$1,238
$1488
(-15%)
+$1,180
+$1,661
+$2,320
+$2,326
$1575
(-10%)
+$886
+$1,477
+$2,498
+$4,258
$1660
(-5%)โ target
+$381
+$966
+$2,059
+$7,140
$1715
(-2%)
-$50
+$468
+$1,432
+$4,079
$1750
(0%)โ spot
-$358
+$98
+$920
+$2,384
$1785
(+2%)
-$687
-$307
+$340
+$870
$1838
(+5%)
-$1,210
-$959
-$610
-$1,074
$1925
(+10%)
-$2,124
-$2,102
-$2,244
-$3,536
$2013
(+15%)
-$3,033
-$3,220
-$3,732
-$5,201
$2100
(+20%)
-$3,888
-$4,232
-$4,948
-$6,273
Uses ASML's current IV for repricing. P&L includes all legs (stock + options). Qty: 1x.