Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If CSCO hits $125 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$390 (3.7%) on $-390 credit (max loss $10,610), vs +$706 (6.0%) for 100 shares on $11,794. Options give 0.6× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (72 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if CSCO is at $125. 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
| CSCO Price | Today | Oct 31 | Nov 24 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $94 (-20%) | -$1,265 | -$1,212 | -$1,169 | -$1,175 |
| $100 (-15%) | -$839 | -$752 | -$652 | -$585 |
| $106 (-10%) | -$488 | -$377 | -$230 | +$5 |
| $112 (-5%) | -$214 | -$95 | +$66 | +$390 |
| $116 (-2%) | -$84 | +$33 | +$185 | +$390 |
| $118 (0%) ← spot | -$10 | +$102 | +$243 | +$390 |
| $120 (+2%) | +$54 | +$160 | +$287 | +$390 |
| $125 (+6%) ← target | +$156 | +$247 | +$342 | +$390 |
| $130 (+10%) | +$231 | +$305 | +$370 | +$390 |
| $136 (+15%) | +$295 | +$347 | +$384 | +$390 |
| $142 (+20%) | +$334 | +$369 | +$388 | +$390 |