Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If CTAS hits $230 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$220 (1.1%) on $-220 credit (max loss $19,780), vs +$1,018 (4.6%) for 100 shares on $21,982. Options give 0.2× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (48 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if CTAS is at $230. 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
| CTAS Price | Today | Nov 16 | Dec 2 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $176 (-20%) | -$2,162 | -$2,150 | -$2,159 | -$2,194 |
| $187 (-15%) | -$1,266 | -$1,193 | -$1,117 | -$1,095 |
| $198 (-10%) | -$589 | -$472 | -$313 | +$4 |
| $209 (-5%) | -$160 | -$49 | +$87 | +$220 |
| $215 (-2%) | -$4 | +$84 | +$176 | +$220 |
| $220 (0%) ← spot | +$67 | +$138 | +$201 | +$220 |
| $224 (+2%) | +$118 | +$172 | +$212 | +$220 |
| $230 (+5%) ← target | +$162 | +$198 | +$218 | +$220 |
| $242 (+10%) | +$204 | +$216 | +$220 | +$220 |
| $253 (+15%) | +$216 | +$219 | +$220 | +$220 |
| $264 (+20%) | +$219 | +$220 | +$220 | +$220 |