Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If GILD hits $180 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$200 (1.3%) on $-200 credit (max loss $15,300), vs +$932 (5.5%) for 100 shares on $17,068. Options give 0.2× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (48 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if GILD is at $180. 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
| GILD Price | Today | Nov 16 | Dec 2 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $137 (-20%) | -$1,672 | -$1,641 | -$1,625 | -$1,646 |
| $145 (-15%) | -$1,014 | -$934 | -$844 | -$792 |
| $154 (-10%) | -$513 | -$403 | -$255 | +$61 |
| $162 (-5%) | -$177 | -$72 | +$60 | +$200 |
| $167 (-2%) | -$44 | +$45 | +$142 | +$200 |
| $171 (0%) ← spot | +$21 | +$97 | +$170 | +$200 |
| $174 (+2%) | +$71 | +$133 | +$186 | +$200 |
| $180 (+5%) ← target | +$129 | +$170 | +$196 | +$200 |
| $188 (+10%) | +$170 | +$191 | +$200 | +$200 |
| $196 (+15%) | +$189 | +$198 | +$200 | +$200 |
| $205 (+20%) | +$196 | +$200 | +$200 | +$200 |