Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If IDXX hits $580 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$1,100 (2.2%) on $-1,100 credit (max loss $49,900), vs +$2,879 (5.2%) for 100 shares on $55,121. Options give 0.4× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (48 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if IDXX is at $580. 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
| IDXX Price | Today | Nov 16 | Dec 2 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $441 (-20%) | -$5,976 | -$5,833 | -$5,746 | -$5,803 |
| $469 (-15%) | -$3,848 | -$3,545 | -$3,214 | -$3,047 |
| $496 (-10%) | -$2,136 | -$1,718 | -$1,168 | -$291 |
| $524 (-5%) | -$876 | -$435 | +$146 | +$1,100 |
| $540 (-2%) | -$322 | +$89 | +$596 | +$1,100 |
| $551 (0%) ← spot | -$27 | +$351 | +$786 | +$1,100 |
| $562 (+2%) | +$216 | +$555 | +$912 | +$1,100 |
| $580 (+5%) ← target | +$515 | +$785 | +$1,024 | +$1,100 |
| $606 (+10%) | +$797 | +$970 | +$1,084 | +$1,100 |
| $634 (+15%) | +$956 | +$1,053 | +$1,097 | +$1,100 |
| $661 (+20%) | +$1,035 | +$1,085 | +$1,100 | +$1,100 |