Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If KLAC hits $205 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$1,130 (6.7%) on $-1,130 credit (max loss $16,870), vs +$754 (3.8%) for 100 shares on $19,746. Options give 1.8× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (72 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if KLAC is at $205. 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
| KLAC Price | Today | Oct 31 | Nov 24 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $158 (-20%) | -$1,637 | -$1,442 | -$1,219 | -$1,073 |
| $168 (-15%) | -$1,034 | -$793 | -$483 | -$86 |
| $178 (-10%) | -$531 | -$263 | +$97 | +$901 |
| $188 (-5%) | -$121 | +$152 | +$514 | +$1,130 |
| $194 (-2%) | +$82 | +$350 | +$693 | +$1,130 |
| $197 (0%) ← spot | +$202 | +$463 | +$787 | +$1,130 |
| $201 (+2%) | +$311 | +$562 | +$864 | +$1,130 |
| $205 (+4%) ← target | +$400 | +$641 | +$921 | +$1,130 |
| $207 (+5%) | +$453 | +$687 | +$951 | +$1,130 |
| $217 (+10%) | +$643 | +$843 | +$1,043 | +$1,130 |
| $227 (+15%) | +$783 | +$948 | +$1,090 | +$1,130 |
| $237 (+20%) | +$886 | +$1,017 | +$1,112 | +$1,130 |