Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If LRCX hits $350 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$2,045 (7.2%) on $-2,045 credit (max loss $28,455), vs +$1,611 (4.8%) for 100 shares on $33,389. Options give 1.5× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (72 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if LRCX is at $350. 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
| LRCX Price | Today | Oct 31 | Nov 24 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $267 (-20%) | -$3,069 | -$2,650 | -$2,150 | -$1,744 |
| $284 (-15%) | -$2,094 | -$1,600 | -$962 | -$74 |
| $301 (-10%) | -$1,263 | -$726 | -$7 | +$1,595 |
| $317 (-5%) | -$569 | -$18 | +$711 | +$2,045 |
| $327 (-2%) | -$214 | +$332 | +$1,038 | +$2,045 |
| $334 (0%) ← spot | +$0 | +$537 | +$1,218 | +$2,045 |
| $341 (+2%) | +$197 | +$721 | +$1,370 | +$2,045 |
| $350 (+5%) ← target | +$446 | +$949 | +$1,545 | +$2,045 |
| $367 (+10%) | +$828 | +$1,279 | +$1,766 | +$2,045 |
| $384 (+15%) | +$1,117 | +$1,511 | +$1,892 | +$2,045 |
| $401 (+20%) | +$1,342 | +$1,678 | +$1,964 | +$2,045 |