Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If MDLZ hits $68 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$55 (0.9%) on $-55 credit (max loss $5,945), vs +$306 (4.7%) for 100 shares on $6,494. Options give 0.2× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (48 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if MDLZ is at $68. 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
| MDLZ Price | Today | Nov 16 | Dec 2 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $52 (-20%) | -$726 | -$730 | -$738 | -$750 |
| $55 (-15%) | -$440 | -$428 | -$420 | -$425 |
| $58 (-10%) | -$215 | -$186 | -$149 | -$100 |
| $62 (-5%) | -$69 | -$37 | +$3 | +$55 |
| $64 (-2%) | -$16 | +$10 | +$38 | +$55 |
| $65 (0%) ← spot | +$8 | +$29 | +$48 | +$55 |
| $66 (+2%) | +$25 | +$40 | +$52 | +$55 |
| $68 (+5%) ← target | +$39 | +$49 | +$54 | +$55 |
| $71 (+10%) | +$51 | +$54 | +$55 | +$55 |
| $75 (+15%) | +$54 | +$55 | +$55 | +$55 |
| $78 (+20%) | +$55 | +$55 | +$55 | +$55 |