Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If MNST hits $50 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$70 (1.6%) on $-70 credit (max loss $4,330), vs +$266 (5.6%) for 100 shares on $4,734. Options give 0.3× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (48 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if MNST is at $50. 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
| MNST Price | Today | Nov 16 | Dec 2 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $38 (-20%) | -$537 | -$534 | -$535 | -$543 |
| $40 (-15%) | -$340 | -$324 | -$308 | -$306 |
| $43 (-10%) | -$182 | -$154 | -$117 | -$69 |
| $45 (-5%) | -$70 | -$39 | +$2 | +$70 |
| $46 (-2%) | -$24 | +$5 | +$39 | +$70 |
| $47 (0%) ← spot | -$0 | +$25 | +$53 | +$70 |
| $48 (+2%) | +$18 | +$40 | +$61 | +$70 |
| $50 (+6%) ← target | +$42 | +$56 | +$68 | +$70 |
| $52 (+10%) | +$57 | +$65 | +$70 | +$70 |
| $54 (+15%) | +$65 | +$69 | +$70 | +$70 |
| $57 (+20%) | +$68 | +$70 | +$70 | +$70 |