Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If MRVL hits $300 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$1,984 (8.1%) on $-1,984 credit (max loss $24,516), vs +$1,299 (4.5%) for 100 shares on $28,701. Options give 1.8× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (72 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if MRVL is at $300. 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
| MRVL Price | Today | Oct 31 | Nov 24 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $230 (-20%) | -$2,709 | -$2,336 | -$1,896 | -$1,555 |
| $244 (-15%) | -$1,859 | -$1,420 | -$856 | -$120 |
| $258 (-10%) | -$1,130 | -$648 | -$6 | +$1,315 |
| $273 (-5%) | -$513 | -$14 | +$650 | +$1,984 |
| $281 (-2%) | -$194 | +$304 | +$955 | +$1,984 |
| $287 (0%) ← spot | -$0 | +$492 | +$1,126 | +$1,984 |
| $293 (+2%) | +$178 | +$663 | +$1,273 | +$1,984 |
| $300 (+5%) ← target | +$384 | +$854 | +$1,428 | +$1,984 |
| $316 (+10%) | +$761 | +$1,189 | +$1,668 | +$1,984 |
| $330 (+15%) | +$1,033 | +$1,415 | +$1,802 | +$1,984 |
| $344 (+20%) | +$1,249 | +$1,581 | +$1,883 | +$1,984 |