Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If MSFT hits $560 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$955 (2.0%) on $-955 credit (max loss $47,545), vs +$3,070 (5.8%) for 100 shares on $52,930. Options give 0.3× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (72 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if MSFT is at $560. 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
| MSFT Price | Today | Oct 31 | Nov 24 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $423 (-20%) | -$5,351 | -$5,214 | -$5,124 | -$5,201 |
| $450 (-15%) | -$3,400 | -$3,107 | -$2,766 | -$2,555 |
| $476 (-10%) | -$1,861 | -$1,467 | -$935 | +$92 |
| $503 (-5%) | -$748 | -$344 | +$187 | +$955 |
| $519 (-2%) | -$266 | +$106 | +$556 | +$955 |
| $529 (0%) ← spot | -$10 | +$329 | +$709 | +$955 |
| $540 (+2%) | +$200 | +$501 | +$809 | +$955 |
| $560 (+6%) ← target | +$493 | +$719 | +$906 | +$955 |
| $582 (+10%) | +$697 | +$847 | +$942 | +$955 |
| $609 (+15%) | +$832 | +$916 | +$953 | +$955 |
| $635 (+20%) | +$899 | +$942 | +$955 | +$955 |