Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If NVDA hits $250 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$634 (3.0%) on $-634 credit (max loss $21,366), vs +$1,076 (4.5%) for 100 shares on $23,924. Options give 0.7× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (72 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if NVDA is at $250. 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
| NVDA Price | Today | Oct 31 | Nov 24 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $191 (-20%) | -$2,534 | -$2,393 | -$2,256 | -$2,227 |
| $203 (-15%) | -$1,722 | -$1,516 | -$1,263 | -$1,031 |
| $215 (-10%) | -$1,058 | -$812 | -$481 | +$166 |
| $227 (-5%) | -$541 | -$286 | +$53 | +$634 |
| $234 (-2%) | -$296 | -$49 | +$264 | +$634 |
| $239 (0%) ← spot | -$156 | +$79 | +$366 | +$634 |
| $244 (+2%) | -$35 | +$187 | +$444 | +$634 |
| $250 (+4%) ← target | +$95 | +$297 | +$514 | +$634 |
| $263 (+10%) | +$307 | +$460 | +$594 | +$634 |
| $275 (+15%) | +$431 | +$543 | +$621 | +$634 |
| $287 (+20%) | +$511 | +$588 | +$630 | +$634 |