Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If NXPI hits $275 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$1,120 (4.9%) on $-1,120 credit (max loss $22,880), vs +$1,539 (5.9%) for 100 shares on $25,961. Options give 0.8× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (48 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if NXPI is at $275. 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
| NXPI Price | Today | Nov 16 | Dec 2 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $208 (-20%) | -$2,391 | -$2,254 | -$2,130 | -$2,111 |
| $221 (-15%) | -$1,467 | -$1,257 | -$1,009 | -$813 |
| $234 (-10%) | -$709 | -$452 | -$113 | +$485 |
| $247 (-5%) | -$123 | +$145 | +$498 | +$1,120 |
| $254 (-2%) | +$152 | +$410 | +$736 | +$1,120 |
| $260 (0%) ← spot | +$307 | +$553 | +$849 | +$1,120 |
| $265 (+2%) | +$441 | +$671 | +$933 | +$1,120 |
| $275 (+6%) ← target | +$652 | +$844 | +$1,036 | +$1,120 |
| $286 (+10%) | +$808 | +$960 | +$1,086 | +$1,120 |
| $299 (+15%) | +$936 | +$1,041 | +$1,110 | +$1,120 |
| $312 (+20%) | +$1,014 | +$1,083 | +$1,117 | +$1,120 |