Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If VRTX hits $590 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$1,350 (2.7%) on $-1,350 credit (max loss $49,650), vs +$3,112 (5.6%) for 100 shares on $55,888. Options give 0.5× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (48 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if VRTX is at $590. 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
| VRTX Price | Today | Nov 16 | Dec 2 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $447 (-20%) | -$5,196 | -$5,027 | -$4,903 | -$4,940 |
| $475 (-15%) | -$3,117 | -$2,789 | -$2,408 | -$2,145 |
| $503 (-10%) | -$1,487 | -$1,061 | -$493 | +$649 |
| $531 (-5%) | -$324 | +$99 | +$643 | +$1,350 |
| $548 (-2%) | +$171 | +$553 | +$999 | +$1,350 |
| $559 (0%) ← spot | +$431 | +$773 | +$1,141 | +$1,350 |
| $570 (+2%) | +$641 | +$940 | +$1,231 | +$1,350 |
| $590 (+6%) ← target | +$915 | +$1,137 | +$1,311 | +$1,350 |
| $615 (+10%) | +$1,123 | +$1,262 | +$1,342 | +$1,350 |
| $643 (+15%) | +$1,247 | +$1,321 | +$1,349 | +$1,350 |
| $671 (+20%) | +$1,306 | +$1,341 | +$1,350 | +$1,350 |