Target Price Playground
📋 Strategy
🎯 Target
⚙️ Legs
💡 Stock vs Options at Target
If WDC hits $385 by Dec 18: the cash-secured put returns +$1,788 (5.6%) on $-1,788 credit (max loss $31,712), vs +$1,889 (5.2%) for 100 shares on $36,611. Options give 1.1× capital efficiency.
📅 Expiry
Options expire Dec 18, 2026 (48 days out). P&L shown is the value at expiry if WDC is at $385. 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
| WDC Price | Today | Nov 16 | Dec 2 | Dec 18 (exp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $293 (-20%) | -$3,496 | -$3,121 | -$2,696 | -$2,423 |
| $311 (-15%) | -$2,356 | -$1,894 | -$1,309 | -$593 |
| $330 (-10%) | -$1,399 | -$887 | -$207 | +$1,238 |
| $348 (-5%) | -$619 | -$96 | +$591 | +$1,788 |
| $359 (-2%) | -$230 | +$283 | +$936 | +$1,788 |
| $366 (0%) ← spot | +$0 | +$499 | +$1,119 | +$1,788 |
| $373 (+2%) | +$208 | +$690 | +$1,267 | +$1,788 |
| $385 (+5%) ← target | +$494 | +$942 | +$1,446 | +$1,788 |
| $403 (+10%) | +$845 | +$1,231 | +$1,616 | +$1,788 |
| $421 (+15%) | +$1,117 | +$1,435 | +$1,708 | +$1,788 |
| $439 (+20%) | +$1,315 | +$1,569 | +$1,753 | +$1,788 |