Buy a longer-dated put, sell a shorter-dated OTM put. Profits from time decay + a moderate drop.
๐ฏ Target
67d from today
โ๏ธ Legs
LONG PUT ยท $495 ยท Jul '26
Qty 1 ยท Premium $76.96 ยท ฮ -0.41
SHORT PUT ยท $470 ยท Jun '26
Qty 1 ยท Premium $61.2 ยท ฮ -0.35
P&L at Expiry
Stock (100 sh)Diagonal Put SpreadNowTarget
๐ก Stock vs Options at Target
If CIEN hits $470 by Jun 19:
the diagonal put spread returns
+$3,972
(252.1%)
on $1,576 risked, vs
$-2,602
(-5.2%)
for 100 shares on $49,602.
Options give 48.5ร capital efficiency.
๐ Expiry
Options expire Jun 19, 2026
(67 days out).
P&L shown is the value at expiry if CIEN is at $470.
Use the 30d / 60d / 90d / 180d pills to compare different expiries.
Forward Projection
Reprices legs at (target_price, target_date) via Black-Scholes. Works on existing BS service. Simplest mode โ ship first.
Historical Backtest
Uses our historical options chains to replay this exact strategy over past expirations. Needs: date picker, "rolling every N days", cumulative P&L chart.
Signal Backtest
"Run this strategy on every BUY-rated stock with score โฅ 80 for last 90d." Reuses score_backtest pipeline + strategy overlay.
Solve for Return
Inverse: user says "+50% in 90d", system solves for required price move, shows IV-implied probability. Pure math.
๐ P&L Scenarios โ what happens at different prices and dates
CIEN Price
Today
May 5
May 27
Jun 19 (exp)
$397
(-20%)
+$1,157
+$1,334
+$1,592
+$1,615
$422
(-15%)
+$1,134
+$1,339
+$1,685
+$2,197
$446
(-10%)
+$1,083
+$1,301
+$1,698
+$2,997
$470
(-5%)โ target
+$1,011
+$1,225
+$1,629
+$3,972
$486
(-2%)
+$951
+$1,154
+$1,538
+$3,148
$496
(0%)โ spot
+$909
+$1,103
+$1,466
+$2,688
$506
(+2%)
+$865
+$1,048
+$1,384
+$2,264
$521
(+5%)
+$794
+$956
+$1,244
+$1,689
$546
(+10%)
+$665
+$787
+$978
+$888
$570
(+15%)
+$527
+$604
+$688
+$258
$595
(+20%)
+$384
+$414
+$395
-$228
Uses CIEN's current IV for repricing. P&L includes all legs (stock + options). Qty: 1x.