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 $335 ยท Jul '26
Qty 1 ยท Premium $3.21 ยท ฮ -0.33
SHORT PUT ยท $320 ยท Jun '26
Qty 1 ยท Premium $10.85 ยท ฮ -0.31
P&L at Expiry
Stock (100 sh)Diagonal Put SpreadNowTarget
๐ก Stock vs Options at Target
If HD hits $320 by Jun 19:
the diagonal put spread returns
+$2,160
(282.7%)
on $-764 credit (max loss $764), vs
$-1,734
(-5.1%)
for 100 shares on $33,734.
Options give 55.4ร capital efficiency.
๐ Expiry
Options expire Jun 19, 2026
(67 days out).
P&L shown is the value at expiry if HD is at $320.
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
HD Price
Today
May 5
May 27
Jun 19 (exp)
$270
(-20%)
+$2,137
+$2,141
+$2,145
+$2,149
$287
(-15%)
+$2,136
+$2,141
+$2,145
+$2,149
$304
(-10%)
+$2,087
+$2,122
+$2,143
+$2,149
$320
(-5%)โ target
+$1,704
+$1,775
+$1,878
+$2,160
$331
(-2%)
+$1,286
+$1,295
+$1,298
+$1,267
$337
(0%)โ spot
+$1,062
+$1,041
+$1,004
+$936
$344
(+2%)
+$910
+$884
+$848
+$802
$354
(+5%)
+$803
+$788
+$775
+$766
$371
(+10%)
+$766
+$765
+$764
+$764
$388
(+15%)
+$764
+$764
+$764
+$764
$405
(+20%)
+$764
+$764
+$764
+$764
Uses HD's current IV for repricing. P&L includes all legs (stock + options). Qty: 1x.