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 $1770 ยท Jul '26
Qty 1 ยท Premium $145.08 ยท ฮ -0.43
SHORT PUT ยท $1690 ยท Jun '26
Qty 1 ยท Premium $86.12 ยท ฮ -0.35
P&L at Expiry
Stock (100 sh)Diagonal Put SpreadNowTarget
๐ก Stock vs Options at Target
If MELI hits $1690 by Jun 19:
the diagonal put spread returns
+$6,683
(113.4%)
on $5,896 risked, vs
$-8,396
(-4.7%)
for 100 shares on $177,396.
Options give 24.1ร capital efficiency.
๐ Expiry
Options expire Jun 19, 2026
(67 days out).
P&L shown is the value at expiry if MELI is at $1690.
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
MELI Price
Today
May 5
May 27
Jun 19 (exp)
$1419
(-20%)
+$1,761
+$2,020
+$2,196
+$1,776
$1508
(-15%)
+$1,594
+$2,005
+$2,531
+$2,415
$1597
(-10%)
+$1,238
+$1,732
+$2,551
+$3,859
$1690
(-5%)โ target
+$660
+$1,125
+$1,979
+$6,683
$1738
(-2%)
+$292
+$694
+$1,432
+$3,924
$1774
(0%)โ spot
-$0
+$340
+$946
+$2,185
$1809
(+2%)
-$308
-$40
+$407
+$677
$1863
(+5%)
-$787
-$640
-$459
-$1,178
$1951
(+10%)
-$1,600
-$1,658
-$1,897
-$3,331
$2040
(+15%)
-$2,383
-$2,616
-$3,145
-$4,594
$2129
(+20%)
-$3,096
-$3,450
-$4,107
-$5,276
Uses MELI's current IV for repricing. P&L includes all legs (stock + options). Qty: 1x.