diff --git a/src/routes/options-calculator/+page.svelte b/src/routes/options-calculator/+page.svelte
index 727e6261..f0550f17 100644
--- a/src/routes/options-calculator/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/options-calculator/+page.svelte
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   let isLoaded = false;
   let shouldUpdate = false;
   let config: any = null;
+  let downloadWorker: Worker | undefined;
 
   // Strategy selection
   let selectedStrategy = "Long Call";
@@ -131,6 +132,13 @@
   let userStrategy = [];
   let description = prebuiltStrategy[0]?.description;
 
+  const handleDownloadMessage = async (event) => {
+    rawData = event?.data?.output;
+
+    currentStockPrice = rawData?.getStockQuote?.price || 0;
+    await loadData();
+  };
+
   async function changeStrategy(strategy) {
     selectedStrategy = strategy?.name;
     description = strategy?.description;
@@ -1171,21 +1179,9 @@
 
   async function getStockData() {
     try {
-      const postData = { ticker: selectedTicker };
-      const response = await fetch("/api/options-calculator", {
-        method: "POST",
-        headers: {
-          "Content-Type": "application/json",
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify(postData),
+      downloadWorker.postMessage({
+        ticker: selectedTicker,
       });
-
-      if (!response.ok) {
-        throw new Error(`Failed to fetch stock data: ${response.statusText}`);
-      }
-
-      rawData = (await response.json()) || {};
-      currentStockPrice = rawData?.getStockQuote?.price || 0;
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("Error fetching stock data:", error);
     }
@@ -1409,8 +1405,13 @@
       }
     }
 
+    if (!downloadWorker) {
+      const DownloadWorker = await import("./workers/downloadWorker?worker");
+      downloadWorker = new DownloadWorker.default();
+      downloadWorker.onmessage = handleDownloadMessage;
+    }
+
     await getStockData();
-    await loadData();
 
     shouldUpdate = true;
   });
diff --git a/src/routes/options-calculator/workers/downloadWorker.ts b/src/routes/options-calculator/workers/downloadWorker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7df3e1ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/options-calculator/workers/downloadWorker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Cache to store previous requests
+let cache = new Map();
+
+const getStockData = async (ticker) => {
+
+
+  // Check if data for this rule set is already in the cache
+  if (cache.has(ticker)) {
+    console.log("Returning cached data");
+    return cache.get(ticker);
+  }
+
+  const postData = { ticker: ticker };
+      const response = await fetch("/api/options-calculator", {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+          "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify(postData),
+      });
+
+
+    const output = (await response.json()) || {};
+
+  cache.set(ticker, output);
+
+  return output;
+};
+
+onmessage = async (event) => {
+  const { ticker } = event.data;
+  const output = await getStockData(ticker);
+
+   
+  postMessage({ message: "success", output });
+};
+
+export {};
diff --git a/src/routes/options-calculator/workers/plotWorker.ts b/src/routes/options-calculator/workers/plotWorker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..977edd8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/options-calculator/workers/plotWorker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+  // Helper function for currency formatting
+  function formatCurrency(value: number): string {
+    return Math.abs(value)?.toLocaleString("en-US", {
+      minimumFractionDigits: 2,
+      maximumFractionDigits: 2,
+    });
+  }
+
+function calculateMetrics(userStrategy) {
+    const multiplier = 100;
+    let metrics = {};
+
+    // Get all legs in the strategy
+    const allLegs = [...userStrategy];
+
+    // Check if strategy is empty
+    if (allLegs.length === 0) {
+      metrics = {
+        maxProfit: "$0",
+        maxLoss: "$0",
+      };
+      return metrics;
+    }
+
+    // Consolidate identical strikes with opposite actions (Buy/Sell)
+    const consolidatedLegs = [];
+    const strikeMap = new Map();
+
+    // Group legs by strike and option type
+    allLegs.forEach((leg) => {
+      const key = `${leg.strike}-${leg.optionType}`;
+      if (!strikeMap.has(key)) {
+        strikeMap.set(key, []);
+      }
+      strikeMap.get(key).push(leg);
+    });
+
+    // Consolidate legs with same strike/option type into net positions
+    strikeMap.forEach((legs, key) => {
+      let netQuantity = 0;
+      let netCost = 0;
+      legs.forEach((leg) => {
+        const quantity = leg.quantity || 1;
+        if (leg.action === "Buy") {
+          netQuantity += quantity;
+          netCost += leg.optionPrice * quantity;
+        } else {
+          netQuantity -= quantity;
+          netCost -= leg.optionPrice * quantity;
+        }
+      });
+      // Only include legs with nonzero positions
+      if (netQuantity !== 0) {
+        const [strike, optionType] = key.split("-");
+        consolidatedLegs.push({
+          strike: parseFloat(strike),
+          optionType,
+          optionPrice: Math.abs(netCost / netQuantity),
+          quantity: Math.abs(netQuantity),
+          action: netQuantity > 0 ? "Buy" : "Sell",
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    // Separate the legs by type and action
+    const buyCalls = consolidatedLegs.filter(
+      (leg) => leg.action === "Buy" && leg.optionType === "Call",
+    );
+    const sellCalls = consolidatedLegs.filter(
+      (leg) => leg.action === "Sell" && leg.optionType === "Call",
+    );
+    const buyPuts = consolidatedLegs.filter(
+      (leg) => leg.action === "Buy" && leg.optionType === "Put",
+    );
+    const sellPuts = consolidatedLegs.filter(
+      (leg) => leg.action === "Sell" && leg.optionType === "Put",
+    );
+
+    // Calculate net premium for the entire strategy.
+    let netPremium = 0;
+    allLegs.forEach((leg) => {
+      const quantity = leg.quantity || 1;
+      const premium = leg.optionPrice * multiplier * quantity;
+      if (leg.action === "Buy") {
+        netPremium -= premium;
+      } else {
+        netPremium += premium;
+      }
+    });
+
+    // --- VERTICAL SPREAD HANDLING (UPDATED) ---
+    if (buyCalls.length === 1 && sellCalls.length === 1) {
+      const buyCall = buyCalls[0];
+      const sellCall = sellCalls[0];
+      const spreadWidth =
+        Math.abs(buyCall.strike - sellCall.strike) * multiplier;
+
+      if (buyCall.strike < sellCall.strike) {
+        // Bull call spread: max loss is net debit, max profit is spread width - net debit
+        const maxLoss = -netPremium; // Net debit is negative, convert to positive
+        const maxProfit = spreadWidth - maxLoss;
+        metrics = {
+          maxProfit: `$${formatCurrency(maxProfit)}`,
+          maxLoss: `$${formatCurrency(maxLoss)}`,
+        };
+      } else {
+        // Bear call spread: max profit is net credit, max loss is spread width - net credit
+        const maxProfit = netPremium;
+        const maxLoss = spreadWidth - maxProfit;
+        metrics = {
+          maxProfit: `$${formatCurrency(maxProfit)}`,
+          maxLoss: `$${formatCurrency(maxLoss)}`,
+        };
+      }
+      return metrics;
+    }
+    // --- END VERTICAL SPREAD HANDLING ---
+
+    // Determine unlimited profit/loss flags based on calls only.
+    let hasUnlimitedProfit = false;
+    let hasUnlimitedLoss = false;
+    if (buyCalls.length > 0) {
+      const sortedBuyCalls = [...buyCalls].sort((a, b) => a.strike - b.strike);
+      const sortedSellCalls = [...sellCalls].sort(
+        (a, b) => a.strike - b.strike,
+      );
+      if (
+        sellCalls.length === 0 ||
+        sortedBuyCalls[sortedBuyCalls.length - 1].strike >
+          sortedSellCalls[sortedSellCalls.length - 1].strike
+      ) {
+        hasUnlimitedProfit = true;
+      }
+      const totalBuyCallQuantity = sortedBuyCalls.reduce(
+        (sum, leg) => sum + (leg.quantity || 1),
+        0,
+      );
+      const totalSellCallQuantity = sortedSellCalls.reduce(
+        (sum, leg) => sum + (leg.quantity || 1),
+        0,
+      );
+      if (totalBuyCallQuantity > totalSellCallQuantity) {
+        hasUnlimitedProfit = true;
+      }
+    }
+    if (sellCalls.length > 0) {
+      const sortedBuyCalls = [...buyCalls].sort((a, b) => a.strike - b.strike);
+      const sortedSellCalls = [...sellCalls].sort(
+        (a, b) => a.strike - b.strike,
+      );
+      if (
+        buyCalls.length === 0 ||
+        sortedSellCalls[sortedSellCalls.length - 1].strike >
+          sortedBuyCalls[sortedBuyCalls.length - 1].strike
+      ) {
+        hasUnlimitedLoss = true;
+      }
+      const totalBuyCallQuantity = sortedBuyCalls.reduce(
+        (sum, leg) => sum + (leg.quantity || 1),
+        0,
+      );
+      const totalSellCallQuantity = sortedSellCalls.reduce(
+        (sum, leg) => sum + (leg.quantity || 1),
+        0,
+      );
+      if (totalSellCallQuantity > totalBuyCallQuantity) {
+        hasUnlimitedLoss = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Check if exactly one put is bought and one sold (vertical spread)
+    if (buyPuts.length === 1 && sellPuts.length === 1) {
+      const buyStrike = buyPuts[0].strike;
+      const sellStrike = sellPuts[0].strike;
+      const spreadWidth = Math.abs(buyStrike - sellStrike) * multiplier;
+
+      // Bull Put Spread (sell higher strike, buy lower strike)
+      if (sellStrike > buyStrike) {
+        const maxProfit = netPremium; // Net credit received
+        const maxLoss = spreadWidth - maxProfit;
+        metrics = {
+          maxProfit: `$${formatCurrency(maxProfit)}`,
+          maxLoss: `$${formatCurrency(maxLoss)}`,
+        };
+        return metrics;
+      }
+      // Bear Put Spread (buy higher strike, sell lower strike)
+      else if (buyStrike > sellStrike) {
+        const maxProfit = spreadWidth - Math.abs(netPremium);
+        const maxLoss = Math.abs(netPremium); // Net debit paid
+        metrics = {
+          maxProfit: `$${formatCurrency(maxProfit)}`,
+          maxLoss: `$${formatCurrency(maxLoss)}`,
+        };
+        return metrics;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // --- RATIO SPREAD HANDLING ---
+    // Detect a pattern where two (or more) long calls bracket the short call(s) with balanced quantities.
+    if (buyCalls.length >= 2 && sellCalls.length >= 1) {
+      const buyStrikes = buyCalls.map((leg) => leg.strike);
+      const sellStrikes = sellCalls.map((leg) => leg.strike);
+      const lowerBuy = Math.min(...buyStrikes);
+      const higherBuy = Math.max(...buyStrikes);
+      const minSell = Math.min(...sellStrikes);
+      const maxSell = Math.max(...sellStrikes);
+      const totalBuyCallQuantity = buyCalls.reduce(
+        (sum, leg) => sum + leg.quantity,
+        0,
+      );
+      const totalSellCallQuantity = sellCalls.reduce(
+        (sum, leg) => sum + leg.quantity,
+        0,
+      );
+
+      if (
+        lowerBuy < minSell &&
+        higherBuy > maxSell &&
+        totalBuyCallQuantity === totalSellCallQuantity
+      ) {
+        hasUnlimitedProfit = false;
+        hasUnlimitedLoss = false;
+      }
+    }
+    // --- END RATIO SPREAD HANDLING ---
+
+    // If we haven't returned earlier via a specific branch, then compute profit and loss
+    // by simulating across various price points.
+    const strikes = allLegs.map((leg) => leg.strike);
+    const minStrike = Math.min(...strikes);
+    const maxStrike = Math.max(...strikes);
+    const pricePoints = [0, minStrike / 2, ...strikes, maxStrike * 1.5];
+
+    let computedMaxProfit = -Infinity;
+    let computedMaxLoss = -netPremium; // starting point: net premium paid
+
+    pricePoints.forEach((price) => {
+      let profitAtPrice = netPremium;
+      allLegs.forEach((leg) => {
+        const quantity = leg.quantity || 1;
+        if (leg.optionType === "Call") {
+          if (price > leg.strike) {
+            const intrinsicValue = (price - leg.strike) * multiplier * quantity;
+            profitAtPrice +=
+              leg.action === "Buy" ? intrinsicValue : -intrinsicValue;
+          }
+        } else if (leg.optionType === "Put") {
+          if (price < leg.strike) {
+            const intrinsicValue = (leg.strike - price) * multiplier * quantity;
+            profitAtPrice +=
+              leg.action === "Buy" ? intrinsicValue : -intrinsicValue;
+          }
+        }
+      });
+      computedMaxProfit = Math.max(computedMaxProfit, profitAtPrice);
+      if (profitAtPrice < 0) {
+        computedMaxLoss = Math.min(computedMaxLoss, profitAtPrice);
+      }
+    });
+
+    // Adjust final metrics based on unlimited flags:
+    if (hasUnlimitedProfit && !hasUnlimitedLoss) {
+      metrics = {
+        maxProfit: "Unlimited",
+        maxLoss: `$${formatCurrency(Math.abs(computedMaxLoss))}`,
+      };
+    } else if (!hasUnlimitedProfit && hasUnlimitedLoss) {
+      metrics = {
+        maxProfit: `$${formatCurrency(computedMaxProfit)}`,
+        maxLoss: "Unlimited",
+      };
+    } else if (hasUnlimitedProfit && hasUnlimitedLoss) {
+      metrics = {
+        maxProfit: "Unlimited",
+        maxLoss: "Unlimited",
+      };
+    } else {
+      metrics = {
+        maxProfit: `$${formatCurrency(computedMaxProfit)}`,
+        maxLoss: `$${formatCurrency(Math.abs(computedMaxLoss))}`,
+      };
+    }
+
+    return metrics;
+  }
+
+  
+function calculateBreakevenPrice(dataPoints) {
+let breakEvenPrice = null;
+// Loop over the dataPoints to find a sign change from loss to profit or vice versa
+for (let i = 1; i < dataPoints.length; i++) {
+    const [prevPrice, prevProfitLoss] = dataPoints[i - 1];
+    const [currPrice, currProfitLoss] = dataPoints[i];
+
+    // Check if there is a sign change between consecutive points
+    if (
+    (prevProfitLoss < 0 && currProfitLoss >= 0) ||
+    (prevProfitLoss > 0 && currProfitLoss <= 0)
+    ) {
+    // Linear interpolation to estimate the exact crossing point
+    const priceDiff = currPrice - prevPrice;
+    const profitDiff = currProfitLoss - prevProfitLoss;
+    const ratio = Math.abs(prevProfitLoss) / Math.abs(profitDiff);
+    breakEvenPrice = prevPrice + ratio * priceDiff;
+    break;
+    }
+}
+
+return breakEvenPrice;
+}