Communication Services

The Trade Desk Inc (TTD) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

TTD is The Trade Desk Inc, a Communication Services name the model ranks every trading day. The options figures are from the close on 28 Sep 2026. The model's figures are from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind the latest, as the Free plan shows them. Every model figure is paper trading.

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At a glance

Figure	Value	Date
IV rank	50 of 100	28 Sep
At the money IV	55.6%	28 Sep
Priced move to 30 Oct	15.3% down, 16.4% up	28 Sep
Call wall and put wall	15 and 12.5	28 Sep
Signal and the desk's view	No signal, view neutral	25 Sep
Last close	12.34	28 Sep
Next report	5 Nov 2026	28 Sep

Options Snapshot

TTD's IV rank is 50 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
IV rank	50 of 100
At the money IV	55.6%, near month, 32 days
Put/call ratio, open interest	0.95
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price	140,000 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price	133,000 contracts
Cost to trade at the money	Fair, 36.9% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among TTD's own weekly readings, 0 the lowest and 100 the highest.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Priced Range

On 28 Sep 2026, TTD options priced a move of 15.3 percent down and 16.4 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.

Expiry	Days	Down	Up	Range
2 Oct 2026	4	5.5%	5.5%	11.66 to 13.02
9 Oct 2026	11	8.7%	8.8%	11.27 to 13.42
23 Oct 2026	25	13.8%	13.4%	10.64 to 13.99
30 Oct 2026	32	15.3%	16.4%	10.45 to 14.36
20 Nov 2026	53	28.4%	28.4%	8.84 to 15.84
18 Dec 2026	81	32.7%	32.7%	8.31 to 16.37
19 Mar 2027	172	48.2%	48.2%	6.39 to 18.29

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 12.34, as the option prices imply it.

A priced move restates option prices at the close and says nothing certain about where the price goes.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, TTD's call wall is the 15 strike and its put wall is the 12.5 strike.

Figure	Value
Call wall, most open call gamma	15
Put wall, most open put gamma	12.5
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts	minus $210,110
Total dollar gamma, both sides	$3.98 million
Close	12.34

Dollar gamma is stated for a one percent move in the price.

Net is calls minus puts under the standard convention, not a record of who holds the contracts.

Net gamma changes sign at 2 strikes, so no single flip strike is named.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, TTD's at the money IV is 55.6 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 46.3 percent.

Figure	Value
At the money IV	55.6%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days	46.3%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days	69.2%
IV against its own weekly record	In the middle
Weekly readings on record	486, from 14 Apr 2017
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move	29.4% of 252 weeks

Realized volatility is worked out from the daily closes the desk holds, not from the option chain.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, TTD's at the money IV runs from 51.6 percent at 4 days to 70.2 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiry	At the money IV
4	51.6%
11	52.6%
18	53.3%
25	54.9%
39	73.2%
53	74.4%
81	69.3%
172	70.2%

Far expiries price more volatility than near ones, an upward sloping term structure.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 32 day expiry, TTD's IV ten percent below the price sits 1.2 points below at the money IV.

Strike area	Implied volatility	Against at the money
10% below the price	54.4%	-1.2 points
At the money	55.6%	0.0 points
10% above the price	56.9%	+1.4 points

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, TTD's surface spans 10 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 50.5 to 76.0 percent near the price.

Figure	Value
Expiries captured	10
Nearest expiry	2 Oct 2026, 4 days
Farthest expiry	19 Mar 2027, 172 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more	29
Lowest IV among them	50.5%
Highest IV among them	76.0%

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, TTD has 10 captured expiries, from 2 Oct 2026 to 19 Mar 2027.

Expiry	Days	At the money IV	Call open interest	Put open interest
2 Oct 2026	4	51.6%	5,386	8,656
9 Oct 2026	11	52.6%	4,383	3,667
16 Oct 2026	18	53.3%	21,251	11,844
23 Oct 2026	25	54.9%	3,419	2,893
30 Oct 2026	32	55.6%	2,491	1,838
6 Nov 2026	39	73.2%	350	193
20 Nov 2026	53	74.4%	26,931	23,242
18 Dec 2026	81	69.3%	14,811	19,040
15 Jan 2027	109	66.8%	36,500	40,280
19 Mar 2027	172	70.2%	24,406	21,024

Open interest is summed over the strikes captured near the price on each expiry.

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, TTD's largest open interest sits at the 15 strike, with 59,381 contracts across the captured expiries.

Strike	Call open interest	Put open interest	Total
15	39,013	20,368	59,381
20	30,851	22,240	53,091
17.5	24,953	20,602	45,555
12.5	14,623	25,972	40,595
22.5	11,770	11,232	23,002
10	2,017	11,839	13,856

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, TTD's at the money IV moved from 54.7 percent to 55.6 percent.

Figure	25 Sep	28 Sep	Change
At the money IV	54.7%	55.6%	+0.9 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price	303,541	272,605	-30,936
Put/call ratio, open interest	0.81	0.95	+0.14

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 46,859 TTD option contracts traded, 1.0 times its own recent average.

Figure	Value
Calls traded	29,823
Puts traded	17,036
Against its recent average	1.0 times
Busier than	8 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain	630,280 contracts
Volume to open interest	0.07
Unusual volume flag	Yes, 4 contracts traded well above open interest
Largest flagged contract	The 14 call expiring 16 Oct, 5,988 traded against 2,181 open

Traded volume and open interest are shown side by side and never combined. Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Positioning Replay

The replay holds 33 trading days of TTD's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

Date	Close	Net dollar gamma	Top call strike	Top put strike
11 Aug 2026	13.56	$539,210	14	15
21 Sep 2026	13.88	minus $84,067	15	15
28 Sep 2026	12.34	minus $210,110	15	12.5

Each frame restates one nightly capture. Net is calls minus puts, a convention, not who holds the contracts.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Read-out

On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of TTD was neutral, paper trading.

Figure	Value
Side	Neutral at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close	13.71, the swing high of 10 Sep 2026
Level below the close	12.18, the swing low of 28 Sep 2026
Strategy family	Iron condor (sell both sides, defined risk)
Price target	None. The desk has no price model.

The levels are prices the shares turned at on the chart, with the date of each.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 TTD sat at the 57th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

Timeframe	Percentile	Side
10 trading days	71 of 100	Neutral
20 trading days	43 of 100	Neutral
45 trading days	57 of 100	Neutral

100 is the top of the ranking. A name in the middle three fifths is neutral.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Timeframe Agreement

On 25 Sep 2026 TTD's near timeframes were neutral and its long timeframe was neutral, paper trading.

Group	Timeframes	Side	On that side
Near	10 day, 20 day	Neutral	0 of 2
Long	45 day	Neutral	0 of 1

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 TTD had carried no signal for at least 18 trading days, paper trading.

Trading day	Signal	45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026	None	57 of 100
24 Sep 2026	None	27 of 100
23 Sep 2026	None	34 of 100
22 Sep 2026	None	34 of 100
21 Sep 2026	None	39 of 100
18 Sep 2026	None	38 of 100
17 Sep 2026	None	46 of 100
16 Sep 2026	None	45 of 100

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 10 of 37 Communication Services names were bullish and 12 were bearish, paper trading.

Sector	Names	Bullish	Bearish	Neutral
Communication Services	37	10	12	15

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Price Chart

TTD closed at 12.34 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Last close	12.34
Change over 5 trading days	-11.1%
Change over 21 trading days	-8.0%
Change over 63 trading days	-33.8%
Change over 252 trading days	-73.6%
52 week high	56.39
52 week low	12.18
20 day moving average	13.89
50 day moving average	14.98
200 day moving average	23.10
RSI, 14 days	31

Worked out from the desk's own daily bars, adjusted for share splits.

From the daily bars through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Earnings Radar

TTD reports next on 5 Nov 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

Figure	Value
Next report	5 Nov 2026, after the close
Date	Worked out from past quarters
Move after the report of 6 Aug 2026	-21.9%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2026	+2.8%
Move after the report of 28 Jan 2026	-1.9%
Move after the report of 8 May 2025	+18.6%

Earnings calendar as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Company Events

TTD filed 1 current report in the 14 days to 28 Sep 2026, the latest on 15 Sep 2026.

Filed	Report	What it covers
15 Sep 2026	Current report	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Filings as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Public Filings

The filings the desk holds carry 2 recent trades in TTD shares.

Filed	Who	Trade	Size
10 Sep 2026	. Gilbert Cisneros, member of Congress	Bought	$1,001 to $15,000
4 Sep 2026	. Gilbert Cisneros, member of Congress	Bought	$1,001 to $15,000

Every filing is reproduced as filed, and each one reaches the public days or weeks after the trade.

Filings as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Short Volume

On 25 Sep 2026, 37.6 percent of TTD's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

Figure	Value
Short sale share, 25 Sep	37.6%
Five day average	34.0%
52 week median	44.9%
Short interest, share of shares outstanding	18.9% at the 15 Sep 2026 settlement
Days to cover	4.8

Short sale volume counts trades marked short at the covered venues, mostly off exchange. It is not the same as short interest.

Short volume as of 25 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Seasonality

In the 9 Septembers on record, TTD's average change was minus 2.0 percent, and it rose in 44.4 percent of them.

Month	Average change	Middle change	Share of years up	Years
September	-2.0%	-2.4%	44.4%	9
October	+0.4%	+6.6%	66.7%	9
November	+10.7%	+6.2%	60.0%	10

Each figure is a month end to month end change in past years. A past month says nothing certain about the next one.

Monthly history through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Headlines

The desk's news feeds carried 3 headlines naming TTD in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Headlines in the window	3
Latest	28 Sep 2026

The titles are in the Headlines window, with the time each was published.

Headlines as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Questions

What is TTD's IV rank?: TTD's IV rank is 50 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are TTD options pricing?: On 28 Sep 2026, TTD options priced a move of 15.3 percent down and 16.4 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.
Where are TTD's call wall and put wall?: On 28 Sep 2026, TTD's call wall is the 15 strike and its put wall is the 12.5 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of TTD on the Free plan?: On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of TTD was neutral, paper trading.
When does TTD report earnings next?: TTD reports next on 5 Nov 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

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