Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Trade Desk TTD.
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don’t know. But when something this big happens with TTD, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what these investors just did?
Today, Benzinga‘s options scanner spotted 15 uncommon options trades for Trade Desk.
This isn’t normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 40% bullish and 40%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $826,105, and 8 are calls, for a total amount of $314,270.
Predicted Price Range
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $46.5 to $87.5 for Trade Desk over the last 3 months.
Insights into Volume & Open Interest
Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Trade Desk’s options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Trade Desk’s whale trades within a strike price range from $46.5 to $87.5 in the last 30 days.
Trade Desk Option Activity Analysis: Last 30 Days
Biggest Options Spotted:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTD | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 06/20/25 | $34.2 | $33.4 | $34.2 | $80.00 | $342.0K | 3.5K | 100 |
| TTD | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 06/20/25 | $37.45 | $36.8 | $36.8 | $82.50 | $264.9K | 327 | 0 |
| TTD | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/15/27 | $44.6 | $43.65 | $43.65 | $87.50 | $96.0K | 8 | 22 |
| TTD | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 05/09/25 | $2.29 | $1.83 | $2.04 | $56.00 | $53.0K | 21 | 260 |
| TTD | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $11.8 | $10.65 | $10.6 | $55.00 | $53.0K | 583 | 69 |
About Trade Desk
The Trade Desk provides a self-service platform that helps advertisers and ad agencies programmatically find and purchase digital ad inventory (display, video, audio, and social) on devices like computers, smartphones, and connected TVs. It uses data in an iterative manner to optimize the performance of ad impressions purchased. The firm’s platform is referred to as a demand-side platform in the digital ad industry, and it generates revenue from fees based on a percentage of what its clients spend on advertising.
Current Position of Trade Desk
- With a volume of 13,262,741, the price of TTD is up 19.48% at $54.09.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 28 days.
Expert Opinions on Trade Desk
In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $85.6.
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* Reflecting concerns, an analyst from Citizens Capital Markets lowers its rating to Market Outperform with a new price target of $115.
* An analyst from RBC Capital persists with their Outperform rating on Trade Desk, maintaining a target price of $100.
* Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Keybanc continues to hold a Overweight rating for Trade Desk, targeting a price of $74.
* An analyst from Keybanc persists with their Overweight rating on Trade Desk, maintaining a target price of $67.
* Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Wells Fargo keeps a Overweight rating on Trade Desk with a target price of $72.
Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.
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