The Trade Desk, Inc.
US ˙ NasdaqGM ˙ US88339J1051

SecurityTTD / The Trade Desk, Inc.
InstitutionCitadel Advisors Llc
ManagerKen Griffin
Latest Disclosed Ownership3,369,706 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 76,458,629
Citadel Advisors Llc ownership in TTD / The Trade Desk, Inc.

On May 15, 2026 - Citadel Advisors Llc filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 3,369,706 shares of The Trade Desk, Inc. (US:TTD) valued at $76,458,629 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 17, 2026 disclosing 1,304,409 shares of The Trade Desk, Inc.. This represents a change in shares of 158.33% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $69,281,155 USD.

Citadel Advisors Llc has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (TTD) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 5,757,000 of underlying shares valued at $130,626,330 USD and put options representing 2,801,000 of underlying shares valued at $63,554,690 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

TTD / The Trade Desk, Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 3,369,706 2,065,297 158.33 76,459 54.41 0.0124
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 1,304,409 859,251 193.02 49,515 126.96 0.0074
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 445,158 327,764 279.20 21,817 158.16 0.0033
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 117,394 -445,344 -79.14 8,451 -72.56 0.0015
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 562,738 172,393 44.16 30,793 -32.88 0.0058
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 390,345 121,761 45.33 45,877 55.78 0.0079
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 268,584 250,869 1,416.14 29,450 1,602.31 0.0057
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 17,715 -1,211,342 -98.56 1,730 -98.39 0.0004
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 1,229,057 1,129,487 1,134.36 107,444 1,399.57 0.0207
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 99,570 -3,107,197 -96.90 7,165 -97.14 0.0014
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 3,206,767 2,927,610 1,048.73 250,609 1,062.59 0.0537
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 279,157 221,777 386.51 21,557 516.77 0.0045
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 57,380 -276,063 -82.79 3,495 -76.62 0.0008
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 333,443 -1,129,075 -77.20 14,948 -82.89 0.0035
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 1,462,518 980,622 203.49 87,385 332.88 0.0199
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 481,896 20,657 4.48 20,187 -36.80 0.0052
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 461,239 -308,126 -40.05 31,940 -54.70 0.0066
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 769,365 106,497 16.07 70,505 51.30 0.0144
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 662,868 645,070 3,624.40 46,600 3,284.17 0.0097
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 17,798 -85,835 -82.83 1,377 -97.96 0.0003
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A-1 THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 103,633 -48,069 -31.69 67,533 -44.42 0.0166
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 103,633 -48,069 67,533 0.0166
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 151,702 98,188 183.48 121,513 337.70 0.0316
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A 88339J105 53,514 -13,735 -20.42 27,762 1.55 0.0079
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 67,249 28,162 72.05 27,337 262.37 0.0097
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 39,087 -76,708 -66.24 7,544 -74.92 0.0034
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 115,795 -63,576 -35.44 30,081 -10.58 0.0131
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 179,371 110,096 158.93 33,641 113.19 0.0159
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 69,275 26,823 63.18 15,780 87.79 0.0072
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 42,452 -174,086 -80.40 8,403 -66.56 0.0042
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 216,538 216,538 25,131 0.0138
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 0 -73,022 -100.00 0 -100.00
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F/A-1 THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 73,022 52,808 261.24 6,849 582.85 0.0034
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 73,022 52,808 6,849
2018-05-14 2018-03-31 13F/A-1 THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 20,214 -63,786 -75.94 1,003 -73.89 0.0006
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 20,214 -63,786 1,003
2018-02-09 2017-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 84,000 36,591 77.18 3,841 31.72 0.0023
2017-11-09 2017-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 47,409 -5,430 -10.28 2,916 10.12 0.0022
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 52,839 52,839 2,648 0.0022
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 0 -17,685 -100.00 0 -100.00
2017-02-10 2016-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 17,685 -40,168 -69.43 489 -71.07 0.0005
2017-01-31 2016-09-30 13F/A-1 THE TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 57,853 57,853 1,690 0.0017
2016-11-10 2016-09-30 13F TRADE DESK Cmn 88339J105 57,853 1,690 0.0017
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 5,757,000 4.34 130,626 -37.64 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 5,517,800 -22.77 209,456 -40.18 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 7,144,300 90.29 350,142 29.55 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 3,754,500 13.49 270,286 49.30 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 3,308,300 160.95 181,030 21.49 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 1,267,800 -10.58 149,005 -4.15 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 1,417,800 -11.49 155,462 -0.63 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 1,601,800 -0.30 156,448 11.38 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 1,606,700 -25.89 140,458 -9.96 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 2,167,900 38.87 156,002 27.87 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 1,561,100 -9.29 122,000 -8.19 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 1,720,900 -11.71 132,888 11.93 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 1,949,100 -30.16 118,720 -5.11 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 2,790,900 0.29 125,116 -24.75 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 2,782,900 45.13 166,278 107.01 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 1,917,500 -21.46 80,324 -52.49 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 2,441,400 -18.63 169,067 -38.51 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 3,000,400 -16.57 274,957 8.75 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 3,596,500 -32.25 252,834 -38.43 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 5,308,300 977.39 410,650 27.90 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 492,700 -29.26 321,073 -42.45 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 492,700 321,073 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 696,500 7.24 557,897 65.57 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Call 649,500 7.23 336,948 36.85 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 605,700 9.85 246,217 131.36 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 551,400 9.04 106,420 -18.99 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 505,700 -19.22 131,371 11.89 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 626,000 12.94 117,406 -7.01 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 554,300 10.09 126,258 26.68 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 503,500 120.06 99,668 275.33 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 228,800 -6.88 26,555 -28.38 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 245,700 30.41 37,079 109.82 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F/A THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 188,400 137.58 17,672 349.10 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 188,400 17,672 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-14 2018-03-31 13F/A THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 79,300 -6.60 3,935 1.37 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 79,300 3,935 n/a n/a n/a
2018-02-09 2017-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 84,900 69.46 3,882 25.96 n/a n/a n/a
2017-11-09 2017-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 50,100 79.57 3,082 120.46 n/a n/a n/a
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Call 27,900 1,398 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 2,801,000 -19.39 63,555 -51.82 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 3,474,900 -5.17 131,907 -26.55 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 3,664,500 84.91 179,597 25.88 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 1,981,800 -31.76 142,670 -10.22 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 2,904,100 382.01 158,912 124.42 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 602,500 39.44 70,812 49.46 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 432,100 -55.13 47,380 -49.63 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 963,000 -17.30 94,056 -7.61 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 1,164,500 -14.23 101,801 4.20 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 1,357,700 26.33 97,700 16.33 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 1,074,700 -11.48 83,988 -10.42 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 1,214,100 -46.76 93,753 -32.50 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 2,280,300 -14.06 138,893 16.77 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 2,653,300 7.75 118,947 -19.16 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 2,462,500 104.90 147,134 192.26 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 1,201,800 -45.72 50,343 -67.17 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 2,214,100 -24.50 153,326 -42.95 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 2,932,700 -11.77 268,753 15.01 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 3,323,900 -35.73 233,670 -41.59 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 5,171,700 687.29 400,083 -6.54 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 656,900 -13.86 428,075 -29.92 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 656,900 428,075 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 762,600 42.44 610,843 119.92 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK COM CL A Put 535,400 -30.08 277,755 -10.76 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 765,700 76.14 311,257 271.00 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 434,700 -15.56 83,897 -37.27 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 514,800 -7.56 133,735 28.04 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 556,900 -13.51 104,447 -28.79 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 643,900 35.76 146,668 56.22 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 474,300 150.95 93,888 328.03 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 189,000 -27.56 21,935 -44.29 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 260,900 72.55 39,372 177.60 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F/A THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 151,200 143.48 14,183 360.34 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 151,200 14,183 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-14 2018-03-31 13F/A THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 62,100 -20.49 3,081 -13.75 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 62,100 3,081 n/a n/a n/a
2018-02-09 2017-12-31 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 78,100 94.76 3,572 44.79 n/a n/a n/a
2017-11-09 2017-09-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 40,100 197.04 2,467 264.94 n/a n/a n/a
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F THE TRADE DESK Cmn Put 13,500 676 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.