Options Skew Analytics

TGT options analytics

TGT · Stock

Data as of 23 September 2026 (end of day)

TGT options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 30.1%, a move of about ±8.6% over the next month. That is higher than 45% of the 221 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 0.43 volatility points more than the calls, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

Longer-dated options carry more: 90-day volatility is 16% above 30-day.

Its next earnings report is 2026-11-18 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 3 reports the options market priced an average move of ±11.1% and TGT moved 10.1% on average, staying inside the priced band 2 times out of 3.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
30.06%

Prices a move of about ±8.6% over 30 days, or ±1.9% on a typical day.

Higher than 45% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+0.43

Puts carry 0.43 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 17% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
-0.58

The wings carry 0.58 volatility points less than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.163

90-day volatility is 16% above 30-day.

Higher than 56% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 221 prior sessions (one-year window)

30.1% — 45th percentile
21.4%63.1%
IV percentile, 1 year
45%
IV rank, 1 year
21%
IV percentile, 2 years
45%
IV rank, 2 years
21%

Rank is the position between the lowest and highest readings in the window, so a single past extreme pins everything after it near one end. Percentile is the share of sessions below the current reading and is unaffected by how far that extreme reached. Both are withheld when the window holds fewer than 180 sessions.

Session detail

Underlying close
$156.26
30-day implied forward
$156.82
60-day ATM IV
36.50%
90-day ATM IV
34.96%
180-day ATM IV
35.12%
Expirations used
13
Total open interest
239,590
Put / call open interest
0.45

The forward is derived from put-call parity on the strikes nearest the money, not taken from the underlying close. It is what every moneyness and delta on this page is measured against.

30-day at-the-money implied volatility

Last 222 sessions

0%20%40%60%80%5 Sep25 Nov19 Feb8 May23 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2330.06%+0.431.163$156.26
2026-09-2229.46%+0.411.172$159.02
2026-09-2128.99%+1.201.183$157.71
2026-09-1828.83%+0.821.204$158.19
2026-09-1729.84%+1.711.179$159.83
2026-09-1630.49%+1.121.157$154.68
2026-09-1530.63%+1.101.140$154.40
2026-09-1429.75%+1.641.171$158.70
2026-09-1129.26%+0.861.185$155.83
2026-09-1029.26%+1.181.189$155.73
2026-09-0929.59%+1.191.191$157.52
2026-09-0829.86%+0.801.196$162.71
2026-09-0428.15%+1.201.228$164.44
2026-09-0328.18%+1.191.244$164.01
2026-09-0229.11%+1.221.202$163.36
2026-09-0129.60%+1.421.187$163.75
2026-08-3128.42%+1.111.222$160.88
2026-08-2827.71%+0.581.238$163.18
2026-08-2728.83%+0.891.213$165.93
2026-08-2629.07%+0.441.204$164.04
2025-06-3032.90%+1.881.178$98.65
2025-06-2732.86%-0.461.163$99.23
2025-06-2632.41%+0.671.196$97.60
2025-06-2532.22%+2.851.214$96.70
2025-06-2433.13%+6.741.171$97.53
2025-06-2331.66%+2.041.266$96.53
2025-06-2032.04%+4.231.276$95.54
2025-06-1833.88%+2.461.185$95.12
2025-06-1734.77%+2.261.153$95.02
2025-06-1632.84%+1.291.191$97.37
2025-06-1334.13%+1.731.155$95.37
2025-06-1232.44%+3.361.168$99.29
2025-06-1130.96%+1.871.222$98.11
2025-06-1030.55%+2.341.214$100.77
2025-06-0933.02%+1.581.154$97.35
2025-06-0634.55%+2.241.092$97.32
2025-06-0532.89%+3.891.148$93.52
2025-06-0434.59%-0.211.096$93.94
2025-06-0334.95%+2.481.064$95.78
2025-06-0238.60%-0.720.994$93.32
2025-05-3033.68%+1.651.110$94.01
2025-05-2934.54%+2.191.056$94.87
2025-05-2832.60%+2.901.117$95.94
2025-05-2731.52%+3.651.142$96.99
2025-05-2334.47%+3.871.085$94.29
2025-05-2233.80%+3.081.056$95.06
2025-05-2134.80%+0.331.028$93.01
2025-05-2049.28%+4.780.837$98.12
2025-05-1953.88%+2.400.795$97.99
2025-05-1652.21%+5.630.814$98.58
2025-05-1552.39%+6.430.801$97.07
2025-05-1451.57%+7.930.840$95.26
2025-05-1353.57%+5.660.784$99.09
2025-05-1253.00%+5.550.784$101.08
2025-05-0954.76%+6.040.812$96.40
2025-05-0855.69%+0.330.803$96.93
2025-05-0754.71%+7.940.824$95.49
2025-05-0655.78%+8.610.826$93.65
2025-05-0555.09%+7.110.815$94.02
2025-05-0254.65%+6.200.794$97.37
2025-05-0151.57%+9.640.854$95.97
2025-04-3054.48%+9.460.817$96.70
2025-04-2953.85%+12.350.750$96.91
2025-04-2857.35%+7.940.765$96.37
2025-04-2557.56%+5.370.761$96.58
2025-04-2454.50%+10.780.814$95.31
2025-04-2357.68%+11.120.815$92.15
2025-04-2258.86%+9.270.772$94.10
2025-04-2153.17%+10.570.860$93.78
2025-04-1745.18%+8.470.981$93.11
2025-04-1646.34%+9.780.986$90.46
2025-04-1543.67%+10.021.075$92.08
2025-04-1445.00%+10.361.009$94.65
2025-04-1150.46%+12.450.962$92.78
2025-04-1054.38%+14.110.927$92.71
2025-04-0944.76%+6.470.969$97.69
2025-04-0863.11%+16.190.867$88.76
2025-04-0755.65%+11.480.912$94.38
2025-04-0455.30%+11.670.912$95.72
2025-04-0341.32%+6.791.058$94.28
2025-04-0232.45%+3.671.148$105.77
2025-04-0132.41%+3.191.166$104.43
2025-03-3133.18%+3.881.130$104.36
2025-03-2831.80%+2.401.184$103.65
2025-03-2730.28%+1.731.182$106.51
2025-03-2628.41%+4.611.261$106.09
2025-03-2529.03%+1.151.226$105.40
2025-03-2427.57%+5.181.272$108.35
2025-03-2130.37%+2.551.205$104.06
2025-03-2030.15%+3.221.208$104.20
2025-03-1930.95%+2.631.175$104.94
2025-03-1832.38%+2.661.147$104.59
2025-03-1731.71%+2.921.138$105.67
2025-03-1434.92%+2.711.082$104.70
2025-03-1335.26%+4.501.094$104.50
2025-03-1231.25%+3.151.185$107.28
2025-03-1133.44%+2.801.077$112.76
2025-03-1033.87%+3.741.053$113.85
2025-03-0731.69%+0.821.038$115.08
2025-03-0632.32%+2.421.079$114.05
2025-03-0529.10%+3.141.138$116.56
2025-03-0429.17%+3.831.131$117.14
2025-03-0346.70%+2.710.829$120.76
2025-02-2844.70%+2.380.838$124.24
2025-02-2746.81%-0.030.836$122.50
2025-02-2648.85%+1.690.794$124.04
2025-02-2549.31%+0.970.774$127.39
2025-02-2448.78%+1.790.785$125.77
2025-02-2147.04%+1.620.802$124.27
2025-02-2045.99%+1.160.806$128.13
2025-02-1945.66%+1.240.803$130.75
2025-02-1846.08%+1.420.791$130.11
2025-02-1445.78%+1.380.795$127.88
2025-02-1346.45%+1.930.787$128.58
2025-02-1246.66%+2.400.793$127.50
2025-02-1146.14%+2.180.780$132.45
2025-02-1046.47%+2.050.777$131.28
2025-02-0746.97%+2.140.774$131.35
2025-02-0643.72%+0.800.798$134.68
2025-02-0543.67%+2.520.801$135.21

The chart covers every session in the archive, 222 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 222 sessions

-5.00.05.010.015.020.05 Sep25 Nov19 Feb8 May23 Sep

The dashed line marks zero, where the 25-delta put and call carry the same implied volatility.

Skew curve

Implied volatility by delta, front expirations

Implied volatility by delta

2d (2026-09-25) · 9d (2026-10-02) · 16d (2026-10-09)

28%30%32%34%36%38%2026-09-25 (2d) — 5Δ C — IV 35.45%2026-09-25 (2d) — 10Δ C — IV 34.75%2026-09-25 (2d) — 15Δ C — IV 34.53%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ C — IV 34.46%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ C — IV 34.43%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ C — IV 34.41%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ C — IV 34.38%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ C — IV 34.33%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ C — IV 34.21%2026-09-25 (2d) — ATM — IV 34.04%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ P — IV 33.89%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ P — IV 33.79%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ P — IV 33.84%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ P — IV 34.36%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ P — IV 35.27%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ P — IV 36.10%2026-09-25 (2d) — 15Δ P — IV 36.27%2026-09-25 (2d) — 10Δ P — IV 36.32%2026-09-25 (2d) — 5Δ P — IV 36.65%2d2026-10-02 (9d) — 10Δ C — IV 30.28%2026-10-02 (9d) — 15Δ C — IV 29.48%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ C — IV 29.25%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ C — IV 29.38%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ C — IV 29.59%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ C — IV 29.75%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ C — IV 29.88%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ C — IV 29.93%2026-10-02 (9d) — ATM — IV 29.79%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ P — IV 29.61%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ P — IV 29.58%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ P — IV 29.64%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ P — IV 29.75%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ P — IV 30.34%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ P — IV 31.23%2026-10-02 (9d) — 15Δ P — IV 30.84%9d2026-10-09 (16d) — 10Δ C — IV 29.82%2026-10-09 (16d) — 15Δ C — IV 29.40%2026-10-09 (16d) — 20Δ C — IV 29.16%2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ C — IV 29.11%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ C — IV 29.12%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ C — IV 29.26%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ C — IV 29.42%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ C — IV 29.59%2026-10-09 (16d) — ATM — IV 29.65%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ P — IV 29.67%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ P — IV 29.80%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ P — IV 30.18%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ P — IV 30.36%2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ P — IV 30.45%2026-10-09 (16d) — 20Δ P — IV 30.16%2026-10-09 (16d) — 15Δ P — IV 29.98%16d10Δ C25Δ CATM25Δ P10Δ Pout-of-the-money calls ← delta → out-of-the-money puts

The axis is call delta. Readings to the right of the dashed centre line are taken from the out-of-the-money put at that strike, which is the contract whose quote the volatility was solved from. Points are only plotted where surviving quotes bracket the delta on both sides; nothing is extrapolated past the last traded strike.

Show the underlying numbers
Delta2d9d16d
5Δ call35.45%——
10Δ call34.75%30.28%29.82%
15Δ call34.53%29.48%29.40%
20Δ call34.46%29.25%29.16%
25Δ call34.43%29.38%29.11%
30Δ call34.41%29.59%29.12%
35Δ call34.38%29.75%29.26%
40Δ call34.33%29.88%29.42%
45Δ call34.21%29.93%29.59%
ATM34.04%29.79%29.65%
45Δ put33.89%29.61%29.67%
40Δ put33.79%29.58%29.80%
35Δ put33.84%29.64%30.18%
30Δ put34.36%29.75%30.36%
25Δ put35.27%30.34%30.45%
20Δ put36.10%31.23%30.16%
15Δ put36.27%30.84%29.98%
10Δ put36.32%——
5Δ put36.65%——

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-252$156.2034.04%35.27%34.43%+0.84+0.8010
2026-10-029$156.2629.79%30.34%29.38%+0.97+0.0711
2026-10-0916$156.4529.65%30.45%29.11%+1.35+0.1312
2026-10-1623$156.5729.53%30.32%29.23%+1.08+0.2421
2026-10-2330$156.8230.06%29.69%29.26%+0.43-0.5818
2026-10-3037$156.9230.08%29.70%29.76%-0.06-0.3418
2026-11-2058$156.2336.64%37.80%35.96%+1.83+0.2415
2026-12-1886$156.6235.24%35.80%34.16%+1.64-0.2618
2027-01-15114$157.2833.69%35.03%33.20%+1.83+0.4324
2027-03-19177$157.7835.11%36.45%34.83%+1.62+0.5327
2027-04-16205$158.1335.15%35.81%34.70%+1.11+0.1021
2027-06-17267$158.7635.83%36.76%35.30%+1.46+0.2031
2027-09-17359$159.9035.53%37.19%35.64%+1.56+0.8933

Each curve above is one expiration. The vertical position is implied volatility; the horizontal position is the delta of the contract it was read from. For US equities the curve normally slopes upward to the right, meaning out-of-the-money puts carry higher implied volatility than equidistant calls.

The 25-delta risk reversal summarises that slope as a single number: the 25-delta put volatility minus the 25-delta call volatility. The butterfly summarises the curvature: the average of the two wings minus the at-the-money reading.

Term structure

At-the-money implied volatility by expiration

At-the-money implied volatility by expiration

13 listed expirations produced a usable reading

28%30%32%34%36%38%2026-09-25 — 2 days — at-the-money IV 34.04%2026-10-02 — 9 days — at-the-money IV 29.79%2026-10-09 — 16 days — at-the-money IV 29.65%2026-10-16 — 23 days — at-the-money IV 29.53%2026-10-23 — 30 days — at-the-money IV 30.06%2026-10-30 — 37 days — at-the-money IV 30.08%2026-11-20 — 58 days — at-the-money IV 36.64%2026-12-18 — 86 days — at-the-money IV 35.24%2027-01-15 — 114 days — at-the-money IV 33.69%2027-03-19 — 177 days — at-the-money IV 35.11%2027-04-16 — 205 days — at-the-money IV 35.15%2027-06-17 — 267 days — at-the-money IV 35.83%2027-09-17 — 359 days — at-the-money IV 35.53%7306090180days to expiration

The horizontal axis is the square root of days to expiration, which is the scale volatility lives on. A curve that is flat in variance terms plots as a straight line here rather than bending sharply through the front week.

Show the underlying numbers
ExpirationDaysForwardATM IVATM strikeQuotes used
2026-09-252 days$156.2034.04%$156.2510
2026-10-029 days$156.2629.79%$156.4311
2026-10-0916 days$156.4529.65%$156.7512
2026-10-1623 days$156.5729.53%$157.0021
2026-10-2330 days$156.8230.06%$157.4118
2026-10-3037 days$156.9230.08%$157.6418
2026-11-2058 days$156.2336.64%$157.9115
2026-12-1886 days$156.6235.24%$158.9218
2027-01-15114 days$157.2833.69%$160.0924
2027-03-19177 days$157.7835.11%$162.5727
2027-04-16205 days$158.1335.15%$163.7121
2027-06-17267 days$158.7635.83%$166.3931
2027-09-17359 days$159.9035.53%$170.1433

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
30.06%
60 days
36.50%
90 days
34.96%
180 days
35.12%

Interpolation is linear in total variance, not in volatility. Interpolating volatility directly implies a forward variance that can be negative between two expirations. A tenor beyond the longest listed expiration is reported as unavailable rather than extrapolated.

Term structure slope

Last 222 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.401.605 Sep25 Nov19 Feb8 May23 Sep

The dashed line marks 1.00, where the 90-day and 30-day at-the-money volatilities are equal. Above it the longer tenor carries the higher volatility.

The term structure is the at-the-money implied volatility of each listed expiration, plotted against how far away that expiration is. Its usual shape for a calm underlying slopes gently upward, because a longer horizon admits more uncertainty.

It inverts when the market prices a dated event: an expiration that captures a scheduled announcement carries the variance of that event on top of ordinary trading, so a shorter contract can print a higher volatility than a longer one.

Earnings

What the options priced in before each report, and what happened

Next report

2026-11-18Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 3 reports

Landed inside the implied band
2 of 3
67% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
11.1%
Mean move that happened
10.1%
absolute

Reports

Newest first. The implied move is one standard deviation, priced from the session before the release.

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-08-19Before the open———
2026-05-20Before the open———
2026-03-03Before the open———
2026-02-11Before the open———
2025-11-19Before the open———
2025-08-20Before the open———
2025-05-21Before the open11.4%-5.2%0.46×
2025-03-04Before the open10.8%-3.0%0.28×
2024-11-20Before the open10.9%-22.0%2.01×
2024-08-21Before the open———
2024-05-22Before the open———
2024-03-05Before the open———
2023-11-15Before the open———

The implied move is read from the at-the-money straddle on the first expiration strictly after the report date, converted to a one-standard-deviation move and divided by the forward. Realised moves are the close-to-close return across the event, measured from the session before the release to the session after it.

Report dates that have already happened come from the company’s own 8-K filing and are exact. A date still in the future is either one the company has announced, or an estimate from its reporting cadence.