Options Skew Analytics

TGT options analytics

TGT · Stock

Data as of 9 November 2026 (end of day)

TGT options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 47.9%, a move of about ±13.7% over the next month. That is higher than 82% of the 252 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 2.47 volatility points more than the calls, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

The term structure is inverted: 90-day volatility is 19% below 30-day, which happens when the market prices something dated into the nearer expirations.

Its next earnings report is 2026-11-18, before the open.

Across its last 4 reports the options market priced an average move of ±11.3% and TGT moved 9.1% on average, staying inside the priced band 3 times out of 4.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
47.92%

Prices a move of about ±13.7% over 30 days, or ±3.0% on a typical day.

Higher than 82% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+2.47

Puts carry 2.47 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 69% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
-0.85

The wings carry 0.85 volatility points less than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
0.812

90-day volatility is 19% below 30-day.

Higher than 15% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 252 prior sessions (one-year window)

47.9% — 82th percentile
23.5%63.1%
IV percentile, 1 year
82%
IV rank, 1 year
62%
IV percentile, 2 years
85%
IV rank, 2 years
64%

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
$165.90
30-day implied forward
$165.95
60-day ATM IV
39.78%
90-day ATM IV
38.90%
180-day ATM IV
37.83%
Expirations used
11
Total open interest
252,144
Put / call open interest
0.41

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 317 sessions

0%20%40%60%80%5 Sep31 Dec28 Apr20 Aug9 Nov
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-11-0947.92%+2.470.812$165.90
2026-11-0647.74%+2.550.810$158.41
2026-11-0548.57%+1.670.799$157.95
2026-11-0446.87%+2.770.811$163.10
2026-11-0346.24%+3.670.816$154.40
2026-11-0246.52%+3.090.805$158.38
2026-10-3046.07%+2.430.807$154.38
2026-10-2943.47%+1.260.834$151.82
2026-10-2843.35%+1.350.821$148.96
2026-10-2743.74%+2.450.806$148.01
2026-10-2642.42%+1.300.846$148.53
2026-10-2343.35%+2.190.805$152.76
2026-10-2243.06%+0.320.821$158.11
2026-10-2142.43%+2.500.803$152.38
2026-10-2040.92%+0.640.841$154.00
2026-10-1939.55%+0.310.871$153.29
2026-10-1634.34%+1.600.985$154.26
2026-10-1532.51%+2.341.065$156.63
2026-10-1431.31%+0.901.117$155.31
2026-10-1330.30%+0.581.103$151.99
2026-10-0929.65%+1.601.168$153.64
2026-10-0830.25%+0.871.164$154.76
2026-10-0729.61%+1.961.153$150.92
2026-10-0629.90%+3.241.161$154.33
2026-10-0530.00%+1.531.154$152.99
2026-10-0229.09%+1.931.190$156.00
2026-10-0129.68%+4.111.157$156.70
2026-09-3029.96%+1.251.170$156.69
2026-09-2930.54%+0.531.147$156.43
2026-09-2830.14%+1.101.171$158.43
2026-09-2529.50%+0.221.181$157.45
2026-09-2430.47%+0.941.131$156.15
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
2025-09-2932.30%-0.281.262$88.83
2025-09-2630.78%+0.221.312$87.85
2025-09-2532.12%-0.491.264$87.14
2025-09-2432.08%-0.661.267$88.31
2025-09-2331.50%-0.861.285$87.05
2025-09-2231.68%-1.161.273$86.56
2025-09-1931.25%-0.711.271$88.13
2025-09-1831.92%+0.201.229$89.42
2025-09-1730.86%+0.321.242$88.93
2025-09-1630.88%+0.361.237$89.72
2025-09-1530.69%+0.041.257$88.56
2025-09-1229.34%-0.191.296$89.96
2025-09-1129.57%-0.321.277$91.52
2025-09-1030.09%-0.151.271$90.78
2025-09-0929.56%+0.621.278$90.91
2025-09-0828.97%+1.331.291$91.50
2025-09-0528.66%+1.861.284$93.17
2025-09-0429.10%+1.481.290$92.71
2025-09-0330.07%+0.561.246$92.35
2025-09-0230.07%+1.691.241$92.44
2025-08-2928.06%+1.911.317$95.98
2025-08-2828.20%+1.981.294$96.81
2025-08-2728.89%+1.461.269$97.96
2025-08-2628.46%+1.291.269$96.11
2025-08-2530.76%+0.291.182$97.13
2025-08-2228.52%+1.391.260$99.24
2025-08-2128.66%+1.691.267$97.06
2025-08-2030.87%+1.391.185$98.69
2025-08-1948.84%+3.910.847$105.36
2025-08-1847.54%+2.340.885$104.95
2025-08-1548.47%+1.990.858$103.02
2025-08-1445.40%+1.930.921$104.25
2025-08-1345.45%+3.250.912$105.36
2025-08-1248.47%+0.690.849$106.26
2025-08-1148.70%+1.490.861$104.01
2025-08-0848.14%+1.170.851$105.40
2025-08-0750.06%+0.990.838$105.67
2025-08-0649.01%+1.360.847$105.39
2025-08-0549.01%+2.160.849$102.43
2025-08-0449.54%+1.890.845$99.79
2025-08-0151.97%+1.910.816$99.77
2025-07-3151.27%-0.040.830$100.50
2025-07-3052.39%-0.870.757$103.14
2025-07-2948.91%+2.440.811$104.18
2025-07-2847.71%+3.150.823$106.43
2025-07-2547.62%+2.120.807$106.05
2025-07-2448.43%+2.130.802$105.82
2025-07-2345.75%+3.020.826$107.43
2025-07-2247.34%+2.330.808$106.54
2025-07-2145.94%+2.500.843$101.71
2025-07-1838.09%+1.331.003$103.46
2025-07-1735.10%+1.831.097$103.65
2025-07-1633.27%+2.451.160$101.34
2025-07-1533.45%+2.561.160$102.21
2025-07-1432.55%+1.981.186$104.87
2025-07-1131.30%+1.381.230$104.24
2025-07-1031.16%+2.231.226$104.74
2025-07-0932.84%+0.711.193$102.43
2025-07-0833.33%+1.231.183$102.01
2025-07-0732.81%+2.651.206$101.60
2025-07-0332.25%+2.551.202$104.06
2025-07-0230.54%+3.941.272$105.45
2025-07-0131.73%-0.641.236$103.85
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

The chart covers every session in the archive, 317 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 317 sessions

-5.00.05.010.015.020.05 Sep31 Dec28 Apr20 Aug9 Nov

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

4d (2026-11-13) · 11d (2026-11-20) · 18d (2026-11-27)

30%40%50%60%70%80%2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ C — IV 40.37%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ C — IV 40.76%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ C — IV 41.29%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ C — IV 41.55%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ C — IV 41.70%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ C — IV 41.83%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ C — IV 41.95%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ C — IV 42.06%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ C — IV 42.14%2026-11-13 (4d) — ATM — IV 42.23%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ P — IV 42.37%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ P — IV 42.63%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ P — IV 42.93%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ P — IV 43.19%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ P — IV 43.44%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ P — IV 43.77%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ P — IV 44.20%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ P — IV 44.65%2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ P — IV 45.45%4d2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ C — IV 64.48%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ C — IV 63.94%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ C — IV 64.58%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ C — IV 64.82%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ C — IV 65.41%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ C — IV 65.80%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ C — IV 66.01%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ C — IV 66.48%2026-11-20 (11d) — ATM — IV 66.81%2026-11-20 (11d) — 45Δ P — IV 67.18%2026-11-20 (11d) — 40Δ P — IV 67.72%2026-11-20 (11d) — 35Δ P — IV 67.69%2026-11-20 (11d) — 30Δ P — IV 67.91%2026-11-20 (11d) — 25Δ P — IV 68.04%2026-11-20 (11d) — 20Δ P — IV 68.78%2026-11-20 (11d) — 15Δ P — IV 69.15%2026-11-20 (11d) — 10Δ P — IV 69.72%2026-11-20 (11d) — 5Δ P — IV 71.70%11d2026-11-27 (18d) — 15Δ C — IV 54.74%2026-11-27 (18d) — 20Δ C — IV 54.37%2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ C — IV 55.48%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ C — IV 55.74%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ C — IV 55.36%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ C — IV 56.12%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ C — IV 55.98%2026-11-27 (18d) — ATM — IV 56.82%2026-11-27 (18d) — 45Δ P — IV 56.50%2026-11-27 (18d) — 40Δ P — IV 56.26%2026-11-27 (18d) — 35Δ P — IV 56.86%2026-11-27 (18d) — 30Δ P — IV 56.74%2026-11-27 (18d) — 25Δ P — IV 57.89%2026-11-27 (18d) — 20Δ P — IV 57.26%2026-11-27 (18d) — 15Δ P — IV 58.88%2026-11-27 (18d) — 10Δ P — IV 58.87%18d10Δ 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
Delta4d11d18d
5Δ call40.37%——
10Δ call40.76%64.48%—
15Δ call41.29%63.94%54.74%
20Δ call41.55%64.58%54.37%
25Δ call41.70%64.82%55.48%
30Δ call41.83%65.41%55.74%
35Δ call41.95%65.80%55.36%
40Δ call42.06%66.01%56.12%
45Δ call42.14%66.48%55.98%
ATM42.23%66.81%56.82%
45Δ put42.37%67.18%56.50%
40Δ put42.63%67.72%56.26%
35Δ put42.93%67.69%56.86%
30Δ put43.19%67.91%56.74%
25Δ put43.44%68.04%57.89%
20Δ put43.77%68.78%57.26%
15Δ put44.20%69.15%58.88%
10Δ put44.65%69.72%58.87%
5Δ put45.45%71.70%—

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-11-134$165.3642.23%43.44%41.70%+1.75+0.3413
2026-11-2011$165.5066.81%68.04%64.82%+3.22-0.3828
2026-11-2718$165.7056.82%57.89%55.48%+2.41-0.1423
2026-12-0425$165.9349.98%50.48%48.16%+2.31-0.6611
2026-12-1132$165.9547.26%47.61%45.08%+2.53-0.9210
2026-12-1839$165.9344.47%45.23%43.16%+2.07-0.2817
2027-01-1567$166.6638.80%39.69%37.95%+1.74+0.0122
2027-03-19130$166.6038.99%39.91%38.61%+1.30+0.2721
2027-04-16158$166.9337.70%39.88%35.51%+4.37-0.0121
2027-06-17220$167.4938.00%39.22%35.80%+3.42-0.4925
2027-09-17312$168.0037.16%39.45%35.56%+3.89+0.3426

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

11 listed expirations produced a usable reading

30%40%50%60%70%2026-11-13 — 4 days — at-the-money IV 42.23%2026-11-20 — 11 days — at-the-money IV 66.81%2026-11-27 — 18 days — at-the-money IV 56.82%2026-12-04 — 25 days — at-the-money IV 49.98%2026-12-11 — 32 days — at-the-money IV 47.26%2026-12-18 — 39 days — at-the-money IV 44.47%2027-01-15 — 67 days — at-the-money IV 38.80%2027-03-19 — 130 days — at-the-money IV 38.99%2027-04-16 — 158 days — at-the-money IV 37.70%2027-06-17 — 220 days — at-the-money IV 38.00%2027-09-17 — 312 days — at-the-money IV 37.16%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
2026-11-134 days$165.3642.23%$165.5213
2026-11-2011 days$165.5066.81%$166.6228
2026-11-2718 days$165.7056.82%$167.0323
2026-12-0425 days$165.9349.98%$167.3511
2026-12-1132 days$165.9547.26%$167.5910
2026-12-1839 days$165.9344.47%$167.6917
2027-01-1567 days$166.6638.80%$168.9822
2027-03-19130 days$166.6038.99%$171.1721
2027-04-16158 days$166.9337.70%$172.1521
2027-06-17220 days$167.4938.00%$174.9425
2027-09-17312 days$168.0037.16%$178.2226

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
47.92%
60 days
39.78%
90 days
38.90%
180 days
37.83%

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 317 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.401.605 Sep31 Dec28 Apr20 Aug9 Nov

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

2026-11-18Before the openAnnounced

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 4 reports

Landed inside the implied band
3 of 4
75% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
11.3%
Mean move that happened
9.1%
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 open11.8%-6.3%0.54×
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.