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Prediction Series · Lock · Issue P-175
Prediction Series · P-175

Below a slashed guide — ≥$600M, locked at 91%.

91% probability The Trade Desk's Q3 2026 revenue lands at or above $600 million — roughly 8% below its own ~$650m guide, a guide that implied a year-on-year decline and took the shares down 24%. Resolves ~5 Nov 2026.

Type · Prediction Lock · revenue-floor threshold, decline-side Locked · 2026-08-13 · before the Q3 results Resolves · ~2026-11-05 · Trade Desk Q3 2026 results (investors.thetradedesk.com) Scored · binary: Q3 2026 revenue ≥$600M yes/no
Trade Desk Q3 2026 revenue · our locked floor
≥ $600M
revenue · vs a ~$650M company guide

The Trade Desk reported Q2 2026 revenue of $715m, up 3% but $37.6m short of forecasts, with net income down 29% to $64m, then guided Q3 revenue to about $650m against a consensus near $804m — an implied year-on-year decline that cut the shares 24%. Our floor sits about 8% below the company's own guide. Source: Trade Desk Q2 2026 results, 6 August 2026.

— 1 · The Locked Call

The Trade Desk Q3 2026 revenue lands ≥$600 million — P = 0.91.

We lock a binary: The Trade Desk reports third-quarter 2026 revenue of at least $600 million, per the company's results release. Confidence 91%.

— 2 · Why it's nail-able

The bar is set below a guide the company has already cut hard.

This is not a growth call. The Trade Desk guided Q3 revenue to roughly $650m against a consensus near $804m — an implied decline that the market punished with a 24% fall. Because the downgrade has already happened, our floor sits about 8% below management's own reduced number rather than ahead of an untested expectation. Confidence 91%, and deliberately not higher, because a company that has just missed and guided down is demonstrably in a deteriorating position, and programmatic ad budgets can be cut inside a quarter. Scored on total reported revenue.

Locked on 2026-08-13 — scored against The Trade Desk's reported Q3 2026 revenue.

RAOSCAFF locks P-175 on 2026-08-13, before the Q3 release. Scored against The Trade Desk's reported third-quarter 2026 revenue versus a $600 million floor.

Locked
2026-08-13 (commit timestamp on origin/main)
Resolves
~2026-11-05 — The Trade Desk Q3 2026 results
Source
The Trade Desk Q3 2026 earnings release, total revenue (investors.thetradedesk.com; SEC 8-K)
Scored by
Binary: YES if reported Q3 2026 total revenue is ≥$600,000,000; NO otherwise. Total revenue — not gross spend on the platform and not adjusted EBITDA.

A company that has just missed and guided down is deteriorating; programmatic ad budgets can be cut inside a quarter.