DDOG options flow: unusual options activity in Datadog, Inc.
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET
Over the last week the tape recorded 160 unusual options prints in Datadog, Inc. (DDOG), $15.0M of tracked premium, close to even between bullish and bearish premium. Bullish premium was $6.5M against $5.2M bearish; $11.1M went into calls and $3.9M into puts, a put call ratio of 0.35. The largest print was $852K of DDOG 16 Jun 2028 $270 calls on 24 September 2026, executed at bid. The last session with prints, 28 September 2026, added 1 print and $29K of premium. DDOG closed at $268.13 on 25 September 2026, up 4.4%.
This week's unusual flow
Prints from 21 September 2026 to 28 September 2026, 6 sessions. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.
Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.
Largest prints of the week
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2026 | DDOG 16 Jun 2028 $270 calls | Trade | 100 | 22 | $852K | At bid | Neutral | High conviction |
| 25 Sep 2026 | DDOG 17 Jun 2027 $230 calls | Trade | 100 | 250 | $799K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | DDOG 15 Jan 2027 $80 calls | Trade | 25 | 164 | $493K | At bid | Neutral | |
| 25 Sep 2026 | DDOG 21 Jan 2028 $210 calls | Sweep | 41 | 178 | $457K | At ask | Bullish | High conviction |
| 21 Sep 2026 | DDOG 17 Jun 2027 $230 calls | Trade | 74 | 159 | $445K | At bid | Bearish | Notable |
| 21 Sep 2026 | DDOG 21 Jan 2028 $360 puts | Sweep | 31 | 2 | $441K | At bid | Bullish | High conviction |
| 25 Sep 2026 | DDOG 21 Jan 2028 $290 calls | Sweep | 50 | 498 | $378K | Below bid | Bearish | High conviction |
| 25 Sep 2026 | DDOG 17 Jun 2027 $250 calls | Sweep | 50 | 209 | $358K | At midpoint | Neutral | Notable |
| 21 Sep 2026 | DDOG 17 Jun 2027 $250 calls | Trade | 65 | 145 | $338K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
| 22 Sep 2026 | DDOG 20 Nov 2026 $320 calls | Sweep | 467 | 474 | $311K | Below bid | Bearish | High conviction |
| 21 Sep 2026 | DDOG 16 Oct 2026 $230 puts | Sweep | 310 | 715 | $290K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 21 Sep 2026 | DDOG 2 Oct 2026 $227.50 puts | Sweep | 516 | 1 | $246K | At bid | Bullish | High conviction |
Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.
Where the money is aimed
| Expiry | Prints | Premium | Calls share | Net premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2027 | 8 | $2.4M | 100% | +$605K |
| 15 Jan 2027 | 23 | $1.9M | 56% | +$611K |
| 21 Jan 2028 | 13 | $1.9M | 69% | +$100K |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 15 | $1.4M | 67% | +$134K |
| 20 Nov 2026 | 20 | $1.2M | 66% | -$332K |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 17 | $1.2M | 40% | -$691K |
The most premium, $2.4M, is aimed at the 17 Jun 2027 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 2 Oct 2026.
A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.
The last session, 28 September 2026
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | DDOG 18 Dec 2026 $280 puts | Trade | 7 | 140 | $29K | At ask | Bearish |
Every print in DDOG with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open DDOG in Options Sentiment Screener.
Price
The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open DDOG in Options Sentiment Screener.
Analysts
The most recent analyst targets on file, from 30 firms, have a median of $292, 9.1% above the last close. The last 90 days brought 2 downgrades.
Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.
About Datadog, Inc.
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Industry
- Computer Software
- Website
- datadoghq.com
Datadog, Inc. provides monitoring and analytics platform for developers, operations teams, and business users in the cloud in North America and internationally. The company's SaaS platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, and security monitoring.
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Learn
- What unusual options activity means
- Reading one ticker's flow
- Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
- Size versus open interest
- Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
- The conviction score and whale prints
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