Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Marathon Digital Holdings MARA.
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with MARA, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what these investors just did?
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 30 uncommon options trades for Marathon Digital Holdings.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 40% bullish and 56%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $109,909, and 27 are calls, for a total amount of $1,526,849.
What's The Price Target?
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $5.0 to $50.0 for Marathon Digital Holdings during the past quarter.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Marathon Digital Holdings options trades today is 4638.08 with a total volume of 35,994.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Marathon Digital Holdings's big money trades within a strike price range of $5.0 to $50.0 over the last 30 days.
Marathon Digital Holdings Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days
Largest Options Trades Observed:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARA | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 12/19/25 | $13.05 | $12.8 | $12.85 | $10.00 | $128.5K | 5.3K | 205 |
| MARA | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $8.2 | $8.05 | $8.05 | $15.00 | $120.7K | 6.7K | 182 |
| MARA | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 12/19/25 | $10.65 | $10.1 | $10.2 | $20.00 | $101.9K | 4.3K | 126 |
| MARA | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 12/19/25 | $10.65 | $9.9 | $9.9 | $20.00 | $99.0K | 4.3K | 326 |
| MARA | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $5.8 | $5.7 | $5.7 | $24.00 | $96.3K | 169 | 171 |
About Marathon Digital Holdings
Marathon Digital Holdings Inc focuses on mining digital assets. It owns crypto-currency mining machines and a data center to mine digital assets. The company currently operates in the Digital Currency Blockchain segment. The Crypto-currency Machines are located in the United States.
In light of the recent options history for Marathon Digital Holdings, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.
Marathon Digital Holdings's Current Market Status
- With a volume of 42,567,429, the price of MARA is down -0.66% at $19.39.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 64 days.
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