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Marathon Digital Holdings Whale Trades For March 22

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA).

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with MARA, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 17 options trades for Marathon Digital Holdings.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 52% bullish and 47%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $25,000, and 16, calls, for a total amount of $768,544..

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $15.0 to $35.0 for Marathon Digital Holdings over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.

This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Marathon Digital Holdings's options for a given strike price.

Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Marathon Digital Holdings's whale activity within a strike price range from $15.0 to $35.0 in the last 30 days.

Marathon Digital Holdings Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
MARA CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $35.00 $105.6K 1.1K 179
MARA CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $15.00 $105.0K 93 50
MARA CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $35.00 $68.7K 1.1K 102
MARA CALL SWEEP BEARISH 03/25/22 $28.50 $66.4K 1.5K 1.0K
MARA CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/20/23 $15.00 $65.8K 904 47

Where Is Marathon Digital Holdings Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 9,267,099, the price of MARA is up 8.11% at $29.87.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 48 days.

What The Experts Say On Marathon Digital Holdings:

  • Compass Point has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Marathon Digital Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $66.

Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.

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