MARA Short Volume
Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (MARA) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Financial - Capital Markets industry, with a market capitalization near $3.47B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 266 people, carrying a beta of 5.35 to the broader market. MARA Holdings, Inc. Led by Frederick G. Thiel, public since 2012-05-04.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 15.0M
- Total Volume
- 22.8M
- Short %
- 65.53%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 63.69%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc..
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MARA most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $7.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 10.8K | 13.8K | 84.7% | $0.72 | $0.74 |
| PUT | $5.00 | Mar 19, 2027 | 10.8K | 10.6K | 88.7% | $0.35 | $0.37 |
| CALL | $9.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 9.1K | 2.1K | 109.0% | $0.04 | $0.05 |
| PUT | $5.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 8.9K | 49.2K | 88.5% | $0.18 | $0.19 |
| CALL | $8.50 | Oct 16, 2026 | 7.0K | 862 | 105.4% | $0.15 | $0.16 |
| PUT | $8.50 | Oct 16, 2026 | 5.4K | 3.1K | 105.4% | $0.40 | $0.42 |
| CALL | $9.50 | Oct 23, 2026 | 5.1K | 4.4K | 89.6% | $0.09 | $0.11 |
| CALL | $9.00 | Oct 23, 2026 | 5.1K | 1.1K | 88.0% | $0.19 | $0.20 |
| PUT | $8.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 4.8K | 2.8K | 103.9% | $0.14 | $0.15 |
| CALL | $32.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 4.0K | 1.8K | 116.4% | $0.01 | $0.02 |
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Frequently asked MARA short volume questions
- What is the daily MARA short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (MARA) short volume is 15.0M shares against 22.8M total reported volume, or 65.53% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is MARA short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does MARA short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.