a whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on marathon oil looking at options history for marathon oil mro we detected 14 strange trades if we consider the specifics of each trade it is accurate to state that 57 of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 42 with bearish from the overall spotted trades 3 are puts for a total amount of 144740 and 11 calls for a total amount of 645860 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 200 to 450 for marathon oil over the last 3 months looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options this data can help you track the liquidity and interest for marathon oils 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 oils whale trades within a strike price range from 200 to 450 in the last 30 days marathon oil option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is marathon oil standing right now   with a volume of 10726518 the price of mro is down 33 at 3022   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought   next earnings are expected to be released in 54 days what the experts say on marathon oil   morgan stanley has decided to maintain their equalweight rating on marathon oil which currently sits at a price target of 33   mizuho has decided to maintain their buy rating on marathon oil which currently sits at a price target of 38 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 if you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for marathon oil benzinga pro gives you realtime options trades alerts