Suppose that in the 5 days following a farmer's sale of September wheat futures at a futures price of $3.83 the futures prices are

At the end of day 5 the farmer decides to quit wheat farming and buys back his futures contract. What payments are made between the farmer and the exchange on each day? What is the total payment over the five days? Would the total payment be any different if the contract was not marked to market? The contract size is 5,000 bushels.

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Day 3 Price $3.70 $3.50 $3.83 $3.60 $3.98