Consider an investor who contacts his/her broker on June 5^th to enter into short position on 3 December soybean futures contract.

Each contract size is 50lbs. Initial margin requirement is $5000 per contract and maintenance margin requirement is $3750 per contract. Suppose that current futures price is $1250 per pound.

Using the daily settlement process, please answer the questions #1 - #3.

date	futures price			loss/gain			Acct bal. (after adjusting margin call)	Margin call
5-Jun	$1,250	/lbs
	$1,240	/lbs
6-Jun	$1,235	/lbs					XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
7-Jun	$1,215	/lbs
8-Jun	$1,245	/lbs
				total cum.loss/gain=

#1. Are there any margin calls? If so, when and by how much?

#2. How much is the total cumulative loss/gain for this account?

#3. What is the appropriate account balance at the end of June 6th, which is the highlighted part in the table above?

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1 Yes there is a margin call on June 6th The futures price decrease... View the full answer