Question: The initial margin for traders in the SPI200 contract is $7,655 per contract and the maintenance margin is $6,806 per contract. Consider the following table

The initial margin for traders in the SPI200 contract is $7,655 per contract and the maintenance margin is $6,806 per contract. Consider the following table of trades in the SPI200 futures contract. Presume this is your first day of trading the SPI200.

What was the total profit or loss from the days trading, in points and dollars?

How much was transferred to your account and by whom?

Number of contracts traded Price
-40 (ie short 40 contracts) 7319
+70 (ie long 70 contracts) 7349
-65 7333
+20 7368
-40 7381
Close 7361

Gain of 2000 points, which is $20,000.00 for $20,000 deposited by those who lost money
Loss of 2000 points, which is $20,000.00 for $20,000 deposited by you
Loss of 55 points, which is $2,750.00, for no amount deposited by anybody
Loss of 2000 points, which is $50,000.00, for $3,305 deposited by you

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