Question: What is the answer if you take a short position for the last question: Today's settlement price on a Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) futures contract

What is the answer if you take a short position for the last question:

Today's settlement price on a Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) futures contract is $1.7537/. Your initial performance bond is at $2,000. The maintenance performance bond is $1,600. The next three days' settlement prices are $1.7670/, $1.7219/, and $1.6985/. (The contractual size of one CME contract is 62,500). You take a short position in one futures contract (sell ), what is the total additional fund you need to deposit so that you keep your margin account over the three days?

A.

$831.25

B.

$1782.38

C.

$3206.44

D.

$0, because it never drops below the "margin call".

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