You short sell 100 shares of TSLA at $280/share. The initial margin is 60% and the current brokerage call rate is 7%. Assuming that 50 days later, TSLA share price has risen to $360/share. 

Will you get a margin call if the maintenance margin is 30%? 

If so, how much is the margin call?

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