11. Margin Call (LO2, CFA2) Suppose the initial margin on heating oil futures is $8,400, the maintenance
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11. Margin Call (LO2, CFA2) Suppose the initial margin on heating oil futures is $8,400, the maintenance margin is $7,200 per contract, and you establish a long position of 10 contracts today, where each contract represents 42,000 gallons. Tomorrow, the contract settles down $.04 from the previous day’s price. Are you subject to a margin call? What is the maximum price decline on the contract that you can sustain without getting a margin call?
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Fundamentals Of Investments Valuation And Management
ISBN: 9781260013979
9th Edition
Authors: Bradford Jordan, Thomas Miller, Steve Dolvin
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