Assume todays settlement price on a CME EUR futures contract is $1.3140/EUR. You have a short position in one contract. Your performance bond account currently has a balance of $1,700. The next three days settlement prices are $1.3126, $1.3133, and $1.3049. The size of the contract is 125,000$

1. Calculate the changes in the performance bond account from daily marking-to-market and the balance of the performance bond account after the third day. Comment on your result.
2. Calculate the same as in (a) by assuming you have a long position in the futures contract. Comment on your result.