dAn investor enters into a short $1$ months forward contract to sell $100,000$ British pounds for US dollars. Use the rates in the table to indicate what position the investor will take and calculate the gain$/$loss of the transaction.

Table Spot and forward quotes of the USD$/$GBP exchange rate

$\backslash$table$[[$Maturity$,$Bid,Offer$],[$Spot$,1\mathrm{.}2732,1\mathrm{.}2736],[1-$month forward,$1\mathrm{.}2746,1\mathrm{.}2751],[3-$month forward,$1\mathrm{.}2772,1\mathrm{.}2777],[1-$year forward,$1\mathrm{.}2883,1\mathrm{.}2889]]$

If the exchange rate at the end of the contract is $1\mathrm{.}24,$ the investor is obligated to $$ pounds.

If the exchange rate at the end of the contract is $1\mathrm{.}24$ the investor will invest in pounds at a price of $$ when they are worth $1\mathrm{.}24.$ Enter to $4$ decimal places $($e$.$g$.2\mathrm{.}3456)$

The investor will make a $$

The gain$/$loss of the transaction is $ $$ Enter dollar value $($e$.$g$.1000)$