I import coffee from Colombia. I work for Starbucks. The firm that I import coffee from in Colombia is called "Best Coffee Exports." Today, I call "Best Coffee Exports" and ask if they would like to sell $75,000$ pounds of coffee for May $2024$ delivery. "Best Coffee Exports" agrees and we settle on a price of May minus $2($May $-2).$ Today, the May coffee futures contract is priced at $49\mathrm{.}30.$ Fast forward into the future where for purposes of this scenario, assume that there are two days left in the May contract trading period and the price of the May $2024$ coffee futures contract is now $68\mathrm{.}90.$ I call "Best Coffee Exports" and we agree to settle our business based on the new market price of $68\mathrm{.}90($not taking into consideration the $2-$cent discount$).$ Assume I did everything $$by the book$$ in terms of my hedging strategy, based on what we learned in class.

How much am I left with in U$.$S$.$ dollar terms as a combination of my gain or loss on the futures contract side of the equation combined with the amount of money I paid to "Best Coffee Exports"?

A$.$

I now have the coffee and my books show a negative combined balance of $$35,475\mathrm{.}00.$ I made $$14,700\mathrm{.}00$ on my futures trade and I paid the exporter $$50,175\mathrm{.}00.$

B$.$

I now have the coffee and my books show a positive combined balance of $$35,475\mathrm{.}00.$ I made $$14,700\mathrm{.}00$ on my futures trade and I made $$50,175\mathrm{.}00$ from the exporter.

C$.$

I now have the coffee and my books show a negative combined balance of $$17,737\mathrm{.}50.$ I made $$7,350\mathrm{.}00$ on my futures trade and I paid the exporter $$25,087\mathrm{.}50.$

D$.$

I have now sold the coffee and my books show a positive combined balance of $$17,737\mathrm{.}50.$ I made $$7,350\mathrm{.}00$ on my futures trade and the exporter paid me $$25,087\mathrm{.}50.$