Suppose the initial margin on heating oil futures is $14,300, the maintenance margin is $10,000 per contract, and you establish a long position of 16 contracts today, where each contract represents 33,000 gallons. Tomorrow, the contract settles down $.10 from the previous days 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? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

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Answer: If the contract settles down, a long position loses money.

The loss per contract is: 33,000*$.10 = $3300, so when the account is marked-to-market and settled at the end of the trading day, your balance is $11000, which is more than the maintenance margin. The minimum price change for a margin call is $1000 = 33,000*X

X= $.03030

= 3.030 cents per gallon