This morning $($Day $0)$ you take a short position in a pound futures contract that matures in $3$ days $($Day $3).$ The future price is $$1\mathrm{.}9750$ today. The contract size is $62,500$ and its initial performance bond and maintenance bond are $$2,430$ and $$1,830,$ respectively.

a$.$ Assuming that the daily settlement prices are indicated below, how would the daily change in settlement future prices affect your account? Show the daily gain$/$loss and account balance.

$\backslash$table$[[$Day$,$Settlement,Gain$/$Loss$,$Account Balance$],[0,1\mathrm{.}9750,,],[1,1\mathrm{.}9700,,],[2,1\mathrm{.}9815,,],[3,1\mathrm{.}9907,,],[,$Total,,$]]$

b$.$ During this period, did you receive a margin call? If you did, on what day?

c$.$ At the end of Day $3,$ how much in total did you make$/$lose on this futures contract?