You are short 15 gasoline futures contracts, established at an initial settle price of $2.085 per gallon, where each contract represents 42,000 gallons. Your initial margin to establish the position is $7,425 per contract and the maintenance margin is $6,500 per contract. Over the subsequent four trading days, gasoline settles at $2.071, $2.099, $2.118, and $2.146, respectively.

Compute the balance in your margin account at the end of each of the four trading days, and compute your total profit or loss at the end of the trading period. Assume that a margin call requires you to fund your account back to the initial margin requirement. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Input all amounts as positive values. The daily margin account value is after the margin call for that day.)

Days	Margin Account	Total ($)	Profit or loss	Margin Call
Day 1	$120,195	$8,820	profit	0
Day 2	$102,555	$17,640	loss	0
Day 3	$	$11,970	loss
Day 4	$	$17,640	loss

Total Loss:

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