You enter into a short crude oil futures contract at $43 per barrel. The initial margin is $3,375 and the maintenence margin is $2,500. One contract is for 1,000 barrels of oil. By how much do oil prices have to change before you receive a margin call

The correct answer is "43.875". A further explanation is provided below.

Explanation:

The given values are:

Initial margin,

= $3,375

Maintenance margin,

= $2,500

Barrels of oil,

= 1,000

Now,

The loss on the position will be:

=

= ($)

then,

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On adding "43000" both sides, we get

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