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Price Trades 6713 -25 6709 +15 6706 +25 6718 -20 6725 -30 6732 +30 6715 -20 6712 Close
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1. Consider the table which shows trading in the SPI200 futures contract. What is your:
a) Open position at the close
b) Maximum open position
c) Initial margin, presuming your maximum position is your maximum trading limit d) Your maintenance margin e) Profit / loss on your trading in points and dollars
f) How much money is transferred to your margin account and by whom?
g) What trade would close out your position?
h) Explain whether or not you needed to perform a credit check on each counterparty to your trades
The following questions are based on today's market(last week).
2. As at the close of business this Friday, what were:
a) S&P/ASX 200 Index
b) Yield of 10-year government bond
c) 3-month BBSW
d) The closing price of the September SPI200 contract
e) The closing price of the September Bank Bill futures contract
f) The closing price of the September 3-year bond futures contract
g) The closing price of the September 10-year bond futures contract
h) Retail sales
i) Home loan approvals
3. What has been the annual growth rate of the Average weekly ordinary time earnings since February 2007 to February 2020?