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Alfred takes the short position on 10 oil futures contracts at a futures price of $75 per barrel

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Alfred takes the short position on 10 oil futures contracts at a futures price of $75 per barrel. Each contract is on 1,000 barrels of oil. Settlement prices on the next 4 days are given as follows:

Day

Price

1 $75.50

2 $79

3 $77

4 $75

The exchange enforces an initial margin requirement of 10% and a maintenance margin of 5%.

The minimum amount that Alfred must deposit in his futures margin account to take his desired position is closest to:

$75,000

$37,500

$750,000

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