An investor buys 5 future contracts on gold at the MCX.Each contract is for 100 gms. The contract price is Rs 30550 per10 gms. The tick size is Re 1. The initial margin is 4% while minimum margin is 90% of the initial margin. a. What is the minimum change in the value of the contract? b. What is the initial margin? c. At what price level the investor will have a margin call?

An investor buys 5 future contracts on gold at the MCX.Each contract is for 100 gms. The contract price is Rs 30550 per10 gms. The tick size is Re 1. The initial margin is 4% while minimum margin is 90% of the initial margin. a. What is the minimum change in the value of the contract? b. What is the initial margin? c. At what price level the investor will have a margin call?

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