Consider a hypothetical futures contract where the current price is $ 212. The initial margin requirement is $ 10 and the maintenance margin requirement is $ 8. You enter into long 20 contracts and meet all margin requirements, but do not take out excess margin. When can there be a margin call?

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Q: Eurodollar futures contracts

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