A company enters into a short futures contract to sell 6,000
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A company enters into a short futures contract to sell 6,000 bushels of wheat for 450 cents per bushels. The initial margin is $4,000 and the maintenance margin is $3,000. What price change would lead to a margin call? Under what circumstances could $2,000 be withdrawn from the margin account?
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