Type the Excel formula for a day’s mark-to-market on one long futures contract, with today’s settlement price in B2, yesterday’s in B1 and the contract size in B3.

Answer

=(B2-B1)*B3

(2,662 − 2,650) × 100 = 1,200. Today minus yesterday, times size; a short position is the negative of this.

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