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May thinks that Facebook is going to go down, so she decides to sell 270 shares short at a price of $25 per share. May posts the 44% margin required. If May's broker requires a 20% maintenance margin, at what stock price will she get a margin call on this short trade?
Multiple Choice
$54.00
$25.00
$30.00
$20.00
The price is computed as follows:
= (Number of shares x Price per share + Number of shares x Price per share x Initial margin) / (Number of shares x (1 + Maintenance margin) )
= (270 x $ 25 + 270 x $ 25 x 44%) / (270 x (1 + 0.20) )
= $ 9,720 / 324
= $ 30.00