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A market maker may hold a position worth at most $50000$ dollars. A contract trades at $25$ dollars per unit, and the market maker is long $1200$ units. How many more units can be bought?

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Hint

Convert the dollar limit into units.

Solution

The limit is $50000 \div 25 = 2000$ units.
The market maker already holds $1200$ units.
The market maker can buy $2000 - 1200 = 800$ more units.

Answer: $800$

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