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Effective: 1 January, 2020Categories: Leverage/DerivativesSource: 2020 GIPS StandardsPlease provide an example for how to calculate a return for a portfolio that includes short futures.
At the beginning of the period the portfolio consists of $90 long stocks, $10 margin deposited for futures and a short futures position of $90 notional value. At the end of the period the value of long stocks is $84 and notional value of futures is $83.60. Interest received from the deposited margin is $0.02. Total value of the portfolio changes from $100 (= $90 + $10) to $100.42 (= $84 + $10 + $90 – $83.60 + $0.02) and there are no external cash flows for the period.
R = (100.42 – 100) / 100 = 0.42%
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