### Comment:
You buy $4000 worth of gold call options. Max you can lose is $4000. You contract can go way OTM and back into the money without you having to post anything (assuming your option is fully cash paid / no margin debt). 
  
 You put down a $4000 initial margin requirement for a gold futures contract. Every day you are marked to market and required to post collateral if you fall under your maintenance margin requirement. 
  
 &amp;#x200B;

### REPLY:
Hello?  
  
 &gt;  post collateral **if you fall under your maintenance margin requirement** 
  
 is very different than  
  
 &gt; post collateral EVERY DAY you are wrong / the trade is going against you.  
  


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