Traders with a long position in the April 2020 contract would now have to pay around Rs1 lakh for every one lot of crude, i.e. 100 barrels, at the MCX quoted closing price of Rs 965 on April 20. This is assuming the person would have paid the full value of the contract.
However, most traders would not have expected to lose the entire value of the contract and are now staring at a loss of over Rs 2.88 lakh. (per lot)..
Be cautious on crude...