I have a 'portfolio margin' account so the margin calculations take into account the risk of each position via algorithms. I barely took any hit to margin on this trade but a standard margin account would be fairly significant with a 300 point wide spread. Come to think of it, it's probably not worth it unless you have a portfolio margin account. That didn't cross my mind when I first posted. Sorry. 

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