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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended: December 31, 2024

or

Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Commission File Number: 000-50102

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

 

36-7362830

(State or other jurisdiction of

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

Identification No.)

 

c/o MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

55 West 46th Street, 31st Floor

New York, New York  10036

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 332-7300

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

none

none

none

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  Units of Beneficial Interest

                                                                                                       (Title of Class)

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes No

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  

 

Accelerated filer  

Non-accelerated filer     

 

Smaller reporting company  

Emerging growth company  

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its

internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public

accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.


If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes No

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

Not applicable.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference

 

Registrant’s Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, the annual report to security holders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, is incorporated by reference into Part II Item 8 and Part IV hereof and filed as an exhibit herewith.



Item 1.    Business

 

(a)    General development of business

 

Global Macro Trust (the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust organized on July 23, 2001 pursuant to a Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The Trust originally filed a registration statement, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to register units of beneficial interest (the “Units”), which registration statement became effective March 26, 2002. Between April 1, 2002 and June 30, 2002, the Units were publicly offered at an initial price of $1,000 per Unit. The Trust commenced operations on July 1, 2002. The Trust has subsequently registered additional Units with the SEC. The net asset value of a Series 1 Unit that originally sold for $1,000 as of July 1, 2002 was $1,158.52 as of December 31, 2024. The net asset value of a Series 3 Unit that originally sold for $1,180.91 as of September 1, 2009 was $2,012.10 as of December 31, 2024. The net asset value of a Series 4 Unit that originally sold for $1,315.33 as of November 1, 2010 was $2,877.57 as of December 31, 2024. The net asset value of a Series 5 Unit that originally sold for $1,500.00 as of April 1, 2018 was $1,847.57 as of December 31, 2024.

Effective September 29, 2017, previously offered Series 1 and Series 2 Units are not being offered by the Trust. All Series 2 Units have been redeemed as of August 31, 2017, while outstanding Series 1 Units remain subject to their original terms.

 As of December 31, 2024, Units were being offered on a monthly basis at net asset value per Unit. The Units are offered through a number of registered broker-dealer selling agents on a best efforts basis. 

The Trust engages in speculative trading in the futures, forward and spot currency markets and may trade options thereon as well as swap contracts. The amount of capital raised for the Trust should not have a significant impact on its operations, as the Trust has no significant capital expenditure or working capital requirements other than to pay trading losses, brokerage fees and charges.

 

Millburn Ridgefield LLC (the “Managing Owner”), a Delaware limited liability company operating in New York, New York, organized in May 1982, is the managing owner and the commodity trading advisor (“CTA”) for the Trust. It and its principals have been trading in the futures and forwards markets pursuant to systematic quantitative, trading and risk management methods since 1971. The Managing Owner has been registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) as a commodity pool operator (“CPO”) since July 1, 1982, as a CTA since September 13, 1984 and has been a member of the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) since July 1, 1982. The Managing Owner has been an approved swaps firm with the NFA since December 26, 2012. The Millburn Corporation, a former affiliate of the Managing Owner that, prior to January 1, 2019, performed certain research, trading, technology, operations, marketing, accounting, tax, legal, compliance, human resources, and other administrative functions for the Trust and other commodity pools and investment partnerships managed by the Managing Owner, merged with and into the Managing Owner on December 31, 2018, and the Managing Owner now performs the functions formerly performed by The Millburn Corporation. Until January 30, 2025, the Managing Owner operated as a Delaware corporation under the name “Millburn Ridgefield Corporation”. Effective as of January 30, 2025, the Managing Owner converted to a Delaware limited liability company named “Millburn Ridgefield LLC”. All references to the Managing Owner herein refer to “Millburn Ridgefield Corporation” prior to January 30, 2025, as applicable.

 

The Managing Owner invested $400 in the Trust as an initial capital contribution to the Trust and $2,000,000 in the Trust at the outset of trading and subsequently has contributed an additional $3,812,100 and has redeemed $51,800,724 as of December 31, 2024. After reflecting net income of $8,788,678 and profit share of $39,322,334 from inception up to and including December 31, 2024, this investment totaled $2,122,788, as of December 31, 2024.

   

(c)    Description of business

 

The Trust engages in the speculative trading of futures, forward and spot currency contracts and may trade options thereon as well as swap contracts. The Trust’s sole trading advisor is the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner trades the Trust’s assets in the agricultural, metals, energy, interest rate and stock indices futures markets and in the currency markets, trading primarily forward contracts in the interbank market. The Managing Owner makes its systematically-based trading decisions pursuant to its investment and trading methodology, based on signals generated from an analysis of a range of quantitative data as well as certain money management principles, each of which may be revised from time to time. The objective of the Managing Owner’s investment and trading methods is to consider these multiple data inputs, or “factors,” in order to arrive at relatively near-term forecasts for each traded instrument and take appropriate risk-managed positions.

 

Trades generated by quantitative models may be profitable or unprofitable. Since the Managing Owner is well aware that many trades will ultimately lose money, its objective is to generate more frequent and/or larger profitable trades than losing trades. During periods in which market behavior differs significantly from that analyzed to build the models, or periods where data inputs important to predicting price movements were not included in those analyzed to build the models, substantial losses are possible, and even likely.

 

The Managing Owner is engaged in an ongoing research effort to improve its investment and trading methods and to apply its quantitative analytic expertise to new financial products, markets and instruments.

 

Successful systematic trading depends on several elements. Two of the main elements are the development and selection of the trading systems used in each market and the allocation of portfolio risk among the markets available for trading.


 

Market environments change over time, and particular systems may perform well in one environment but poorly in another. Likewise, market sectors and individual markets go through periods where systematic trading is profitable and other periods where no system is able to generate any profits.

 

The goal of the Managing Owner’s research has been to develop and select a mix of systems in each market and to allocate risk across a wide array of markets, so as to contain overall portfolio risk within a targeted range, while allowing exposure to profitable opportunities.

 

Over approximately 54 years, the Managing Owner and its predecessor entities have developed hundreds of trading systems. These trading systems generate buy or sell decisions in a particular market based on the analysis of a range of quantitative data, and the interactions of such data, in the particular market or in markets in general.

 

Of course, systems can be materially different — better in some periods and worse in others. Some of the main distinguishing characteristics include: the time frame over which systems work (e.g., intra-day to long-term); the granularity of data fed into them (e.g., tick data to daily, weekly or monthly frequencies); the amount of historical data used to learn the market structure; the statistical methods used to make forecasts; the type of data (e.g., price, price-derivative, fundamental and other quantitative data); and the source of data (e.g., cash, futures, option or equity markets-generated data or government-, and industry- or company-generated statistical information). No single system will work all the time. Therefore, the Managing Owner’s objective is to have several systems operating in conjunction with one another.

  

When arriving at the portfolio allocation, the Managing Owner generally seeks maximum diversification, subject to liquidity and sector concentration constraints, the mandate of the strategy, and the Managing Owner’s judgment and experience. Each instrument is traded using a diversified set of systems, which may be optimized for groups of markets, sectors or specific markets. The markets traded and allocations are reviewed at least monthly, although changes may occur more or less frequently. The following factors, among others, are considered in constructing a universe of markets to trade for the Trust: profitability, liquidity of markets, professional judgment, desired diversification, transaction costs, and exchange and other regulations. The current allocation to any market in the Trust’s portfolio does not exceed 3.0% of total market exposure, measured by risk allocation. These allocation levels may be exceeded in the future at the discretion of the Managing Owner.

 

Risk is a function of both price level and price volatility. For example, for any given level of volatility, a 100,000 barrel crude oil position is worth more and is, therefore, probably more risky with oil at $90 per barrel than with oil at $50 per barrel. Similarly, oil would be more risky if prices are moving in a 5% daily range than if prices are moving in a 1% daily range. The Managing Owner sizes the position in each market taking into account its measurement of risk based on price level and volatility in that market. Market exposure is then managed by the position-sizing models which measure the risk in the portfolio’s position in each market. In the event the model determines that the risk has changed beyond an acceptable threshold, it will signal a change in the position — a decrease in position size when risk increases and an increase in position size when risk decreases. The Managing Owner’s position-sizing models seek to maintain overall portfolio risk and distribution of risk across markets within designated ranges. The position-sizing model manages the position traded in the aggregate through the combination of the (directional) trading systems discussed above.

 

In addition, the Managing Owner’s risk management processes focus on money management principles applicable to the portfolio as a whole and also to individual markets. The first principle is portfolio diversification, which attempts to improve the quality of profits by reducing volatility.

 

Additional money management principles applicable to the portfolio as a whole include: (1) limiting the assets committed as margin or collateral, generally within a range of 5% to 35% of an account’s net assets, though the amount may at any time be substantially higher or lower and (2) prohibiting pyramiding — that is, using unrealized profits in a particular market as margin for additional positions solely in the same market.

 

Another important risk management function is the careful control of leverage or total portfolio exposure. Leverage levels are determined by simulating the entire portfolio — all markets, all systems, all risk control models, the exact weightings of the markets in the portfolio and the proposed level of leverage — over multiple years to determine the portfolio’s simulated risk and return characteristics as well as the simulated worst-case drawdown experienced by the portfolio in the simulation period. The simulated worst-case drawdown, or peak-to-trough drawdown, is measured from a daily high in portfolio assets to the subsequent daily low whether that occurs days, weeks or months after the daily high. If the Managing Owner considers this simulated drawdown too severe or the portfolio’s simulated volatility too high, it can set the leverage or level of the actual portfolio accordingly so as to reduce the total portfolio exposure. There are, however, no restrictions on the amount of leverage the Trust may use at any given time.

 

Decisions whether to trade a particular market require the exercise of judgment. The decision not to trade certain markets for certain periods, or to reduce the size of a position in a particular market, may result at times in missing significant profit opportunities.

 

The Managing Owner’s discretion and expertise in the execution of trades plays a role in timing of orders and, from time to time, the Managing Owner may adjust the size of a position, long or short, in any given market indicated by its systematic trading strategies. This exercise of discretion (other than in trade execution) has historically been very rare and would generally occur only in response to unusual market conditions that may not have been factored into the design of the trading systems. Such adjustments would be done with the intention of reducing risk exposures as opposed to seeking additional risk. Decisions to make such adjustments also require the exercise of judgment and may include


consideration of the volatility of the particular market; the pattern of price movements, both inter-day and intra-day; open interest; volume of trading; changes in spread relationships between various forward contracts; and overall portfolio balance and risk exposure.

 

The Trust is open-ended and may offer Units issued in difference Series. Currently, the Trust is offering Series 3, Series 4 and Series 5 Units at their respective net asset values as of the first day of each month. The only differences between the Units of each Series are the applicable fees and expenses. Otherwise, the Units of each Series are identical to the Units of such other Series and share pro rata in the profits and losses of the Trust. Series 3 Units are available only to investors participating in a registered investment adviser’s asset-based fee or fixed fee advisory program through which an investment adviser recommends a portfolio allocation to the Trust. Series 4 Units are available only to employees and former employees of the Managing Owner and its affiliates who purchase their Units through the Managing Owner’s 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan. Unitholders (“Unitholders”) may redeem any or all of their Units upon 10 days’ written notice to the Managing Owner at their net asset value as of the last day of any month. An investor acquiring Series 5 Units through certain selling agents may be required to pay to such selling agents an upfront selling commission of up to 3% of the amount intended to be invested in Series 5 Units. Any such upfront selling commission will be deducted by the selling agent directly from the investor’s investment account maintained by the selling agent and will not be considered in calculating the profit shares attributable to Series 5 Units as described below. Requests for redemption will be honored and payment will be made, except in the event of highly unusual market disruptions, within 15 business days of the effective date of redemption.

  

Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Managing Owner receives a flat-rate monthly brokerage fee equal to 0.583% of the month-end Series 1 net assets (a 7.0% annual rate). The Managing Owner charges less than the annual brokerage rate of 7% to those subscribers who invested in amounts of $100,000 or more in the Series 1 Units or subscribed without incurring the selling commissions paid by the Managing Owner. These reductions have no effect on other investors. From this amount, the Managing Owner pays approximately 0.50% to the Trust’s executing and clearing brokers, and up to 4% to the selling agents. For Series 1 Units sold after June 4, 2009, the amount paid to selling agents shall not, however, exceed 9.5% of the gross offering proceeds. Once the 9.5% threshold is reached with respect to a Series 1 Unit, the selling agent will receive no future compensation and the up to 4% amount that would otherwise be paid to the selling agent for that Series 1 Unit will instead be rebated to the Trust for the benefit of all holders of Series 1 Units. The Managing Owner also receives a profit share equal to 20% of any new trading profit of Series 1 Units, determined as of the end of each calendar year. The annual profit share is calculated net of brokerage fees and administrative expenses and excluding interest income. The Managing Owner pays all the routine costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s trades and all compensation due to the selling agents with respect to the Series 1 Units.

The Trust pays the Managing Owner an annual management fee equal to 1.75% of the average month-end net assets attributable to the Series 3 Units after reduction for expenses but before reduction for any accrued but unpaid management fees or Series 3 profit share. Series 3 Units are also charged for their pro rata share of the Trust’s actual trade execution, clearing costs and foreign currency prime brokerage fees, including electronic platform trading costs, estimated at approximately 0.45% of the Trust’s average month-end net assets per year attributable to the Series 3 Units. The Trust pays the Managing Owner a profit share attributed to the Series 3 Units equal to 20% of any cumulative new trading profit of the Series 3 Units in the aggregate, determined as of the end of each calendar year. The annual Series 3 profit share is calculated net of management fees, execution and clearing costs, and ongoing offering and administrative expenses and excluding interest income.

 

Series 4 Units are charged for their pro rata share of the Trust’s actual trade execution, clearing costs and foreign currency prime brokerage fees, including electronic platform trading costs, estimated at approximately 0.45% of the Trust’s average month-end net assets per year attributable to the Series 4 Units. Series 4 Units are not charged a management fee or profit share.

With respect to the Series 5 Units, the Trust pays the Managing Owner an annual management fee equal to 2.50% of the average month-end net assets attributable to the Series 5 Units after reduction for expenses but before reduction for any accrued but unpaid management fees or Series 5 profit share. From this amount, the Managing Owner will pay up to 0.75% per year of the Trust’s net assets attributable to Series 5 Units to the selling agents, provided that cumulative compensation paid to selling agents for Series 5 Units will not exceed 9.5% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of Series 5 Units. Once the 9.5% threshold is reached with respect to a Series 5 Unit, the selling agent will receive no future compensation and the up to 0.75% amount that would otherwise be paid to the selling agent for that Series 5 Unit will instead be rebated to the Trust for the benefit of all Series 5 Unitholders. Series 5 Units are also charged for their pro rata share of the Trust’s actual trade execution clearing costs and foreign currency prime brokerage fees, including electronic platform trading costs, estimated at approximately 0.45% of the Trust’s average month-end net assets per year attributable to the Series 5 Units. The Trust pays the Managing Owner a profit share attributed to the Series 5 Units equal to 20% of any cumulative new trading profit of the Series 5 Units in the aggregate, determined as of the end of each calendar year. The annual Series 5 profit share is calculated net of management fees, execution and clearing costs, and ongoing offering and administrative expenses and excluding interest income.

The Trust’s organizational and initial offering costs were paid by the Managing Owner without reimbursement from the Trust or the Unitholders. The Trust pays all of its expenses incurred in the ordinary course of its business and any extraordinary expenses, if applicable.

  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (“Deutsche Bank”), BofA Securities Inc. (“BofA”) and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“GS&Co”) act as the futures brokers for the Trust. The Trust also currently engages in currency forward trading with Deutsche Bank AG and Bank of America, N.A., which serve as the Trust’s prime brokers for such transactions, but may utilize the services of additional prime brokers or engage in such trading with other banks and dealers as well. At the present time, the Trust clears its currency forward trades with Deutsche Bank AG and Bank of America, N.A. The Trust pays “bid ask” spreads on its forward trades, as such spreads are incorporated into the pricing of forward contracts. The Managing Owner monitors the Trust’s trades to ensure that the prices it receives are competitive.


 The Trust’s cash and short-term United States (“U.S.”) Treasury instruments are used by the Trust to engage in its trading activities and as reserves to support that trading. The Trust’s assets deposited with the Trust’s futures brokers as margin are maintained in “customer segregated funds accounts” or “foreign futures and foreign options secured amount accounts” and are held in cash, or U.S. Treasury instruments. Trust assets not deposited as margin are maintained in bank or brokerage accounts and are held primarily in bank money market funds or short-term U.S. Treasury instruments or a U.S. government securities and related instruments money market fund.

 

The Trust does not engage in lending (other than through permitted securities investments).

Regulation

 

Under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “CEA”), commodity exchanges and futures trading are subject to regulation by the CFTC. NFA, a “registered futures association” under the CEA, is the only non-exchange self-regulatory organization for futures industry professionals. The CFTC has delegated to NFA responsibility for the registration of CTAs, CPOs, “futures commission merchants,” “introducing brokers,” “swap dealers” and their respective associated persons and “floor brokers” and “floor traders.” The CEA requires CPOs and CTAs, such as the Managing Owner, and commodity brokers or futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) and swap dealers, such as Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, BofA, Bank of America, N.A. and GS&Co to be registered and to comply with various reporting and record keeping requirements. The CFTC may suspend a CPO’s or CTA’s registration if it finds that its trading practices tend to disrupt orderly market conditions or in certain other situations. In the event that the registration of the Managing Owner as a CPO or a CTA were terminated or suspended, the Managing Owner would be unable to continue to manage the business of the Trust. Should the Managing Owner’s registration be suspended, termination of the Trust might result.

 

In addition to such registration requirements, the CFTC and certain commodity exchanges have established limits on the maximum net long or net short positions which any person may hold or control in certain futures contracts. Most exchanges also limit the changes in futures contract prices that may occur during a single trading day. The CFTC has also proposed, but not yet adopted, additional position limit rules governing energy, metals and agricultural derivative contracts. All accounts controlled by the Managing Owner are likely to be combined for speculative position limit purposes. The Managing Owner could be required to liquidate positions it holds for the Trust or may not be able to fully implement trading instructions generated by its trading models, in order to comply with the new position limits regime. Any such liquidation or limited implementation could result in substantial costs to the Trust. It is as yet unclear whether the rules will have an adverse effect on the Trust.

 

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Reform Act”) mandates that a substantial portion of over-the-counter derivatives be executed in regulated markets and be submitted for clearing to regulated clearinghouses, subject to margin requirements. Associated dealer costs are generally passed through to other market participants in the form of clearing account maintenance fees and less favorable dealer marks.

 

The Trust may also trade forward contracts in the inter-bank currency market. Such forward contracts are not currently traded on exchanges; rather, banks and dealers act as principals in these markets. As a result of the Reform Act, the CFTC regulates non-deliverable forwards (including many deliverable forwards where the parties do not take delivery), although currency forward contracts are generally not otherwise subject to regulation by any other U.S. government agency. Changes in the forward markets may entail increased costs and result in burdensome reporting requirements. There is currently no limitation on the daily price movements of forward contracts. Principals in the forward markets have no obligation to continue to make markets in the forward contracts traded. The imposition of credit controls by governmental authorities or the implementation of regulations pursuant to the Reform Act might limit such forward trading to less than that which the Managing Owner would otherwise recommend, to the possible detriment of the Trust.

 

(1)(i) through (v) - not applicable.

(2)(i) - not applicable.

 

2(ii)  - the Trust has no employees.

 

Item 1A.    Risk Factors

 Not required.

 

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

 

Not required.

Item 1C. Cybersecurity

The Managing Owner has written procedures and policies that govern the Trust’s general cybersecurity program. These policies and procedures include, among other things, the identification of risks, locations of information, management of third party risk and incident response, among other factors, and are designed to address real world concerns.


The Cybersecurity Committee (the “Committee”) of the Managing Owner is responsible for overseeing cyber and information security. The Committee meets at least quarterly to discuss cybersecurity risks and frequently holds more informal discussions in the interim. The Committee is subject to oversight by the board of directors of the Managing Owner (the “Board”). The Committee is co-chaired by the Managing Owner’s President/Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer/Co-Head of Trading, and General Counsel/Chief Compliance Officer who oversee day-to-day implementation of cyber and information security by employees with specialized expertise and experience in such matters. The Board is kept apprised of the cybersecurity policies and procedures on a formal basis at least annually, and is kept informed on a less formal basis through participation in training and policy updates. The Committee meets at least quarterly to discuss and review testing, cybersecurity risks/events and all other relevant matters. Committee members are given the opportunity at these meetings to ask questions of all relevant personnel.

The Managing Owner utilizes a combination of statistics, data and testing by third party service providers and software in order to monitor and identify cybersecurity threats. To the extent those threats require immediate attention, they are dealt with and reported to the Committee thereafter in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Managing Owner’s incident response plan. Other threats, as well as follow ups once threats are properly dealt with, are then discussed and analyzed by the Committee. Reports on these activities are discussed with the Board on at least an annual basis, with any material issues raised promptly to the Board as well.

To assess the effectiveness of the Managing Owner’s cybersecurity programs and to mitigate exposure, the Managing Owner has consulted with strategic partners, such as outside counsel specializing in this subject matter as well as the Managing Owner’s cyber insurance provider. The Managing Owner also undertook a table top exercise designed to identify and mitigate issues and train personnel.

The Managing Owner’s head of risk management (who is also mentioned above as one of the co-chairmen of the Committee) participates in all Committee meetings and, as part of the risk management function, the Committee applies principles of risk management to its information security program. As with all risks identified by the Managing Owner, risks are identified and evaluated, with higher risk items receiving priority attention.

The Managing Owner has undertaken efforts to mitigate cyber risks and their impact, including, but not limited to, certain implementation of firewalls, anti-virus/anti-malware, controls around remote network access, multi-factor authentication, system event monitoring and notifications and electronic surveillance, frequent backups, encryption and password protection, education and testing, supervision of third parties, limitations on access, vulnerability scanning, patch installation, physical safeguards, virus scanning, and penetration testing.

Employees are required to complete initial cybersecurity training upon commencement of employment and, thereafter, on an annual basis. The training is designed by a third party service provider. The Managing Owner carries cyber insurance. The Managing Owner maintains formal cybersecurity procedures that are considered during contract review with respect to third party vendors handling and having access to information.

Item 2.    Properties

 

The Trust does not own or use any physical properties in the conduct of its business. The Managing Owner performs administrative services for the Trust from its offices.

 

Item 3.    Legal Proceedings

 

The Managing Owner is not aware of any pending legal proceedings to which either the Trust is a party or to which any of its assets are subject. In addition there are no pending material legal proceedings involving the Managing Owner.

 

Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not required.

Item 5.    Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

(a)    Market Information

 

There is no trading market for the Units, and none is likely to develop. Units may be redeemed upon 10 days’ written notice to the Managing Owner at their net asset value as of the last day of any month.

 

(b)    Holders

 

As of December 31, 2024, there were 1,489 holders of Series 1 Units, 189 holders of Series 3 Units, 1 holder of Series 4 Units and 58 holders of Series 5 Units.


 

(c)    Dividends

 

No distributions or dividends have been made on the Units, and the Managing Owner has no present intention to make any.

 

(d)    Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

 

None.

  

(e)    Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities

 

There have been no sales of unregistered securities of the Trust during 2023 or 2024.

 

(f)    Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer

 

Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, Unitholders may redeem their Units at the end of each calendar month at the then current month-end net asset value per Unit. The redemption of Units has no impact on the value of Units that remain outstanding, and Units are not reissued once redeemed.

 

The following table summarizes the redemptions by Series 1, Series 3 and Series 4 Unitholders during the fourth calendar quarter of 2024. There were no Series 5 redemptions during the fourth calendar quarter of 2024.

Series 1 Units

Series 1

Series 3 Units

Series 3

Series 4 Units

Series 4

Redemption Date

Redeemed

Unit NAV

Redeemed

Unit NAV

Redeemed

Unit NAV

October 31, 2024

(124.347)

1,143.10

0.000

1,970.63

(1.142)

2,810.05

November 30, 2024

 

(1,142.196)

 

1,152.77

 

0.000

 

1,994.72

 

(142.600)

 

2,848.55

December 31, 2024

(369.820)

1,158.52

(77.492)

2,012.10

0.000

2,877.57

 

 

(1,636.363)

 

 

 

(77.492)

 

 

 

(143.742)

 

 

Item 6.    [Reserved.]

Item 7.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Reference is made to “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” The information contained therein is essential to, and should be read in conjunction with, the following analysis.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Units may be offered for sale as of the beginning, and may be redeemed as of the end, of each month.

 

The amount of capital raised for the Trust should not have a significant impact on its operations, as the Trust has no significant capital expenditure or working capital requirements other than for monies to pay trading losses, brokerage commissions and charges. Within broad ranges of capitalization, the Managing Owner’s trading positions should increase or decrease in approximate proportion to the size of the Trust.

 

The Trust raises additional capital only through the sale of Units and capital is increased through trading profits (if any). The Trust does not engage in borrowing.

  

The Trust trades futures, forward and spot contracts, and may trade swap and options contracts, on interest rates, agricultural commodities, currencies, metals, energy and stock indices and forward contracts on currencies. Risk arises from changes in the value of these contracts (market risk) and the potential inability of counterparties or brokers to perform under the terms of their contracts (credit risk). Market risk is generally to be measured by the face amount of the futures positions acquired and the volatility of the markets traded. The credit risk from counterparty non-performance associated with these instruments is the net unrealized gain, if any, on these positions plus the value of the margin or collateral held by the counterparty. The risks associated with exchange-traded contracts are generally perceived to be less than those associated with OTC transactions, because exchanges typically (but not universally) provide clearinghouse arrangements in which the collective credit (in some cases limited in amount, in some cases not) of the members of the exchange is pledged to support the financial integrity of the exchange. In most OTC transactions, on the other hand, traders must rely (typically but not universally) solely on the credit of their respective individual counterparties. Margins which may be subject to loss in the event of a default, are generally required in exchange trading, and counterparties may require margin or collateral in the OTC markets.

 


The Managing Owner has procedures in place to control market risk, although there can be no assurance that they will, in fact, succeed in doing so. These procedures primarily focus on: (1) real time monitoring of open positions; (2) diversifying positions among various markets; (3) limiting the assets committed as margin or collateral, generally within a range of 5% to 35% of an account’s net assets, though the amount may at any time be substantially higher; and (4) prohibiting pyramiding – that is, using unrealized profits in a particular market as margin for additional positions in the same market. The Trust controls credit risk by dealing exclusively with large, well-capitalized financial institutions as brokers and counterparties.

 

The financial instruments traded by the Trust contain varying degrees of off-balance sheet risk whereby changes in the market values of the futures, forward and spot contracts or the Trust’s satisfaction of the obligations may exceed the amount recognized in the Statements of Financial Condition of the Trust.

 

Due to the nature of the Trust’s business, substantially all its assets are represented by cash, cash equivalents and U.S. government obligations, while the Trust maintains its market exposure through open futures, forward and spot contract positions.

 

The Trust’s futures contracts are settled by offset and are cleared by the exchange clearinghouse function. Open futures positions are marked-to-market each trading day and the Trust’s trading accounts are debited or credited accordingly. Options on futures contracts are settled either by offset or by exercise. If an option on a future is exercised, the Trust is assigned a position in the underlying future which is then settled by offset. The Trust’s spot and forward currency transactions conducted in the interbank market are settled by netting offsetting positions or payment obligations and by cash payments.

 

The value of the Trust’s cash and financial instruments is not materially affected by inflation. Changes in interest rates, which are often associated with inflation, could cause the value of certain of the Trust’s debt securities to decline, but only to a limited extent. More important, changes in interest rates could cause periods of strong up or down market price trends, during which the Trust’s profit potential generally increases. However, inflation can also give rise to markets which have numerous short price trends followed by rapid reversals, markets in which the Trust is likely to suffer losses.

 

The Trust’s assets are generally held as cash or cash equivalents, including short-term U.S. government obligations, which are used to margin the Trust’s futures, forward and spot currency positions and withdrawn, as necessary, to pay redemptions and expenses. Other than potential market-imposed limitations on liquidity, due, for example, to limited open interest in certain futures markets or to daily price fluctuation limits, which are inherent in the Trust’s futures, forward and spot trading, the Trust’s assets are highly liquid and are expected to remain so. During its operations through December 31, 2024, the Trust experienced no meaningful periods of illiquidity in any of the numerous markets traded by the Managing Owner.

   

Results of Operations

 

The Trust’s success depends on the Managing Owner’s ability to recognize and capitalize on trends and other profit opportunities in different sectors of the global capital and commodity markets. The Managing Owner’s investment and trading methods are confidential, so that substantially the only information that can be furnished regarding the Trust’s results of operations is its performance record. Unlike most operating businesses, general economic or seasonal conditions have no direct effect on the profit potential of the Trust, while, at the same time, its past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Because of the speculative nature of its trading, operational or economic trends have little relevance to the Trust’s results. The Managing Owner believes, however, that there are certain market conditions — for example, markets with strong price trends — in which the Trust has a better opportunity of being profitable than in others.

  

The performance summary set forth below is an outline description of how the Trust performed in the past trading in a wide variety of markets. The Trust’s futures and currency forward contract prices are marked-to-market every trading day, and the Trust’s trading accounts are credited or debited with its daily gains or losses. Accordingly, there is no material economic distinction between realized gains or losses on closed positions and unrealized gains or losses on open positions.

 

Series 1 Units, which were initially issued simply as “Units” beginning in July 2002, were the only Series of Units available prior to 2009. Series 3 Units were first issued on September 1, 2009, Series 4 Units were first issued on November 1, 2010, and Series 5 Units were first issued on April 1, 2018. The Trust’s past performance is not necessarily indicative of how it will perform in the future.

2024

During 2024, the Trust achieved net realized and unrealized gains of $6,074,450 from its trading operations (including foreign exchange transactions and translations). Brokerage fees and management fees of $3,563,731, administrative expenses of $480,037 and custody fees and other expenses of $22,993 were paid or accrued. The Trust allocated $758 in profit share to the New Profits Memo Account for the benefit of the Managing Owner. Interest income of $3,815,387 and Managing Owner commission rebate to Unitholders of $206,170 partially offset the Trust’s expenses resulting in a net income after profit share to the Managing Owner of $6,028,488.

An analysis of the trading gain (loss) by sector is as follows: 


Sector

% Gain (Loss)

Currencies

2.89

%

Energies

 

(2.96)

%

Grains

1.26

%

Interest rates

 

2.53

%

Livestock

(0.17)

%

Metals

 

(0.81)

%

Softs

(0.08)

%

Stock indices

 

4.90

%

Total

 

7.56

%

The Trust was profitable due to gains from trading equity index futures, interest rate futures and currency forwards. Meanwhile, trading of commodity futures produced a partially offsetting loss as negative results from trading energy and metal futures exceeded a profit from trading agricultural and soft commodities futures.

U.S. equities during the year were positively impacted amid declining interest rates, growth, optimism around artificial intelligence and the presidential election. Meanwhile, concerns about high valuations, stagnation in Europe, deflation in China and wars in the Middle East and Europe impacted stock price gains globally. Late in the year, monetary and fiscal policy support measures from China intended to stimulate economic activity, boost financial markets and stabilize property markets seemingly provided support to equities. Overall, trading of equity futures was profitable. Fiscal policy and inflation worries weighed on Brazilian equity markets and a short Bovespa trade was profitable. Long positions in Japanese and Taiwanese equity futures and trading of Chinese futures were also profitable. Trading of European stock index futures and the EAFE index also posted gains. Trading of U.S. equity futures was mixed but slightly profitable overall. Meanwhile, trading of Korean, Indian, Australian and South African stock index futures registered modest losses.

Interest rates were volatile during 2024. They rose from January through April as developed market central banks, led by the Federal Reserve, pushed back against market expectations of official interest rate cuts. Concerns about “sticky” inflation, strong wage data and solid labor markets helped support this higher-for-longer interest rate narrative. From May to mid-September, global interest rates fell sharply, and yield curves steepened. Market participant responses to actual and anticipated reductions in official interest rates among major developed market central banks possibly impacted moderating inflation, growth and employment statistics. However, this decrease was followed by an interest rate resurgence amid solid employment and growth data in the U.S., worries about fiscal deficits in the U.S. and Europe and anticipated Trump Administration fiscal, trade and immigration policy choices. Overall, short positions in U.S., German and Australian interest rate futures were profitable, notably during the January-April period. Conversely, trading of Canadian, French, Italian and short-term U.K. interest rate futures posted partially offsetting losses, particularly during the summer when interest rates decreased.

Relative strength in U.S. growth, equity markets and interest rate differentials seemingly supported the U.S. dollar during the year, although growth worries during the summer likely impacted the U.S. currency temporarily. Numerous factors possibly contributed to the U.S. dollar during the year, including European political uncertainties, particularly in France, Germany and the U.K.; expanding geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East and in Ukraine; domestic political turmoil in Japan and South Korea; China’s struggle to overcome deflationary pressures and fiscal policy worries around Mexico and Latin America. Long U.S. dollar positions versus the Japanese yen, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, New Zealand dollar, Norwegian krone, euro, Korean won and Chilean peso were profitable. On the other hand, a short U.S. dollar trade against the high yield Mexico peso and trading the U.S. dollar against the currencies of Singapore, Brazil and the U.K. produced partially offsetting losses.

Energy prices rose early in the year amid escalating Middle East tensions and fears of supply disruptions. The continuation of production cuts by OPEC+, along with Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries, seemingly contributed to supply worries. On the demand side, stronger-than-expected U.S. economic data and fresh stimulus in China seemed to increase the outlook in two of the world’s largest oil consumers. From early April to mid-September energy prices decreased. Deflation in China, sluggish growth in Europe, and moderating growth in the U.S., particularly in the manufacturing sectors, appeared to weigh on energy demand. The continuing transition toward EVs also possibly impacted demand. Concurrently, non-OPEC supplies continued to grow, and OPEC+ struggled to maintain production and export constraints on all of its members. Broad-based easing of global monetary policies appeared unable to support energy prices. Thereafter, prices were volatile and generally rangebound. In this environment, long crude oil positions and trading of crude oil products were broadly unprofitable. Short U.S. natural gas positions were also unprofitable, especially late in the year when prices rose as demand from Europe and Asia was unexpectedly strong due in part to disruptions of natural gas flows to Eastern Europe from Russia. Conversely, a short carbon emissions trade was profitable as rising costs for alternative energy strategies and the recent slowdown in the EV market seemingly weighed on prices for emission credits.

Base metal prices were volatile during 2024 amid changes to interest rates, the U.S. dollar, and growth expectations (particularly in China). Trading copper and zinc was unprofitable. Short aluminum trades were also unprofitable as U.S. and U.K. bans on the trading of new


Russian metals supplies, several mine closures and rising freight costs and logistics problems appeared to push prices higher. Short silver trades were unprofitable early in the year amid expectations of impending interest rate cuts by developed market central banks and rising demand from the solar power industry. On the other hand, long gold positions were profitable as prices reached new highs near $2800/ounce in October possibly reflecting broad-based demand from central banks, high-net-worth investors, retail investors and traditional Asian buyers. Geopolitical uncertainties, worries about government debt levels and declining interest rates may have helped encourage buyers.

Although grain prices were quite volatile during 2024 due in part to weather conditions, excess grain supplies from South America, Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. contributed to decreased prices overall. Amid these factors, short wheat, soybean and corn trades were profitable. Conversely, trading of soybean meal, livestock and soft commodity futures was marginally unprofitable.

2023

During 2023, the Trust experienced net realized and unrealized losses of $6,791,465 from its trading operations (including foreign exchange transactions and translations). Brokerage fees and management fees of $4,576,076, administrative expenses of $479,352 and custody fees and other expenses of $23,676 were paid or accrued. The Trust allocated $3,058 in profit share to the New Profits Memo Account for the benefit of the Managing Owner. Interest income of $4,089,483 and Managing Owner commission rebate to Unitholders of $455,884 partially offset the Trust’s expenses resulting in a net loss after profit share to the Managing Owner of $7,328,260.

An analysis of the trading gain (loss) by sector is as follows: 

Sector

% Gain (Loss)

Currencies

(0.96)

%

Energies

(3.85)

%

Grains

(0.05)

%

Interest rates

(4.47)

%

Livestock

0.02

%

Metals

(0.35)

%

Softs

(0.07)

%

Stock indices

1.17

%

Total

(8.56)

%

The Trust was unprofitable for the year largely due to losses from trading interest rate and energy futures. Trading of currency forwards and non-energy futures were each also unprofitable, but to a lesser extent. On the other hand, trading of stock index futures was profitable.

A factor influencing markets in 2023 was the effort by global central banks, led by the Federal Reserve, to tighten monetary policy to bring down high inflation. However, this drive to higher interest rates was not linear. During the first half of the year, the March banking crisis impacted trading in financial and commodity markets and contributed to lower interest rates. Persistent negative reports from global manufacturing and housing sectors also seemingly periodically reversed the upward thrust of interest rates. During that time, the U.S. Treasury 10-year interest rate traded in a 3¼% to 4% range. In the second half of the year, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose from around 3.75% at the start of the summer to around 5% in late October as inflation, tight labor markets, growth, and debt supply fears seemingly contributed to central banks maintaining a hawkish path. Subsequently, however, increasing evidence that global inflation rates were falling faster than expected, that labor market tightness and wages were moderating, and that global growth, especially in manufacturing, was slowing seemingly caused market participants to drive global interest rates lower. Amid this data and market action, global central banks shifted their policy stances from hawkish to neutral, if not dovish, and the U.S. Treasury 10-year interest rate plunged back under 4% by mid-December. In this environment, short positions in global interest rate futures were broadly unprofitable, especially when interest rates declined in March and again late in the year. Overall, short positions in German, French, Italian, British and Canadian note and bond futures were unprofitable. A short position in a short-term U.S. dollar interest rate future was also unprofitable in the fourth quarter. Trading of Japanese government bond futures was also unprofitable. On the other hand, short positions in U.S. note and bond futures and Canadian bankers’ acceptance futures registered partially offsetting gains, especially in the May through October timeframe. A long Euribor futures trade was profitable late in the year as well.

Energy prices, impacted by conflicting forces, were volatile throughout the year. For example, WTI crude, which opened the year near $77/barrel, traded above $90/barrel in late September, before ending the year near $72/barrel. Concerns about anemic growth in China and recession fears in Europe possibly weighed on energy demand and prices. A threat of significant demand destruction for distillate fuels due to high prices, the EV revolution and environmental regulations also seemingly impacted energy prices and demand. Increased non-OPEC+ production also likely impacted energy prices. At the same time, the willingness of OPEC+, led by Saudi Arabia, to expand production cuts in both quantity and duration supported energy prices throughout the year. Moreover, the Hamas attacks in Israel and follow-on Israeli siege of


Gaza, and disruptions to global trade amid increased Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea contributed to periodic price surges. Falling interest rates and a declining U.S. dollar also supported energy prices late in the year. Overall, long positions in Brent crude, WTI crude, RBOB gasoline, heating oil and London gas oil were unprofitable. On the other hand, short U.S. natural gas positions were quite profitable as prices declined amid warmer-than-normal winter weather in Europe and the U.S., weak industrial demand in China and Germany, and ample global supplies.

Vacillating expectations about relative growth, inflation, interest rates and monetary policy outlooks across countries likely contributed to volatile fluctuations in the U.S. dollar during the year. Trading results were mixed, though fractionally unprofitable overall. Long U.S. dollar positions versus the Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, New Zealand dollar, Swiss franc, Swedish krona and Norwegian krone were unprofitable, especially late in the year when U.S. interest rates plunged. Trading the U.S. unit against the euro, Korean won, Indian rupee and Israeli shekel was also unprofitable. Meanwhile, a long U.S. dollar/Japanese yen trade and short U.S. dollar positions relative to the high-yielding Mexican peso, Chilean peso, Brazilian real and Polish zloty registered partially offsetting profits. Trading the U.S. dollar against the Singapore dollar and South African rand was modestly profitable as well.

Trading of metal futures was mixed but fractionally unprofitable. A short silver position was profitable during the first three quarters of 2023 as higher interest rates, a stronger U.S. dollar and sluggish manufacturing globally seemingly impacted silver prices. Trading of aluminum and zinc were also slightly profitable. On the other hand, late in the year, declining interest rates and a weaker U.S. dollar underpinned most metal prices, and a short gold position was highly unprofitable. Trading of copper was also unprofitable.

Ample grain supplies seemingly weighed on grain prices during the year, but weather worries and concerns around the Russia-Ukraine war seemed to support periodic rallies. Volatile macroeconomic developments globally also likely impacted grain markets in 2023. Overall, losses from trading soybeans and soybean oil were largely countered by gains from short wheat and corn positions and trading of soybean meal.

Among soft commodities, losses on short coffee, cotton and cocoa positions marginally outdistanced the profits from a long sugar trade early in the year and a short sugar position in December.

Against a background of changing and disparate views about inflation, monetary policy, growth and earnings outlooks across countries, and numerous geopolitical uncertainties, equity markets were volatile during the year. Following the sustained gains in equity markets during the first seven months of 2023, high and rising interest rates and worries about growth dynamics in China, Europe and the U.S. seemingly weighed on equity prices from August through October. Then, declining interest rates and a dovish policy pivot by global central banks, hopes that the U.S. economy could avoid a recession and a persistent boost from AI and tech enthusiasm possibly contributed to a broad equity rally. For the year, performance was mixed though profitable. Short VIX and VSTOXX volatility index futures positions were profitable. Long positions in Japanese, Taiwanese, Australian, French, Italian and Dutch stock index futures were profitable. Trading of the U.S. Russell, Singaporean, Indian, British, Chinese and South African equity index futures were also profitable. On the other hand, trading of several U.S. non-Russell stock index futures and Korean, Spanish and EAFE stock index futures produced partially offsetting losses.

Critical Accounting Estimates

 

The Trust records its transactions in futures, forward and spot contracts, including related income and expenses, on a trade date basis. Open futures contracts traded on an exchange are valued at fair value, which is based on the closing settlement price on the exchange where the futures contract is traded by the Trust on the day with respect to which net assets are being determined. Open spot contracts are recorded at fair value based on current market prices (“spot prices”). Open forward currency contracts are recorded at fair value, based on pricing models that consider the current market prices plus the time value of money (“forward points”) and contractual prices of the underlying financial instruments. The spot prices and forward points for open forward currency contracts are generally based on the 3:00 P.M. New York time prices provided by widely used quotation service providers on the day with respect to which net assets are being determined. The forward points from the quotation service providers are generally in periods of one month, two months, three months and six months forward while the contractual forward delivery dates for the foreign currency contracts traded by the Trust may be in between these periods.

 

The Managing Owner’s policy is to calculate the forward points for each contract being valued by determining the number of days from the date the forward currency contract is being valued to its maturity date and then using straight-line interpolation to calculate the valuation of forward points for the applicable forward currency contract. The Managing Owner will also compare the calculated price to the forward currency prices provided by dealers to determine whether the calculated price is fair and reasonable.

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions, such as accrual of expenses, that affect the amounts and disclosures reported in the financial statements. Based on the nature of the business and operations of the Trust, the Managing Owner believes that the estimates utilized in preparing the Trust’s financial statements are appropriate and reasonable, however actual results could differ from these estimates. The estimates used do not provide a range of possible results that would require the exercise of subjective judgment. The Managing Owner further believes that, based on the nature of the business and operations of the Trust, no other reasonable assumptions relating to the application of the Trust’s critical accounting estimates other than those currently used would likely result in materially different amounts from those reported.

  

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not required.


Item 8.    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

Financial statements required by this item, including the report of Deloitte & Touche LLP (PCAOB ID: 34) for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, are included as Exhibit 13.01 to this report. Supplementary data is not required.

Item 9.    Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

None.

 

Item 9A.    Controls and Procedures

 

The Managing Owner, with the participation of the Managing Owner’s principal executive officers and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures with respect to the Trust as of the end of the fiscal year for which this Annual Report on Form 10-K is being filed, and, based on its evaluation, has concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures are effective. There were no significant changes in the Managing Owner’s internal controls with respect to the Trust or in other factors applicable to the Trust that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation.

 

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

    The Managing Owner is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over the Trust’s financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, a company’s principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by a company’s board of directors, management and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Managing Owner’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

 

•   pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Trust’s assets; 

 

•   provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the Trust’s financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that the Trust’s receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Managing Owner’s management and directors; and 

 

•   provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Trust’s assets that could have a material effect on the Trust’s financial statements. 

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

  

The Managing Owner assessed the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting with respect to the Trust as of December 31, 2024. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013). Based on its assessment, management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2024, the Managing Owner’s internal control over financial reporting with respect to the Trust is effective based on those criteria.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires the Managing Owner to evaluate annually the effectiveness of its internal controls over financial reporting as of the end of each fiscal year, and to include a management report assessing the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting in all annual reports. There were no changes in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting for the year ended December 31, 2024 that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 9B. Other Information

 

(a)None.

(b)During the year ended December 31, 2024, neither the Managing Owner nor its directors or officers adopted or terminated any Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as such terms are defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).


Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections

 

Not applicable.



Item 10.    Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

 

(a, b) Identification of Directors and Executive Officers

 

The Trust has no directors or executive officers. The Trust is controlled and managed by the Managing Owner under a delegation of authority by Wilmington Trust Company (the “Trustee”).

 

Millburn Ridgefield LLC, the Managing Owner, is a Delaware limited liability company operating in New York, New York, organized in May 1982 to manage discretionary accounts primarily in futures, forward and spot markets. It is the corporate successor to a futures trading and advisory organization which has been continuously managing assets in the currency and futures markets using quantitative, systematic techniques since 1971. The Managing Owner converted from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company on January 30, 2025.

 

The principals and senior officers of the Managing Owner as of December 31, 2024 are as follows:

 

Harvey Beker, age 71. Mr. Beker is Chairman of the Managing Owner and serves as a member of the Managing Owner’s Investment Committee. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from New York University (“NYU”) in 1974 and a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from NYU in 1975. From June 1975 to July 1977, Mr. Beker was employed by the investment bank Loeb Rhoades, Inc. where he developed and traded silver arbitrage strategies. From July 1977 to June 1978, Mr. Beker was a futures trader at the commodities and securities brokerage firm of Clayton Brokerage Co. of St. Louis. Mr. Beker joined The Millburn Corporation in June 1978. He initially served as the Director of Operations for its affiliate, Millburn Partners, and most recently thereafter served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Owner and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Millburn Corporation until November 1, 2015. During his tenure at the Managing Owner (including its former affiliates, The Millburn Corporation, Millburn Partners and CommInVest Research Limited Partnership (“CommInVest”)), he has been instrumental in the development of the research, trading and operations areas. Mr. Beker became a principal of the firm in June 1982, and a partner in the predecessor to ShareInVest Research L.P. (“ShareInVest”) in April 1982. Mr. Beker became registered as an Associated Person and a Swap Associated Person of the Managing Owner effective November 25, 1986 and March 8, 2013, respectively. He was also listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person of ShareInVest effective February 20, 1986 until February 25, 2007. Since March 20, 2020 Mr. Beker has also served as Chairman of Millburn Asia, LLC and Millburn International, LLC (collectively, “Millburn International Group”) and prior to that date served as Co-Chairman of each such entity since its inception.

 

Gregg R. Buckbinder, age 66. Mr. Buckbinder is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Managing Owner. He joined the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation in January 1998 from Odyssey Partners, L.P., an investment management firm, where he was responsible for the operation, administration and accounting of the firm’s merchant banking and managed account businesses from July 1990 through December 1997. Mr. Buckbinder was employed by Tucker Anthony, a securities broker and dealer, from June 1985 to July 1990 where he was First Vice President and Controller, and from August 1983 to June 1984 where he designed and implemented various operations and accounting systems. He was with the public accounting firm of Ernst & Whinney from June 1984 to June 1985 as a manager in the tax department and from September 1980 to August 1983 as a senior auditor, with an emphasis on clients in the financial services business. Mr. Buckbinder graduated cum laude from Pace University (“Pace”) in 1980 with a B.B.A. in accounting and received an M.S. in taxation from Pace in 1988. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Buckbinder served as Senior Vice-President of the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation until November 1, 2015, the Chief Financial Officer of the Managing Owner until February 1, 2020, and has since served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of both entities with his affiliation with The Millburn Corporation ceasing on December 31, 2018 upon The Millburn Corporation’s merger into the Managing Owner. Mr. Buckbinder has also served as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of each entity in Millburn International Group since inception. Mr. Buckbinder became listed as a Principal of the Managing Owner effective February 5, 1999. He became listed as a Principal of The Millburn Corporation effective March 23, 1998 until January 17, 2019 following The Millburn Corporation’s merger into the Managing Owner. Mr. Buckbinder became a partner in ShareInVest in January 2000. He was also listed as a Principal of ShareInVest effective February 28, 2001 until February 25, 2007.

 

Michael W. Carter, age 55. Mr. Carter is a Vice President, Director of Operations and Principal Accounting Officer of the Managing Owner. He is responsible for overseeing operations and accounting for the firm’s commodity pools. Mr. Carter has served as Principal Accounting Officer of the Managing Owner since May 2014, and prior to the merger of The Millburn Corporation into the Managing Owner on December 31, 2018, also served as Vice President and Director of Operations of The Millburn Corporation since January 2011, maintaining responsibility for the entity’s operations. Mr. Carter previously held the positions of Fund Controller (February 2001 until February 2011) and Senior Accountant (March 2000 until February 2001) with The Millburn Corporation. He graduated from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey – Newark in May 1997 with a B.S. in Accounting. Prior to joining the Managing Owner and its affiliates in March 2000, he was employed with the accounting firm Rothstein Kass & Company, P.C., as a fund accountant from March 1997 until September 1997 and as a staff auditor from September 1997 until June 1999, and then an equity analyst covering restaurants with the brokerage firm of Sidoti & Company, LLC, which conducts independent small-cap equity research for institutional investors, from June 1999 until February 2000. He is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Carter became listed as Principal of the Managing Owner effective April 22, 2014. Mr. Carter’s affiliation with The Millburn Corporation ceased on December 31, 2018 upon its merger into the Managing Owner.

 

Steven M. Felsenthal, age 55. Mr. Felsenthal is General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of the Managing Owner. Prior to joining the Managing Owner and its affiliates (including its former affiliate The Millburn Corporation) in January 2004, Mr. Felsenthal was a senior associate in the investment management group at the law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP (September 1999 to January 2004), where he


represented and advised hedge funds, registered investment companies, investment advisers, broker-dealers and banks in connection with all facets of their asset management businesses, and a member of the tax department of the law firm of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP (October 1996 to September 1999). He graduated cum laude from Yeshiva University in 1991 with a B.A. in political science, and order of the coif from Fordham University School of Law in 1996, where he also served as an editor of the Fordham Environmental Law Journal. Mr. Felsenthal received an LL.M degree in taxation from NYU School of Law in 2001 and has written and been quoted in numerous published articles, and frequently speaks at conferences, on various topics related to investment management. Mr. Felsenthal is a member of the New York State Bar (since August 1997), a member of NFA’s Compliance and Risk Committee (since May 2014), a member of MFA’s CTA, CPO and Futures Committee, serving as a Chair (since April 2018) and Vice Chair (February 2017 to April 2018), a member of the Steering Committee of MFA’s Chief Compliance Officer Forum (June 2014 to December 2015; and July 2024 to present), former Chairman of MFA’s CPO/CTA Advisory Committee (November 2006 to June 2010) and former Co-Chairman of the Steering Committee of MFA’s CPO/CTA Forum (June 2010 to January 2013), is currently a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Securities Operations & Custody (formerly known as the Journal of Securities Law, Regulation and Compliance) (since February 2007) and the Journal of Financial Compliance (since August 2017) and a regular lecturer for the Regulatory Compliance Association’s Chief Compliance Officer University (since May 2009). Mr. Felsenthal also served as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of each entity in Millburn International Group since inception. Mr. Felsenthal became listed as a Principal of the Managing Owner effective June 24, 2004. He also became registered as an Associated Person of Millburn Ridgefield LLC effective September 5, 2024. Mr. Felsenthal also served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of ShareInVest. Mr. Felsenthal’s affiliation with The Millburn Corporation ceased on December 31, 2018 upon its merger into the Managing Owner.

  

Mark B. Fitzsimmons, age 77. Mr. Fitzsimmons is a Senior Vice President of the Managing Owner. His responsibilities mainly involve business development. He joined the Managing Owner and its affiliates (including its former affiliate The Millburn Corporation) in January 1990 from the brokerage firm of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, a global financial services firm, where he was a Principal and Manager of institutional foreign exchange sales and was involved in strategic trading for the firm from October 1987 until January 1990. From September 1977 to October 1987, he was with the financial institution Chemical Bank New York Corporation (“Chemical”), first as a Senior Economist in Chemical’s Foreign Exchange Advisory Service and later as a Vice President and Manager of Chemical’s Corporate Trading Group. While at Chemical he also traded both foreign exchange and fixed income products. From September 1973 to September 1977, Mr. Fitzsimmons was employed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, dividing his time between the International Research Department and the Foreign Exchange Department. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1970 with a B.S. degree in economics. His graduate work was done at the University of Virginia, where he received a certificate of candidacy for a Ph.D. in economics in 1973. Mr. Fitzsimmons became listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person and a Swap Associated Person of the Managing Owner effective July 2, 1993, April 15, 2009, and March 8, 2013, respectively. Mr. Fitzsimmons was a partner in ShareInVest beginning in January 2000. He was also a listed Principal of ShareInVest effective May 19, 1999 until February 25, 2007. Mr. Fitzsimmons also served as a Senior Vice President of The Millburn Corporation until December 31, 2011 with his main responsibilities including business development and investment strategy.

 

Barry Goodman, age 67. Mr. Goodman is Co-Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Trading of the Managing Owner, and serves as a member of the Managing Owner’s Investment Committee. Mr. Goodman plays an integral role in business and product development, and in the strategic direction of the firm as a whole. Mr. Goodman joined the Managing Owner (including its former affiliate The Millburn Corporation) and Millburn Partners in November 1982 as Assistant Director of Trading and thereafter served as Executive Vice President of the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation until November 1, 2015. Mr. Goodman has since served as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Trading of both entities with his affiliation with The Millburn Corporation ceasing on December 31, 2018 upon the merger of The Millburn Corporation into the Managing Owner. His responsibilities include overseeing the firm’s trading operations and managing its trading relationships, as well as the design and implementation of trading systems. From September 1980 through October 1982, he was a commodity trader at the brokerage firm of E. F. Hutton & Co., Inc. (“E.F. Hutton”). At E.F. Hutton, he also designed and maintained various technical indicators and coordinated research projects pertaining to the futures markets. Mr. Goodman graduated magna cum laude from Harpur College of the State University of New York in 1979 with a B.A. in economics. Mr. Goodman has also served as President and a Director of each entity in Millburn International Group since inception. Mr. Goodman became listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person and a Swap Associated Person of the Managing Owner effective December 19, 1991, May 23, 1989 and January 14, 2013, respectively. He became a partner in ShareInVest in January 1994. Mr. Goodman was a listed Principal of ShareInVest, effective May 19, 1999 until February 25, 2007.

 

Grant N. Smith, age 73. Mr. Smith is Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Managing Owner, and serves as a member of the Managing Owner’s Investment Committee. He is responsible for the design, testing and implementation of quantitative trading strategies, as well as for planning and overseeing the computerized decision-support systems of the firm. He received a B.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) in 1974 and an M.S. degree from MIT in 1975. While at MIT, he held several teaching and research positions in the computer science field and participated in various projects relating to database management. He joined the predecessor entity to The Millburn Corporation in June 1975, and has been continuously associated with the Managing Owner and its affiliates since that time. Mr. Smith served as the Executive Vice President of the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation until November 1, 2015 and as the Director of Research of both such entities until May 31, 2016. He has since served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of both entities with his affiliation with The Millburn Corporation ceasing on December 31, 2018 upon the merger of The Millburn Corporation into the Managing Owner. He has also served as a Director of each entity in Millburn International Group since inception, where he, along with the other Directors of each of those entities, is responsible for its overall management. Mr. Smith became listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person and Swap Associated Person of the Managing Owner, effective December 19, 1991, April 15, 2009 and March 8, 2013, respectively. Mr. Smith also became a partner in ShareInVest in January 1994. He also was listed as a Principal of ShareInVest, effective May 19, 1999 until February 25, 2007.


Ilon Wu, age 48. Ms. Wu is a Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Managing Owner.  Her areas of responsibility include overseeing the accounting and finance for the Managing Owner and accounting and administration of many of the investment vehicles managed by the Managing Owner.  Ms. Wu has served as Chief Financial Officer of the Managing Owner since January 2020, before which she served as Controller of The Millburn Corporation (since January 2011), a position she held prior to the merger of The Millburn Corporation into the Managing Owner on December 31, 2018, and then in the same capacity at the Managing Owner. Ms. Wu previously held the positions of Assistant Controller (August 2005 until December 2010) and Senior Financial Accountant (June 2000 until August 2006) with The Millburn Corporation.  She graduated from Baruch College, The City University of New York in May 1998 with a B.B.A. in Accounting. Prior to joining the Managing Owner and its affiliates in June 2000, she was employed with the accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP, as a staff accountant from October 1998 to June 2000. She is a Certified Public Accountant. Ms. Wu became listed as Principal of the Managing Owner effective March 9, 2020. Ms. Wu’s affiliation with The Millburn Corporation ceased on December 31, 2018 upon its merger into the Managing Owner.

Michael Soss, age 50. Dr. Soss is Chief Investment Officer of the Managing Owner and serves as a member of the Managing Owner’s Investment Committee. Dr. Soss joined the Managing Owner in January 2022 and is responsible for management of the firm’s systematic research and development functions, including system design, modeling, data management and trade execution. Prior to joining the Managing Owner, Dr. Soss was employed by Point72 Asset Management, a global asset management firm, from March 2015 to January 2021, in leadership roles spanning risk and trading research, and most recently headed the firm’s Fusion group, a quant trading division focused on internal alpha capture. From September 2013 to March 2015 Dr. Soss was an executive director at J.P. Morgan. Dr. Soss’ other experience includes SECOR Asset Management from April 2012 to September 2013, and Goldman Sachs from August 2003 to March 2012. Dr. Soss received an AB in mathematics from Harvard University in 1996, and MSc and PhD degrees in computer science from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, in 1998 and 2001, respectively. Dr. Soss became listed as a Principal of the Managing Owner, effective September 30, 2024. Dr. Soss also became registered as an Associated Person and a Swap Associated Person of Millburn Ridgefield LLC effective May 15, 2023, and May 30, 2023, respectively. 

None of the individuals listed above currently serves as a director of a public company.

 

(c) Identification of Certain Significant Employees

 

None.

 

(d)    Family Relationships

 

None.

 (e)    Business Experience

 

See Item 10 (a, b) above.

  

(f)    Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

None.

  

(g)    Code of Ethics

 

The Trust has no employees, officers or directors and is managed by the Managing Owner.  The Managing Owner has adopted an Executive Code of Ethics that applies to its principal executive officers, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.  A copy of this Executive Code of Ethics may be obtained at no charge by written request to Millburn Ridgefield LLC, 55 West 46th Street, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10036 or by calling 212-332-7300 (ask for Client Services).

 

(h)    Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

Because the Trust has no employees, officers or directors, the Trust has no audit committee. The Trust is managed by the Managing Owner. Gregg Buckbinder serves as the Managing Owner’s “audit committee financial expert.” Mr. Buckbinder is not independent of the management of the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner is a privately owned limited liability company managed by its sole member. It has no independent directors.

 

(i)    Insider Trading Policy

 

The Trust has no employees, officers or directors and is managed by the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner has adopted an Insider Trading Policy that applies to its principal executive officers, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, as well as all employees of the Managing Owner. A copy of this Insider Trading Policy may be obtained at no charge by written request to Millburn Ridgefield LLC, 55 West 46th Street, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10036 or by calling 212-332-7300 (ask for Client Services).


Item 11. Executive Compensation

 

The Trust has no directors, officers or employees. None of the directors, officers or employees of the Managing Owner receive compensation from the Trust. The Managing Owner makes all investment decisions on behalf of the Trust. The Managing Owner receives monthly brokerage commissions of 0.5833 of 1% of the Trust’s net assets attributable to Series 1 Units (which is reduced to 0.542 of 1%, 0.5 of 1% or 0.458 of 1% of net assets for Series 1 Unitholders who invest amounts of $100,000, $500,000 or $1,000,000 or more, respectively, in the Trust and to 0.33 of 1% of Unitholders who invested through selling agent fee based accounts) and an annual profit share of 20% of any new trading profits (net of brokerage commissions and administrative expenses and excluding interest income). The Managing Owner receives a monthly management fee of 0.14583 of 1% of the Trust’s net assets attributable to Series 3 Units. The Managing Owner also receives a Series 3 profit share equal to 20% of any cumulative new trading profit of the Series 3 Units in the aggregate, determined as of the end of each calendar year. The Managing Owner receives a monthly management fee of 0.20833 of 1% of the Trust’s net assets attributable to Series 5 Units and a Series 5 profit share equal to 20% of any cumulative new trading profit of the Series 5 Units in the aggregate, determined as of the end of each calendar year. The annual profit share attributed to the Series 3 Units and Series 5 Units is calculated net of such Series respective management fees, execution and clearing costs, custodial fees, and ongoing offering and administrative expenses and excluding interest income.

 

Item 12.    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

 

(a)    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

 

All of the Trust’s managing owner interest is held by the Managing Owner.

 

(b)    Security Ownership of Management

 

The Trust has no officers or directors. Under the terms of the Trust Agreement, the Trust’s affairs are managed by the Managing Owner, which has discretionary authority over the Trust’s trading. The Managing Owner’s managing owner interest was valued at $2,122,788 as of December 31, 2024, 3.02% of the Trust’s total capital.

As of December 31, 2024, the directors and executive officers of the Managing Owner beneficially owned Interests as follows:



Percentage of Unitholder

Name

Value of Interest

Interests

 

Held

 

 

Held Directly

Indirectly 1

% Directly

% Indirectly

 

 

 

 

Harvey Beker

$

0

$

400,853

0.00

%

0.13

%

Gregg Buckbinder

$

0

$

920,302

0.00

%

0.31

%

Steven M. Felsenthal

$

0

$

587,195

0.00

%

0.20

%

Mark Fitzsimmons

$

0

$

5,033

0.00

%

0.00

%

Barry Goodman

$

0

$

270,770

0.00

%

0.09

%

Grant Smith

$

0

$

224

0.00

%

0.00

%

Ilon Wu

$

0

$

673,678

0.00

%

0.23

%

Michael Carter

$

0

$

134,477

0.00

%

0.04

%

Directors and executive officers of the Managing Owner as a group

$

0

$

2,992,532

0.00

%

1.00

%

1        Interests held indirectly include Interests with respect to which a person holds voting or disposition power: (i) by virtue of serving as one of two or fewer trustees, custodian or officer of the beneficial owner which is a charitable entity, benefit plan or custody account for the benefit of a minor; (ii) with respect to certain Interests owned by members of a person’s immediate family; or (iii) through a self-directed benefit plan.

(c)    Changes in Control

 

None.

  

(d)    Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

 

None.

 

Item 13.    Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

 

See “Item 11. Executive Compensation” and “Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.”  The Trust allocated to the Managing Owner $3,357,561 (net of $206,170 Managing Owner commission rebate to Unitholders) in brokerage and management fees and $758 in profit share for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Managing Owner’s capital interest was allocated net income of $264,914 for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Trust allocated to the Managing Owner $4,120,192 (net of $455,884 Managing Owner commission rebate to Unitholders) in brokerage and management fees and $3,058 in profit share for the year ended December 31, 2023. The Managing Owner’s capital interest was allocated net loss of $110,399 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The Managing Owner has paid certain administrative expenses to third-parties on behalf of the Trust, related to legal, accounting, auditing, printing, postage and similar administrative expenses, and has been or will be reimbursed without interest by the Trust. The Trust is prohibited from making any loans. 

 

Item 14.    Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

(1)           Audit Fees

 

The aggregate fees for professional services rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP in connection with their audit of the Trust’s financial statements and reviews of the financial statements included in the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 were approximately $91,000 and $90,000, respectively.

 

(2)           Audit-Related Fees

 

The Trust did not engage Deloitte & Touche LLP for internal control consulting services.

 


(3)           Tax Fees

 

The Trust did not engage Deloitte & Touche LLP for professional services for tax compliance, advice or planning services.

 

(4)           All Other Fees

 

There were no other fees for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

 

(5)           Pre-Approval Policies

 

The board of directors of the Managing Owner pre-approves the engagement of the Trust’s auditor for all services to be provided by the

auditor.



PART IV

Item 15.    Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a)(1)    Financial Statements

 

The following are included with the 2024 Annual Report to Security Holders, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 13.01.

 

Affirmation of Millburn Ridgefield Corporation

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Statements of Financial Condition

Condensed Schedules of Investments

Statements of Operations

Statements of Changes in Trust Capital

Statements of Financial Highlights

Notes to Financial Statements

  

(a)(2)    Financial Statement Schedules

 

All Schedules are omitted for the reason that they are not required or are not applicable because equivalent information has been included in the financial statements or the notes thereto.

(a)(3)    Exhibits as required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K

 

The following exhibits are included herewith. 

 

Designation

 

Description

 

 

 

13.01

 

2024 Annual Report to Security Holders

 

 

 

31.01

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

31.02

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

31.03

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of President and Chief Operating Officer

31.04

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

32.01

 

Section 1350 Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

32.02

 

Section 1350 Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

32.03

 

Section 1350 Certification of President and Chief Operating Officer

32.04

 

Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer

97

Insider Trading Policy

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in

Exhibit 101).



The following exhibits are incorporated by reference from the exhibits of the same number and description filed with the Trust’s Registration Statement (File. No. 333-229651) filed on March 26, 2021 on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

1.01

Form of Selling Agreement.

  

 

 

 

3.01   

Certificate of Trust of Registrant (included as Schedule A to Exhibit A to the Prospectus).  

 

 

 

 

3.03

Sixth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of Registrant (included in Exhibit A to the Prospectus).

 

10.01

Form of Subscription Agreement (included as Exhibit C to the Prospectus).

 

10.02

Form of Services Agreement.

Item 16.    Form 10-K Summary

None.


SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 31st day of March, 2025.

 

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

 

 

 

 

 

By:  

Millburn Ridgefield LLC,

 

 

 

Managing Owner

 

 

 

 

 

By:  

/s/ Harvey Beker

 

 

 

Harvey Beker

 

 

 

Chairman (Director)

 

  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Managing Owner of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

 

 

Title with

 

 

Signature

 

Managing Owner

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Harvey Beker

 

Chairman

 

March 31, 2025

Harvey Beker

 

(Director)

 

 

/s/ Barry Goodman

 

Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

March 31, 2025

Barry Goodman

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Grant N. Smith

 

Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

March 31, 2025

Grant N. Smith

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Gregg Buckbinder

 

President and Chief Operating Officer

 

March 31, 2025

Gregg Buckbinder

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael W. Carter

 

Vice President

 

March 31, 2025

Michael W. Carter

 

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

/s/ Ilon Wu

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

March 31, 2025

Ilon Wu

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

(Being the principal executive officers, the principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, and a majority of the directors of Millburn Ridgefield LLC)


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

The following exhibits are included herewith.

Designation

 

Description

 

 

 

13.01

 

2024 Annual Report to Security Holders

 

 

 

31.01

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

31.02

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

31.03

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

31.04

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

32.01

 

Section 1350 Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

32.02

 

Section 1350 Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

32.03

 

Section 1350 Certification of President and Chief Operating Officer

32.04

 

Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

97

Insider Trading Policy

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

   

The following exhibits are incorporated by reference from the exhibits of the same number and description filed with the Trust’s Registration Statement (File. No. 333-229651) filed on March 26, 2021 on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

1.01

Form of Selling Agreement.

  

 

 

 

3.01   

Certificate of Trust of Registrant (included as Schedule A to Exhibit A to the Prospectus).  

 

 

 

 

3.03

Sixth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of Registrant (included in Exhibit A to the Prospectus).

 

10.01

Form of Subscription Agreement (included as Exhibit C to the Prospectus).

 

10.02

Form of Services Agreement.

1


Exhibit 13.1

.

Global Macro Trust

(A Delaware Statutory Trust)

Financial Statements as of and for the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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AFFIRMATION OF MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

F-3

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 AND FOR THE

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, and 2023:

Statements of Financial Condition

F-4

Condensed Schedules of Investments

F-5 – F-8

Statements of Operations

F-9

Statements of Changes in Trust Capital

F-10

Statements of Financial Highlights

F-11

Notes to Financial Statements

F-12 - F-29

F-1


AFFIRMATION OF MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

In compliance with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s regulations, I hereby affirm that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information contained in the Statements of Financial Condition of Global Macro Trust, including the Condensed Schedules of Investments, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related Statements of Operations, Changes in Trust Capital and Financial Highlights for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024 are complete and accurate.

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Gregg Buckbinder, President
Millburn Ridgefield Corporation
Managing Owner of Global Macro Trust


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Deloitte & Touche LLP

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112-0015

USA

Tel: +1 212 492 4000
Fax: +1 212 489 1687
www.deloitte.com

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Unitholders of Global Macro Trust:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition of Global Macro Trust (the “Trust”), including the condensed schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the related statements of operations, changes in trust capital, and financial highlights for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Trust as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, results of its operations, changes in trust capital, and financial highlights for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Trust's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2024, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

Critical audit matters are matters arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. We determined that there are no critical audit matters.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
March 21, 2025

We have served as the auditor of one or more Millburn Ridgefield Corporation investment companies since 2004.

F-3


GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023

2024

2023

ASSETS

EQUITY IN TRADING ACCOUNTS:

Investments in U.S. Treasury notes — at fair value (amortized cost

$14,444,514 and $15,512,210)

$         14,460,346 

$         15,507,848 

Net unrealized appreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts

547,665 

268,713 

Due from brokers

2,247,936 

1,674,254 

Cash denominated in foreign currencies (cost $165,305 and $820,615)

155,929 

839,582 

Total equity in trading accounts

17,411,876 

18,290,397 

INVESTMENTS IN U.S. TREASURY NOTES — at fair value (amortized cost

$50,602,203 and $56,320,592)

50,649,558 

56,377,442 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

3,178,544 

3,315,887 

ACCRUED INTEREST RECEIVABLE

399,394 

459,476 

TOTAL

$         71,639,372 

$         78,443,202 

LIABILITIES AND TRUST CAPITAL

LIABILITIES:

Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts

$                44,821 

$           1,144,223 

Due to brokers

-

3,580 

Accrued management fees

125,023 

154,448 

Accrued installment selling commissions

126,251 

122,139 

Accrued trading costs

3,929 

4,668 

Redemptions payable to Unitholders

584,367 

433,216 

Redemptions payable to Managing Owner

300,726 

2,741 

Accrued expenses

89,421 

93,508 

Cash overdraft denominated in foreign currencies (cost $62,661 and $300,130)

61,192 

306,242 

Total liabilities

1,335,730 

2,264,765 

TRUST CAPITAL:

Managing Owner interest (1,832.327 and 1,966.591 units outstanding)

2,122,788 

2,157,842 

Series 1 Unitholders (35,025.439 and 42,174.214 units outstanding)

40,577,713 

46,275,735 

Series 3 Unitholders (6,225.709 and 6,820.101 units outstanding)

12,526,745 

12,437,987 

Series 4 Unitholders (3,405.239 and 3,889.504 units outstanding)

9,798,806 

9,968,358 

Series 5 Unitholders (2,856.504 and 3,164.075 units outstanding)

5,277,590 

5,338,515 

Total trust capital

70,303,642 

76,178,437 

TOTAL

$         71,639,372 

$         78,443,202 

NET ASSET VALUE PER UNIT OUTSTANDING:

Series 1 Unitholders

$             1,158.52 

$             1,097.25 

Series 3 Unitholders

$             2,012.10 

$             1,823.72 

Series 4 Unitholders

$             2,877.57 

$             2,562.89 

Series 5 Unitholders

$             1,847.57 

$             1,687.23 

See notes to financial statements


F-4


GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

CONDENSED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024

Net Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

Net Unrealized

as a % of

Appreciation

Trust Capital

(Depreciation)

FUTURES AND FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS

FUTURES CONTRACTS

Long futures contracts:

Currencies

(0.03)

%

$          (18,511)

Energies

0.51 

356,292 

Interest rates

(0.10)

(73,997)

Livestock

0.00 

600 

Metals

(0.49)

(343,194)

Softs

0.04 

31,407 

Stock indices

(0.30)

(210,101)

Total long futures contracts

(0.37)

(257,504)

Short futures contracts:

Currencies

0.11 

79,893 

Energies

(0.06)

(42,117)

Grains

(0.09)

(67,712)

Interest rates:

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note (144 contracts, settlement date March 2025)

0.02 

16,391 

Other

(0.03)

(23,061)

Total interest rates

(0.01)

(6,670)

Metals

0.29 

201,944 

Softs

0.05 

36,378 

Stock indices

0.15 

107,550 

Total short futures contracts

0.44 

309,266 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FUTURES CONTRACTS-Net

0.07 

51,762 

FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS

Total long forward currency contracts

(2.00)

(1,402,573)

Total short forward currency contracts

2.64 

1,853,655 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FORWARD CURRENCY

CONTRACTS-Net

0.64 

451,082 

TOTAL

0.71 

%

$         502,844 

(Continued)


F-5


GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

CONDENSED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024

U. S. TREASURY NOTES

Fair Value

Face

as a % of

Fair

Amount

Description

Trust Capital

Value

$

22,821,000 

U.S. Treasury notes, 2.000%, 02/15/2025

32.37 

%

$

22,756,816

21,860,000 

U.S. Treasury notes, 2.125%, 05/15/2025

30.85 

21,690,500

20,949,000 

U.S. Treasury notes, 2.000%, 08/15/2025

29.39 

20,662,588

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN U.S. TREASURY

NOTES (amortized cost $65,046,717)

92.61 

%

$

65,109,904

See notes to financial statements

(Concluded)


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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

CONDENSED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

Net Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

Net Unrealized

as a % of

Appreciation

Trust Capital

(Depreciation)

FUTURES AND FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS

FUTURES CONTRACTS

Long futures contracts:

Currencies

(0.00)

%

$            (2,207)

Energies

(0.48)

(364,739)

Interest rates

0.54 

413,483 

Livestock

(0.00)

(2,070)

Metals

0.50 

379,266 

Softs

(0.01)

(8,606)

Stock indices

0.14 

106,930 

Total long futures contracts

0.69 

522,057 

Short futures contracts:

Currencies

(0.04)

(32,532)

Energies

(0.28)

(210,260)

Grains

0.07 

56,670 

Interest rates

(0.90)

(683,195)

Livestock

0.00 

590 

Metals

(0.52)

(393,815)

Softs

0.15 

113,214 

Stock indices

0.08 

64,543 

Total short futures contracts

(1.44)

(1,084,785)

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FUTURES CONTRACTS-Net

(0.75)

(562,728)

FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS

Total long forward currency contracts

2.23 

1,698,818 

Total short forward currency contracts

(2.64)

(2,011,600)

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FORWARD CURRENCY

CONTRACTS-Net

(0.41)

(312,782)

TOTAL

(1.16)

%

$        (875,510)

(Continued)

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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

CONDENSED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

U. S. TREASURY NOTES

Fair Value

Face

as a % of

Fair

Amount

Description

Trust Capital

Value

$

17,655,000 

U.S. Treasury notes, 2.750%, 02/15/2024

23.10 

%

$

17,599,138

18,693,000 

U.S. Treasury notes, 2.500%, 05/15/2024

24.30 

18,511,546

18,033,000 

U.S. Treasury notes, 2.375%, 08/15/2024

23.29 

17,738,907

18,449,000 

U.S. Treasury notes, 2.250%, 11/15/2024

23.68 

18,035,699

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN U.S. TREASURY

NOTES (amortized cost $71,832,802)

94.37 

%

$

71,885,290

See notes to financial statements

(Concluded)

 

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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023

2024

2023

INVESTMENT INCOME — Interest income, net

$       3,815,387 

$       4,089,483 

EXPENSES:

Brokerage and management fees:

Management fees

1,599,779 

2,289,891 

Installment selling commissions

1,644,484 

1,894,771 

Trading costs

319,468 

391,414 

Total brokerage and management fees

3,563,731 

4,576,076 

Administrative expenses

480,037 

479,352 

Custody fees and other expenses

22,993 

23,676 

Total expenses

4,066,761 

5,079,104 

Managing Owner commission rebate to unitholders

(206,170)

(455,884)

Net expenses

3,860,591 

4,623,220 

NET INVESTMENT LOSS

(45,204)

(533,737)

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES):

Net realized gains (losses) on closed positions:

Futures and forward currency contracts

4,797,197 

(989,088)

Foreign exchange transaction

(94,685)

(133,094)

Net change in unrealized:

Futures and forward currency contracts

1,378,354 

(6,215,232)

Foreign exchange translation

(20,762)

55,277 

Net gains (losses) from U.S. Treasury notes:

Realized

3,647 

(90,990)

Net change in unrealized

10,699 

581,662 

Total net realized and unrealized gains (losses)

6,074,450 

(6,791,465)

NET INCOME (LOSS)

6,029,246 

(7,325,202)

LESS PROFIT SHARE TO MANAGING OWNER

758 

3,058 

NET INCOME (LOSS) AFTER PROFIT SHARE TO

MANAGING OWNER

$       6,028,488 

$     (7,328,260)

Series 1 Unitholders

$              61.27 

$          (125.56)

Series 3 Unitholders

$            188.38 

$          (126.91)

Series 4 Unitholders

$            314.68 

$          (130.74)

Series 5 Unitholders

$            160.34 

$          (131.01)

See notes to financial statements

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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN TRUST CAPITAL

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023

New Profit Memo

Series 1 Unitholders

Series 3 Unitholders

Series 4 Unitholders

Series 5 Unitholders

Account

Managing Owner

Total

Amount

Units

Amount

Units

Amount

Units

Amount

Units

Amount

Units

Amount

Units

Amount

TRUST CAPITAL — January 1, 2023

70,785,087

57,887.327

17,954,584

9,204.522

10,883,596

4,040.492

6,287,737

3,458.143

-

-

2,267,924

1,854.682

108,178,928

Subscriptions

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Redemptions

(19,251,215)

(15,907.880)

(4,508,887)

(2,384.341)

(400,278)

(150.988)

(512,168)

(294.068)

-

-

(2,741)

(2.787)

(24,675,289)

Transfers

-

-

(4,024)

(0.080)

-

-

4,024

-

-

-

-

-

-

Additional units allocated*

-

194.767

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.029

-

111.909

-

Net loss after profit share to

Managing Owner

(5,258,137)

-

(1,003,686)

-

(514,960)

-

(441,078)

-

(317)

-

(110,082)

-

(7,328,260)

Managing Owner’s profit share

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,058

2.758

-

-

3,058

Transfer of New Profit Memo Account

to Managing Owner

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(2,741)

(2.787)

2,741

2.787

-

TRUST CAPITAL — December 31, 2023

46,275,735

42,174.214

12,437,987

6,820.101

9,968,358

3,889.504

5,338,515

3,164.075

-

-

2,157,842

1,966.591

76,178,437

Subscriptions

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Redemptions

(8,497,843)

(7,232.639)

(1,185,598)

(594.392)

(1,361,340)

(484.265)

(558,534)

(307.571)

-

-

(300,726)

(259.575)

(11,904,041)

Additional units allocated*

-

83.864

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.015

-

124.688

-

Net income (loss) after profit share to

Managing Owner

2,799,821

-

1,275,114

-

1,191,788

-

497,609

-

(32)

-

264,946

-

6,029,246

Managing Owner’s profit share

-

-

(758)

-

-

-

-

-

758

0.608

-

-

-

Transfer of New Profit Memo Account

to Managing Owner

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(726)

(0.623)

726

0.623

-

TRUST CAPITAL — December 31, 2024

$          40,577,713 

35,025.439

$       12,526,745 

6,225.709

$         9,798,806 

3,405.239

$       5,277,590 

2,856.504

$                 - 

-

$        2,122,788 

1,832.327

$          70,303,642 

* Additional units are issued to Series 1 Unitholders who are charged less than a 7.0% brokerage fee and the Managing Owner. See note 3.

See notes to financial statements


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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023

2024

2023

Series 1

Series 3

Series 4

Series 5

Series 1

Series 3

Series 4

Series 5

PER UNIT OPERATING PERFORMANCE (FOR A UNIT

OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR)

Net income (loss) from operations:

Net investment income (loss) (a)

$

(23.54)

$

43.38

$

111.06

$

26.15

$

(24.05)

$

31.22

$

91.24

$

16.82

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on trading

of futures and forward currency contracts

84.52

144.51

202.84

133.64

(107.46)

(167.76)

(235.94)

(157.15)

Net gains from U.S. Treasury notes (a)

0.29

0.58

0.78

0.55

5.95

10.00

13.96

9.34

Net income (loss) from operations

61.27

188.47

314.68

160.34

(125.56)

(126.54)

(130.74)

(130.99)

Less: profit share allocated to Managing Owner

0.00

(0.09)

0.00

0.00

0.00

(0.37)

0.00

(0.02)

Net income (loss) after profit share allocation

61.27

188.38

314.68

160.34

(125.56)

(126.91)

(130.74)

(131.01)

Net asset value, beginning of year

1,097.25

1,823.72

2,562.89

1,687.23

1,222.81

1,950.63

2,693.63

1,818.24

Net asset value, end of year

$

1,158.52

$

2,012.10

$

2,877.57

$

1,847.57

$

1,097.25

$

1,823.72

$

2,562.89

$

1,687.23

RATIOS TO AVERAGE TRUST CAPITAL:

Net investment income (loss)

(2.00)

%

2.18

%

3.92

%

1.42

%

(2.09)

%

1.66

%

3.48

%

0.96

%

Total expenses

7.02

%

2.83

%

1.08

%

3.59

%

6.43

%

2.68

%

0.91

%

3.42

%

Profit share allocation

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.00

TOTAL EXPENSES AND PROFIT SHARE ALLOCATION

7.02

%

2.84

%

1.08

%

3.59

%

6.43

%

2.70

%

0.91

%

3.42

%

Total return before profit share allocation

5.58

%

10.34

%

12.28

%

9.50

%

(10.27)

%

(6.49)

%

(4.85)

%

(7.21)

%

Less profit share allocation

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.00

TOTAL RETURN AFTER PROFIT SHARE ALLOCATION

5.58

%

10.33

%

12.28

%

9.50

%

(10.27)

%

(6.51)

%

(4.85)

%

(7.21)

%

(a) See Note 7.

See notes to financial statements

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Global Macro Trust

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 and 2023

1. ORGANIZATION

Global Macro Trust (the “Trust”) was organized on July 23, 2001, under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. At such time, original capital of $400 by Millburn Ridgefield Corporation (the “Managing Owner”) and $1,600 by the Initial Unitholder, an affiliated entity, was contributed to the Trust. The Trust commenced trading operations on July 1, 2002. The Trust engages in the speculative trading of futures and forward currency contracts. The instruments that are traded by the Trust are volatile and involve a high degree of market risk.

The Managing Owner manages the business of the Trust and makes all trading decisions, as stated in Trust agreement.

The Managing Owner has agreed to make additional capital subscriptions, subject to certain possible exceptions, in order to maintain its capital account at not less than 1% of the total outstanding capital subscriptions in the Trust (including the Managing Owner’s subscriptions) but in no event shall the Managing Owner invest less than $500,000. The Managing Owner and the holders (the “Unitholders”) of the Units of Beneficial Interest (“Units”) issued by the Trust will share in any profits and losses of the Trust in proportion to the percentage interest owned by each before brokerage commissions, custodial fee, management fees and profit share allocations.

The Trust will dissolve on December 31, 2031 or at an earlier date if certain conditions occur set forth in the Sixth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and the Trust Agreement (the “Agreement”).

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted (“U.S. GAAP”) in the United States (the “U.S.”) as detailed in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”). Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period financial statements to conform to the current period presentation.

The Trust is for U.S. GAAP purposes an investment company in accordance with FASB Codification 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies.

The Trust operates as a single operating segment. The Trust’s income, expenses, assets, and performance are regularly monitored and assessed as a whole by the Managing Owner, using the information presented in the financial statements and financial highlights.

Investments — The Trust records its transactions in futures and forward currency contracts and U.S. Treasury notes including related income and expenses on a trade date basis.

Open futures contracts are valued at quoted market values. Open forward currency contracts are valued at fair value which is based on pricing models that consider the time value of money and the current market and contractual prices of the underlying financial instruments. Brokerage commissions on futures contracts are expensed when contracts are opened. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures and forward currency contracts are recognized in the periods in which the contracts are closed or the changes in the value of open contracts occur and are

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included in net realized and unrealized gains (losses) in the Statements of Operations. Trading costs include actual trade execution, clearing costs, electronic platform trading costs and foreign currency prime brokerage fees.

Investments in U.S. Treasury notes are valued at fair value based on the midpoint of bid/ask quotations reported daily at 3 pm EST by Bloomberg. The Trust amortizes premiums and accretes discounts on U.S. Treasury notes. Such securities are normally on deposit with financial institutions (see Note 6) as collateral for performance of the Trust’s trading obligations with respect to derivative contracts or are held for safekeeping in a custody account at HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

Cash and Cash Equivalents — Cash includes cash held at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Cash equivalents includes investments in a JPMorgan 100% U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund, that is readily convertible to cash and has an original maturity of 90 days or less.

Cash Denominated in Foreign Currencies — Includes foreign currency cash held at the Trust’s trading counterparties. Foreign cash deficits, if applicable, are presented in the liabilities section of the Statements of Financial Condition.

Foreign Currency Translation — Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates of such currencies. Purchases and sales of investments are translated to U.S. dollars at the exchange rate prevailing when such transactions occurred.

Income Taxes — The Trust is treated as a limited partnership for federal and state income tax reporting purposes. Accordingly, the Trust prepares calendar year U.S. federal and applicable state tax returns and reports to the Unitholders their allocable units of the Trust’s income, expenses and trading gains or losses. No provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements as the Unitholders are responsible for the payment of taxes.

Income Taxes (Topic 740) of the Codification clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This requires that the Trust recognize in its financial statements the impact of any uncertain tax positions. Based on a review of the Trust’s open tax years, 2021 to 2024, the Managing Owner has determined that no reserves for uncertain tax positions were required.

Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts and disclosures reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Right of Offset — The customer agreements between the Trust and its brokers give the Trust the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses with each broker. Unrealized gains and losses related to offsetting transactions with these brokers are reflected on a net basis in the equity in trading accounts in the Statements of Financial Condition as the criteria under Balance Sheet (Topic 210) of the Codification were met.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments — The fair value of the Trust’s assets and liabilities which qualify as financial instruments under the Fair Value Measurements (Topic 820) of the Codification approximates the carrying amounts presented in the Statements of Financial Condition. The topic defines fair value, establishes a framework for measurement of fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

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Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable either directly or indirectly;

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

In determining fair value, the Trust separates its investments into two categories: cash instruments and derivative contracts.

Cash Instruments — The Trust’s cash instruments are generally classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are typically valued using quoted market prices. The types of instruments valued based on quoted market prices in active markets include U.S. government obligations and an investment in a quoted short-term U.S. government securities money market fund. The Managing Owner of the Trust does not adjust the quoted price for such instruments even in situations where the Trust holds a large position and a sale could reasonably impact the quoted price.

Derivative Contracts — Derivative contracts can be exchange-traded or over-the-counter (“OTC”). Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued based on quoted closing settlement prices and typically fall within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Spot currency contracts are valued based on current market prices (“Spot Price”). Forward currency contracts are valued based on pricing models that consider the Spot Price plus the financing cost or benefit (“Forward Point”). Forward Points from the quotation service providers are generally in periods of one month, two months, three months, six months, nine months and twelve months forward while the contractual forward delivery dates for the forward currency contracts traded by the Trust may be in between these periods. The Managing Owner’s policy to determine fair value for forward currency contracts involves first calculating the number of months from the date the forward currency contract is being valued to its maturity date (“Months to Maturity”), then identifying the forward currency contracts for the two forward months that are closest to the Months to Maturity (“Forward Month Contracts”). Linear interpolation is then performed between the dates of these two Forward Month Contracts to calculate the interpolated forward point. Model inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Such instruments are OTC traded and typically classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The following table represents the Trust’s investments by hierarchical level as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 in valuing the Trust’s investments at fair value. As of and during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Trust held no assets or liabilities classified in Level 3.

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Financial Assets and Liabilities at Fair Value as of December 31, 2024

 

Level 1

Level 2

Total

U.S. Treasury notes (1)

$      65,109,904 

$                   - 

$   65,109,904 

Short-term money market fund*

2,928,544 

-

2,928,544 

Exchange-traded futures contracts

Currencies

61,382 

-

61,382 

Energies

314,175 

-

314,175 

Grains

(67,712)

-

(67,712)

Interest rates

(80,667)

-

(80,667)

Livestock

600 

-

600 

Metals

(141,250)

-

(141,250)

Softs

67,785 

-

67,785 

Stock indices

(102,551)

-

(102,551)

Total exchange-traded futures contracts

51,762 

-

51,762 

Over-the-counter forward currency contracts

-

451,082 

451,082 

Total futures and forward currency contracts (2)

51,762 

451,082 

502,844 

Total financial assets and liabilities at fair value

$      68,090,210 

$        451,082 

$   68,541,292 

Per line item in the Statements of Financial Condition

(1)

Investments in U.S. Treasury notes held in equity trading accounts as collateral

$   14,460,346 

Investments in U.S. Treasury notes

50,649,558 

Total investments in U.S. Treasury notes

$   65,109,904 

(2)

Net unrealized appreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts

$        547,665 

Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts

(44,821)

Total net unrealized appreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts

$        502,844 

*The short-term money market fund is included in Cash and Cash Equivalents on the Statements

of Financial Condition.

 


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Financial Assets and Liabilities at Fair Value as of December 31, 2023

 

Level 1

Level 2

Total

U.S. Treasury notes (1)

$      71,885,290 

$                   - 

$   71,885,290 

Short-term money market fund*

3,065,887 

-

3,065,887 

Exchange-traded futures contracts

Currencies

(34,739)

-

(34,739)

Energies

(574,999)

-

(574,999)

Grains

56,670 

-

56,670 

Interest rates

(269,712)

-

(269,712)

Livestock

(1,480)

-

(1,480)

Metals

(14,549)

-

(14,549)

Softs

104,608 

-

104,608 

Stock indices

171,473 

-

171,473 

Total exchange-traded futures contracts

(562,728)

-

(562,728)

Over-the-counter forward currency contracts

-

(312,782)

(312,782)

Total futures and forward currency contracts (2)

(562,728)

(312,782)

(875,510)

Total financial assets and liabilities at fair value

$      74,388,449 

$      (312,782)

$   74,075,667 

Per line item in the Statements of Financial Condition

(1)

Investments in U.S. Treasury notes held in equity trading accounts as collateral

$   15,507,848 

Investments in U.S. Treasury notes

56,377,442 

Total investments in U.S. Treasury notes

$   71,885,290 

(2)

Net unrealized appreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts

$        268,713 

Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts

(1,144,223)

Total net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts

$      (875,510)

*The short-term money market fund is included in Cash and Cash Equivalents on the Statements

of Financial Condition.

3. TRUST AGREEMENT

With the effectiveness of the Trust’s Registration Statement on August 12, 2009, the Trust began to offer Series 3 and Series 4 units. The only units offered prior to such date were Series 1 units. Series 3 and Series 4 units were first issued September 1, 2009 and November 1, 2010, respectively. Subsequent to August 2017, Series 1 Units are no longer being offered.

With the effectiveness of the Trust’s Registration Statement on September 29, 2017, the Trust in addition to offering Series 3 and Series 4 Units, began offering Series 5 Units. Series 5 Units were first issued on April 1, 2018.

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Series 1 Unitholders pay brokerage fees to the Managing Owner at the annual rate of up to 7.0% of their average month-end Net Assets Value (prior to reduction for accrued brokerage commissions or Profit Share), which includes Management Fees to the Managing Owner, trading costs paid to the Trust’s brokers, and up to 4% Installment selling commissions paid to Selling Agents. Series 1 Unitholders who made net capital investments into Series 1 of $100,000 or more or who had previously invested through asset-based fee or fixed fee investment programs are charged less than the annual brokerage rate of 7.0% as follows:

Net Capital Investments

Brokerage Fees

$100,000–$499,999

6.50

%

$500,000–$999,999

6.00

Greater than $1,000,000

5.50

Asset-based or fixed fee investment programs

4.00

Brokerage fees are charged to capital accounts of the Managing Owner, its principals, their respective affiliates or the New Profit Memo Account only to the extent of charges paid to third party executing and clearing brokers. In order to maintain a uniform Net Asset Value per Unit, additional Units are issued to Series 1 Unitholders who are charged less than a 7.0% brokerage fee.

The Managing Owner, not the Trust, pays the allocable share to Series 1 of all routine costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s futures trades including brokerage commissions payable to the clearing brokers and electronic platform trading costs. The Managing Owner also pays, from its own funds, selling commissions on all sales of Series 1 Units.

The Trust pays the Managing Owner a management fee of 1.75% per year of the Trust’s Net Asset Value (before management fee and profit share calculations) attributable to Series 3 Units. Series 3, 4 and 5 Units are also charged for their pro rata share of the Trust’s actual trading costs. Series 4 Unitholders are related-party investors and, therefore, are not charged a management fee.

The Trust pays the Managing Owner a management fee of 2.50% per year of the Trust’s Net Asset Value (before management fee and profit share calculations) attributable to Series 5 Units.

Per the Trust agreement, selling agents are prohibited from receiving amounts in excess of 9.5% of the gross offering proceeds of Series 1 units sold subsequent to August 12, 2009. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Managing Owner rebated to the Trust for the benefit of all holders of Series 1 Units, all amounts that would have otherwise been due to selling agents but for the 9.5% cap. Further, in certain cases, there are Series 1 units that remain outstanding, where there is no longer a selling agent associated with such units. Beginning in August 2014, the Managing Owner rebated such amounts to the Trust for the benefit of all holders of Series 1 Units. The total amounts rebated to the Trust for both of these items during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, were $206,170, and $455,884, respectively, are presented in “Managing Owner commission rebate to unitholders” in the Statements of Operations.

The Agreement provides that the Managing Owner’s profit share, equal to 20% of New Trading Profits in excess of the highest cumulative level of Trading Profit as of any previous calendar year-end, is charged to the Unitholders’ capital accounts. The highest cumulative level of Trading Profit is maintained separately for Series 1, Series 3 and Series 5. Series 4 Unitholders are related-party investors and, therefore, are not charged profit share. New Trading Profits include realized and unrealized trading

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profits (losses), brokerage fees, trading-related expenses and administrative expenses. New Trading Profits do not include interest income. For Unitholders’ redemptions during the year, the profit share calculation shall be computed as though the redemption occurred at year-end. Profit share attributable to interests redeemed during a year is tentatively credited to an account maintained for bookkeeping purposes called New Profit Memo Account. Any profit share charged is added to the Managing Owner’s capital account to the extent that net taxable capital gains are allocated to the Managing Owner. The remainder of such profit share, if any, is added to the New Profit Memo Account. The Managing Owner may not make any withdrawal from the balance in the New Profit Memo Account. If, at the end of a subsequent year, net taxable gains are allocated to the Managing Owner in excess of such year’s profit share, a corresponding amount is transferred from the New Profit Memo Account to the Managing Owner’s capital account.

The Trust will pay its legal, accounting, auditing, printing, postage and similar administrative expenses (including Trustees’ fees, accounting services fees and the expenses of updating the Prospectus) as well as extraordinary costs. The Managing Owner, at its discretion, may reimburse certain expenses paid by the Trust.

Units may be redeemed at the option of any Unitholder at Net Asset Value (as defined in the Agreement) as of the close of business on the last business day of any calendar month on ten business days written notice to the Managing Owner.

4. DUE FROM/TO BROKERS

At December 31, 2024 and 2023, due from and due to brokers balances, if applicable, in the Statements of Financial Condition include net cash receivable from each broker and net cash payable to each broker, respectively. The due from broker balance also includes cash held as collateral at Bank of America, N.A.

5. TRADING ACTIVITIES

The Trust conducts its futures trading with various futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) on futures exchanges and its forward currency trading with various banks or dealers (“Dealers”) in the interbank markets. Substantially all assets included in the Trust’s equity in trading accounts and certain liability accounts, as discussed below, were held as collateral by such FCMs in either U.S. regulated segregated accounts (for futures contracts traded on U.S. exchanges) or non-U.S. secured accounts (for futures contracts traded on non-U.S. exchanges) as required by U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s regulations or held as collateral by the Dealers.

Liabilities in the Statements of Financial Condition that are components of “Total equity in trading accounts” include net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts, cash denominated in foreign currencies and due to brokers, if any.

The Trust enters into contracts with various institutions that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Trust has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

6. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The Trust is party to derivative financial instruments in the normal course of its business. These financial instruments include futures and forward currency contracts which may be traded on an exchange or OTC.

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The Trust records its derivative activities on a mark-to-market basis as described in Note 2. For OTC contracts, the Trust enters into master netting agreements with its counterparties. Therefore, assets represent the Trust’s unrealized gains less unrealized losses for OTC contracts in which the Trust has a master netting agreement. Similarly, liabilities represent net amounts owed to counterparties on OTC contracts.

Futures contracts are agreements to buy or sell an underlying asset or index for a set price in the future. Initial margin deposits are made upon entering into futures contracts and can be either in cash or treasury securities. Open futures contracts are revalued on a daily basis to reflect the market value of the contracts at the end of each trading day. Variation margin payments are received or made depending upon whether unrealized gains or losses are incurred. When a contract is closed, the Trust records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the time it was closed. The Trust bears the market risk that arises from changes in the value of these financial instruments.

Forward currency contracts entered into by the Trust represent a firm commitment to buy or sell an underlying currency at a specified value and point in time based upon an agreed or contracted quantity. The ultimate gain or loss is equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the onset and the value of the contract at settlement date.

Each of these financial instruments is subject to various risks similar to those related to the underlying financial instruments including market risk, credit risk and sovereign risk.

Market risk is the potential change in the value of the instruments traded by the Trust due to market changes including interest and foreign exchange rate movements and fluctuations in futures or security prices. Market risk is directly impacted by the volatility and liquidity in the markets in which the related underlying assets are traded. The financial instruments traded by the Trust contain varying degrees of off-balance sheet risk whereby changes in the market values of the futures and forward currency contracts and the Trust’s satisfaction of its obligations related to such market value changes may exceed the amount recognized in the Statements of Financial Condition.

Credit risk is the possibility that a loss may occur due to the failure of a counterparty to perform according to the terms of a contract. Credit risk is normally reduced to the extent that an exchange or clearing organization acts as a counterparty to futures transactions since typically the collective credit of the members of the exchange is pledged to support the financial integrity of the exchange. In the case of OTC transactions, the Trust must rely solely on the credit of the individual counterparties. The contract amounts of the forward and futures contracts do not represent the Trust’s risk of loss due to counterparty nonperformance. The Trust’s exposure to credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance of these forward currency contracts includes unrealized gains inherent in such contracts, which are recognized in the Statements of Financial Condition, plus the value of margin or collateral held in cash and U.S. Treasury Notes by the counterparty. The amount of such credit risk was $7,700,597 and $8,641,436 at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The Managing Owner has established procedures to actively monitor market risk and minimize credit risk although there can be no assurance that it will in fact succeed in doing so. The Managing Owner’s market risk control procedures include diversification of the Trust’s portfolio and continuously monitoring the portfolio’s open positions, historical volatility and maximum historical loss. The Managing Owner seeks to minimize credit risk primarily by depositing and maintaining the Trust’s assets at financial institutions and brokers which the Managing Owner believes to be creditworthy. The Trust’s trading activities are primarily with brokers and other financial institutions located in North

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America, Europe and Asia. All futures transactions of the Trust are cleared by major securities firms, pursuant to customer agreements, including Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG), Goldman Sachs & Co. and BofA Securities, Inc., collectively the “Futures Clearing Brokers.” For all forward currency transactions, the Trust utilizes two prime brokers, Deutsche Bank AG, and Bank of America, N.A. collectively the “FX Prime Brokers.”

The Trust is subject to sovereign risk such as the risk of restrictions being imposed by foreign governments on the repatriation of cash and the effect of political or economic uncertainties. Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures and forward currency contracts are denominated in the functional currency (U.S. dollar). Cash settlement of futures and forward currency contracts is made in the local currency (settlement currency) and then translated to U.S. dollars.

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures and forward currency contracts by settlement currency type, denominated in U.S. dollars, is detailed below:

As of December 31,

2024

2023

Total Net

Total Net

Unrealized

Unrealized

Appreciation

Percent

Appreciation

Percent

Currency Type

(Depreciation)

of Total

(Depreciation)

of Total

Australian dollar

$            (2,272)

(0.45)

%

$          (26,935)

3.08 

%

Brazilian real

104,214 

20.72 

9,803 

(1.12)

British pound

(14,642)

(2.91)

23,652 

(2.70)

Canadian dollar

12,112 

2.41 

9,304 

(1.06)

Euro

(32,994)

(6.56)

(116,901)

13.35 

Hong Kong dollar

(7,074)

(1.41)

(1,287)

0.15 

Japanese yen

(87,887)

(17.48)

4,892 

(0.56)

Korean won

-

-

56,839 

(6.49)

Malaysian ringgit

3,539 

0.70 

(2,431)

0.28 

Singapore dollar

(3,820)

(0.76)

6,627 

(0.76)

South African rand

(4,300)

(0.86)

(108)

0.01 

Thai baht

236 

0.05 

(2,689)

0.31 

U.S. dollar

535,732 

106.55 

(836,276)

95.51 

Total

$          502,844 

100.00 

%

$        (875,510)

100.00 

%

Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) of the Codification requires qualitative disclosure about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements.

The Trust’s market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors including the level and volatility of interest rates, exchange rates, equity price levels, the market value of financial instruments and contracts, the diversification effects among the Trust’s open positions and the liquidity of the markets in which it trades.

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The Trust engages in the speculative trading of futures and forward contracts on agricultural commodities, currencies, energies, interest rates, metals and stock indices. The following were the primary trading risk exposures of the Trust at December 31, 2024 and 2023 by market sector:

Agricultural (grains, livestock and softs) – The Trust’s primary exposure is to agricultural price movements, which are often directly affected by severe or unexpected weather conditions as well as supply and demand factors.

Currencies – Exchange rate risk is a principal market exposure of the Trust. The Trust’s currency exposure is to exchange rate fluctuations, primarily fluctuations which disrupt the historical pricing relationships between different currencies and currency pairs. The fluctuations are influenced by interest rate changes as well as political and general economic conditions. The Trust trades in a large number of currencies including cross-rates—e.g., positions between two currencies other than the U.S. dollar.

Energies – The Trust’s primary energy market exposure is to gas and oil price movements often resulting from political developments in the Middle East and economic conditions worldwide. Energy prices are volatile and substantial profits and losses have been and are expected to continue to be experienced in this market.

Interest Rates – Interest rate movements directly affect the price of the sovereign bond futures positions held by the Trust and indirectly the value of its stock index and currency positions. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries may materially impact the Trust’s profitability. The Trust’s primary interest rate exposure is to interest rate fluctuations in countries or regions including Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, the U.S. and the Eurozone. However, the Trust also may take positions in futures contracts on the government debt of other countries. The Managing Owner anticipates that interest rates in these industrialized countries or areas, both long-term and short-term, will remain the primary interest rate market exposure of the Trust for the foreseeable future.

Metals – The Trust’s metals market exposure is to fluctuations in the price of aluminum, copper, gold, lead, nickel, palladium, platinum, silver, tin and zinc.

Stock Indices – The Trust’s equity exposure through stock index futures is to equity price risk in the major industrialized countries as well as other countries.

Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) of the Codification requires entities to recognize in the Statements of Financial Condition all derivative contracts as assets or liabilities. Fair value of futures and forward currency contracts in a net asset position are recorded in the Statements of Financial Condition as “Net unrealized appreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts.” Fair value of futures and forward currency contracts in a net liability position are recorded in the Statements of Financial Condition as “Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts.” The Trust’s policy regarding fair value measurement is discussed in Note 2.

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Since the derivatives held or sold by the Trust are for speculative trading purposes, derivative instruments are not designated as hedging instruments under the provisions of the Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) of the Codification. Accordingly, all realized gains and losses as well as any

change in net unrealized gains or losses on open positions from the preceding period are recognized as part of the Trust’s trading gains and losses in the Statements of Operations. 

The following tables present the fair value of open futures and forward currency contracts, held long or sold short, at December 31, 2024 and 2023. Fair value, below, is presented on a gross basis even though the contracts are subject to master netting agreements and qualify for net presentation in the Statements of Financial Condition.

Fair Value of Futures and Forward Currency Contracts at December 31, 2024

 

Net Unrealized

Fair Value - Long Positions

Fair Value - Short Positions

Gain (Loss) on

Sector

Gains

Losses

Gains

Losses

Open Positions

Futures contracts:

Currencies

$                     - 

$          (18,511)

$            80,543 

$               (650)

$            61,382 

Energies

360,265 

(3,973)

(42,117)

314,175 

Grains

-

-

14,946 

(82,658)

(67,712)

Interest rates

13,627 

(87,624)

152,124 

(158,794)

(80,667)

Livestock

600 

-

-

600 

Metals

25,426 

(368,620)

219,654 

(17,710)

(141,250)

Softs

42,888 

(11,481)

36,389 

(11)

67,785 

Stock indices

43,274 

(253,375)

121,013 

(13,463)

(102,551)

Total futures contracts

486,080 

(743,584)

624,669 

(315,403)

51,762 

Forward currency contracts

10,692 

(1,413,265)

1,867,659 

(14,004)

451,082 

Total futures and

forward currency contracts

$          496,772 

$     (2,156,849)

$       2,492,328 

$        (329,407)

$          502,844 


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Fair Value of Futures and Forward Currency Contracts at December 31, 2023

Net Unrealized

Fair Value - Long Positions

Fair Value - Short Positions

Gain (Loss) on

Sector

Gains

Losses

Gains

Losses

Open Positions

Futures contracts:

Currencies

$               5,413 

$                  (7,620)

$               3,145 

$           (35,677)

$           (34,739)

Energies

-

(364,739)

39,651 

(249,911)

(574,999)

Grains

-

108,658 

(51,988)

56,670 

Interest rates

462,107 

(48,624)

57,157 

(740,352)

(269,712)

Livestock

-

(2,070)

590 

-

(1,480)

Metals

425,602 

(46,336)

44,301 

(438,116)

(14,549)

Softs

(8,606)

116,155 

(2,941)

104,608 

Stock indices

140,173 

(33,243)

72,945 

(8,402)

171,473 

Total futures contracts

1,033,295 

(511,238)

442,602 

(1,527,387)

(562,728)

Forward currency contracts

1,772,495 

(73,677)

75,859 

(2,087,459)

(312,782)

Total futures and

forward currency contracts

$        2,805,790 

$         (584,915)

$           518,461 

$      (3,614,846)

$         (875,510)

The effect of trading futures and forward currency contracts is represented on the Statements of Operations for the years ended 2024 and 2023 as “Net realized gains (losses) on closed positions: Futures and forward currency contracts” and “Net change in unrealized: Futures and forward currency contracts.” These trading gains and losses are detailed below:

Trading gains (losses) of futures and forward currency contracts for the years ended 2024 and 2023

Sector

2024

2023

Futures contracts:

Currencies

$               646,177 

$               213,504 

Energies

(2,119,317)

(3,510,725)

Grains

972,839 

(40,356)

Interest rates

2,456,649 

(3,843,596)

Livestock

(109,490)

24,920 

Metals

(685,396)

(229,183)

Softs

(67,962)

(72,981)

Stock indices

3,659,072 

1,083,978 

Total futures contracts

4,752,572 

(6,374,439)

Forward currency contracts

1,422,979 

(829,881)

Total futures and forward currency contracts

$            6,175,551 

$          (7,204,320)


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The following table presents average notional value by sector in U.S. dollars of open futures and forward currency contracts for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. The Trust’s average net asset value for the years ended 2024 and 2023 was approximately $76,000,000, and $94,000,000, respectively.

 

2024

2023

Sector

Long Positions

Short Positions

Long Positions

Short Positions

Futures contracts:

Currencies

$          1,275,218 

$       10,817,673 

$          1,794,479 

$         5,210,842 

Energies

11,579,779 

2,199,548 

15,908,745 

1,851,858 

Grains

567,905 

5,000,355 

2,676,115 

4,354,788 

Interest rates

33,320,151 

86,444,593 

18,187,537 

139,166,974 

Livestock

83,884 

317,198 

421,762 

143,528 

Metals

5,167,778 

2,754,477 

1,347,073 

5,847,805 

Softs

957,536 

771,607 

652,101 

1,712,398 

Stock indices

29,039,161 

10,735,465 

27,450,507 

20,199,674 

Total futures

contracts

81,991,412 

119,040,916 

68,438,319 

178,487,867 

Forward currency

contracts

14,084,198 

43,619,609 

28,190,254 

27,015,159 

Total average

notional

$        96,075,610 

$     162,660,525 

$        96,628,573 

$     205,503,026 

Notional values in the interest rate sector were calculated by converting the notional value in local currency of all open interest rate futures positions to 10-year equivalent fixed income instruments, translated to U.S. dollars at each quarter-end during 2024 and 2023. The 10-year note is often used as a benchmark for many types of fixed-income instruments and the Managing Owner believes it is a more meaningful representation of notional values of the Trust’s open interest rate positions. 

The following tables summarize the valuation of the Trust’s investments by counterparty as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.


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Offsetting of derivative assets and liabilities at December 31, 2024

Gross amounts of
recognized Assets

Gross amounts offset in
the Statements of Financial
Condition

Net amounts of Assets
presented in the Statements
of Financial Condition

Assets

Futures contracts

Counterparty C

$               280,971

$                    (195,687)

$                           85,284

Counterparty J

186,425

(175,126)

11,299

Total futures contracts

$               467,396

$                    (370,813)

$                           96,583

Forward currency contracts

Counterparty G

834,462

(513,970)

320,492

Counterparty K

1,043,889

(913,299)

130,590

Total forward currency contracts

1,878,351

(1,427,269)

451,082

Total assets

$            2,345,747

$                 (1,798,082)

$                         547,665

Gross amounts of
recognized Liabilities

Gross amounts offset in
the Statement of Financial
Condition

Net amounts of Liabilities
presented in the Statement
of Financial Condition

Liabilities

Futures contracts

Counterparty L

$               688,174

$                    (643,353)

$                           44,821

Total liabilities

$               688,174

$                    (643,353)

$                           44,821


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Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition

Counterparty

Net amounts of Assets
presented in the Statements
of Financial Condition

Financial Instruments

Collateral Received(1)(2)

Net Amount(3)

Counterparty C

$                   85,284

$                -

$       (85,284)

$                   -

Counterparty G

320,492

-

-

320,492

Counterparty J

11,299

-

(11,299)

-

Counterparty K

130,590

-

-

130,590

Total

$                 547,665

$                -

$       (96,583)

$       451,082

Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition

Counterparty

Net amounts of Liabilities
presented in the Statement
of Financial Condition

Financial Instruments

Collateral Pledged(1)(2)

Net Amount

Counterparty L

$                   44,821

$                -

$       (44,821)

$                   -

Total

$                   44,821

$                -

$       (44,821)

$                   -

(1) Collateral received includes trades made on exchanges. These trades are subject to central counterparty clearing where settlement is guaranteed by the exchange.

(2) Collateral disclosed is limited to an amount not to exceed 100% of the net amount of assets presented in the

Statements of Financial Condition, for each respective counterparty.

(3) Net amount represents the amount that is subject to loss in the event of a counterparty failure as of December 31, 2024.


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Offsetting of derivative assets and liabilities at December 31, 2023

Gross amounts of
recognized Assets

Gross amounts offset in
the Statements of Financial
Condition

Net amounts of Assets
presented in the Statements
of Financial Condition

Assets

Futures contracts

Counterparty J

$               433,946

$                    (165,233)

$                         268,713

Total assets

$               433,946

$                    (165,233)

$                         268,713

Gross amounts of
recognized Liabilities

Gross amounts offset in
the Statements of Financial
Condition

Net amounts of Liabilities
presented in the Statements
of Financial Condition

Liabilities

Futures contracts

Counterparty C

$               602,734

$                    (319,515)

$                         283,219

Counterparty L

1,270,658

(722,436)

548,222

Total futures contracts

1,873,392

(1,041,951)

831,441

Forward currency contracts

Counterparty G

895,463

(744,009)

151,454

Counterparty K

1,265,673

(1,104,345)

161,328

Total forward currency contracts

2,161,136

(1,848,354)

312,782

Total liabilities

$            4,034,528

$                 (2,890,305)

$                      1,144,223


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Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition

Counterparty

Net amounts of Assets
presented in the Statements
of Financial Condition

Financial Instruments

Collateral Received(1)(2)

Net Amount(3)

Counterparty J

$                  268,713

$                -

$      (268,713)

$                   -

Total

$                  268,713

$                -

$      (268,713)

$                   -

Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition

Counterparty

Net amounts of Liabilities
presented in the Statements
of Financial Condition

Financial Instruments

Collateral Pledged(1)(2)

Net Amount(4)

Counterparty C

$                  283,219

$                -

$      (283,219)

$                   -

Counterparty G

151,454

-

(151,454)

-

Counterparty K

161,328

-

(161,328)

-

Counterparty L

548,222

-

(548,222)

-

Total

$               1,144,223

$                -

$   (1,144,223)

$                   -

(1) Collateral received includes trades made on exchanges. These trades are subject to central counterparty clearing where settlement is guaranteed by the exchange.

(2) Collateral disclosed is limited to an amount not to exceed 100% of the net amount of assets presented in the

Statements of Financial Condition, for each respective counterparty.

(3) Net amount represents the amount that is subject to loss in the event of a counterparty failure as of December 31, 2023.

7. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Unit operating performance for Series 1, 3, 4 and 5 Units is calculated monthly for each Series based on the beginning and ending Net Asset Value per unit and aggregated. An individual Unitholder’s per unit operating performance may vary based on the timing of capital transactions and differences in individual Unitholder’s brokerage fee (for Series 1), management fee (for series 3, 4 and 5) and profit share allocation arrangements.

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Ratios are calculated for each Series taken as a whole. Total return for Series 1 investors are presented for Unitholders charged 7% brokerage fee. An individual Unitholder’s per unit operating performance may vary based on the timing of capital transactions and differences in individual Unitholder’s brokerage fee (for Series 1), management fee (for Series 3 and 5) and profit share allocation arrangements.

The investment expenses used to calculate the expense ratio, net investment income/loss ratio, and net investment/loss per share include trading costs. This reflects the fee structure of Series 1, where actual trading costs are paid from the fixed fee to the Managing Owner.

8. REDEMPTION PAYABLE TO MANAGING OWNER

At December 31, 2024 and 2023, redemption payable were $300,726 (of which $726 was related to profit share earned during the year) and $2,741 (of which $2,741 was related to profit share earned during the year), respectively.

9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On January 29, 2025, the owners of the Managing Owner transferred their shares to a newly formed Subchapter S holding company, Millburn Capital LLC ("Millburn Capital"). As a result of this transfer, Millburn Capital owns 100% of the Managing Owner, and the existing Managing Owner shareholders indirectly own the Managing Owner in the same percentages as prior to the restructuring.

On January 30, 2025, the Managing Owner converted to a limited liability company by the name of Millburn Ridgefield LLC ("MRLLC"). All contact and other information remain the same. All contracts and agreements in the name of the Managing Owner will automatically be assigned to MRLLC and MRLLC will assume all rights and obligations of the Managing Owner.

The Managing Owner has performed its evaluation of subsequent events through March 21, 2025, the date the financial statements were issued. Based on such evaluation, no further events were discovered that required adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements.

.

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