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Trading Activities
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Trading Activities [Abstract] 
Trading Activities
3.   Trading Activities:
 
The Partnership was formed for the purpose of trading contracts in a variety of commodity interests, including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments. The results of the Partnership’s trading activities are shown in the Statements of Income and Expenses and Changes in Partners’ Capital.
 
The customer agreements between the Partnership and CGM and JWH Master and CGM give the Partnership and JWH Master, respectively, the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses on open futures and open forward contracts. The Partnership and JWH Master net, for financial reporting purposes, the unrealized gains and losses on open futures and on open forward contracts on the Statements of Financial Condition.
 
All of the commodity interests owned by the Partnership are held for trading purposes. The monthly average number of futures contracts traded directly by the Partnership, during the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were 273 and 237, respectively. The monthly average number of futures contracts traded directly by the Partnership, during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were 275 and 248, respectively. The monthly average number of metal forward contracts traded directly by the Partnership, during the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were 45 and 24, respectively. The monthly average number of metal forward contracts traded directly by the Partnership, during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were 29 and 23, respectively.
 
The monthly average number of futures contracts traded by JWH Master, during the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were 2,604 and 2,203, respectively. The monthly average number of futures contracts traded by JWH Master, during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were 2,216 and 2,158, respectively.
 
Brokerage fees are calculated as a percentage of the Partnership’s adjusted net asset value on the last day of each month and are affected by trading performance, subscriptions and redemptions.
 
     The following tables indicate the Partnership’s gross fair values of derivative instruments of futures and forward contracts traded directly by the Partnership as separate assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.
         
Assets   September 30,  
Futures Contracts   2011  
Currencies
  $ 56,938  
Energy
    110,010  
Grains
    41,292  
Indices
    28,600  
Interest Rates U.S.
    77,906  
Livestock
    3,700  
Metals
    51,155  
Softs
    29,450  
 
     
Total unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts
  $ 399,051  
 
     
         
Liabilities        
Futures Contracts        
Grains
  $ (15,500 )
Indices
    (55,487 )
Interest Rates U.S.
    (9,775 )
Interest Rates non-U.S.
    (30,351 )
Softs
    (2,090 )
 
     
Total unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts
  $ (113,203 )
 
     
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts
  $ 285,848 *
 
     
         
Assets   September 30,  
Forward Contracts   2011  
Metals
  $ 177,575  
 
     
Total unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts
  $ 177,575  
 
     
Net unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts
  $ 177,575 **
 
     
 
*   This amount is in “Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts” on the Statements of Financial Condition.
 
**   This amount is in “Net unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts” on the Statements of Financial Condition.
         
    December 31, 2010  
 
Assets
       
Futures Contracts
       
Currencies
  $ 122,819  
Energy
    24,947  
Grains
    142,491  
Indices
    14,510  
Interest Rates Non-U.S. 
    989  
Livestock
    11,920  
Metals
    56,575  
Softs
    50,963  
         
Total unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts
  $ 425,214  
         
Liabilities
       
Futures Contracts
       
Currencies
  $ (14,975 )
Energy
    (12,500 )
Indices
    (15,702 )
Interest Rates U.S. 
    (4,644 )
Interest Rates Non-U.S. 
    (32,068 )
Softs
    (15,620 )
         
Total unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts
  $ (95,509 )
         
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts
  $ 329,705 *
         
 
*This amount is in “Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts” on the Statements of Financial Condition.
 
         
    December 31, 2010  
 
Assets
       
Forward Contracts
       
Metals
  $ 99,712  
         
Total unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts
    99,712  
         
Net unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts
  $ 99,712 **
         
 
**This amount is in “Net unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts” on the Statements of Financial Condition.
 
 
The following tables indicate the trading results, by market sector, on derivative instruments traded directly by the Partnership for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.
                                 
    Three Months     Three Months     Nine Months     Nine Months  
Sector   September 30, 2011     September 30, 2010     September 30, 2011     September 30, 2010  
Currencies
  (122,970 )   31,581     (347,204 )   49,757  
Energy
    181,931       (134,318 )     (109,991 )     (310,907 )
Grains
    (63,360 )     74,628       (189,793 )     (29,836 )
Indices
    (160,944 )     (128,862 )     (413,564 )     (308,027 )
Interest Rates U.S.
    317,946     166,788       324,972     317,804  
Interest Rates Non-U.S.
    343,763       162,548       327,452       501,752  
Livestock
    12,600       16,630       (31,790 )     11,810  
Metals
    171,660       (38,244 )     101,190       (153,078 )
Softs
    (131,512 )     182,572       (81,106 )     (80,253 )
 
                       
Total
  549,114 ***   333,323 ***   (419,834 )***   (978 )***
 
                       
 
*** This amount is in “Total trading results” on the Statements of Income and Expenses and Changes in Partners’ Capital.