STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Trading Equity:
Options purchased, premiums paid	$ 135,056	$ 267,400
Liabilities:
Options written, premiums received	$ 68,000	$ 58,237
Partners' Capital:
Limited Partners, Units (in units)	6,711,796.206	7,633,482.867
General Partner, Units	73,202.055	82,901.055

The number of general partner units issued.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 4.F)
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-Publisher SEC
-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)
-Number Topic 4
-Section F

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF)
-Number 87-21
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-Publisher AICPA
-Name Practice Bulletin (PB)
-Number 14
-Paragraph 10
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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