Derivatives and Hedging

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Derivatives and Hedging [Abstract]

Derivatives and Hedging

5.  Derivatives and Hedging

The Partnership's objective is to profit from speculative trading in Futures Interests.  Therefore, the Trading Advisor for the Partnership will take speculative positions in Futures Interests where it feels the best profit opportunities exist for its trading strategy.  As such, the average number of contracts outstanding in absolute quantities (the total of the open long and open short positions) has been presented as a part of the volume disclosure, as position direction is not an indicative factor in such volume disclosures. With regard to foreign currency forward trades, each notional quantity amount has been converted to an equivalent contract based upon an industry convention.

The following tables summarize the valuation of the Partnership's investments as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

The Effect of Trading Activities on the Statements of Financial Condition as of September 30, 2012:

Futures and Forward Contracts	Long Unrealized Gain		Long Unrealized Loss			Short Unrealized Gain		Short  Unrealized  Loss			Net  Unrealized Gain/(Loss)			Average number of contracts outstanding for the nine months  (absolute quantity)
		$		$			$		$		$
Commodity		436,197		(144,416	)		7,130		(82,540	)		216,371			577
Equity		29,512		(418,003	)		–		–			(388,491	)		447
Foreign currency		1,211,051		(208,302	)		–		(458,811	)		543,938			3,923
Interest rate		494,496		(19,750	)		–		(6,724	)		468,022			2,065
Total		2,171,256		(790,471	)		7,130		(548,075	)		839,840
Unrealized currency loss												(2,393,435	)
Total net unrealized loss on open contracts												(1,553,595	)

The Effect of Trading Activities on the Statements of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2011:

Futures and Forward Contracts	Long Unrealized Gain		Long Unrealized Loss			Short Unrealized Gain		Short  Unrealized Loss			Net  Unrealized  Gain/(Loss)			Average number of contracts outstanding  for the year (absolute quantity)
		$		$			$		$		$
Commodity		27,760		(35,100	)		554,382		(553,530	)		(6,488	)		530
Equity		153,472		(2,078	)		75,465		(5,440	)		221,419			383
Foreign currency		183,838		(32,663	)		1,202,671		(23,414	)		1,330,432			7,864
Interest rate		1,031,489		(86,417	)		13,978		(21,713	)		937,337			2,111
Total		1,396,559		(156,258	)		1,846,496		(604,097	)		2,482,700
Unrealized currency loss												(2,392,751	)
Total net unrealized gain on open contracts												89,949

			Average number of
			contracts outstanding
			for the year
			(absolute quantity)
Option Contracts at Fair Value	$
Options purchased		–		2
Options written		–		1

The following tables summarize the net trading results of the Partnership for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

The Effect of Trading Activities on the Statements of Income and Expenses for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 included in Total Trading Results:

	For the Three Months		For the Nine Months
	Ended September 30, 2012		Ended September 30, 2012
Type of Instrument	$		$
Commodity		607,900	1,906,601
Equity		1,240,490	1,523,502
Foreign currency		234,894	(415,542	)
Interest rate		467,052	3,222,228
Unrealized currency gain (loss)		11,264	(683	)
Total		2,561,600	6,236,106

Line Items on the Statements of Income and Expenses for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012:

	For the Three Months		For the Nine Months
	Ended September 30, 2012		Ended September 30, 2012
Trading Results	$			$
Net realized		97,418		7,879,650
Net change in unrealized		2,464,182		(1,643,544	)
Total Trading Results		2,561,600		6,236,106

The Effect of Trading Activities on the Statements of Income and Expenses for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 included in Total Trading Results:

	For the Three Months			For the Nine Months
	Ended September 30, 2011			Ended September 30, 2011
Type of Instrument	$				$
Commodity		(1,772,931	)		(2,959,956	)
Equity		(1,240,973	)		(4,047,435	)
Foreign currency		(2,695,305	)		(1,721,733	)
Interest rate		9,354,073			10,473,193
Unrealized currency gain (loss)		1,101			(14,121	)
Total		3,645,965			1,729,948

Line Items on the Statements of Income and Expenses for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011:

	For the Three Months			For the Nine Months
	Ended September 30, 2011			Ended September 30, 2011
Trading Results	$				$
Net realized		3,928,870			5,955,853
Net change in unrealized		(282,905	)		(4,225,905	)
Total Trading Results		3,645,965			1,729,948