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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and all amounts are stated in U.S. dollars. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires the Manager to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Principles of Consolidation
 
The Fund owns 100% of GAI and as such these consolidated financial statements include all the accounts of the Fund and GAI.  Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. Creditors of the Fund have recourse to all assets of the Fund for amounts due to them, while creditors of GAI would have recourse only to the assets of GAI.
 
Investment in Graham Alternative Investment Trading LLC and Graham Alternative Investment Trading II LLC
 
The Fund records its investments in the GAIT Funds at fair value based upon the Fund's proportionate share of the GAIT Funds' reported net asset value in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In determining its net asset value, the GAIT Funds record their investments in Master Funds at fair value based upon the GAIT Funds' proportionate share of the Master Funds' reported net asset value. The Fund records its proportionate share of the GAIT Funds' investment income and loss, expenses, fees, and realized and unrealized gains and losses on a monthly basis and includes them in the consolidated statements of operations. Purchases and sales of units in GAI and the GAIT Funds are recorded on a trade date basis. The accounting policies of the GAIT Funds are described in their attached respective financial statements.
 
Each of the GAIT Funds charges its investors, including the Fund, an advisory fee, brokerage fee, sponsor fee and incentive allocation, all of which are described in detail in Note 4. The Fund does not charge any additional fees; however each investor in the Fund indirectly bears their portion of the advisory fee, brokerage fee, sponsor fee and incentive allocation charged by the GAIT Funds.

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Fund owned 35.15% and 33.11%, respectively of GAIT, and 33.67% and 30.50%, respectively of GAIT II.

Fair Value

The fair value of the assets and liabilities of the Fund and the GAIT Funds, which qualify as financial instruments under U.S. GAAP, approximates the carrying amounts presented in the consolidated statements of financial condition. Changes in these carrying amounts are included in the consolidated statements of operations.
 
Fair Value (continued)

The Fund follows U.S. GAAP for fair value measurements, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and requires certain disclosures about fair value measurements.  U.S. GAAP uses a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurement based on the activeness of the market and the transparency and independence of inputs used in the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date.

The fair value hierarchy categorizes asset and liability positions into one of three levels, as summarized below, based on the inputs and assumptions used in deriving fair value.

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Level 1 inputs are unadjusted closing or settlement prices for such assets or liabilities as published by the primary exchange upon which they are traded.
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Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities obtained from independent brokers and/or market makers in each security. With respect to the Fund's investments in the GAIT Funds, Level 2 inputs include the net asset value of the underlying fund in which it holds an investment.
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Level 3 inputs are those which are considered unobservable and are significant in arriving at fair value.

The Fund reports the fair value of its investment related assets and liabilities in accordance with the hierarchy established under U.S. GAAP.  In accordance with this hierarchy, the Fund's investments in the GAIT Funds have been classified as a Level 2 valuation.  There were no Level 3 assets or liabilities held at any point during the years ended December 31, 2011 or 2010 by the Fund, the GAIT Funds, or the Master Funds, and there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during those years.  Transfers between levels, if any, are recognized on the actual date of the event or change in circumstances that cause the transfer.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) (“ASU No. 2011-04”). ASU No. 2011-04 includes common requirements for measurement of and disclosure about fair value between U.S. GAAP and IFRS. ASU No. 2011-04 will require reporting entities to disclose the following information for fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy: quantitative information about the unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement, the valuation process used by the reporting entity and a narrative description of the sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs and the interrelationships between those unobservable inputs.  The disclosure is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011 and is to be applied prospectively.
 
Indemnifications
 
In the normal course of business, the Fund, the GAIT Funds, GCA, and the Master Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. Such contracts include those by GCA and the Master Funds with their brokers and trading counterparties. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses with respect to such indemnifications and considers the risk of loss to be remote.
 
Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current year presentation.