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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Accounting
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.
 
Use of Estimates
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
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.
 
Fair Value
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.
 
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. The Fund reports the fair value of its investment related assets and liabilities in accordance with the hierarchy established under U.S. GAAP. 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.

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, 2012 or 2011 by the Fund, the GAIT Funds, or the Master Funds, and there were no transfers between levels 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.
 
Indemnifications
Indemnifications
 
In the normal course of business, the Fund, the GAIT Funds, Graham Cash Assets LLC ("Cash Assets"), and the Master Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. Such contracts may include those by Cash Assets 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.