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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
These 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 Fund is an investment company and applies specialized accounting guidance as outlined in Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. The Manager has evaluated this guidance and has determined the Fund meets the criteria to be classified as an investment company. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires the Manager to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Principles of Consolidation
 
The Fund owns 100% of GAI’s Blended Strategies Portfolio and as such these consolidated financial statements include all the accounts of the Fund and GAI’s Blended Strategies Portfolio. 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
 
The Fund records its investment in GAIT at fair value based upon the Fund’s proportionate share of GAIT’s reported net asset value in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In determining its net asset value, GAIT records its investments in Master Funds at fair value based upon GAIT’s proportionate share of the Master Funds’ reported net asset value. The Fund records its proportionate share of GAIT’s 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 GAIT are recorded on a trade date basis. The accounting policies of GAIT are described in its attached financial statements.
 
GAIT charges its investors, including the Fund, an advisory 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 a portion of the advisory fee, sponsor fee, and incentive allocation charged by GAIT.

At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Fund owned 46.16% and 46.52%, respectively of GAIT.

Fair Value
 
The fair value of the assets and liabilities of the Fund and GAIT, 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.

·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.
·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 investment in GAIT, Level 2 inputs include the net asset value of the underlying fund in which it holds an investment.
·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 investment in GAIT has been classified as a Level 2 valuation. There were no Level 3 assets or liabilities held at any point during nine months ended September 30, 2015 and the year ended December 31, 2014 by the Fund, GAIT, or the Master Funds, and there were no transfers between levels during those periods. 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 August 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-15 – Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40). The pronouncement determines management’s responsibility regarding the assessment of the Fund’s ability to continue as a going concern even if the Fund’s liquidation is not imminent. Under this guidance, during each period in which financial statements are prepared, management will need to evaluate whether there are conditions or events that, in the aggregate, raise substantial doubt about the Fund’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued. Substantial doubt would exist if conditions or events indicate that the Fund will be unable to meet its obligations as they become due. Accounting Standards Update 2014-15 is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, however early adoption is permitted. The Manager is currently assessing the impact, if any, that this pronouncement will have on the disclosures within the financial statements.
 
In May 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-07 – Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent) (Topic 820). The pronouncement removes the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy all investments for which fair value is measured using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient. Additionally, the pronouncement also removes the requirement to make certain disclosures for all investments that are eligible to be measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient. Accounting Standards Update 2015-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, however early adoption is permitted. The Manager is currently assessing the impact that this pronouncement will have on the financial statements.
 
Indemnifications
 
In the normal course of business, the Master Funds, GAIT, Graham Cash Assets LLC (“Cash Assets”), and the Fund 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. At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 no accruals have been recorded by the Fund for indemnifications.