2.4.0.81040 - Disclosure - Commodity Trading Advisorstruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000845698duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1gpff_CommodityTradingAdvisorsDisclosureAbstractgpff_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Commodity Trading Advisors2false 2gpff_CommodityTradingAdvisorsDisclosureTextBlockgpff_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"> Note 4. Commodity Trading Advisors   The Partnership, through the Trading Companies, allocates assets to the commodity trading advisors. Each Trading Company has entered into an advisory contract with its own Advisor. The commodity trading advisors are Alder Capital Limited, Amplitude Capital International Limited, Denali Asset Management, LLLP, EMC Capital Management, Inc., Eckhardt Trading Co., Lynx Asset Management AB, Quantica Capital AG, Quantitative Investment Management LLC, Rabar Market Research, Inc., Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC, Transtrend B.V. and Winton Capital Management Limited (collectively, the “Advisors”). The Advisors are paid a consulting fee, either monthly or quarterly, ranging from 0 percent to 2 percent per annum of the Partnership’s month-end allocated net assets and a quarterly or semi-annual incentive fee ranging from 20 percent to 26 percent of the new trading profits on the allocated net assets of the Advisor. </div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaEntire disclosure pursuant to commodity trading advisors. It includes the amount of management fees payable to advisors etc.No definition available.false0Commodity Trading AdvisorsfalseCommodity Trading AdvisorsUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.grantparkfunds.com/role/DisclosureCommodityTradingAdvisors12