Derivatives and Hedging

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

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 Advisors for the Partnership will take speculative positions in Futures Interests where they feel the best profit opportunities exist for their 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.

On January 1, 2013, the Partnership adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2011-11, “Disclosure about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” and ASU 2013-01, “Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities”.  ASU 2011-11 created a new disclosure requirement about the nature of an entity’s rights to setoff and the related arrangements associated with its financial instruments and derivative instruments, while ASU 2013-01 clarified the types of instruments and transactions that are subject to the offsetting disclosure requirements established by ASU 2011-11.  Entities are required to disclose both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. The objective of these disclosures is to facilitate comparison between those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards. The new guidance did not have a significant impact on the Partnership’s financial statements.

The following tables summarize the valuation of the Partnership’s investments as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Liabilities as of March 31, 2014:

	Gross Amounts Recognized			Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition			Net Amounts Presented in the Statement of Financial Condition
	$			$			$
Assets
Futures		6,224,138			(1,974,477	)		4,249,661
Forwards		1,745,879			(1,745,879	)		-
Total Assets		7,970,017			(3,720,356	)		4,249,661
Liabilities
Futures		(1,974,477	)		1,974,477			-
Forwards		(2,163,361	)		1,745,879			(417,482	)
Total Liabilities		(4,137,838	)		3,720,356			(417,482	)
Unrealized currency loss								(648,659	)
Total net unrealized gain on open contracts								3,183,520

Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2013:

	Gross Amounts Recognized			Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition			Net Amounts Presented in the Statement of Financial Condition
	$			$			$
Assets
Futures		9,894,085			(3,011,012	)		6,883,073
Forwards		528,063			(69,127	)		458,936
Total Assets		10,422,148			(3,080,139	)		7,342,009
Liabilities
Futures		(3,011,012	)		3,011,012			-
Forwards		(69,127	)		69,127			-
Total Liabilities		(3,080,139	)		3,080,139			-
Unrealized currency loss								(689,577	)
Net unrealized gain on open contracts								6,652,432

The effect of Trading Activities on the Statements of Financial Condition as of March 31, 2014:

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 three months (absolute quantity)
	$		$			$		$			$
Commodity		4,174,627		(1,398,257	)		1,152,690		(1,074,155	)		2,854,905			5,072
Equity		1,113,773		(169,756	)		11,849		(208,879	)		746,987			1,246
Foreign currency		884,461		(520,808	)		251,307		(345,429	)		269,531			1,845
Interest rate		326,213		(367,017	)		55,097		(53,537	)		(39,244	)		5,558
Total		6,499,074		(2,455,838	)		1,470,943		(1,682,000	)		3,832,179
Unrealized currency loss												(648,659	)
Net unrealized gain on open contracts												3,183,520

The effect of Trading Activities on the Statements of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2013:

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		561,914		(1,776,263	)		2,430,029		(322,157	)		893,523			4,153
Equity		3,462,235		-			36,105		(3,696	)		3,494,644			1,717
Foreign currency		1,474,046		(124,132	)		986,884		(59,129	)		2,277,669			3,214
Interest rate		61,862		(636,034	)		1,409,073		(158,728	)		676,173			5,741
Total		5,560,057		(2,536,429	)		4,862,091		(543,710	)		7,342,009
Unrealized currency loss												(689,577	)
Net unrealized gain on open contracts												6,652,432

			Average Number of Contracts Outstanding for the Year (Absolute Quantity)
Option Contracts at Fair Value
	$
Options purchased		-		3
Options written		-		2

The following tables summarize the net trading results of the Partnership for the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

The effect of Trading Activities on the Statements of Income and Expenses for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2014 included in Total Trading Results:

Type of Instrument	$
Commodity		(532,973	)
Equity		(4,246,495	)
Foreign currency		(2,013,917	)
Interest rate		(1,957,304	)
Unrealized currency gain		40,918
Total		(8,709,771	)

Line items on the Statements of Income and Expenses for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2014:

Trading Results	$
Net realized		(5,240,859	)
Net change in unrealized		(3,468,912	)
Total Trading Results		(8,709,771	)

The effect of Trading Activities on the Statements of Income and Expenses for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2013 included in Total Trading Results:

Type of Instrument	$
Commodity		(3,166,726	)
Equity		9,169,842
Foreign currency		2,978,916
Interest rate		(721,114	)
Unrealized currency gain		9,995
Total		8,270,913

Line items on the Statements of Income and Expenses for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2013

Trading Results	$
Net realized		8,879,065
Net change in unrealized		(608,152	)
Total Trading Results		8,270,913