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Trading Activities
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Trading Activities [Abstract] 
Trading Activities
3.   Trading Activities:
The Partnership was formed for the purpose of trading contracts in a variety of commodity interests, including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments. The Partnership’s investments are in other funds which trade these instruments. The results of the Partnership’s trading activities from its investment in the Funds are shown in the Statements of Income and Expenses and Changes in Partners’ Capital.
The customer agreements between the Partnership/Funds and CGM gives the Partnership and the Funds the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses on open futures and exchange cleared swaps and open forward contracts. The Partnership and the Funds net, for financial reporting purposes, the unrealized gains and losses on open futures and exchange cleared swaps and on open forward contracts on the Statements of Financial Condition.
All of the commodity interests owned by the Funds are held for trading purposes.
Brokerage fees are calculated as a percentage of the Partnership’s adjusted net asset value on the last day of each month and are affected by trading performance and redemptions.