Trading Activities | 4. 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 interests. The Partnership’s results of trading activities are shown on the Statements of Income and Expenses. The futures brokerage account agreements and foreign exchange brokerage account agreement with MS&Co. give the Partnership the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses on open futures and forward contracts. The Partnership nets, for financial reporting purposes, the unrealized gains and losses on open futures and forward contracts in the Statements of Financial Condition as the criteria under ASC 210-20, “Balance Sheet,” Trading and transaction fees are based on the number of trades executed by the Advisor. All clearing fees paid to MS&Co. for direct trading are directly charged to the Partnership. All of the commodity interests owned by the Partnership are held for trading purposes. The monthly average number of futures contracts traded by the Partnership during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were 2,015 and 3,643, respectively. The monthly average number of futures contracts traded by the Partnership during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were 2,093 and 3,516, respectively. The monthly average number of metals forward contracts traded by the Partnership during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were 567 and 495, respectively. The monthly average number of metals forward contracts traded by the Partnership during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were 572 and 428, respectively. The monthly average notional values of currency forward contracts traded by the Partnership during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were $317,819,336 and $760,666,346, respectively. The monthly average notional values of currency forward contracts traded by the Partnership during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were $420,818,478 and $669,368,344, respectively. The following tables summarize the gross and net amounts relating to assets and liabilities of the Partnership’s derivatives and their offsetting subject to master netting arrangements or similar agreements as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Gross Amounts Amounts Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Statements of Statements of Cash Collateral Gross Amounts Financial Financial Financial Received/ June 30, 2020 Recognized Condition Condition Instruments Pledged* Net Amount Assets Futures $ 598,822 $ (294,629) $ 304,193 $ - $ - $ 304,193 Forwards 1,353,625 (1,353,625) - - - - Total assets $ 1,952,447 $ (1,648,254) $ 304,193 $ - $ - $ 304,193 Liabilities Futures $ (294,629) $ 294,629 $ - $ - $ - $ - Forwards (1,861,414) 1,353,625 (507,789) - 507,789 - Total liabilities $ (2,156,043) $ 1,648,254 $ (507,789) $ - $ 507,789 $ - Net fair value $ 304,193 * Gross Amounts Amounts Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Offset in the Presented in the Statements of Financial Condition Statements of Statements of Cash Collateral Gross Amounts Financial Financial Financial Received/ December 31, 2019 Recognized Condition Condition Instruments Pledged* Net Amount Assets Futures $ 757,718 $ (757,718) $ - $ - $ - $ - Forwards 3,084,676 (3,084,676) - - - - Total assets $ 3,842,394 $ (3,842,394) $ - $ - $ - $ - Liabilities Futures $ (1,203,727) $ 757,718 $ (446,009) $ - $ 446,009 $ - Forwards (3,765,787) 3,084,676 (681,111) - 681,111 - Total liabilities $ (4,969,514) $ 3,842,394 $ (1,127,120) $ - $ 1,127,120 $ - Net fair value $ - * * In the event of default by the Partnership, MS&Co., the Partnership’s commodity futures broker and the sole counterparty to the Partnership’s non-exchange-traded The following tables indicate the gross fair values of derivative instruments of futures and forward contracts as separate assets and liabilities for the Partnership as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Assets June 30, 2020 Futures Contracts Energy $ 116,235 Grains 44,971 Indices 79,138 Interest Rates U.S. 79,861 Interest Rates Non-U.S. 218,030 Livestock 610 Metals 59,235 Softs 742 Total unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts 598,822 Liabilities Futures Contracts Energy (32,389) Grains (89,172) Indices (100,893) Interest Rates U.S. (902) Interest Rates Non-U.S. (36,902) Livestock (4,328) Metals (2,250) Softs (27,793) Total unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts (294,629) Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts $ 304,193 * Assets Forward Contracts Currencies $ 926,912 Metals 426,713 Total unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts 1,353,625 Liabilities Forward Contracts Currencies (1,228,781) Metals (632,633) Total unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts (1,861,414) Net unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts $ (507,789) ** * This amount is in “Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts” in the Partnership’s Statements of Financial Condition. ** This amount is in “Net unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts” in the Partnership’s Statements of Financial Condition. Assets December 31, 2019 Futures Contracts Energy $ 222,120 Grains 15,267 Indices 167,959 Interest Rates U.S. 54,968 Interest Rates Non-U.S. 150,708 Livestock 2,320 Metals 142,058 Softs 2,318 Total unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts 757,718 Liabilities Futures Contracts Energy (23,343) Grains (188,403) Indices (125,346) Interest Rates U.S. (35,983) Interest Rates Non-U.S. (680,331) Livestock (14,750) Metals (4,595) Softs (130,976) Total unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts (1,203,727) Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts $ (446,009) * Assets Forward Contracts Currencies $ 2,642,228 Metals 442,448 Total unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts 3,084,676 Liabilities Forward Contracts Currencies (2,938,180) Metals (827,607) Total unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts (3,765,787) Net unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts $ (681,111) ** * This amount is in “Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts” in the Partnership’s Statements of Financial Condition. ** This amount is in “Net unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts” in the Partnership’s Statements of Financial Condition. The following table indicates the trading gains and losses, by market sector, on derivative instruments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, Sector 2020 2019 2020 2019 Currencies $ (1,103,291) $ (356,252) $ 1,353,347 $ (771,454) Energy (107,430) 40,156 920,944 (447,741) Grains (220,618) (796,003) (177,961) (421,397) Indices 16,401 1,126,739 (4,176,450) 1,924,992 Interest Rates U.S. 163,178 493,918 436,693 922,219 Interest Rates Non-U.S. (38,073) 1,997,620 1,597,323 3,283,904 Livestock 25,528 158,235 524,883 110,752 Metals (150,853) (341,991) 904,128 (572,456) Softs (73,634) 62,609 (273,648) (144,803) Total $ (1,488,792) *** $ 2,385,031 *** $ 1,109,259 *** 3,884,016 *** *** This amount is in “Total trading results” in the Partnership’s Statements of Income and Expenses. |