Results of Operations
General. The Partnership’s results depend on the Trading Advisor and the ability of the Trading Advisor’s trading program to take advantage of price movements in the futures, forwards and options markets.
The K4D quantitative investment program has its origin in Graham’s legacy trend-following trading systems, dating as far back as 1995. Graham’s trend systems are designed to participate selectively in potential profit opportunities that can occur during periods of price trends in a diverse number of U.S. and international markets. The trend systems establish positions in markets where the price action of a particular market signals the computerized systems used by Graham that a potential trend in prices is occurring. The trend systems also employ proprietary risk management and trade filter strategies that seek to benefit from sustained price trends while reducing risk and volatility exposure. Each K4D program trades the same quantitative models in the same proportion, and differs only with respect to the annual volatility range targeted (with theK4D-10V Program targeting an annual volatility range of 8% to 12%; theK4D-15V Program targeting an annual volatility range of 12% to 18%; and theK4D-20V Program targeting an annual volatility range of 16% to 24%).
The following presents a summary of the Partnership’s operations for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and a general discussion of its trading activities during each period. It is important to note, however, that the Trading Advisor trades in various markets at different times and that prior activity in a particular market does not mean that such market will be actively traded by the Trading Advisor or will be profitable in the future. Consequently, the results of operations of the Partnership are difficult to discuss other than in the context of the Trading Advisor’s trading activities on behalf of the Partnership during the period in question. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
The Partnership’s results of operations set forth in the financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which require the use of certain accounting policies that affect the amounts reported in these financial statements, including the following: the contracts the Partnership trade are accounted for on a trade-date basis and marked to market on a daily basis. The difference between their original contract value and market value is recorded in the Statements of Income and Expenses as “Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on open contracts” and recorded as “Net realized gains (losses) on closed contracts” when open positions are closed out. The sum of these amounts constitutes the Partnership’s trading results. The market value of a futures contract is the settlement price on the exchange on which that futures contract is traded on a particular day. The value of a foreign currency forward contract is based on the spot rate as of approximately 3:00 P.M. (E.T.), the close of the business day. Interest income, as well as management fees, administrative and General Partner’s fees and ongoing placement agent fees of the Partnership are recorded on an accrual basis.
The General Partner believes that, based on the nature of the operations of the Partnership, no assumptions relating to the application of critical accounting policies other than those presently used could reasonably affect reported amounts.
No forecast can be made as to the level of redemptions in any given period. A limited partner may require the Partnership to redeem its Units at the net asset value per Unit as of the end of any month on three business days’ notice to the General Partner. There is no fee charged to limited partners in connection with redemptions. Redemptions are generally funded out of the Partnership’s cash holdings. For the year ended December 31, 2019, 606,098.601 limited partner Units of Class A were redeemed totaling $12,313,201 and 37,107.123 General Partner Units of Class Z were redeemed totaling $320,000. For the year ended December 31, 2018, 901,418.885 limited partner Units of Class A were redeemed totaling $18,848,006 and 15,432.099 General Partner Units of Class Z were redeemed totaling $150,000. For the year ended December 31, 2017, 1,046,173.203 limited partner Units of Class A were redeemed totaling $22,615,682 and 36,267.329 General Partner Units of Class Z were redeemed totaling $300,000.
The Partnership continues to offer Units for each Class at their net asset value per Unit as of the end of each month. For the year ended December 31, 2019, there were subscriptions of 3,584.803 limited partner Units of Class A totaling $75,624. For the year ended December 31, 2018, there were subscriptions of 425,348.852 limited partner Units of Class A totaling $9,800,783 and 12,560.802 General Partner Units of Class Z totaling $116,187. For the year ended December 31, 2017, there were subscriptions of 42,440.978 limited partner Units of Class A totaling $918,536.
For the year ended December 31, 2019, the net asset value per Unit for Class A increased 20.3% from $18.46 to $22.21. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the net asset value per Unit for Class Z increased 22.7% from $7.53 to $9.24. For the year ended December 31, 2018, the net asset value per Unit for Class A decreased 20.2% from $23.14 to $18.46. For the year ended December 31, 2018, the net asset value per Unit for Class Z decreased 18.6% from $9.25 to $7.53. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the net asset value per Unit for Class A increased 4.9% from $22.06 to $23.14. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the net asset value per Unit for Class Z increased 6.9% from $8.65 to $9.25.
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