Trading Activities | 5. Trading Activities: The Partnership’s objective is to profit from speculative trading in Futures Interests. Therefore, the Trading Advisor will take speculative positions in Futures Interests where it feels the best profit opportunities exist for its 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. All of the Futures Interests owned by the Partnership are held for trading purposes. The monthly average number of futures contracts traded during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 were 6,338 and 7,300, respectively. The monthly average number of metals forward contracts traded during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 were 650 and 826, respectively. The monthly average notional values of currency forward contracts traded during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 were $380,666,033 and $415,107,828, respectively. The following tables summarize the gross and net amounts recognized relating to the assets and liabilities of the Partnership’s derivative instruments and transactions eligible for offset subject to master netting agreements or similar arrangements as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Gross Amounts Amounts Offset in the Presented in the Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Gross Statements of Statements of Statements of Financial Condition December 31, 2019 Amounts Financial Financial Financial Cash Collateral Net Amount Assets Futures $ 2,519,269 $ (2,519,269 ) $ - $ - $ - $ - Forwards 766,007 (766,007 ) - - - - Total assets $ 3,285,276 $ (3,285,276 ) $ - $ - $ - $ - Liabilities Futures $ (3,106,978 ) $ 2,519,269 $ (587,709 ) $ - $ 587,709 $ - Forwards (2,027,918 ) 766,007 (1,261,911 ) - 1,261,911 - Total liabilities $ (5,134,896 ) $ 3,285,276 $ (1,849,620 ) $ - $ 1,849,620 $ - Net fair value $ - * Gross Amounts Amounts Offset in the Presented in the Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Gross Statements of Statements of Statements of Financial Condition December 31, 2018 Amounts Financial Financial Financial Cash Collateral Net Amount Assets Futures $ 3,370,017 $ (3,370,017 ) $ - $ - $ - $ - Forwards 1,880,468 (1,880,468 ) - - - - Total assets $ 5,250,485 $ (5,250,485 ) $ - $ - $ - $ - Liabilities Futures $ (4,422,974 ) $ 3,370,017 $ (1,052,957 ) $ - $ 1,052,957 $ - Forwards (2,164,284 ) 1,880,468 (283,816 ) $ - 283,816 - Total liabilities $ (6,587,258 ) $ 5,250,485 $ (1,336,773 ) - $ 1,336,773 $ - 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 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. December 31, 2019 Assets Futures Contracts Commodity $ 1,269,325 Equity 546,906 Currencies 25,888 Interest Rates 677,150 Total unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts 2,519,269 Liabilities Futures Contracts Commodity (779,067) Equity (500,127) Currencies (30,980) Interest Rates (1,796,804) Total unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts (3,106,978) Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts $ (587,709) * Assets Forward Contracts Commodity $ 221,915 Currencies 544,092 Total unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts 766,007 Liabilities Forward Contracts Commodity (703,280) Currencies (1,324,638) Total unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts (2,027,918) Net unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts $ (1,261,911) ** * This amount is in “Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts” in the Statements of Financial Condition. ** This amount is in “Net unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts” in the Statements of Financial Condition. December 31, 2018 Assets Futures Contracts Commodity $ 1,479,301 Equity 603,645 Currencies 12,269 Interest Rates 1,274,802 Total unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts 3,370,017 Liabilities Futures Contracts Commodity (1,605,268) Equity (1,004,340) Currencies (61,986) Interest Rates (1,751,380) Total unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts (4,422,974) Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts $ (1,052,957) * Assets Forward Contracts Commodity $ 751,884 Currencies 1,128,584 Total unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts 1,880,468 Liabilities Forward Contracts Commodity (341,019) Currencies (1,823,265) Total unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts (2,164,284) Net unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts $ (283,816) ** * This amount is in “Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts” in the Statements of Financial Condition. ** This amount is in “Net unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts” in the Statements of Financial Condition. The following table indicates the trading gains and losses, by market sector, on derivative instruments for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Sector 2019 2018 2017 Commodity $ (9,168,467) $ (4,944,164) $ (671,410) Equity 15,551,437 (6,517,413) 27,931,380 Currencies (658,803) (4,275,072) (10,774,286) Interest Rates 12,920,788 (2,075,939) (5,786,047) Total $ 18,644,955 *** $ (17,812,588) *** $ 10,699,637 *** *** This amount is in “Total trading results” in the Statements of Income and Expenses. |