Trading Activities | 5. Trading Activities: The Partnership’s objective is to profit from speculative trading in Futures Interests. Therefore, the Trading Advisors 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, 2020 and 2019 were 3,907 and 6,338, respectively. The monthly average number of metals forward contracts traded during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were 406 and 650, respectively. The monthly average notional values of currency forward contracts traded during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were $292,777,322 and $380,666,033, 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, 2020 and 2019, respectively. December 31, 2020 Gross Gross Amounts Gross Amounts Not Offset Financial Instruments Cash Received/ Net Assets Futures $ 4,122,810 $ (349,631 ) $ 3,773,179 $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,773,179 Forwards 1,473,522 (864,974 ) 608,548 0 0 608,548 Total assets $ 5,596,332 $ (1,214,605 ) $ 4,381,727 $ 0 $ 0 $ 4,381,727 Liabilities Futures $ (349,631 ) $ 349,631 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Forwards (864,974 ) 864,974 0 0 0 0 Total liabilities $ (1,214,605 ) $ 1,214,605 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Net fair value $ 4,381,727 * December 31, 2019 Gross Gross Amounts Gross Amounts Not Offset Financial Instruments Cash Received/ Net 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 $ — * * 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 contracts, as applicable, has the right to offset the Partnership’s obligation with the Partnership’s cash and/or U.S. Treasury bills held by MS&Co., thereby minimizing MS&Co.’s risk of loss. In certain instances, MS&Co. may not post collateral and as such, in the event of default by MS&Co., the Partnership is exposed to the amount shown in the Statements of Financial Condition. In the case of exchange-traded contracts, the Partnership’s exposure to counterparty risk may be reduced since the exchange’s clearinghouse interposes its credit between buyer and seller and the clearinghouse’s guarantee funds may be available in the event of a default. In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization. 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, 2020 and 2019, respectively. December 31, 2020 Assets Futures Contracts Commodity $ 2,132,788 Equity 1,611,029 Currencies 23,052 Interest Rates 355,941 Total unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts 4,122,810 Liabilities Futures Contracts Commodity (117,522 ) Equity (43,188 ) Currencies (3,228 ) Interest Rates (185,693 ) Total unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts (349,631 ) Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts $ 3,773,179 * Assets Forward Contracts Commodity $ 927,155 Currencies 546,367 Total unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts 1,473,522 Liabilities Forward Contracts Commodity (101,800 ) Currencies (763,174 ) Total unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts (864,974 ) Net unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts $ 608,548 ** * This amount is in “Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts” in the Statements of Financial Condition. ** This amount is in “Net unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts” in the Statements of Financial Condition. 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. The following table indicates the trading gains and losses, by market sector, on derivative instruments for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Sector 2020 2019 2018 Commodity $ 4,100,183 $ (9,168,467 ) $ (4,944,164 ) Equity (15,340,684 ) 15,551,437 (6,517,413 ) Currencies (4,430,163 ) (658,803 ) (4,275,072 ) Interest Rates 13,319,080 12,920,788 (2,075,939 ) Total $ (2,351,584 )*** $ 18,644,955 *** $ (17,812,588 )*** *** This amount is in “Total trading results” in the Statements of Income and Expenses. |