FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS | NOTE 7 - FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS The Partnership engages in the speculative trading of futures, options on futures, and forward currency contracts for the purpose of achieving capital appreciation. None of the Partnership's derivative instruments are designated as hedging instruments, as defined in the Derivatives and Hedging The following presents the fair value of derivatives contracts at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016. The fair value of derivatives contracts is presented as an asset if in a gain position and a liability if in a loss position. Fair value is presented on a gross basis in the table below even though the futures and forward contracts qualify for net presentation in the Statement of Financial Condition. June 30, 2017 Asset Liability Type of Derivatives Derivatives Net Derivatives Contracts Fair Value Fair Value Fair Value Futures Contracts Agriculture $ 273,804 $ (290,002 ) $ (16,198 ) Currencies 522,446 (496,903 ) 25,543 Energy 245 (596,184 ) (595,939 ) Interest Rates 27,695 (1,101,351 ) (1,073,656 ) Metals 395,488 (698,500 ) (303,012 ) Stock Indices 258,808 (1,266,134 ) (1,007,326 ) Treasury Rates 3,219 (308,797 ) (305,578 ) $ 1,481,705 $ (4,757,871 ) $ (3,276,166 ) Forward Currency Contracts $ 721,604 $ (790,115 ) $ (68,511 ) Total Gross Fair Value of Derivatives Contracts $ 2,203,309 $ (5,547,986 ) $ (3,344,677 ) December 31, 2016 Asset Liability Type of Derivatives Derivatives Net Derivatives Contracts Fair Value Fair Value Fair Value Futures Contracts Agriculture $ 1,111,896 $ (431,415 ) $ 680,481 Currencies 1,248,554 (5,361 ) 1,243,193 Energy 172,229 (129,016 ) 43,213 Interest Rates 708,726 (98,182 ) 610,544 Metals 787,551 (1,233,199 ) (445,648 ) Stock Indices 1,884,443 (883,651 ) 1,000,792 Treasury Rates 18,539 (77,820 ) (59,281 ) $ 5,931,938 $ (2,858,644 ) $ 3,073,294 Forward Currency Contracts $ 1,408,337 $ (1,059,246 ) $ 349,091 Total Gross Fair Value of Derivatives Contracts $ 7,340,275 $ (3,917,890 ) $ 3,422,385 The following presents the trading results of the Partnership's derivative trading and information related to the volume of the Partnership's derivative activity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016. The below captions of "Realized" and "Change in Unrealized" correspond to the captions in the Statements of Income (Loss) for gain (loss) on trading of derivatives contracts. Three Months ended June 30, 2017 Type of Derivatives Contracts Realized Change in Unrealized Number of Contracts Closed Futures Contracts Agricultural $ 1,688,262 $ (528,868 ) Currencies (5,466,161 ) 1,045,138 Energy (1,680,617 ) (428,156 ) Interest Rates (1,612,134 ) (553,967 ) Metals (904,696 ) (256,501 ) Stock Indices 5,744,212 (1,493,387 ) Treasury Rates (852,586 ) (120,267 ) $ (3,083,720 ) $ (2,336,008 ) 18,147 (1) Forward Currency Contracts $ 1,120,031 $ (925,477 ) (2) Total gain (loss) from derivatives contracts $ (1,963,689 ) $ (3,261,485 ) Six Months ended June 30, 2017 Type of Derivatives Contracts Realized Change in Unrealized Number of Contracts Closed Futures Contracts Agricultural $ 1,521,234 $ (696,679 ) Currencies (7,015,620 ) (1,217,650 ) Energy (3,187,585 ) (639,152 ) Interest Rates (1,549,288 ) (1,684,200 ) Metals (2,778,473 ) 142,636 Stock Indices 16,176,409 (2,008,118 ) Treasury Rates (1,215,273 ) (246,297 ) $ 1,951,404 $ (6,349,460 ) 35,737 (1) Forward Currency Contracts $ 3,014,375 $ (417,602 ) (2) Total gain (loss) from derivatives contracts $ 4,965,779 $ (6,767,062 ) (1) These closed contract amounts are representative of the Partnership's volume of derivative activity for futures contracts during the period. (2) The numbers of long contracts closed using average cost for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 were 427,605, and 474,708, respectively. The numbers of short contracts closed using average cost for average cost for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 were (350,515), and (369,167), respectively. These long and short numbers are representative of the Partnership's volume of derivative activity for forward currency contracts during those periods. Three Months ended June 30, 2016 Type of Derivatives Contracts Realized Change in Unrealized Number of Contracts Closed Futures Contracts Agricultural $ (1,846,389 ) $ 1,130,297 Currencies (2,425,574 ) 5,865,062 Energy (2,864,330 ) (237,876 ) Interest Rates 3,263,467 2,094,436 Metals (896,193 ) 1,291,627 Stock Indices (3,654,383 ) 427,776 Treasury Rates (622,454 ) 3,715,835 $ (9,045,856 ) $ 14,287,157 19,653 (1) Forward Currency Contracts $ 1,248,620 $ (240,428 ) (2) Total gain (loss) from derivatives contracts $ (7,797,236 ) $ 14,046,729 Six Months ended June 30, 2016 Type of Derivatives Contracts Realized Change in Unrealized Number of Contracts Closed Futures Contracts Agricultural $ (1,042,223 ) $ 547,039 Currencies (2,172,013 ) 2,117,618 Energy (2,685 ) (670,960 ) Interest Rates 11,667,391 7,278,819 Metals (5,053,005 ) (649,596 ) Stock Indices (5,951,176 ) 201,583 Treasury Rates 2,291,843 3,393,742 $ (261,868 ) $ 12,218,245 40,864 (1) Forward Currency Contracts $ 287,833 $ 2,325,410 (2) Total gain (loss) from derivatives contracts $ 25,965 $ 14,543,655 (1) These closed contract amounts are representative of the Partnership's volume of derivative activity for futures contracts during the period. (2) The numbers of long contracts closed using average cost for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 were 431,952, and 498,125, respectively. The numbers of short contracts closed using average cost for average cost for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 were (407,193), and (405,915), respectively. These long and short numbers are representative of the Partnership's volume of derivative activity for forward currency contracts during those periods. With respect to futures contracts and options on futures contracts, the Partnership has entered into an agreement with the Clearing Broker which grants the Clearing Broker the right to offset recognized derivative assets and derivative liabilities if certain conditions exist, which would require the Clearing Broker to liquidate the Partnership's positions. These events include the following: (i) the Clearing Broker is directed or required by a regulatory or self-regulatory organization, (ii) the Clearing Broker determines, at its discretion, that the risk in the Partnership's account must be reduced for protection of the Clearing Broker, (iii) upon the Partnership's breach or failure to perform on its contractual agreements with the Clearing Broker, (iv) upon the commencement of bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding for the protection of creditors against the Partnership, or (v) upon the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or merger of the Partnership. With respect to foreign currency forward contracts, the Partnership has entered into an agreement with the Clearing Broker, whereby the party having the greater obligation (either the Partnership or the Clearing Broker) shall deliver to the other party at the settlement date the net amount of recognized derivative assets and liabilities. The following table summarizes the disclosure requirements for offsetting assets and liabilities: Offsetting the Financial Assets and Derivative Assets As of June 30, 2017 Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition Description Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the Statement of Financial Condition Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Received (1) Net Amount Forward contracts 721,604 (721,604 ) - - - - Futures contracts 1,481,705 (1,481,705 ) - - - - Total 2,203,309 (2,203,309 ) - - - - Offsetting the Financial Liabilities and Derivative Liabilities As of June 30, 2017 Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition Description Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Statement of Financial Condition Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Pledged (1) Net Amount Forward contracts (790,115 ) 721,604 (68,511 ) - 68,511 - Futures contracts (4,757,871 ) 1,481,705 (3,276,166 ) - 3,276,166 - Total (5,547,986 ) 2,203,309 (3,344,677 ) - 3,344,677 - Offsetting the Financial Assets and Derivative Assets As of December 31, 2016 Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition Description Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the Statement of Financial Condition Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Received (1) Net Amount Forward contracts 1,408,337 (1,059,246 ) 349,091 - - 349,091 Futures contracts 5,931,938 (2,858,644 ) 3,073,294 - - 3,073,294 Total 7,340,275 (3,917,890 ) 3,422,385 - - 3,422,385 Offsetting the Financial Liabilities and Derivative Liabilities As of December 31, 2016 Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition Description Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement ofFinancial Condition Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Statement of Financial Condition Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Pledged (1) Net Amount Forward contracts (1,059,246 ) 1,059,246 - - - - Futures contracts (2,858,644 ) 2,858,644 - - - - Total (3,917,890 ) 3,917,890 - - - - (1) The Partnership posted additional collateral of $15,556,591 for 2017 and $27,289,467 for 2016, with the Clearing Broker. The Partnership may post collateral due to a variety of factors that may include, without limitation, initial margin or other requirements that are based on notional amounts which may exceed the fair value of the derivative contract. |