FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS | NOTE 7 - FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS The Partnership engages in the speculative trading of futures contracts 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 March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018. 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 Statements of Financial Condition. March 31, 2019 Asset Liability Type of Derivatives Derivatives Net Derivatives Contracts Fair Value Fair Value Fair Value Futures Contracts* Agriculture $ 1,208,937 $ (217,024 ) $ 991,913 Currencies 320,293 (234,923 ) 85,370 Energy 90,160 (201,661 ) (111,501 ) Interest Rates 865,358 (229,749 ) 635,609 Metals 575,895 (516,579 ) 59,316 Stock Indices 388,259 (20,378 ) 367,881 Treasury Rates 156,726 (79,195 ) 77,531 $ 3,605,628 $ (1,499,509 ) $ 2,106,119 Forward Currency Contracts $ 283,867 $ (303,259 ) $ (19,392 ) Total Gross Fair Value of Derivatives Contracts $ 3,889,495 $ (1,802,768 ) $ 2,086,727 December 31, 2018 Asset Liability Type of Derivatives Derivatives Net Derivatives Contracts Fair Value Fair Value Fair Value Futures Contracts* Agriculture $ 609,527 $ (330,876 ) $ 278,651 Currencies 267,155 (756,706 ) (489,551 ) Energy 940,229 (1,851,943 ) (911,714 ) Interest Rates 845,253 (231,186 ) 614,067 Metals 432,476 (1,848,038 ) (1,415,562 ) Stock Indices 181,520 (377,006 ) (195,486 ) Treasury Rates 123,078 (100,406 ) 22,672 $ 3,399,238 $ (5,496,161 ) $ (2,096,923 ) Forward Currency Contracts $ 331,450 $ (265,019 ) $ 66,431 Total Gross Fair Value of Derivatives Contracts $ 3,730,688 $ (5,761,180 ) $ (2,030,492 ) * Futures contracts include settled variation margin. 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 months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. 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 March 31, 2019 Type of Change in Number of Derivatives Contracts Realized Unrealized Contracts Closed Futures Contracts Agricultural $ 41,680 $ 713,262 Currencies (444,466 ) 574,921 Energy (2,540,629 ) 800,213 Interest Rates 799,042 21,542 Metals (1,755,636 ) 1,474,878 Stock Indices 313,470 563,367 Treasury Rates 2,461 54,859 $ (3,584,078 ) $ 4,203,042 7,211 (1) Forward Currency Contracts $ 178,111 $ (85,823 ) (2) Total gain (loss) from derivatives contracts $ (3,405,967 ) $ 4,117,219 Three Months ended March 31, 2018 Type of Change in Number of Derivatives Contracts Realized Unrealized Contracts Closed Futures Contracts Agricultural $ (630,944 ) $ 112,196 Currencies (3,060,503 ) 520,191 Energy (939,822 ) 541,691 Interest Rates (321,361 ) 825,735 Metals 929,129 (2,047,359 ) Stock Indices 342,459 (933,346 ) Treasury Rates 13,414 (271,383 ) $ (3,667,628 ) $ (1,252,275 ) 13,753 (1) Forward Currency Contracts $ 2,335,385 $ (1,283,344 ) (2) Total gain (loss) from derivatives contracts $ (1,332,243 ) $ (2,535,619 ) (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 months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were 195,117, and 313,248, respectively. The numbers of short contracts closed using average cost for average cost for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were (221,613), and (303,776), 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 March 31, 2019 Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Description Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets Gross Amounts Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the Statements of Financial Condition Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Received (1) Net Amount Forward contracts 283,867 (283,867 ) – – – – Futures contracts* 1,988,289 (727,041 ) 1,261,248 – – 1,261,248 Total 2,272,156 (1,010,908 ) 1,261,248 – – 1,261,248 Offsetting the Financial Liabilities and Derivative Liabilities As of March 31, 2019 Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Description Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities Gross Amounts Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Statements of Financial Condition Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Pledged (1) Net Amount Forward contracts (303,259 ) 283,867 (19,392 ) – (19,392 ) – Futures contracts* (727,041 ) 727,041 – – – – Total (1,030,300 ) 1,010,908 (19,392 ) – (19,392 ) – Offsetting the Financial Assets and Derivative Assets As of December 31, 2018 Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Description Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets Gross Amounts Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the Statements of Financial Condition Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Received (1) Net Amount Forward contracts 331,450 (265,019 ) 66,431 – – 66,431 Futures contracts* 1,847,315 (1,847,315 ) – – – – Total 2,178,765 (2,112,334 ) 66,431 – – 66,431 Offsetting the Financial Liabilities and Derivative Liabilities As of March 31, 2019 Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Description Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities Gross Amounts Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Statements of Financial Condition Financial Cash Collateral Pledged (1) Net Amount Forward contracts (265,019 ) 265,019 – – – – Futures contracts* (2,350,046 ) 1,847,315 (502,731 ) – 502,731 – Total (2,615,065 ) 2,112,334 (502,731 ) – 502,731 – |