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 Topic of the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”), nor are they used for other risk management purposes. The Advisor and General Partner actively assess, manage and monitor risk exposure on derivatives on a contract basis, a sector basis (e.g., interest rate derivatives, agricultural derivatives, etc.), and on an overall basis in accordance with established risk parameters. Due to the speculative nature of the Partnership’s derivative trading activity, the Partnership is subject to the risk of substantial losses from derivatives trading. The following presents the fair value of derivatives contracts at December 31, 2021 and 2020. 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. Fair value of derivative contracts December 31, 2021 Assets Liability Type of Derivatives Derivatives Net Derivatives Contracts Fair Value Fair Value Fair Value Futures Contracts Agriculture $ 30,802 $ (47,316 ) $ (16,514 ) Currencies 66,806 (77,732 ) (10,926 ) Energies 17,528 (10,470 ) 7,058 Interest Rates 33,105 (31,949 ) 1,156 Metals 62,636 (97,194 ) (34,558 ) Stock Indices 74,008 (21,042 ) 52,966 Total Futures Contracts $ 284,885 $ (285,703 ) $ (818 ) Forward Currency Contracts $ 44,128 $ (35,598 ) $ 8,530 Total Gross Fair Value of Derivatives Contracts $ 329,013 $ (321,301 ) $ 7,712 December 31, 2020 Assets Liability Type of Derivatives Derivatives Net Derivatives Contracts Fair Value Fair Value Fair Value Futures Contracts Agriculture $ 375,948 $ (42,880 ) $ 333,068 Currencies 147,745 (17,020 ) 130,725 Energy 66,662 (9,488 ) 57,174 Interest Rates 90,063 (12,580 ) 77,483 Metals 426,382 (79,325 ) 347,057 Stock Indices 181,494 (2,707 ) 178,787 Total Futures Contracts $ 1,288,294 $ (164,000 ) $ 1,124,294 Forward Currency Contracts $ 104,642 $ (45,259 ) $ 59,383 Total Gross Fair Value of Derivatives Contracts $ 1,392,936 $ (209,259 ) $ 1,183,677 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 years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019. 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. Schedule of realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives Year Ended December 31, 2021 Type of Derivatives Contracts Realized Change in Unrealized Number of Average Notional Value of Contracts Futures Contracts Agriculture $ 1,426,339 $ (349,582 ) Currencies 264,845 (141,651 ) Energies 1,409,280 (50,116 ) Interest Rates (1,048,470 ) (76,327 ) Metals 486,869 (381,615 ) Stock Indices 1,052,890 (125,821 ) Total Futures Contracts $ 3,591,753 $ (1,125,112 ) $ 66,363,208 (1) Forward Currency Contracts $ (3,811 ) $ (50,853 ) $ 7,666,999 (2) Total Gain (loss) from Derivatives Contracts $ 3,587,942 $ (1,175,965 ) Year Ended December 31, 2020 Derivatives Contracts Realized Change in Unrealized Number of Average Notional Value of Contracts Futures Contracts Agriculture $ (855,378 ) $ 888,676 Currencies (2,671,918 ) 403,061 Energies (2,686,187 ) (386,310 ) Interest Rates 736,525 710,379 Metals (3,620,875 ) 400,055 Stock Indices (6,633,752 ) (16,521 ) Total Futures Contracts $ (15,731,585 ) $ 1,999,340 $ 406,290,821 (1) Forward Currency Contracts $ (828,512 ) $ (79,695 ) $ 29,445,986 (2) Total Gain (loss) from Derivatives Contracts $ (16,560,097 ) $ 1,919,645 Year ended December 31, 2019 Type of Derivatives Contracts Realized Change in Unrealized Number of Average Notional Value of Contracts Futures Contracts Agricultural $ (742,483 ) $ (834,259 ) Currencies 577,301 217,215 Energies (3,969,809 ) 1,355,198 Interest Rates 5,315,795 (1,269,635 ) Metals (3,108,467 ) 1,362,564 Stock Indices 2,898,352 390,794 Total Futures Contracts $ 970,689 $ 1,221,877 $ 670,208,135 (1) Forward Currency Contracts $ 363,232 $ 72,647 $ 70,203,447 (2) Total Gain (loss) from Derivatives Contracts $ 1,333,921 $ 1,294,524 1) The average notional value of futures contracts are representative of the Partnership's volume of derivative activity for futures contracts during the respective years. 2) The average notional value of forward currency contracts are representative of the Partnership's volume of derivative activity for forward currency contracts during the respective years. 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: Schedule of Offsetting Assets and Liabilities Offsetting the Financial Assets and Derivative Assets As of December 31, 2021 Gross Amount Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Description Gross Assets Gross Amounts Offset in the Condition Net Amounts Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Received (1) Net Amount Forward Contracts $ 44,128 $ (35,598) $ 8,530 $ – $ – $ 8,530 Total $ 44,128 $ (35,598) $ 8,530 $ – $ – $ 8,530 Offsetting the Financial Liabilities and Derivative Liabilities As of December 31, 2021 Gross Amount Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Description Gross Liabilities Gross Amounts Offset in the Financial Condition Net Amounts Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Pledged (1) Net Amount Forward Contracts $ 35,598 $ (35,598 ) $ – $ – $ – $ – Total $ 35,598 $ (35,598 ) $ – $ – $ – $ – Offsetting the Financial Assets and Derivative Assets As of December 31, 2020 Gross Amount Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Description Gross Assets Gross Amounts Offset in the Condition Net Amounts Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Received (1) Net Amount Forward Contracts $ 104,642 $ (45,259) $ 59,383 $ – $ – $ 59,383 Total $ 104,642 $ (45,259) $ 59,383 $ – $ – $ 59,383 Offsetting the Financial Liabilities and Derivative Liabilities As of December 31, 2020 Gross Amount Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition Description Gross Liabilities Gross Amounts Offset in the Financial Condition Net Amounts Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Pledged (1) Net Amount Forward Contracts $ (45,259 ) $ 45,259 $ – $ – $ – $ – Total $ (45,259 ) $ 45,259 $ – $ – $ – $ – (1) The Partnership posted additional collateral of $540,943 as of December 31, 2021 and $461,977 for December 31, 2020 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. |