Trading Activities | 5. Trading Activities: The Partnership’s objective is to profit from speculative trading in Futures Interests. Therefore, each Trading Advisor for the Partnership will take speculative positions in Futures Interests where it feels the best profit opportunities exist for its trading strategies. 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 three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were 3,078 and 2,967, respectively. The monthly average number of futures contracts traded during the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were 2,902, and 3,209. The monthly average number of metal forward contracts traded during the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were 354 and 415, respectively. The monthly average number of metal forward contracts traded during the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were 370 and 420, respectively. The monthly average notional value of currency forward contracts traded during the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were $87,358,805 and $89,299,031, respectively. The monthly average notional value of currency forward contracts traded during the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were $80,738,847 and $111,022,823, respectively. The following tables summarize the gross and net amounts recognized relating to the assets and liabilities of the Partnership’s derivatives and their offsetting subject to master netting arrangements or similar agreements as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Gross Amounts Amounts Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Offset in the Presented in the Statements of Financial Condition Statements of Statements of Cash Collateral Gross Amounts Financial Financial Financial Received/ June 30, 2019 Recognized Condition Condition Instruments Pledged* Net Amount Assets Futures $ 2,035,075 $ (452,629 ) $ 1,582,446 $ - $ - $ 1,582,446 Forwards 273,264 (273,264 ) - - - - Total assets $ 2,308,339 $ (725,893 ) $ 1,582,446 $ - $ - $ 1,582,446 Liabilities Futures $ (452,629 ) $ 452,629 $ - $ - $ - $ - Forwards (495,063 ) 273,264 (221,799 ) - 221,799 - Total liabilities $ (947,692 ) $ 725,893 $ (221,799 ) $ - $ 221,799 $ - Net fair value $ 1,582,446 * Gross Amounts Amounts Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Offset in the Presented in the Statements of Financial Condition Statements of Statements of Cash Collateral Gross Amounts Financial Financial Financial Received/ December 31, 2018 Recognized Condition Condition Instruments Pledged* Net Amount Assets Futures $ 1,456,716 $ (1,122,513 ) $ 334,203 $ - $ - $ 334,203 Forwards 623,038 (623,038 ) - - - - Total assets $ 2,079,754 $ (1,745,551 ) $ 334,203 $ - $ - $ 334,203 Liabilities Futures $ (1,122,513 ) $ 1,122,513 $ - $ - $ - $ - Forwards (632,108 ) 623,038 (9,070 ) - 9,070 - Total liabilities $ (1,754,621 ) $ 1,745,551 $ (9,070 ) $ - $ 9,070 $ - Net fair value $ 334,203 * * 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 June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. June 30, 2019 Assets Futures Contracts Commodity $ 370,058 Equity 150,635 Currencies 17,097 Interest rates 1,497,285 Total unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts 2,035,075 Liabilities Futures Contracts Commodity (256,373 ) Equity (93,727 ) Currencies (96,026 ) Interest rates (6,503 ) Total unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts (452,629 ) Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts $ 1,582,446 * Assets Forward Contracts Commodity $ 224,472 Currencies 48,792 Total unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts 273,264 Liabilities Forward Contracts Commodity (188,008 ) Currencies (307,055 ) Total unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts (495,063 ) Net unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts $ (221,799 ) ** * This amount is in “Net unrealized appreciation 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 $ 508,863 Equity 248,473 Currencies 241,791 Interest rates 457,589 Total unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts 1,456,716 Liabilities Futures Contracts Commodity (389,356 ) Equity (229,595 ) Currencies (78,105 ) Interest rates (425,457 ) Total unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts (1,122,513 ) Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts $ 334,203 * Assets Forward Contracts Commodity $ 374,564 Currencies 248,474 Total unrealized appreciation on open forward contracts 623,038 Liabilities Forward Contracts Commodity (230,751 ) Currencies (401,357 ) Total unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts (632,108 ) Net unrealized depreciation on open forward contracts $ (9,070 ) ** * This amount is in “Net unrealized appreciation 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 Partnership’s trading gains and losses, by market sector, on derivative instruments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018. Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, Sector 2019 2018 2019 2018 Commodity $ (565,232 ) $ (225,973 ) $ (1,838,327 ) $ (838,355 ) Equity 120,114 (121,211 ) 702,465 (118,610 ) Currencies (465,769 ) (682,457 ) (886,590 ) (681,655 ) Interest rates 2,811,794 129,863 4,734,162 (188,806 ) Total $ 1,900,907 *** $ (899,778 ) *** $ 2,711,710 *** $ (1,827,426 ) *** *** This amount is included in “Total trading results” in the Statements of Income and Expenses. |