CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) Integer	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Integer
Market value	$ 13,561	$ 237,640
% of Partners' Capital	0.43%	6.88%
LONG
Market value	$ 2,918	$ 202,188
% of Partners' Capital	0.09%	5.86%
SHORT
Market value	$ 10,643	$ 35,452
% of Partners' Capital	0.34%	1.02%
Futures contracts \| LONG
Market value	$ 2,918	$ 202,188
% of Partners' Capital	0.09%	5.86%
Futures contracts \| LONG \| Interest rates
Number of contracts \| Integer	104	118
Market value	$ 12,038	$ 15,231
% of Partners' Capital	0.38%	(0.44%)
Futures contracts \| LONG \| Metals
Number of contracts \| Integer	4	17
Market value	$ (21,688)	$ 56,308
% of Partners' Capital	(0.68%)	1.63%
Futures contracts \| LONG \| Energy
Number of contracts \| Integer	11	22
Market value	$ 6,700	$ 62,427
% of Partners' Capital	0.22%	1.81%
Futures contracts \| LONG \| Agriculture
Number of contracts \| Integer	8	18
Market value	$ (8,451)	$ 21,620
% of Partners' Capital	(0.28%)	0.63%
Futures contracts \| LONG \| Food
Number of contracts \| Integer	8
Market value	$ 14,800
% of Partners' Capital	0.47%
Futures contracts \| LONG \| Grains
Number of contracts \| Integer	3
Market value	$ (1,295)
% of Partners' Capital	(0.40%)
Futures contracts \| LONG \| Currencies
Number of contracts \| Integer	42	25
Market value	$ 5,867	$ 21,173
% of Partners' Capital	0.18%	0.61%
Futures contracts \| LONG \| Financials
Number of contracts \| Integer	1
Market value	$ (5,053)
% of Partners' Capital	(0.16%)
Futures contracts \| LONG \| Indices [Member]
Number of contracts \| Integer		31
Market value		$ 55,891
% of Partners' Capital		1.62%
Futures contracts \| SHORT
Market value	$ 10,643	$ 35,452
% of Partners' Capital	0.34%	1.02%
Futures contracts \| SHORT \| Interest rates
Number of contracts \| Integer	48	96
Market value	$ (11,070)	$ 6,549
% of Partners' Capital	(0.35%)	(0.19%)
Futures contracts \| SHORT \| Metals
Number of contracts \| Integer	6	4
Market value	$ 4,850	$ (2,320)
% of Partners' Capital	0.15%	(0.07%)
Futures contracts \| SHORT \| Energy
Number of contracts \| Integer	5	5
Market value	$ (700)	$ 3,350
% of Partners' Capital	(0.02%)	0.10%
Futures contracts \| SHORT \| Agriculture
Number of contracts \| Integer		90
Market value		$ 8,308
% of Partners' Capital		0.24%
Futures contracts \| SHORT \| Food
Number of contracts \| Integer	18
Market value	$ 20,561
% of Partners' Capital	0.65%
Futures contracts \| SHORT \| Grains
Number of contracts \| Integer	7
Market value	$ (264)
% of Partners' Capital	(0.01%)
Futures contracts \| SHORT \| Currencies
Number of contracts \| Integer	22	89
Market value	$ (9,163)	$ 20,845
% of Partners' Capital	(0.29%)	0.60%
Futures contracts \| SHORT \| Financials
Number of contracts \| Integer	4
Market value	$ (1,351)
% of Partners' Capital	(0.04%)
Futures contracts \| SHORT \| Livestock
Number of contracts \| Integer	4
Market value	$ 7,780
% of Partners' Capital	0.25%
Futures contracts \| SHORT \| Indices [Member]
Number of contracts \| Integer		11
Market value		$ 11,818
% of Partners' Capital		0.34%

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