Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation — The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted (“U.S. GAAP”) in the United States (the “U.S.”) as detailed in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”). Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period financial statements to conform to the current period presentation.

The Trust is for U.S. GAAP purposes an investment company in accordance with FASB Codification 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies.

Certain prior year items in the financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. The Trust reclassified amounts previously included in “Brokerage fees” to “Management fees”, “Installment selling commissions” and “Trade execution and clearing costs” in the Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Further, the Trust reclassified amounts previously included in “Accrued brokerage fees” to “Accrued management fees”, “Accrued installment selling commissions” and “Accrued trade execution and clearing costs” in the Statements of Financial Condition at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Any mention of “brokerage fees” or “accrued brokerage fees” subsequently in these footnotes are understood to represent the newly classified line items.

Investments — The Trust records its transactions in futures and forward currency contracts and U.S. Treasury notes including related income and expenses on a trade date basis.

Open futures contracts are valued at quoted market values. Open forward currency contracts are valued at fair value which is based on pricing models that consider the time value of money and the current market and contractual prices of the underlying financial instruments. Brokerage commissions on futures contracts are expensed when contracts are opened. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures and forward currency contracts are recognized in the periods in which the contracts are closed or the changes in the value of open contracts occur and are included in net realized and unrealized gains (losses) in the Statements of Operations.

Investments in U.S. Treasury notes are valued at fair value based on the midpoint of bid/ask quotations reported daily at 3 pm EST by Bloomberg. The Trust amortizes premiums and accretes discounts on U.S. Treasury notes. Such securities are normally on deposit with financial institutions (see Note 6) as collateral for performance of the Trust’s trading obligations with respect to derivative contracts or are held for safekeeping in a custody account at HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

Cash and Cash Equivalents — Cash includes cash held at First Republic Bank, which became part of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. effective May 1, 2023. Cash equivalents includes investments in Dreyfus Treasury Securities Cash Management, a short term U.S. government securities money market fund, that is readily convertible to cash and has an original maturity of 90 days or less.

Cash Denominated in Foreign Currencies — Includes foreign currency cash held at the Trust’s trading counterparties. Foreign cash deficits, if applicable, are presented in the liabilities section of the Statements of Financial Condition.

Foreign Currency Translation — Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates of such currencies. Purchases and sales of investments are translated to U.S. dollars at the exchange rate prevailing when such transactions occurred.

Income Taxes — The Trust is treated as a limited partnership for federal and state income tax reporting purposes. Accordingly, the Trust prepares calendar year U.S. federal and applicable state tax returns and reports to the Unitholders their allocable units of the Trust’s income, expenses and trading gains or losses. No provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements as the Unitholders are responsible for the payment of taxes.

Income Taxes (Topic 740) of the Codification clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This requires that the Trust recognize in its financial statements the impact of any uncertain tax positions. Based on a review of the Trust’s open tax years, 2020 to 2023, the Managing Owner has determined that no reserves for uncertain tax positions were required.

Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts and disclosures reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Right of Offset — The customer agreements between the Trust and its brokers give the Trust the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses with each broker. Unrealized gains and losses related to offsetting transactions with these brokers are reflected on a net basis in the equity in trading accounts in the Statements of Financial Condition as the criteria under Balance Sheet (Topic 210) of the Codification were met.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments — The fair value of the Trust’s assets and liabilities which qualify as financial instruments under the Fair Value Measurements (Topic 820) of the Codification approximates the carrying amounts presented in the Statements of Financial Condition. The topic defines fair value, establishes a framework for measurement of fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable either directly or indirectly;

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

In determining fair value, the Trust separates its investments into two categories: cash instruments and derivative contracts.

Cash Instruments — The Trust’s cash instruments are generally classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are typically valued using quoted market prices. The types of instruments valued based on quoted market prices in active markets include U.S. government obligations and an investment in a quoted short-term U.S. government securities money market fund. The Managing Owner of the Trust does not adjust the quoted price for such instruments even in situations where the Trust holds a large position and a sale could reasonably impact the quoted price.

Derivative Contracts — Derivative contracts can be exchange-traded or over-the-counter (“OTC”). Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued based on quoted closing settlement prices and typically fall within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Spot currency contracts are valued based on current market prices (“Spot Price”). Forward currency contracts are valued based on pricing models that consider the Spot Price plus the financing cost or benefit (“Forward Point”). Forward Points from the quotation service providers are generally in periods of one month, two months, three months, six months, nine months and twelve months forward while the contractual forward delivery dates for the forward currency contracts traded by the Trust may be in between these periods. The Managing Owner’s policy to determine fair value for forward currency contracts involves first calculating the number of months from the date the forward currency contract is being valued to its maturity date (“Months to Maturity”), then identifying the forward currency contracts for the two forward months that are closest to the Months to Maturity (“Forward Month Contracts”). Linear interpolation is then performed between the dates of these two Forward Month Contracts to calculate the interpolated forward point. Model inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Such instruments are typically classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The following table represents the Trust’s investments by hierarchical level as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 in valuing the Trust’s investments at fair value. As of and during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Trust held no assets or liabilities classified in Level 3..

Financial Assets and Liabilities at Fair Value as of December 31, 2023


	Level 1	Level 2	Total

U.S. Treasury notes (1)	$ 71,885,290	$ -	$ 71,885,290
Short-term money market fund*	3,065,887	-	3,065,887
Exchange-traded futures contracts
Currencies	(34,739)	-	(34,739)
Energies	(574,999)	-	(574,999)
Grains	56,670	-	56,670
Interest rates	(269,712)	-	(269,712)
Livestock	(1,480)	-	(1,480)
Metals	(14,549)	-	(14,549)
Softs	104,608	-	104,608
Stock indices	171,473	-	171,473

Total exchange-traded futures contracts	(562,728)	-	(562,728)

Over-the-counter forward currency contracts	-	(312,782)	(312,782)

Total futures and forward currency contracts (2)	(562,728)	(312,782)	(875,510)

Total financial assets and liabilities at fair value	$ 74,388,449	$ (312,782)	$ 74,075,667

Per line item in the Statements of Financial Condition
(1)
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes held in equity trading accounts as collateral			$ 15,507,848
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes			56,377,442
Total investments in U.S. Treasury notes			$ 71,885,290

(2)
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts			$ 268,713
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts			(1,144,223)
Total net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts			$ (875,510)

*The short-term money market fund is included in Cash and Cash Equivalents on the Statements
of Financial Condition.

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Financial Assets and Liabilities at Fair Value as of December 31, 2022


	Level 1	Level 2	Total

U.S. Treasury notes (1)	$ 94,506,887	$ -	$ 94,506,887
Short-term money market fund*	6,268,465	-	6,268,465
Exchange-traded futures contracts
Currencies	7,601	-	7,601
Energies	1,682,442	-	1,682,442
Grains	66,523	-	66,523
Interest rates	3,101,405	-	3,101,405
Livestock	(5,330)	-	(5,330)
Metals	23,543	-	23,543
Softs	(31,350)	-	(31,350)
Stock indices	(28,255)	-	(28,255)

Total exchange-traded futures contracts	4,816,579	-	4,816,579

Over-the-counter forward currency contracts	-	523,143	523,143

Total futures and forward currency contracts (2)	4,816,579	523,143	5,339,722

Total financial assets and liabilities at fair value	$ 105,591,931	$ 523,143	$ 106,115,074

Per line item in the Statements of Financial Condition
(1)
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes held in equity trading accounts as collateral			$ 21,481,593
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes			73,025,294
Total investments in U.S. Treasury notes			$ 94,506,887

(2)
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts			$ 5,339,722
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts			-
Total net unrealized appreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts			$ 5,339,722

*The short-term money market fund is included in Cash and Cash Equivalents on the Statements
of Financial Condition.

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