Investment in the Funds | 6. Investment in the Funds: On June 1, 2011, the Partnership allocated a portion of its assets to Transtrend Master, a limited liability company organized under the limited liability company laws of the State of Delaware. Transtrend Master permits accounts managed by Transtrend using the Diversified Trend Program-Enhanced Risk Profile (US Dollar), a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. Transtrend generally trades its Enhanced Risk Profile (US Dollar) using 1.5 times the leverage employed by the Standard Risk Profile. The General Partner is also the Trading Manager of Transtrend Master. Individual and pooled accounts managed by Transtrend, including the Partnership, are permitted to be members of Transtrend Master. The Trading Manager and Transtrend believe that trading through this structure promotes efficiency and economy in the trading process. On February 1, 2018, the assets allocated to FORT for trading were invested in FORT Contrarian Master, a limited liability company organized under the limited liability company laws of the State of Delaware. As of September 30, 2021, FORT Contrarian Master permitted accounts managed by FORT using its Global Contrarian Trading Program, a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner was also the Trading Manager of FORT Contrarian Master. Individual and pooled accounts managed by FORT, including the Partnership, were permitted to be members of FORT Contrarian Master. The Trading Manager and FORT believed that trading through this structure promoted efficiency and economy in the trading process. The Trading Manager and FORT had agreed that FORT would trade the Partnership’s assets allocated to FORT at a level that was up to 1.25 times the amount of the assets allocated. The amount of leverage could have been increased or decreased in the future. On April 1, 2019, the assets allocated to Northlander for trading were invested in NL Master, a limited liability company organized under the limited liability company laws of the State of Delaware. NL Master permits accounts managed by Northlander using the Northlander Commodity Program, a proprietary, discretionary trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the Trading Manager of NL Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Northlander, including the Partnership, are permitted to be members of NL Master. The Trading Manager and Northlander believe that trading through this structure promotes efficiency and economy in the trading process. On November 1, 2004, the assets allocated to Winton for trading were invested in Winton Master, a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership fully redeemed its investment in Winton Master on September 30, 2020. The General Partner is not aware of any material changes to any of the trading programs discussed above or in Note 1, “Organization” during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021. The Funds’ and the Partnership’s trading of futures, forward, swap and option contracts, if applicable, on commodities is done primarily on U.S. and foreign commodity exchanges. The Funds and the Partnership engage in such trading through commodity brokerage accounts maintained with MS&Co. Generally, a limited partner/member in the Funds withdraws all or part of its capital contribution and undistributed profits, if any, from the Funds as of the end of any month (the “Redemption Date”) after a request has been made to the General Partner/Trading Manager at least three days in advance of the Redemption Date. Such withdrawals are classified as a liability when the limited partner/member elects to redeem and informs the Funds. However, a limited partner/member may request a withdrawal as of the end of any day if such request is received by the General Partner/Trading Manager at least three days in advance of the proposed withdrawal day. Management fees, ongoing selling agent fees, the General Partner fee and incentive fees are charged at the Partnership level, except for management and incentive fees payable to Transtrend, which are charged at the Transtrend Master level. Clearing fees are borne by the Funds and allocated to the Funds’ limited partners/members, including the Partnership. Clearing fees are also borne by the Partnership directly. Professional fees are borne by the Funds and allocated to the Partnership and are also charged directly at the Partnership level. As of September 30, 2021, the Partnership owned 100.0% of Transtrend Master, 100.0% of FORT Contrarian Master and approximately 71.3% of NL Master. At December 31, 2020, the Partnership owned 100.0% of Transtrend Master, 100.0% of FORT Contrarian Master and approximately 81.4% of NL Master. It is the Partnership’s intention to continue to invest in the Funds. The performance of the Partnership is directly affected by the performance of the Funds. Expenses to limited partners as a result of investment in the Funds are approximately the same as they would be if the Partnership traded directly and redemption rights are not affected. Summarized information reflecting the total assets, liabilities and members’ capital of the Funds is shown in the following tables: September 30, 2021 Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Capital Transtrend Master $ 70,851,107 $ 6,857,977 $ 63,993,130 FORT Contrarian Master 38,443,047 10,189,002 28,254,045 NL Master 41,666,639 881,607 40,785,032 December 31, 2020 Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Capital Transtrend Master $ 69,303,466 $ 2,670,947 $ 66,632,519 FORT Contrarian Master 59,456,843 1,491,365 57,965,478 NL Master 14,423,589 85,616 14,337,973 Summarized information reflecting the net investment income (loss), total trading results and net income (loss) of the Funds is shown in the following tables: For the three months ended September 30, 2021 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income Transtrend Master $ (1,590,198) $ 8,510,600 $ 6,920,402 FORT Contrarian Master (32,150) (3,473,446) (3,505,596) NL Master (67,004) 9,624,263 9,557,259 For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income Transtrend Master $ (4,273,435) $ 22,477,658 $ 18,204,223 FORT Contrarian Master (110,303) (2,337,475) (2,447,778) NL Master (163,934) 19,345,108 19,181,174 For the three months ended September 30, 2020 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income Winton Master $ (62,436) $ (5,856,172) $ (5,918,608) Transtrend Master (404,919) 818,309 413,390 FORT Contrarian Master (50,744) 479,535 428,791 NL Master (22,163) (521,660) (543,823) For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income Winton Master $ 282,068 $ (43,293,183) $ (43,011,115) Transtrend Master (1,045,652) (3,529,984) (4,575,636) FORT Contrarian Master 88,280 (2,814,545) (2,726,265) NL Master (38,946) (1,839,823) (1,878,769) Summarized information reflecting the Partnership’s investments in and the Partnership’s pro-rata September 30, 2021 For the three months ended September 30, 2021 % of Expenses Net Funds Partners’ Capital Fair Value Income (Loss) Clearing Fees Professional Management Fees Incentive Fee Income (Loss) Investment Objective Redemptions Permitted Transtrend Master 17.55 % $ 63,993,130 $ 8,510,909 $ 115,909 $ 15,833 $ 140,651 $ 1,318,113 $ 6,920,403 Commodity Portfolio Monthly FORT Contrarian Master 7.75 % 28,255,231 (3,469,547) 22,989 13,061 - - (3,505,597) Commodity Portfolio Monthly NL Master 7.98 % 29,089,341 6,668,620 38,894 9,699 - - 6,620,027 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 121,337,702 $ 11,709,982 $ 177,792 $ 38,593 $ 140,651 $ 1,318,113 $ 10,034,833 September 30, 2021 For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 % of Expenses Net Funds Partners’ Capital Fair Value Income (Loss) Clearing Fees Professional Management Fees Incentive Fee Income (Loss) Investment Objective Redemptions Permitted Transtrend Master 17.55 % $ 63,993,130 $ 22,479,344 $ 330,339 $ 48,168 $ 429,464 $ 3,467,150 $ 18,204,223 Commodity Portfolio Monthly FORT Contrarian Master 7.75 % 28,255,231 (2,327,260) 79,238 41,280 - - (2,447,778) Commodity Portfolio Monthly NL Master 7.98 % 29,089,341 13,929,686 91,655 31,774 - - 13,806,257 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 121,337,702 $ 34,081,770 $ 501,232 $ 121,222 $ 429,464 $ 3,467,150 $ 29,562,702 December 31, 2020 For the three months ended September 30, 2020 % of Expenses Net Funds Partners’ Capital Fair Value Income (Loss) Clearing Fees Professional Management Fees Incentive Fee Income (Loss) Investment Objective Redemptions Permitted Winton Master - % $ - $ (1,170,136) $ 13,049 $ 3,261 $ - $ - $ (1,186,446) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Transtrend Master 18.55 % 66,632,519 819,132 179,306 17,000 209,436 - 413,390 Commodity Portfolio Monthly FORT Contrarian Master 16.14 % 57,968,789 450,687 49,518 15,632 - - 385,537 Commodity Portfolio Monthly NL Master 3.24 % 11,667,482 (422,461) 8,349 13,059 - - (443,869) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 136,268,790 $ (322,778) $ 250,222 $ 48,952 $ 209,436 $ - $ (831,388) December 31, 2020 For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 % of Expenses Net Funds Partners’ Capital Fair Value Income (Loss) Clearing Fees Professional Management Fees Incentive Fee Income (Loss) Investment Objective Redemptions Permitted Winton Master - % $ - $ (13,122,466) $ 70,218 $ 15,126 $ - $ - $ (13,207,810) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Transtrend Master 18.55 % 66,632,519 (3,290,058) 589,612 51,000 644,969 - (4,575,639) Commodity Portfolio Monthly FORT Contrarian Master 16.14 % 57,968,789 (2,348,586) 236,135 47,301 - - (2,632,022) Commodity Portfolio Monthly NL Master 3.24 % 11,667,482 (1,445,295) 44,753 38,954 - - (1,529,002) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 136,268,790 $ (20,206,405) $ 940,718 $ 152,381 $ 644,969 $ - $ (21,944,473) |