Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]

(7)       Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with the Fair Value Measurements Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification, the Trust established a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date.  The three levels are defined as follows:

          Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Trust has the ability to access at the measurement date.  An active market for the asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.  The value of the Trust’s exchange-traded futures contracts and options fall into this category.

         Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.  This category includes forward currency contracts, options on forward currency contracts and fixed income securities that the Trust values using models or other valuation methodologies derived from observable market data.

         Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for an asset or liability.  Unobservable inputs shall be used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available, thereby allowing for situations in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.  As of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Trust did not have any Level 3 assets or liabilities.

An asset or liability’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3).

 The Trust’s exchange-traded futures contracts and options on futures contracts are valued based on quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.  The Trust’s forward currency contracts and options on forward currency contracts are based on third-party quoted dealer values on the interbank market, based on similar assets or liabilities.  The Trust’s fixed income securities are valued using inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, including prices of similar fixed income securities or present values of expected future cash flow models.

The following table presents the Trust’s fair value hierarchy for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively:

	December 31, 2013
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Unrealized gain on open contracts:
Futures positions	$	762,636	$	-	$	-	$	762,636
Fixed income securities		-		1,465,195		-		1,465,195
Total assets		762,636		1,465,195		-		2,227,831
Total fair value	$	762,636	$	1,465,195	$	-	$	2,227,831

	December 31, 2012
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Unrealized gain on open contracts:
Futures positions	$	260,744	$	-	$	-	$	260,744
Purchased options on futures contracts		728,440		-		-		728,440
Fixed income securities		-		11,003,681		-		11,003,681
Total assets		989,184		11,003,681		-		11,992,865
Liabilities
Options written on futures contracts		884,242		-		-		884,242
Total fair value	$	104,942	$	11,003,681	$	-	$	11,108,623