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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Fair Value of Financial Instruments

NOTE 7 — FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

US12OF values its investments in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 820 – Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”). ASC 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurement. The changes to past practice resulting from the application of ASC 820 relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurement. ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between: (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of US12OF (observable inputs) and (2) US12OF’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available under the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The three levels defined by the ASC 820 hierarchy are as follows:

Level I – Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level II – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level I that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level II assets include the following: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means (market-corroborated inputs).

Level III – Unobservable pricing input at the measurement date for the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs shall be used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available.

In some instances, the inputs used to measure fair value might fall within different levels of the fair value hierarchy.

 

The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest input level that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

The following table summarizes the valuation of US12OF’s securities at June 30, 2012 using the fair value hierarchy:

 

At June 30, 2012   Total     Level I     Level II     Level III  

Short-Term Investments

   $ 80,140,350      $ 80,140,350      $ —      $ —   

Exchange-Traded Futures Contracts

        

United States Contracts

     (8,462,260 )      (8,462,260 )      —        —   

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2012, there were no transfers between Level I and Level II.

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of US12OF’s securities at December 31, 2011 using the fair value hierarchy:

 

  

  
At December 31, 2011   Total     Level I     Level II     Level III  

Short-Term Investments

   $  120,576,360      $  120,576,360      $ —      $ —   

Exchange-Traded Futures Contracts

        

United States Contracts

     4,002,120        4,002,120        —        —   

During the year ended December 31, 2011, there were no transfers between Level I and Level II.

Effective January 1, 2009, US12OF adopted the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification 815 – Derivatives and Hedging, which require presentation of qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts and gains and losses on derivatives.

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

 

Derivatives not

Accounted for

as Hedging

Instruments

    Condensed
Statements of Financial
Condition Location		   Fair Value
At June 30, 2012		     Fair Value
At December 31, 2011		  

Futures - Commodity Contracts

    Assets   $ (8,462,260 )    $ 4,002,120   

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Condensed Statements of Operations

 

        For the six months ended
June 30, 2012		     For the six months ended
June 30, 2011		  

Derivatives not

Accounted for
as Hedging

Instruments

  

Location of

Gain or (Loss)

on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income

   Realized
Gain or (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income		     Change in
Unrealized
Gain or (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income		     Realized
Gain or (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income		     Change in
Unrealized
Gain or (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in
Income		  

Futures - Commodity Contracts

   Realized gain (loss) on closed positions   $ (3,856,050 )      $ 21,292,660     
  Change in unrealized loss on open positions     $ (12,464,380 )      $ (14,501,200 )