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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Fair Value of Financial Instruments

NOTE 8 – 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 December 31, 2012 using the fair value hierarchy:

 

                                                                                   
At December 31, 2012   Total     Level I         Level II           Level III    
       

Short-Term Investments

   $ 92,755,785      $ 92,755,785       $   -       $   -   

Exchange-Traded Futures Contracts

        

United States Contracts

     1,556,910        1,556,910        -        -   

During the year ended December 31, 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

   Statements of Financial
Condition Location		   Fair Value at
December 31, 2012		     Fair Value at
December 31, 2011		        

        
         

Futures - Commodity Contracts

   Assets   $ 1,556,910      $ 4,002,120       

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations

 

        For the year ended
December 31, 2012		     For the year ended
December 31, 2011		     For the year ended
December 31, 2010		  

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		     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

   $ (6,954,520 )      $ 16,224,040        $ 17,158,730     
             
 

Change in
unrealized
loss on
open
positions

     $ (2,445,210 )      $ (11,864,440 )      $ (4,935,530 )