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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-K
  
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011

Commission File Number: 000-53118

BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
20-8870560
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
7535 Windsor Drive, Suite A205
Allentown, PA 18195
 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(610) 366-3922
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Limited Partnership Units
 
Indicate by check mark if Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes ¨ No x
 
Indicate by check mark if Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
 
x Yes o No
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No o
 
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer o
Accelerated filer                   o
Non-accelerated filer   o
Smaller reporting company x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
Yes ¨ No x
 
The Partnership's limited partnership interests are not traded on any market and, accordingly, do not have an aggregate market value.  As of January 31, 2012 the net asset value of the limited partnership interests of the registrant held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $9,314,000.
 
 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
PART I
 
ITEM 1. Business
 
ITEM 1A. Risk Factors
 
ITEM 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
 
ITEM 2. Properties
 
ITEM 3. Legal Proceedings
 
ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
 
PART II
 
ITEM 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters And Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
 
ITEM 6. Selected Financial Data
 
ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
ITEM 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
 
ITEM 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
 
ITEM 9A. Controls and Procedures
 
ITEM 9B. Other Information
 
PART III
 
ITEM 10.Directors and Executive Officers
 
ITEM 11. Executive Compensation
 
ITEM 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management Related Stockholder Matters
 
ITEM 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
 
ITEM 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
 
PART IV
 
ITEM 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 
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PART I
ITEM 1. Business.
 
Summary
 
Bridgeton Global Directional Fund, LP (formerly RFMC Global Directional Fund, LP) (the "Partnership"), is a limited partnership organized under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act. The Partnership’s business is to trade, buy, sell or otherwise acquire, hold or dispose of commodity futures contracts, options on physical commodities and on commodity futures contracts, forward contracts, and instruments that may be the subject of a futures contract, including equities, indices and sectors ("Commodity Interests"), and any rights pertaining thereto and to engage in all activities incident thereto.  The Partnership may also invest in entities (including without limitation other partnerships, separate managed accounts, exchange traded funds or other types of funds) that primarily trade in exchange traded securities, options on exchange traded securities, exchange traded funds, and Commodity Interests.  A representative list of the types of markets that may be traded is set forth on page six. The objective of the Partnership is the appreciation of its assets through speculative trading.
 
From the Partnership’s start until February 1, 2011, Ruvane Fund Management Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Ruvane”, or the "General Partner" for periods prior to March 1, 2011), was the sole general partner of the Partnership.  From that date until March 1, 2011, Bridgeton Fund Management, LLC (“Bridgeton”, or the "General Partner" for periods on or after March 1, 2011) was a co-general partner of the Partnership with Ruvane.  Effective March 1, 2011, Bridgeton is the sole general partner of the Partnership.  The Partnership’s current address is 7535 Windsor Drive, Suite A205, Allentown, PA 18195, and the telephone number for the Partnership and the General Partner is (610) 366-3922, the facsimile number is (610) 366-3990, their e-mail address is info@bridgetonfunds.com and the General Partner's website is www.bridgetonfunds.com.
  
The General Partner has been registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) pursuant to the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) as a Commodity Pool Operator (“CPO”) since January 11, 2011 and has been a member of the National Futures Association (“NFA”) since January 11, 2011. The General Partner has selected Welton Investment Corporation ("WIC" or the "Advisor") as the Partnership's trading advisor. The Advisor's main business address is The Eastwood Building, San Carlos between 5th and 6th Carmel, California 93921-6147; telephone: (831) 626-5190; facsimile: (831) 626-5199; and email: busdev@welton.com. WIC has been registered with the CFTC as a CTA and CPO since January 4, 1989. WIC is a member of the NFA in such capacities since January 4, 1989. All trading decisions regarding the Partnership are made by WIC.
 
All of the Partnership's assets are traded pursuant to the Advisor's proprietary quantitative trading strategy known as Global Directional Portfolio. From the Partnership’s start until February 28, 2011, the assets of the Partnership traded at a leverage ratio of 1.2 (such amount is referred to herein as the "Trading Level"). Effective March 1, 2011, the Trading Level was reduced to 1.0.  In addition, while the Partnership currently trades the full set of markets traded pursuant to the Advisor’s Global Directional Portfolio strategy, prior to March 1, 2011, the Partnership traded a somewhat more limited set of markets than other accounts traded pursuant to the Advisor's Global Directional Portfolio strategy.  The General Partner may in its discretion change the Trading Level at any time or elect to have the Advisor trade a more or less extensive set of markets.
 
The Partnership is designed to permit investors to participate in the financial advantages presented by trading in Commodity and Futures Contracts. However, trading in Commodity and Futures Contracts does entail significant risks, and it is possible that an investor in the Partnership could lose its entire investment. Trading in Commodity and Futures Contracts is speculative, volatile and highly leveraged and may be riskier and more volatile than many other investments. Further, the Partnership is obligated to pay trading and operational expenses and pay incentive fees, if any, which could materially affect the net results of an investment in the Partnership by reducing net profits or increasing net losses, and the Partnership will be required to make trading profits in the amount of such charges and fees, less interest earned, to avoid depletion or exhaustion of its assets and to generate any profits for the Partnership and the limited partners. There can be no assurance that the Partnership will achieve any profits.
 
In accordance with the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership (the "Limited Partnership Agreement"), the Partnership offers limited partnership interests in private offering pursuant to Regulation D as adopted under section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Partnership will offer the units up to an aggregate of $100,000,000, subject to increase by the General Partner in increments of $10,000,000 after notice to the limited partners of the Partnership. The Partnership offers two classes of limited partnership interests, the Institutional Class and the Investor Class. What class of interests an investor is permitted to purchase will depend upon the nature of the investor (e.g., whether the investor is an institutional investor or an individual investor) and whether a sales agent will receive a commission with respect to such investor. The Investor Class will be charged a 7.00% annual (6% per annum effective October 1, 2011) brokerage fee and the Institutional Class will be charged a 4.00% annual brokerage fee. In addition, the classes may be comprised of different series. If the General Partner establishes with respect to a limited partner a fee arrangement whereby the commission charges, General Partner management fee or incentive allocation to the General Partner is different from the general Investor Class or Institutional Class (or any series that has previously been established under the Investor Class or Institutional Class), a new series will be established under the relevant class to reflect such fee arrangement. The General Partner may establish different series in its discretion with higher or lower fees than those described herein to reflect different fee arrangements the General Partner may wish to establish for an investor (or group of investors) for marketing purposes. All limited partnership interests, regardless of series or class, will share on a pro rata basis in the Partnership's holdings and trading results and will have the same redemption and consent rights and are subject to the same minimum investment amounts.
 
 
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The General Partner
 
The General Partner, to the exclusion of the limited partners of the Partnership, manages and conducts the business of the Partnership. The General Partner (i) selects and monitors the independent commodity trading advisors and the commodity brokers; (ii) allocates and/or reallocates assets of the Partnership to or from the advisors; (iii) determines if an advisor or commodity broker should be removed or replaced; (iv) negotiates management fees, incentive fees and brokerage commissions; and (v) performs such other services as the Partnership may from time to time request.
 
The General Partner is responsible for the selection of commodity trading advisors for the Partnership. The General Partner has currently selected WIC to act as trading advisor for the Partnership and the Partnership's capital will be allocated to the Global Directional Portfolio of WIC. The General Partner, in the future, may allocate the Partnership's assets to other trading programs. In addition, the General Partner may introduce the Partnership's trades to the Partnership's commodity brokers. Under the terms of the Limited Partnership Agreement, the General Partner will maintain a general partner contribution of $1,000 to the Partnership.  The individual principals of the General Partner are Robert L. Lerner, Stephen J. Roseme and Jeffrey Brian Mokychic.  The trading principals are Mr. Lerner and Mr. Roseme.  See ITEM 10 "Directors and Executive Officers."
 
Trading of Futures and Forward Currency Contracts
 
Futures contracts are contracts made on or through a commodity exchange and provide for future delivery of agricultural and industrial commodities, precious metals, foreign currencies or financial instruments, and in the case of certain contracts, such as stock index futures contracts and Eurodollar futures contracts, provide for cash settlement. Such contracts are uniform for each commodity on each exchange and vary only with respect to price and delivery time. A contract to buy or sell may be satisfied either by making or taking delivery of the commodity and payment or acceptance of the entire purchase price therefore or by offsetting the obligation with a contract containing a matching contractual obligation on the same (or a linked) exchange prior to delivery. In futures and forward trading, capital is not used to acquire a physical asset but only as security for the payment of losses incurred in open positions. United States commodity exchanges individually or, in certain limited situations, in conjunction with certain foreign exchanges, provide a clearing mechanism to facilitate the matching of offsetting trades. Once trades made between members of an exchange have been confirmed, the clearinghouse is substituted for the clearing member acting on behalf of each buyer and each seller of contracts traded on the exchange and in effect becomes the other party to the trade. Thereafter, each clearing member party to the trade looks only to the clearinghouse for performance. Clearinghouses do not deal with customers, but only with member firms, and the "guarantee" of performance under open positions provided by the clearinghouse does not extend to customers. If a customer's commodity broker becomes bankrupt or insolvent, or otherwise defaults on such broker's obligations to such customer, the customer in question may not receive all amounts owing to such customer in respect of trading, despite the clearinghouse fully discharging all of its obligations.
 
Two broad classifications of persons who trade in commodity futures are "hedgers" and "speculators". Commercial interests, including banks and other financial institutions, and farmers, who market or process commodities, use the futures markets for hedging. Hedging is a protective procedure designed to minimize losses that may occur because of price fluctuations. The usual objective of the hedger is to protect the profit that he expects to earn from his financial operations, rather than to profit strictly from his futures trading. The commodity markets enable the hedger to shift the risk of price fluctuations to the speculator.
 
The speculator, such as the Partnership, risks its capital with the hope of making profits from the price fluctuations in futures contracts. The speculator assumes the risks which the hedger seeks to avoid. Speculators rarely expect to take or make delivery of the cash or actual physical commodity in the futures market. Rather, they generally close out their futures positions by entering into offsetting purchases or sales of futures contracts. Because the speculator may take either a long or short position in the futures markets, it is possible for the speculator to earn profits or incur losses regardless of the direction of price trends. Generally, commodities trades made by the Partnership will be for speculative rather than for hedging purposes.
 
The justification for futures trading is that it provides the means for those who produce or deal in cash commodities to hedge against unpredictable price changes. Price fluctuations affect the value of inventory, the cost of production and the competitive pricing of end products. The risks of price fluctuation confront and threaten a diverse set of firms that merchandise, store or process large volumes of cash commodities. Government securities dealers, for example, often maintain a large inventory of notes and bonds. Even a small increase in prevailing interest rate levels can significantly reduce the value of those inventory holdings, and hence the price at which they can be sold. In determining the pricing of its output, the large baker, for example, is subject to the market prices of its raw materials, such as wheat, sugar and cocoa. A sudden increase in the prices of these materials will raise the cost of production and negatively affect the competitiveness of the finished product. Other entities that face the risks associated with market price fluctuation include farmers, grain elevator operators, importers, refiners and commercial banks. The constraint these entities face is that there are no short run substitutes for certain items essential for continued operation. The baker cannot function without flour, the securities dealer without bonds or the refiner without crude oil. As a result, the need arises for a vehicle through which commercial entities as a group can transfer the risk of price fluctuation to some other group that is willing to bear that risk. The futures markets exist as the vehicle that allows the transfer of price risk from commercial entities, called hedgers, to risk-bearing entities, called investors or speculators.
 
 
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Investment Philosophy
 
The General Partner believes that, if an investor utilizes a disciplined approach to managing risk, and is appropriately capitalized, the investor will earn a premium for bearing risk. It is this premium that is the source of returns to futures investing. The returns to futures investing are driven by events that upset the supply and demand equilibrium of the underlying commodity market. For example, a change in the prime rate will affect interest rate and currency instruments, a drought will alter the production expectations for agricultural products, or the prospect of a war in the Middle East will cause the prices of crude oil and its derivatives to fluctuate. It is during these periods of disruption that the risk premium generally is paid. Conversely, when commodity markets are stable and directionless, returns from risk premium are not to be expected. Since traditional investment instruments like stocks and bonds perform poorly during disruptive periods and well in a stable economic environment, a futures investment can offer the potential benefits of diversification to a traditional portfolio.
 
The General Partner believes that two important considerations in evaluating an investment opportunity are whether the investment has a sound underlying economic foundation for its expected return and whether the approach employed by the investment's manager has the capability to realize that return. The General Partner's approach to investment in futures is designed to achieve consistent profits over the long term.
 
The General Partner currently allocates the Partnership's capital to WIC's Global Directional Portfolio. The General Partner measures the success of an investment program by its trading and research results and experience. The General Partner believes, on the basis of its past experience, that an account should be considered a long-term investment in order to afford the trading strategy time to operate under a variety of different market conditions. Consequently, the General Partner may choose not to reallocate capital from or terminate a trading strategy even if that investment program or trading strategy has had an unprofitable period of significant duration.
 
Extensive leverage is available in futures markets. The General Partner will monitor WIC's trading so that leverage remains within levels acceptable to the General Partner, in its sole discretion. From the start of the Partnership through February 28, 2011, the leverage that WIC employed on behalf of the Partnership was 1.2, or 20% higher than the actual funds allocated to WIC (such amount is referred to herein as the "Trading Level"). Effective March 1, 2011, the Trading Level was reduced to 1.0.  In general, margin commitments for the Partnership will range between 15% and 20% of capital, although they may be substantially more or less than that any time. Margin commitments represent that portion of the capital of the Partnership which is committed as margin for futures contracts. Margins are good faith deposits which must be made with a commodity broker in order to initiate or maintain an open position in a futures contract.
 
Neither the Partnership nor the General Partner has any employees.  Fund administration, calculation of the net asset value and management information systems are provided by NAV Consulting, Inc., and marketing and client services are provided by Bridgeton Global Investors, Inc., an affiliate of the General Partner.
 
The Advisor
 
The General Partner has selected WIC as the Partnership's trading advisor. WIC is not affiliated with the General Partner except as described in "Conflicts of Interest." WIC makes trading decisions pursuant to its proprietary quantitative trading strategy known as Global Directional Portfolio.
 
WIC provides qualified investors professional investment management services focused on managed futures-based trading strategies utilizing quantitative research combined with experienced portfolio management. WIC's primary activity is to buy, sell (including short sales), spread or otherwise trade in commodity futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts, commodity options, physical commodities, swaps, currencies and related instruments on United States and foreign exchanges in agricultural products, energy products, financial instruments and indices, foreign currencies, and metals.
 
Trading Programs
 
Commodity traders generally rely on either technical or fundamental analysis, or a combination thereof, in making trading decisions and attempting to identify price trends. Fundamental analysis looks at the external factors that affect the supply and demand of a particular commodity in order to predict future prices. As an example, some of the fundamental factors that affect the demand of a foreign currency, like the British pound, are the inflation and interest rates of the currency's domestic market, exchange controls, and the country's balance of trade, business climate and political stability. The supply of a currency may be determined by, among other things, government spending, credit controls, domestic money supply and prior years' trade balances. Some of the fundamental factors that affect the supply of an agricultural commodity, such as corn, include the acreage planted and factors affecting crop conditions such as drought, flood and disease. The demand for corn consists of domestic consumption and exports, and is a product of many things, including general world economic conditions, as well as the cost of corn in relation to the cost of competing products such as soybean meal, wheat, oats and barley.
 
 
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Technical analysis is not based on the anticipated supply and demand of the cash (actual) commodity; instead, it is based on the theory that a study of the markets themselves will provide a means of anticipating future prices. Technical analysis of the markets generally will include a study of the actual daily, weekly and monthly price fluctuations, volume variations and changes in open interest, utilizing charts or computers for analysis of these items.
 
The trading strategy which the General Partner has selected to trade the Partnership's assets is described below, and from time to time may be changed or refined. Additional trading programs may be developed by WIC or other trading advisors who may be employed in trading the assets of the Partnership.
 
WIC's Global Directional Portfolio is a proprietary quantitative trading system which will attempt to detect trends in price movements for futures, forward and spot contracts. All successful speculative commodity trading depends upon establishing a position and then maintaining that position while the market moves in favor of the trader. Technical trading systems seek to establish such positions and to exit the market and establish reverse positions, or both, when the favorable trend either reverses or does not materialize. No such system will be successful if the market is moving in an erratic and nontrending manner or if the market moves in the direction opposite to that predicted by the system. Because of the nature of commodity markets, prices frequently appear to be trending when the market is, in fact, without a trend. In addition, a trading system may identify markets as trending favorably to a particular position in the market even though actual market performance thereafter is the reverse of the trend identified.
 
The trading strategy WIC follows does not assure the success of the Partnership. Investment decisions made in accordance with this strategy will be based on an assessment of available facts. However, because of the large quantity of facts at hand, a number of available facts may be overlooked. Variables may shift and any investment decision must, in the final analysis, be based on the judgment of WIC. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that WIC's trading strategy will result in profits to investors in the Partnership.
 
Allocation of Capital
 
All of the Partnership's assets are currently allocated to WIC's Global Directional Portfolio, which is a proprietary quantitative trading strategy, and are currently traded at a leverage ratio of 1.0.  From the start of the Partnership until February 28, 2011 the Partnership traded at a leverage of 1.2 (which is 20% greater than normal) and traded a somewhat more limited set of markets than other accounts traded pursuant to the Advisor’s Global Directional Portfolio strategy.  Effective March 1, 2011, the Partnership trades a complete set of markets.  The General Partner, in the future, may allocate the Partnership's assets to other trading strategies and investment programs.
 
WIC's Global Directional Portfolio
 
WIC's Global Directional Portfolio is a comprehensive managed futures program designed to reliably deliver the style class returns of directional managed futures accompanied by a sustainable performance advantage. The trading program consists only of positions on futures and forward contracts and will not include equity securities, bonds or other similar instruments. The trading program guides WIC's investment decisions on behalf of the Partnership.
 
The trading system used by WIC is proprietary and confidential. The description above, therefore, is of necessity general and not intended to be exhaustive.
 
List of Markets Traded

Below is a list of markets that WIC may invest in. The list is provided only as an indication of markets traded since WIC may remove and add to the list from time to time.
 
Agriculture
Interest Rates
Currencies
Stock Indices
Cocoa
10-Yr. Euro Swapnote®
Australian Bank Bills
Argentine Peso
Indonesian Rupiah
AEX Index
MSCI Singapore Fee Index
Coffee
Australian Bonds (3, 10-yr.)
Canadian Bank Bills
Australian Dollar
Japanese Yen
CAC 40 Index
MSCI Taiwan Index
Corn
British Long Gilts
Euribor
Australian Dollar/Japanese Yen
Korean Won
DAX Index
Nasdaq 100 Index
Cotton
Canadian Bonds (10-yrs.)
Eurodollar
Brazilian Real
Mexican Peso
Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Index
Nikkei Index
Lean Hogs
Euro-Bobl
Euroswiss
British Pound
New Zealand Dollar
Dow Jones Industrial Index
OMXS 30 Index
Live Cattle
 
Euro-Bund
Euroyen
Canadian Dollar
Norwegian Krone
FTSE 100 Index
S&P/ASE 200 Index
Soybean Meal
 
Euro-Shatz
Libor (1-mo.)
Chilean Peso
Peruvian New Sol
Hang Seng Index
S&P 500 Index
Soybean Oil
Japanese Govt Bond
New Zealand Bank Bills
Columbian Peso
Philippine Peso
IBEX 35 Index
S&P Canada 60 Index
Soybeans
 
U.S. Notes
(2, 5, 10 -yr.)
Short Sterling
Czech Koruna
Polish Zloty
MIB 30 Index
 
Sugar
 
U.S. Bond (30-yr.)
U.S. Fed Funds
Euro currency
Singapore Dollar
 
Wheat
 
Metals
 
Euro Currency/British Pound
South African Rand
 
Energies
Aluminum
Euro Currency/Japanese Yen
Swedish Krona
 
Brent Crude
Copper
 
Euro Currency/Swiss Franc
Swiss Franc
 
Crude Oil
Gold
Hong Kong Dollar
Taiwan Dollar
 
Gasoil
Lead
Hungarian Forint
Thai Baht
 
Heating Oil
Nickel
Indian Rupee
Turkish Lira
 
Natural Gas
Silver
   
Unleaded Gas
Tin
 Zinc
   
 
 
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Trading Policies
 
In its trading activities, the Partnership will adhere to the following policies. The General Partner will notify limited partners of any changes in these trading policies.
 
1.           The Partnership will not lend or borrow money, although the Partnership may utilize lines of credit for trading forward contracts.
 
2.           The Partnership will not commingle its assets with those of other persons, except as permitted under the CEA and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
3.           The Partnership will not trade bank forward contracts with or through any bank that, as of the end of its latest fiscal year, had an aggregate balance in its capital, surplus and related accounts of less than $100,000,000, as shown by its published financial statements for such year.
 
4.           The Partnership will not purchase, sell or trade securities, except securities approved by the CFTC for investment of customer funds. The Partnership may trade in futures contracts on securities and securities indices, options on such futures contracts, and other commodity options.
 
The Clearing Broker and Introducing Broker
 
The Partnership executes and clears trades in futures and commodity options through ADM Investor Services, Inc. (“ADMIS”), Newedge USA, LLC (“NUSA”) and other unaffiliated clearing brokers selected by the General Partner. The General Partner may retain additional or substitute clearing brokers in the future.
 
ADMIS is a registered futures commission merchant and is a member of the NFA. Its main office is located at 141 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1600A, Chicago, IL 60604.
 
NUSA is a registered futures commission merchant and is a member of the NFA.  Its main office is located at 550 West Jackson, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60661.
 
Bridgeton Global Investor Services, Inc. (“Bridgeton Global”) is the Partnership's introducing broker and will introduce the Partnership's account to the clearing brokers in exchange for receiving a portion of the brokerage commissions charged by the clearing brokers. Bridgeton Global is an affiliate of the General Partner.  Each of ADMIS and NUSA acts only as clearing broker for the Partnership and as such is paid commissions for executing and clearing trades on behalf of the Partnership. Neither ADMIS nor NUSA will act in any supervisory capacity with respect to the General Partner or participate in the management of the General Partner or the Partnership.
 
 
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The assets of the Partnership are deposited with ADMIS and NUSA in trading accounts established by the Partnership for the Advisor and are used by the Partnership as margin to engage in trading. Such assets are held in either an interest-bearing bank account or in securities approved by the CFTC for investment of customer funds. The clearing brokers through clearing futures trades for its customers, including the Partnership, could expose the Partnership to credit risk. The clearing brokers attempt to mitigate this risk relating to futures contracts in regulated commodities by maintaining funds deposited by customers in separate bank accounts, which are designated as segregated customers' accounts. In addition, the clearing brokers have set aside funds deposited by customers relating to foreign futures and options in separate bank accounts, which are designated as customer secured accounts. Lastly, the clearing brokers are subject to the CFTC's Net Capital Rule, which requires the clearing brokers to maintain minimum net capital of at least 4% of the segregated customer funds as defined by the CEA and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
The clearing brokers must comply with the settlement procedures established by the clearinghouse of each exchange where the clearing broker is a clearing member. The rules of exchange vary, but at a minimum the exchange guarantees performance on every contract to each of its clearing members. Thus, once a trade between two clearing members is matched by the exchange, the rights and obligations under the futures or options contract do not run between the original buyer and seller, but between the clearing member and the seller of the contract, and between the clearing member and the buyer. The clearinghouse sets a settlement price for settling all accounts between clearing members for each contract month. Unliquidated positions on outstanding contracts are marked to market at least once a day via midday and/or morning calls to determine any additional margin requirements. In general, a clearinghouse is backed by the membership and will act in the event of non-performance by one of its members or one of the member's customers, the intent of which is to significantly reduce credit risk. If a clearing broker is not a member of an exchange clearinghouse, it will comply with the settlement procedures established with the actual carrying brokers and will operate through them. Settlement of calls on such contracts may take an extra day on U.S. exchanges or two extra days on non-U.S. exchanges. Additional margin requirements are wire-transferred by the clearing brokers to the appropriate clearinghouse. As of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Partnership had no material credit risk exposure to a counterparty that is a foreign commodities exchange.
 
Fees and Expenses
 
The General Partner
 
Management Fee
 
The Investor Class and Institutional Class – Series 2 of the Partnership pay the General Partner a quarterly management fee in an amount equal to 1% annually of the net asset value of the Partnership as of the first business day of each calendar quarter before deducting (i) accrued ordinary legal, accounting and auditing fees and (ii) any incentive allocations payable to the General Partner. The General Partner may pay a portion of its management fee or incentive allocation to finders (appropriately registered marketing and selling agents) the General Partner may engage from time to time. The General Partner may waive all or any portion of the management fee with respect to any Limited Partner.
 
Incentive Allocation
 
The General Partner will also receive as of the end of each quarter an incentive allocation of 20% of New Profits (as defined below), if any. If any incentive allocation is made to the General Partner, it will retain the amount allocated regardless of any subsequent decline in account value, but will not be eligible to receive subsequent incentive allocations until the Partnership has recouped its losses and earned New Profits. The General Partner will pay three-fourths of any incentive allocation it receives to WIC, and the General Partner may distribute a portion of its share of the incentive allocation to properly registered selling agents as compensation for their ongoing services to the Partnership. The General Partner may waive all or any portion of the incentive allocation with respect to any Limited Partner.
 
"New Profits" for the purpose of calculating the General Partner's incentive allocation only, is defined as the excess (if any) of (A) the net asset value of the Partnership as of the last day of any calendar quarter (before deduction of incentive allocations made or accrued for such quarter), over (B) the net asset value of the Partnership as of the last day of the most recent quarter for which an incentive allocation was paid or payable (after deduction of such incentive allocation). In computing New Profits, the difference between (A) and (B) above shall be (i) increased by the amount of any distributions or redemptions paid or accrued by the Partnership as of or subsequent to the date in (B) through the date in (A), (ii) adjusted (either decreased or increased, as the case may be) to reflect the amount of any additional allocations or negative reallocations of Partnership assets from the date in (B) to the last day of the quarter as of which the current incentive allocation calculation is made, and (iii) increased by the amount of any losses attributable to redemptions.
 
 
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Brokerage Commission
 
Investor Class interests pay to the General Partner a flat-rate monthly brokerage commission of up to approximately 0.50% of the net asset value of the limited partnership interests of the Partnership as of the beginning of each month (a 6.00% annual rate). Prior to October 1, 2011, the Investor Class paid the General Partner a monthly brokerage commission equal to 7.00% per annum. The General Partner will pay from this amount up to 3% to properly registered selling agents as compensation for their ongoing services to the Partnership. Institutional Class interests will pay the General Partner a monthly flat-rate brokerage commission of 0.333% of the net asset value of such interests as of the beginning of each month (a 4.00% annual rate). In addition to payments to properly registered selling agents, the General Partner will pay from the brokerage commission all floor brokerage, exchange, clearing and NFA fees with respect to the Partnership's trading, but the Partnership will pay all other execution costs, including give-up charges and service fees assessed by certain forward dealing desks. The General Partner will pay from its own funds any futures brokerage commission and fees (except for certain execution costs as noted above) incurred by the Partnership in excess of the flat monthly rate it receives from the Partnership. To the extent that the General Partner pays less than 3% to a selling agent with respect to any limited partnership interests sold by such selling agent, the brokerage commission charged with respect to those limited partnership interests will be reduced accordingly. To the extent different brokerage commissions are charged because of the varying payments to selling agents, a new series for the Class will be established. The flat-rate brokerage commission to the General Partner is calculated after reduction for any brokerage commissions due at the end of the immediately preceding month, any redemptions or distributions as of such immediately preceding month-end, and any accrued incentive allocations as of such immediately preceding month-end, and after including the interest credits for such immediately preceding month-end and any additions as of the beginning of the month for which the flat-rate brokerage commission is being calculated. The General Partner may pay a portion of the brokerage commission to finders the General Partner may engage from time to time.
 
The Advisor
 
Management Fee
 
The Partnership will pay to WIC a quarterly management fee of 0.50% (2% per year) of the Trading Level (as defined below) for each month during such quarter.
 
The Partnership's "Trading Level" shall mean the Partnership's Net Asset allocated to WIC times the leverage to be employed by WIC from time to time upon the direction of the General Partner. Currently, this leverage ratio is 1.0, however, from the start of the Partnership until February 28, 2011, it was 1.2.  The Partnership's "Net Assets" shall mean the total assets of the Partnership including all cash and cash equivalents (valued at cost), accrued interest and the fair value of all open futures and forward currency contracts and other assets maintained by the Partnership, less all liabilities and reserves of the Partnership, including accrued management fees and incentive allocations, determined in accordance with the principles specified in the Limited Partnership Agreement and, where no principle is specified, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  The fair value of a futures contract or option on a futures contract shall mean the most recent available closing quotation on the exchange through which the particular futures contract or option on a futures contract is traded by the Partnership; the fair value of a forward currency contract is determined based on the interpolation of mid spot rates and forward points, as provided by a leading data provider.   
Commodity Brokers
 
The General Partner will pay from the flat brokerage commission the futures brokerage commissions (including NFA assessments and exchange fees) for the Partnership's trading. The General Partner believes that the brokerage rates to be paid will generally be competitive with those charged by other commodity brokers; however, other commodity brokerage firms might offer lower rates to other accounts.
 
Selling Agents
 
The General Partner shall pay selling agents from the flat-rate brokerage commission 3% of the net asset value of the limited partnership interests sold by such selling agent. Selling agents may also receive a portion of the commodity brokerage commission from the Partnership's commodity brokers.
 
Dealers
 
Dealers will not charge the Partnership commissions, but are compensated from the bid/offer spread that is quoted in dealing with the Partnership. A customary mark-up is included in the price of the forward or spot contact or the premium in the case of an option contact.
 
Others
 
The General Partner will pay expenses of the continuing offering (consisting primarily of printing fees), estimated to be approximately $10,000 per year. The Partnership will pay ordinary operating expenses actually incurred by the Partnership, including periodic legal, accounting, and auditing fees, and other administrative expenses and fees associated with the operation of the Partnership, which are estimated to be approximately $330,000 per year (excluding any extraordinary expenses).
 
 
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Trading For Own Account
 
The General Partner, its principal and their affiliates currently do not, but may in the future, trade Commodity Interests for their own accounts. Limited Partners will not be permitted to inspect the records of such trades. The Advisor, its principals and their affiliates also may trade Commodity Interests for their own accounts. The records and the results of the proprietary trading by the Advisor and its principals will not be made available for inspection by the Limited Partners because of their confidential nature.

Neither the Partnership nor the General Partner has any employees.  Fund administration, calculation of the net asset value and management information systems are provided by NAV Consulting, Inc., and marketing and client service are provided by Bridgeton Global.
 
Conflicts of Interest
 
Relationship of the General Partner to Commodity Brokers
 
Although the General Partner is not affiliated with a commodity broker, the General Partner may have a conflict of interest in selecting brokers because of continuing business dealings with certain brokers. For example, affiliates of certain brokers may serve as selling agents for the Partnership. The General Partner and its principal or their affiliates may have commodity accounts at the same brokerage firms as the Partnership, and, because of the amount traded through the brokerage firms, may pay lower commissions than the Partnership. The General Partner intends to review brokerage arrangements on a periodic basis to assure that the Partnership secures favorable execution of brokerage transactions and to assure that the commissions paid are reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and other services provided.

Affiliation of the General Partner with Bridgeton Global

The General Partner is affiliated with Bridgeton Global, the introducing broker for the Partnership.  Accordingly, the General Partner may have a conflict of interest between doing what the General Partner believes will be most advantageous to the Partnership and retaining Bridgeton Global as an introducing broker for the Partnership and earning fees for Bridgeton Global.
 
General Partner's Selection of Trading Advisors and Investment Programs
 
Under the terms of the Limited Partnership Agreement, the General Partner has the authority to engage independent commodity trading advisors or affiliated commodity trading advisors to make trading decisions for the Partnership. Accordingly, the General Partner may have a conflict of interest between choosing the trading programs that the General Partner believes will be most advantageous to the Partnership and seeing that WIC's trading programs are used on behalf of the Partnership and earning fees therefrom. The General Partner also may be less likely to terminate the use of WIC's trading programs. Furthermore, the General Partner may engage the services of WIC as a commodity trading advisor for other product offerings.
 
Because the General Partner is responsible for paying the futures brokerage commissions and fees of the Partnership from the flat monthly brokerage commission it receives from the Partnership (and will pay from its own funds to the extent such commissions and fees exceed the flat monthly brokerage commission), the General Partner may have a conflict of interest between choosing the investment programs that the General Partner believes will be most advantageous to the Partnership and the investment programs that will result in less brokerage commissions and fees to the Partnership.
 
Management of Other Accounts by the Advisor and the General Partner
 
The Advisor and its affiliates currently manage other accounts. As of December 31, 2011, WIC managed 19 accounts. In addition, the General Partner acts as general partner for another limited partnership, Bridgeton Tactical Advisors Fund, LP (formerly RFMC Tactical Advisors Fund, LP), that trades commodity interests and may compete with the Partnership for positions, and the Advisor, the General Partner and their respective affiliates may act in the future as manager of additional accounts and as general partner for other such limited partnerships. Such accounts and partnerships may hold positions either similar or opposite to the positions taken by the Partnership, and the compensation received by the Advisor or the General Partner from such other accounts and partnerships may differ from the compensation they receive from the Partnership. Such differing compensation arrangements may provide an incentive for the General Partner or WIC to favor one account over another.
 
 
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As the Advisor manages additional accounts, these accounts will increase the level of competition for the same trades made for the Partnership. Further, during the normal course of trading, orders for a client's account may be executed in competition with the orders for other client accounts managed by WIC. Depending on market liquidity and other factors, this possibility could result in client orders being executed at prices that are less favorable than would otherwise be the case. In addition, WIC may combine various strategies to trade proprietary and client accounts. As a result trading decisions generated by different trading strategies and investment programs may vary among accounts, resulting in different positions. Limited partners of the Partnership will not be permitted to inspect the trading records of the General Partner, WIC or their respective principals due to their confidential nature.
 
Trading by Affiliates of the General Partner for Their Own Accounts
 
The trading principals of the General Partner and their families and affiliates also may trade for their own accounts. Results of such trading will not be made available to Limited Partners because of the confidential nature of such records. In addition, the General Partner, its trading principals or their affiliates may serve as the general partner or sponsor for other investment vehicles engaged in the trading of instruments and contracts similar to those traded by the Partnership. Such vehicles may hold positions either similar or opposite to the positions taken by the Partnership, and the compensation received by the General Partner, its principal or their affiliates from such other vehicles may differ from the compensation received from the Partnership.
 
Trading by the Advisor and Affiliates of the Advisor for Their Own Accounts
 
Since WIC and its principals have traded, and may continue to trade commodity interests for their own accounts, it is possible that orders for their accounts may be entered in advance of or opposite to orders for client accounts pursuant to, for instance, a neutral order allocation system, a different trading strategy, or a different risk level of trading. However, any such proprietary trading is subject to the duty of WIC to exercise good faith and fairness in all matters affecting client accounts. Further, during the normal course of trading, orders for the client's account may be executed in competition with the orders for proprietary and other client accounts managed by WIC. Depending on market liquidity and other factors, this possibility could result in client orders being executed at prices that are less favorable than would otherwise be the case. In addition, WIC may combine various strategies to trade proprietary and client accounts. As a result trading decisions generated by different trading strategies and investment programs may vary among accounts, resulting in different positions. Limited partners of the Partnership will not be permitted to inspect the trading records of the General Partner, WIC or their respective principals due to their confidential nature.
 
Trading by Affiliates of Clearing Brokers for Their Own Accounts
 
It is possible that certain officers, directors and employees of the Partnership's clearing brokers and their families may from time to time trade commodity futures contracts and other Commodity Interests for their own accounts, including some of which may be managed by the Advisor. In the event such individuals do trade for their own accounts, investors will not be permitted to inspect such trading records. It is possible that such persons may take positions either similar or opposite to positions taken by the Partnership and that the Partnership and such persons may from time to time be competing for either similar or opposite positions in the commodity futures markets. In certain instances, the clearing brokers may have orders for trades from the Partnership and orders from its own employees. The clearing brokers might be deemed to have a conflict of interest between the sequence in which such orders will be transmitted to the trading floor. Depending on market liquidity and other factors, these conflicts could result in the Partnership's orders being executed at prices that are less favorable than would otherwise be the case.
 
The Advisor appears on the approved list of commodity trading advisors for many futures commission merchants. Appearance on an approved list means that futures commission merchants’ representatives may recommend the Advisor as a trading advisor to its clients. Inclusion on such an approved list may create a conflict of interest for a trading advisor between its duty to trade clients’ accounts in the best interest of clients and its financial interest in maintaining a position on a futures commission merchant’s approved list, which could be contingent upon generation of adequate commission income from those accounts managed by the advisor. The Advisor’s policy, however, is to trade all comparable accounts in the same manner regardless of the method by which the account was obtained.

Limitation of Liability and Indemnification of the General Partner
 
The exculpatory provisions of the Limited Partnership Agreement provide that the General Partner and its affiliates will not be liable to the Partnership or the limited partners unless the General Partner (or its affiliate) has (i) violated federal or state securities laws, (ii) engaged in conduct which amounts to intentional or criminal wrongdoing or gross negligence or willful misconduct, (iii) breached its fiduciary duty, or (iv) not acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that it was acting in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Partnership. In no event shall the General Partner be liable to the Partnership or to any of the limited partners for punitive or consequential damages. A limited partner can only bring a claim against the General Partner and its assets, and not against any affiliate of the General Partner. In addition, the Partnership has agreed to indemnify the General Partner and its affiliates from and against any loss or expense (including legal fees and expenses actually and reasonably incurred in defense of any claims, including claims by limited partners) resulting from actions or omissions relating to the Partnership, provided that such actions or omissions were for a purpose reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Partnership and were not (i) in violation of federal or state securities laws, (ii) a result of intentional or criminal wrongdoing or gross negligence or willful misconduct, or (iii) in violation of the General Partner's fiduciary obligations to the Partnership. Further, each limited partner waives any claim it may have at any time that arises out of the General Partner's engagement of an affiliate to provide services to the Partnership, and the Partnership agrees to indemnify the General Partner in connection with any claim against the General Partner relating to its engagement of affiliates to provide services to the Partnership. The foregoing rights to indemnification and payment of legal fees and expenses shall not be affected by the termination of the Partnership or the withdrawal, dissolution or insolvency of the General Partner. These exculpation and indemnification provisions may not be enforceable with respect to certain statutory liabilities, such as liabilities resulting from violations of federal securities laws.
 
 
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The responsibility of a general partner to limited partners is a rapidly developing and changing area of the law, and limited partners who have questions concerning the responsibilities of the General Partner should consult their counsel. Limited partners should be aware, however, of the broad authority given to the General Partner under the Limited Partnership Agreement, including the authority of the General Partner to enter into trading advisory agreements under the Limited Partnership Agreement, the absence of judicial decisions providing standards defining excessive trading and the exculpatory provisions in the Limited Partnership Agreement.
 
ITEM 1A. Risk Factors.
 
A smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the 1934 Act, is not required to provide the information under this
item.
 
ITEM 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
 
A smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the 1934 Act, is not required to provide the information under this
item.
 
ITEM 2. Properties.
 
The Partnership does not own or lease any physical properties. The Partnership's office is located within the office of the General Partner, at 7535 Windsor Drive, Suite A205, Allentown, PA 18195.
 
ITEM 3. Legal Proceedings.
 
There are no pending legal proceedings to which the Partnership or the General Partner is a party or to which any of their assets are subject.
 
ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
 
Not Applicable.

 
PART II
 
ITEM 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters And Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
 
There currently is no established public trading market for the Limited Partnership Units. As of December 31, 2011 13,021.2903 Partnership Units were held by 238 Limited Partners and the General Partner.
 
All of the Limited Partnership Units are "restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be sold unless registered under the Securities Act or sold in accordance with an exemption therefrom, such as Rule 144. The Partnership has no plans to register any of the Limited Partnership Units for resale. In addition, the Partnership Agreement contains certain restrictions on the transfer of Limited Partnership Units.
 
Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, the General Partner has the sole discretion to determine whether distributions (other than on redemption of Limited Partnership Units), if any, will be made to partners. The Partnership has never paid any distributions and does not anticipate paying any distributions to partners in the foreseeable future.
 
 
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From January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 4,156.3428 Partnership Units were subscribed for the aggregate net subscription amount of $4,849,462. Details of the subscriptions of these Partnership Units are as follows:
 
   
Amount of
 
   
Subscriptions
 
January 2011
 
$
368,730
 
February 2011
 
$
1,442,840
 
March 2011
 
$
991,806
 
April 2011
 
$
670,044
 
May 2011
 
$
172,925
 
June 2011
 
$
619,472
 
July 2011
 
$
76,081
 
August 2011
 
$
17,427
 
September 2011
 
$
117,546
 
October 2011
 
$
127,556
 
November 2011
 
$
152,600
 
December 2011
 
$
92,435
 
 
Investors in the Partnership who subscribed through a selling agent may have been charged a sales commission at a rate negotiated between such selling agent and the investor, which sales commission in no event exceeded 3% of the subscription amount.
 
All of the sales of Partnership Units were exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
 
ITEM 6. Selected Financial Data.
 
A smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the 1934 Act, is not required to provide the information under this
item.

ITEM 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

General
 
The Partnership was formed on March 19, 2007 under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Partnership commenced trading operations as of August 1, 2007 with partners' capital of $4,071,453. The success of the Partnership is dependent upon the ability of its advisor to generate trading profits through the speculative trading of Commodity Interests sufficient to produce capital payments after payment of all fees and expenses. The Partnership's future operating results will depend in large part upon the Commodity Interests markets in general, the performance of the Advisor, changes in interests rates and the amount of subscriptions and redemptions. Because of the nature of these factors and their interaction, past performance is not indicative of future results and it is impossible to predict future operating results, financial position and cash flows of the Partnership.
 
The Partnership incurs substantial charges from the payment of brokerage commissions to the General Partner, payment of management fees to the General Partner and the Advisor, payment of incentive allocation to the General Partner in certain circumstances and administrative expenses.
 
The Partnership is required to make substantial trading profits to avoid depleting and exhausting its assets from the payment of such fees and expenses. At current interest rate levels,  the Partnership is expected to earn an effective annual income of  0.85% of net assets.  Accordingly, the Investor Class would need to generate trading income of 9.96% over a year to break even and the Institutional Class would need to generate trading income of 6.96% over a year to break even. The markets in which the Commodity Interests trade are constantly changing in character and in degree of volatility. The General Partner continues to evaluate and analyze from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives the ability of the Advisor to trade effectively on the Partnership's behalf in the context of the current market environment. The General Partner seeks to limit market and credit risks by monitoring daily income and margin levels. The General Partner also relies upon the risk management strategies inherent in the Advisor's trading program. In the future, the General Partner may utilize additional strategies or appoint additional advisors to trade on behalf of the Partnership.
 
Currently the assets of the Partnership are allocated for trading in Commodity Interests entirely to the Global Directional Portfolio, a proprietary quantitative trading strategy developed and operated by WIC.
 
 
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Limited partnership interests pay to the General Partner a flat-rate monthly brokerage commission of up to approximately 0.583% of the net asset value of the Partnership as of the beginning of each month (a 7.0% annual rate). The General Partner will pay up to 3.0 percent from this amount to properly registered selling agents as their compensation, and to the extent the amount is less than 3% the brokerage fee with respect to such limited partnership interests will be reduced accordingly. The General Partner pays from this amount all floor brokerage, exchange, clearing and NFA fees with respect to the Partnership's trading, but the Partnership will pay all other execution costs, including give-up charges and service fees assessed by certain forward dealing desks. The flat-rate monthly commission is common among programs such as the Partnership. As of December 31, 2011, ADMIS and NUSA are the clearing brokers for the Partnership.
 
Result of Operations
 
Comparison of the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
 
As of December 31, 2011, total partners' capital (net asset value) of the Partnership was $12,622,792 compared to its net asset value of $44,087,080 at December 31, 2010. The Partnership's 2011 subscriptions and redemptions totaled $4,849,462 and $27,208,805, respectively, compared to $4,181,122 and $8,787,986, respectively, in 2010.
 
For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Partnership had net realized and unrealized trading losses of $(4,729,013) and $11,531 in interest income.  For that same period, the Partnership had expenses comprised of $2,738,495 in brokerage commissions including clearing and exchange fees, $1,258,720 in management fees, $173,061 in professional fees, and $217,187 in accounting, administrative fees and other expenses. The Partnership recorded a net loss of $(9,104,945) for the year ended December 31, 2011
 
Interest income decreased to $11,531 from $34,020 in 2010 due to declining interest rates through 2011 and declining cash balances. Brokerage commissions charged as a percentage of net assests decreased to $2,738,495 from $2,745,921 in 2010 due to change in the Partnership's net assets.  Management fees are charged as a percentage of the net assets and decreased to $1,258,720 from $1,383,669 in 2010 due to a lower number of subscriptions in 2011. Professional fees increased to $173,061 from $144,152 in 2010 as a result of an increase in professional fees. Accounting, administrative fees and other expenses increased to $217,187 from $186,639 in 2010 as a result of an increase in administrative and accounting fees and other expenses.

In January 2011, the Partnership was profitable. The Partnership generated gains from its positions in crude oil, nickel and cotton; the Partnership had losses in foreign debt markets and gold. The Partnership recorded a net gain of $987,203. In February 2011, trading was profitable as the Partnership had gains in its energy, corn, gold and coffee positions; the Partnership had losses in US treasury positions, soybeans and Japanese Yen.  The Partnership recorded a net gain of $1,443,691. In March 2011, trading was unprofitable. The Partnership generated gains in its cattle, gasoline and gold positions; the Partnership had losses in base metals and in corn.  The Partnership recorded a net loss of $(2,108,003).  In April 2011, the Partnership had a net gain of $1,007,249. The Partnership had profitable positions in gold, RBOB Gasoline, Euro currency and corn; the Partnership had offsetting losses in live cattle, Swiss Franc, and cotton.  In May 2011, the Partnership had a net loss of $(5,007,002). The Partnership's positions in US and Japanese interest rate instruments provided gains; the Partnership experienced losses in energy, aluminum and coffee.  In June 2011, the Partnership had a net loss of $(893,512).  The Partnership saw gains in wheat, Japanese bonds, and crude oil; the Partnership experienced losses in corn, heating oil, gold and live cattle.  In July 2011, the Partnership was profitable. In July 2011, the Partnership had a net gain of $1,744,020. The Partnership had profitable positions in gold, and European interest rate instruments such as the Euro-Bund and Euro-Bobl; the Partnership had losses in the CAC-40, Swiss Franc and Euro currency positions.  In August 2011, the Partnership had a net loss of $(1,792,438). The Partnership's positions in the Euribor, gold and corn provided gains; the Partnership experienced losses in European stock indices and copper.  In September 2011, the Partnership had a net loss of $(1,192,048).  The Partnership saw gains in the Singapore Dollar, Euro-Bund and aluminum; the Partnership experienced losses in corn, soybeans and sugar.   In October 2011 the Partnership was unprofitable.  The Partnership had losses in crude oil, eurodollars, and US equity futures; the Partnership had some offsetting gains in gold, silver and foreign currencies.  The Partnership recorded a net loss of $(2,430,169).  In November 2011 trading was unprofitable as the Partnership had losses in Japanese government bonds, eurodollars, Australian dollar and US equities; the Partnership had gains in natural gas, European bund, and wheat.  The Partnership recorded a net loss of $(733,554).  In December 2011 trading was unprofitable.  The Partnership had losses in gold, lean hogs and soybeans; the Partnership had some offsetting gains in natural gas, US interest rate products, and the euro currency.  The Partnership recorded a net loss of $(130,382).

 
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In January 2010, the Partnership was unprofitable. The Partnership generated losses on its positions in US fixed income markets, base metals and the energy sector; the Partnership had gains in European fixed income markets, the Euro and sugar. The Partnership recorded a net loss of $(3,855,270). In February 2010, trading was profitable as the Partnership had gains in European fixed income markets and the EUR/JPY; the Partnership had losses in base metals, crude oil, Asian stock indices, and the New Zealand Dollar. The Partnership recorded a net gain of $839,489. In March 2010, trading was profitable. The Partnership had gains in base metals, US and Japanese stock indices, cattle and natural gas; the Partnership had losses in US and Japanese fixed income markets, zinc and the Canadian Dollar. The Partnership recorded a net gain of $1,694,428. In April 2010, the Partnership had a net gain of $2,089,791. The Partnership’s positions in crude oil, gold, Euro Bund, and the Japanese Long Bond were profitable.  The Partnership’s positions in US 10-year Notes, EUR/JPY and copper produced losses.  In May 2010, the Partnership had a net loss of $(2,641,348). The Partnership’s positions in the Australian Dollar, Norwegian Krone, the New Zealand Dollar, and the Japanese Yen were unprofitable; positions in US and Japanese stock indices also had losses.  The Partnership’s positions in EUR/JPY, US and European fixed income markets and EUR/USD produced some gains.  In June 2010, the Partnership had a net gain of $450,752.  The Partnership’s positions in US and Japanese fixed income markets, coffee and gold were profitable.  The Partnership’s positions in energy complex, European stock indices and corn were unprofitable. In July 2010, the Partnership was profitable. The Partnership had losses in aluminum, the Canadian Dollar, US fixed income markets and non-US stock indices; the Partnership had gains in nickel, the the Norwegian Krone, the Australian Dollar, the Hang Seng stock index and crude oil. The Partnership recorded a net gain of $500,457. In August 2010, trading was profitable as the Partnership had gains in copper, Japanese fixed income markets, sugar, nickel and the New Zealand Dollar; the Partnership had losses in US and European fixed income markets, tin and coffee. The Partnership recorded a net gain of $1,191,121. In September 2010, trading was profitable. The Partnership had losses in nickel, European fixed income markets and copper; the Partnership had gains in the New Zealand Dollar, the Australian Dollar, the Norwegian Krone, and certain global fixed income markets. The Partnership recorded a net gain of $1,712,679.   In October 2010, the Partnership was profitable. The Partnership had gains in corn, soybeans, gold, sugar, and coffee; the Partnership had losses in European fixed income markets, base metals, and cattle.  The Partnership recorded a net gain of $2,090,820. In November 2010, trading was unprofitable as the Partnership had losses in Japanese fixed income markets, corn, the Eurodollar, EUR/JPY, the Australian Dollar and the New Zealand Dollar; the Partnership had gains in cattle, gold, zinc, soybeans, and EUR/USD.  The Partnership recorded a net loss of $(2,195,605). In December 2010, trading was profitable. The Partnership had gains in copper, soybeans, corn, coffee, sugar, and the Australian Dollar; the Partnership had losses in Japanese fixed income markets, zinc and the Swiss Franc.  The Partnership recorded a net gain of $3,882,359.

The net asset value per Investor Class Unit at December 31, 2011 decreased (20.56) % from $1,161.27 at December 31, 2010 to $922.52 at December 31, 2011. The net asset value per Institutional Class Unit, Series 1 at December 31, 2011 decreased (17.38) % from $1,349.66 at December 31, 2010 to $1,115.07 at December 31, 2011. The net asset value per Institutional Class Unit, Series 2 at December 31, 2011 decreased (18.14) % from $1,286.20 at December 31, 2010 to $1,052.84 at December 31, 2011. The net asset value per Institutional Class Unit, General Partner, Series 3 at December 31, 2011 decreased (17.35)% from $4,614.97 at December 31, 2010 to $3,814.39 at December 31, 2011.
  
Liquidity
 
There currently is no established public trading market for the limited partnership interests and the Partnership has no plans to register any of the limited partnership interests for resale. In addition, the Limited Partnership Agreement contains certain restrictions on the transfer of limited partnership interests. As of the last day of any month, a limited partner may redeem all of its limited partnership interests on 10 days' prior written notice to the General Partner for an amount equal to the balance of such limited partner's book capital account as of the last day of any month.
 
In general, the Advisor will trade only those Commodity Interests that have sufficient liquidity to enable it to enter and close out positions without causing major price movements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, most United States commodity exchanges limit the amount by which certain commodities may move during a single day by regulations referred to as "daily price fluctuation limits" or "daily limits." Pursuant to such regulations, no trading may be executed on any given day at prices beyond daily limits. The price of a futures contract occasionally has moved the daily limit for several consecutive days, with little or no trading, thereby effectively preventing a party from liquidating his position. While the occurrence of such an event may reduce or eliminate the liquidity of a particular market, it will not eliminate losses and may in fact substantially increase losses because of its inability to liquidate unfavorable positions. In addition, if there is little or no trading in a particular futures or forward contract that the Partnership is trading, whether such illiquidity is caused by any of the above reason or otherwise, the Partnership may be unable to liquidate its position prior to its expiration date, thereby requiring the Partnership to make or take delivery of the underlying interests of the commodity investment.
 
Capital Resources
 
The Partnership's capital resources are dependent upon three factors: (1) the trading profit or loss generated by its advisor (including interest income); (2) the money invested or redeemed by the Limited Partners; and (3) capital invested or redeemed by the General Partner. The General Partner has agreed to maintain at least $1,000 in its General Partner capital account, but may invest more than that amount. All capital contributions by the General Partner to the General Partner capital account balance are evidenced by units of general partnership interest, each of which shall have an initial value equal to the net asset value per unit at the time of such contribution. The General Partner in its sole discretion, may withdraw any excess above its required capital contribution of $1,000 without notice to the Limited Partners. The General Partner, in its sole discretion, may also contribute any greater amount to the Partnership, for which it shall receive additional units of general partnership interest at the then-current net asset value.
 
 
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Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
 
A smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the 1934 Act. is not required to provide information under this item.
 
Summary of Critical Accounting Policies
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the Partnership's financial statements.  The Partnership's significant accounting policies are described in detail in Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.
 
ITEM 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
 
The Partnership is a commodity pool engaged in the speculative trading of commodity futures contracts (including agricultural and non-agricultural commodities, currencies and financial instruments), options on commodities or commodity futures contracts, and forward contracts. The risk of market sensitive instruments is integral to the Partnership's primary business activities.
 
The Commodity Interests traded by the Partnership involve varying degrees of related market risk. Such market risk is often dependent upon changes in the level or volatility of interest rates, exchange rates, and/or market values of financial instruments and commodities. Fluctuations in related market risk based upon the aforementioned factors result in frequent changes in the fair value of the Partnership's open positions, and, consequently, in its earnings and cash flow. The Partnership accounts for open positions on the basis of mark-to-market accounting principles. As such, any gain or loss in the fair value of the Partnership's open positions is directly reflected in the Partnership's earnings, whether realized or unrealized.
 
The Partnership's total market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors including the diversification effects among the Partnership's existing open positions, the volatility present within the markets and the liquidity of the markets. At varying times, each of these factors may act to exacerbate or mute the market risk associated with the Partnership. It is anticipated that the following will be the primary trading risk exposures of the Partnership for the year 2012, by market sector:
 
Interest Rate: Interest rate risk is a significant market exposure of the Partnership. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries materially impact the Partnership's profitability. The Partnership's primary interest rate exposure is to interest rate fluctuations in the United States and the other G-7 countries. The General Partner anticipates that G-7 interest rates will remain the primary market exposure of the Partnership for the foreseeable future.
 
Currency: The Partnership's currency exposure is to exchange rate fluctuations, primarily in the following countries: Germany, England, Japan, France, Switzerland, Australia, Canada and United States. These fluctuations are influenced by interest rate changes as well as political and general economic conditions. The General Partner does not anticipate that the risk profile of the Partnership's currency sector will change significantly in the future.
 
Commodity: The Partnership's primary metals market exposure is to fluctuations in the price of gold, silver and copper. The Partnership also has commodity exposures in the price of soft commodities, which are often directly affected by severe or unexpected weather conditions. The General Partner anticipates that the Advisor will maintain an emphasis in the commodities described above. Additionally, the Partnership had exposure to energies (gas, oil) as of December 31, 2011, and it is anticipated that positions in this sector will continue to be evaluated on an ongoing basis.
 
The Partnership measures its market risk, related to its holdings of commodity interests based on changes in interest rates, foreign currency rates, and commodity prices utilizing a sensitivity analysis. The sensitivity analysis estimates the potential change in fair values, cash flows and earnings based on a hypothetical 10% change (increase and decrease) in interest, currency and commodity prices. The Partnership used December 31, 2011 market rates and prices on its instruments to perform the sensitivity analysis. The sensitivity analysis has been prepared separately for each of the Partnership's market risk exposures (interest rate, currency rate, and commodity price) instruments.
 
The estimates are based on the market risk sensitive portfolios described in the preceding paragraph above. The potential loss in earnings is based on an immediate change in:
 
The prices of the Partnership's interest rate positions resulting from a 10% change in interest rates.
The U.S. dollar equivalent balances of the Partnership's currency exposures due to a 10% shift in currency exchange rates.
The market value of the Partnership's commodity instruments due to a 10% change in the price of the instruments.

 
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The Partnership has determined that the impact of a 10% change in market rates and prices on its fair values, cash flows and earnings would not be material. The Partnership has elected to disclose the potential loss to earnings of its commodity price, interest rate and currency exchange rate sensitivity positions as of December 31, 2011.
 
The potential loss in earnings for each market risk exposure as of December 31, 2011 was:
 
 
 Currency exchange rate risk
  $ 49,859  
           
 
 Commodity price risk
  $ 105,301  
           
 
 Interest rate risk
  $ 95,186  
 
ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
 
Financial statements meeting the requirements of Regulation S-X appear in Part IV of this report.

A smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the 1934 Act, is not required to provide the supplementary data
under this item.
 
ITEM 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
 
None
 
ITEM 9A. Controls and Procedures.
 
The Partnership's disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal of the General Partner (who serves as the principal executive officer and financial officer of the Partnership), to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure and appropriate SEC filings. The principal of the General Partner (who serves as the principal executive officer and financial officer of the Partnership) evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Partnership's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13(a)-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), which are designed to ensure that the Partnership records, processes, summarizes and reports in a timely and effective manner the information required to be disclosed in the reports filed with or submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Based upon that evaluation, the General Partner has concluded that the Partnership's disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2011.
 
There were no changes in the Partnership's internal controls during the fourth quarter of 2011 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to affect the Partnership's internal control over financial reporting.
 
Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
The management of the General Partner (which is the principal of the General Partner) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting by the Partnership. The General Partner's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The Partnership's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Partnership; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and that receipts and expenditures of the Partnership are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management of the Partnership; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Partnership's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
 
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention of overriding controls. Accordingly, even effective internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
 
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Management of the General Partner assessed the effectiveness of the Partnership's internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011. Based upon that evaluation, the General Partner has concluded that the Partnership's internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2011. In making this assessment, management of the General Partner used the framework established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ("COSO").
 
Management's annual report does not include an attestation report of the Partnership's independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by the Partnership's independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Partnership to provide only management's report in this annual report.
 
ITEM 9B. Other Information.
 
None
PART III
ITEM 10. Directors and Executive Officers.
 
The Partnership has no directors or officers.  The General Partner has been registered with the CFTC pursuant to the  Commodity Exchange Act as a Commodity Pool Operator since January 11, 2011 and has been a member of the NFA since January 11, 2011.  The General Partner is owned 50% by Robert L. Lerner and a trust for the benefit of Mr. Lerner’s family and 50% by a trust for the benefit of Stephen J. Roseme’s family.  Mr. Lerner and Mr. Roseme are the chairman and chief executive, respectively, of the General Partner.  The individual principals of the General Partner are Mr. Lerner, Mr. Roseme and Jeffrey Brian Mokychic.  The trading principals are Mr. Lerner and Mr. Roseme.  The General Partner is a member of the NFA.
 
Robert L. Lerner, age 55, is an owner and the Chairman of General Partner and has been listed as a principal since December 31, 2010.  Mr. Lerner has also been the director and president of Ruvane, the predecessor General Partner, since he formed it in 1990, and he has been listed as a principal of Ruvane since January 12, 1990 and registered as an associated person of Ruvane since November 20, 1995.  Prior to that, Mr. Lerner was individually registered with the CFTC as a CTA since October 22, 1984 and a CPO since October 24, 1985, and he remained so registered in his individual capacity until he withdrew his individual registrations on July 31, 1996.  Mr. Lerner also has been listed as a principal of DPT Capital Management LLC, a registered CTA, since January 25, 2011 and registered as an associated person since January 28, 2011.  From January 2003 through October 2005, Mr. Lerner was president of WoodAllen Capital Management, LLC, an investment management and advisory firm.  From September 2001 to January 2003, Mr. Lerner was the president of Partners Capital Investment Group, LLC, an investment adviser he co-founded that provides an innovative endowment investment philosophy solution for institutional investors and very high net worth families in the US and UK; Mr. Lerner was also registered as an associated person of Partners Capital Investment Group, LLC from March 2002 to February 2004 and has also been a member of the Investment Committee of  Partners Capital Investment Group, LLC since December 2001.  From October 1993 to March 1995, Mr. Lerner was registered as an associated person of Abacus Investment Advisory Services Inc., a consulting firm, where his primary duties were researching investment managers.  From August 1987 until January 1992, Mr. Lerner was senior vice president and director of Mount Lucas Management Corporation, an investment advisory firm he co-founded which specializes in futures investment programs for institutional investors.  From June 1985 to August 1987, Mr. Lerner was employed by Commodities Corporation (U.S.A.) N.V., a leading CTA that was acquired by Goldman Sachs Asset Management where his primary duties were as Associate General Counsel and Trading Development Manager.  Mr. Lerner also has practiced commodities and securities law.  Mr. Lerner has a J.D. degree from Boston University Law School and a B.A. degree from Cornell University.

Stephen J. Roseme, age 45, is a beneficial owner and the Chief Executive of the General Partner and has been listed as a principal since December 31, 2010 and registered as an associated person since January 11, 2011.  Mr. Roseme is also a principal and the President of Bridgeton Global Investor Services, Inc., a registered introducing broker and notice broker dealer, and has been listed as a principal and registered as an associated person since January 5, 2000.  Mr. Roseme is a principal and the President of Bridgeton Capital Management Inc., a registered CPO and CTA, and has been listed as a principal and registered as an associated person since May 1, 1997.  Mr. Roseme is also President of Bridgeton Execution Services LLC, a registered introducing broker, and has been listed as a principal since April 29, 2010 and registered as an associated person since July 26, 2010.  He is also President of Grand Central Trading Company LLC, a registered introducing broker, and has been listed as a principal since January 10, 2006 and registered as an associated person since January 13, 2006.  Mr. Roseme graduated from the University of Virginia.

The General Partner has selected Welton Investment Corporation as the Partnership's trading advisor. The principals and certain officers of the Advisor are as follows:
 
 
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Patrick Welton, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, Age 51. Mr. Welton oversees all internal departments, with an emphasis on trading and risk management.  He was a National Futures Association (NFA) Board of Director from 1997-2000.  Mr. Welton has spoken at conferences, authored articles, participated in panel presentations and served on committees for the Managed Funds Association (MFA) and the NFA.  He is also an investment committee member of a California pension plan and an endowment.  Mr. Welton co-founded Welton in 1988 and has been registered as an Associated Person with Welton Investment Corporation since January 1989 and listed as a Principal with Welton Investment Corporation since January 1989.  He has also been registered as an Associated Person with an affiliated entity Welton Global Funds Management Corporation since February 1996 and listed as a Principal with Welton Global Funds Management Corporation since February 1996.  The main business of Welton Global Funds Management Corporation is to function as a commodity pool operator. Dr. Welton holds undergraduate, doctoral and postdoctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin, UCLA and Stanford University, respectively. He has been with WIC and has been Chief Executive Officer and Chairman since November 1988. 

Annette Welton, Chair, Board of Directors, Co-Founder, Age 50. Ms. Welton chairs the Board of Directors.  In her role, she provides oversight of management, develops independent feedback to the board, and engages in high level industry relations.  Prior to assuming her current duties in mid 2009, Ms. Welton served as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer where she was instrumental in leading the firm for the prior two decades.  She has served in the MFA’s Public Relations and Trading and Markets Committees, as well as on the NFA’s Nominating Committee.  Ms. Welton currently serves on the Monterey Bay Board of a nationally-based nonprofit charity in a finance capacity.  She holds a BS from UCLA. Ms. Welton co-founded Welton in 1988 and has been registered as an Associated Person with Welton Investment Corporation since January 1989 and listed as a Principal with Welton Investment Corporation since January 1989.  She has also been registered as an Associated Person with an affiliated entity Welton Global Funds Management Corporation since February 1996 and listed as a Principal with Welton Global Funds Management Corporation since February 1996.  The main business of Welton Global Funds Management Corporation is to function as a commodity pool operator.  She has been with WIC and has been Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer since November 1988. 

Brent Hankins, CAIA, Senior Managing Director, Director of Portfolio and Trading Operations, Age 41. Mr. Hankins’ primary responsibilities include portfolio oversight, management of the firm’s trading operations and participation in the firm’s research process.  Drawing on his depth of experience with Welton, Mr. Hankins has spoken at numerous alternative investment conferences throughout the U.S. and Asia.  He holds the CAIA designation and earned a BS from California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo. Mr. Hankins has been registered as an Associated Person with Welton Investment Corporation since March 1993 and listed as a Principal with Welton Investment Corporation since February 2000.   He has been with WIC since January 1993 and Senior Portfolio Manager since February 2000.
 
David Nowlin, Senior Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer & Chief Administrative Officer, Age 50. Mr. Nowlin oversees all aspects of WIC’s corporate and regulatory compliance along with the administrative operations. Previously, he worked as an Associate with the firms formerly known as Price Waterhouse and Dean Witter Reynolds. Mr. Nowlin earned an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BA from Westmont College. He has been with WIC since June 1993 and has been Chief Compliance Officer since February 2000.

Justin Balas, CAIASM, Senior Managing Director, Director of Research, Age 35. Mr. Balas oversees the firm’s proprietary research directives and the development of new products, managing groups of specialists within Information Technology, Trading and Applied Sciences.   He holds the CAIA designation and earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Mr. Balas has been registered as an Associated Person with Welton Investment Corporation since October 2004 and listed as a Principal with Welton Investment Corporation since February 2011.

Guillaume Detrait, Senior Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Enterprise Risk Officer, Age 41. Mr. Detrait oversees the overall operations of the firm and the enterprise risk management function, both partnering with internal departments to consolidate sound business practices and ensuring that all major risk categories are properly mitigated. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Detrait was a Vice President at HSBC where he participated in strategic development for the US credit card division from 2005 to 2008. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS in Economics from ESC Reims in France. Mr. Detrait has been registered as an Associated Person with Welton Investment Corporation since September 2008 and listed as a Principal with Welton Investment Corporation since February 2011.

Christopher Keenan, Senior Managing Director, Director of Strategic Marketing, Age 43.  Mr. Keenan manages strategic marketing initiatives. He holds an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business and a BA from UCLA. Mr. Keenan has been registered as an Associated Person with Welton Investment Corporation since March 2003 and listed as a Principal with Welton Investment Corporation since February 2011.

Justin Dew, Senior Managing Director, Director of Strategic Development, Age 37.  Mr. Dew is responsible for business development, expanding the firm’s East Coast presence and identifying, evaluating and executing strategic growth opportunities. Formerly he was a Managing Director and Head of Strategic Development for the Clinton Group from 2006 to 2008. Prior to that, he was a Senior Director and Global Head of Alternative Strategies at Standard & Poor’s from 2002 to 2006. Mr. Dew holds an MBA from Cornell University and a BS from Ithaca College. He has been registered as an Associated Person with Welton Investment Corporation January 2009 and listed as a Principal with Welton Investment Corporation since February 2011.
 
 
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Code of Ethics
 
The Partnership does not have any officers; therefore, it has not adopted a code of ethics applicable to the Partnership's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and persons performing similar functions. The General Partner is primarily responsible for the day to day administrative and operational aspects of the Partnership's business. The General Partner has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and persons performing similar functions and a copy of such code is included as Exhibit 14.01.
 
ITEM 11. Executive Compensation
 
The Partnership has no directors or executive officers. The General Partner manages and conducts the business of the Partnership. The General Partner receives management and other fees from the Partnership. See ITEM 1. Business “Fees and Expenses."
 
ITEM 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.
 
As of December 31, 2011, approximately 13,021.2903 Partnership Units were held by 238 Limited Partners and the General Partner. As of December 31, 2011 no person known to the Partnership beneficially owned more than 5% of the outstanding Partnership Units.
 
The Partnership has no directors or officers. The General Partner manages and conducts the business of the Partnership. As of December 31, 2011, the General Partner owned $1,718 of general partner interests in the Partnership, or 0.4504 Partnership Units, representing approximately 0.01% of the total outstanding Partnership Units, and also beneficially owned 56.5101 Limited Partnership Units.  Ruvane is owned entirely by Robert L. Lerner and a trust for the benefit of him and his family.  As of March 1, 2012, the General Partner owned $1,718 of interests in the Partnership or 0.02% of the Partnership. The General Partner is owned 50% by Robert L. Lerner and a trust for the benefit of Mr. Lerner’s family and 50% by a trust for the benefit of Stephen J. Roseme’s family.
 
ITEM 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
 
The General Partner manages and conducts the business of the Partnership. To compensate the General Partner for its management of the Partnership, its monitoring of the Advisor's portfolio and its assumption of the financial burden of operating the Partnership, the General Partner receives management and other fees from the Partnership. See ITEM 1. Business "Fees and Expenses”. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the General Partner received a management fee from the Partnership pursuant to the Partnership Agreement in the amounts of $415,707, and $386,920, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the General Partner received net brokerage commissions of $2,245,047 and $2,094,250, respectively, from the Partnership. Net brokerage commissions represent the gross brokerage commissions of 7.0% annually (6.0% annually effective October 1, 2011) of the net asset value of the Investor Class Interests and 4.0% annually of the Institutional Class Interests (assuming no trailer commissions are being paid) less actual brokerage commissions paid to clearing brokers; net brokerage commissions do not account for any amounts paid by the General Partner to selling agents.

ITEM 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
 
The following table shows the fees (in thousands) paid or accrued by the Partnership for the audit and other services provided by Arthur F. Bell, Jr. & Associates, L.L.C. (Arthur Bell) for 2011 and 2010.
 
 
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2011
   
2010
 
             
Audit Fees (1)
 
$
80.3
   
$
60.1
 
                 
Audit-Related Fees
   
-
     
-
 
                 
Tax Fees
           
-
 
                 
All Other Fees
   
-
     
 
   
 $
80.3
   
 $
60.1 
 
                 
 
The General Partner is responsible for approving every engagement of Arthur Bell to perform audit or non-audit services for the Partnership before Arthur Bell is engaged to provide those services. The General Partner considers whether the provision of any non-audit provisions is compatible with maintaining Arthur Bell's independence.
 
___________
 
(1) Audit fees represent fees for professional services provided in connection with the audit of the Partnership's annual financial statements and review of the Partnership's quarterly financial statements.

 
 
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PART IV
 
ITEM 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
 
Documents Filed as a Part of This Report.
 
1.           See the Table of Contents to Financial Statements on page F-2, which is incorporated herein by reference.
 
2.           See the Index to Exhibits, which is incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Bridgton Global Directional Fund, LP has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
By: Bridgeton Fund Management, LLC
Its: General Partner


By: /s/ Stephen J. Roseme

Stephen J. Roseme, Chief Executive, Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
Date: March 30, 2012

 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit Number Item Description
 
3.1
Certificate of Limited Partnership for the Partnership (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Partnership’s Form 10 and incorporated herein by reference)
   
3.2
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Limited Partnership for the Partnership  (Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Partnership’s Form 10-K filed April 1, 2011 and incorporated by reference herein)
   
3.3
Form of Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement for the Partnership  (Filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Partnership’s Form 10-K filed April 1, 2011 and incorporated by reference herein)
   
10.1
Trading Advisor Agreement between the General Partner and the Advisor (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Partnership’s Form 10 and incorporated herein by reference)
   
14.1
General Partner Code of Ethics (Filed as Exhibit 14.1 to the Partnership’s Form 10-K filed April 1, 2011 and incorporated by reference herein)
   
Rule 13a-14(a)/13d-14(a) Certifications
   
Section 1350 Certification


 
 
 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP




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TABLE OF CONTENTS
______________________




 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Statements of Financial Condition
as of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010

Condensed Schedules of Investments
as of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010

Statements of Income (Loss) and General Partner Incentive Allocation
for the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

Statements of Changes in Partners’ Capital (Net Asset Value)
for the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

Notes to Financial Statements
 
 
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Partners
Bridgeton Global Directional Fund, LP


We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition of Bridgeton Global Directional Fund, LP as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, including the condensed schedules of investments, and the related statements of income (loss) and general partner incentive allocation and changes in partners’ capital (net asset value) for the years then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the General Partner.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  The Partnership is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.  Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Bridgeton Global Directional Fund, LP as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of its operations and the changes in its net asset values for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.






/s/ Arthur F. Bell, Jr. & Associates, L.L.C.
Hunt Valley, Maryland
March 28, 2012

 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
 STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
As of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010
_______________
 
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
ASSETS
           
Equity in Trading Accounts:
           
    Due from brokers and forward currency dealer (including margin deposits of $1,726,592 for 2011 and $4,927,385 for 2010)
  $ 3,639,659     $ 18,208,550  
    Net unrealized gains on open futures contracts
    45,596       3,334,386  
    Net unrealized (losses) on open futures contracts
    (561,993 )     -  
    Net unrealized gains on open forward currency contracts
    (22,300 )     -  
      3,100,962       21,542,936  
Cash and cash equivalents
    19,308,817       24,203,397  
Due from General Partner
    18,779       62,876  
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 22,428,558     $ 45,809,209  
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL (NET ASSET VALUE)
               
LIABILITIES :
               
    Prepaid subscriptions
  $ 30,000     $ 342,500  
    Redemptions payable
    9,559,836       1,063,391  
    Other accrued expenses
    67,138       57,813  
    Accrued management fees
    148,792       258,425  
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    9,805,766       1,722,129  
PARTNERS’ CAPITAL (NET ASSET VALUE)
               
    Limited partners - Investor Class (8,872.8542 and 35,222.9640 fully redeemable units at December 31, 2011 and December 31,
               
       2010, respectively)
    8,185,420       40,903,285  
    Limited partners - Institutional Class - Series 1 (1,100.3619 and 949.7838 fully redeemable units at December 31, 2011 and
               
       December 31, 2010, respectively)
    1,226,979       1,281,885  
    Limited partners - Institutional Class - Series 2 (3,047.6238 and 1,400.9530 fully redeemable units at December 31, 2011 and
               
       December 31, 2010, respectively)
    3,208,675       1,801,910  
    General partner - Institutional Class - Series 3 (0.4504 and 21.6686 fully redeemable units at December 31, 2011 and December 31,
               
       2010, respectively)
    1,718       100,000  
TOTAL PARTNERS’ CAPITAL (NET ASSET VALUE)
    12,622,792       44,087,080  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL (NET ASSET VALUE)
  $ 22,428,558     $ 45,809,209  

See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
 CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS
As of December 31, 2011
_______________



LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS
           
   
Unrealized
   
% of
 
   
Gain
   
Partners’
 
Futures Industry Sector
 
(Loss), Net
   
Capital*
 
Commodities
  $ 15,034       0.119 %
Currencies
    2,575       0.020 %
Energy
    22,083       0.175 %
Financials
    115,149       0.912 %
Metals
               
    London Aluminum (375 contracts, range of expiration 3/21/12-3/20/13)
    (3,391,710 )     (26.870 )%
    London Copper (92 contracts, range of expiration 3/21/12-3/20/13)
    (2,358,624 )     (18.685 )%
    Other
    (223,576 )     (1.771 )%
Stock indices
    1,729       0.014 %
Total long futures contracts
  $ (5,817,340 )     (46.086 )%
                 
SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS
               
   
Unrealized
   
% of
 
   
Gain
   
Partners’
 
Futures Industry Sector
 
(Loss), Net
   
Capital*
 
Commodities
  $ (58,485 )     (0.463 )%
Currencies
    14,224       0.113 %
Energy
    54,035       0.428 %
Financials
    (22,100 )     (0.175 )%
Metals
               
    London Aluminum (389 contracts, range of expiration 3/21/12-3/20/13)
    3,154,982       24.994 %
    London Copper (94 contracts, range of expiration 3/21/12-3/20/13)
    1,852,719       14.678 %
    Other
    309,851       2.454 %
Stock indices
    (4,283 )     (0.034 )%
Total short futures contracts
  $ 5,300,943       41.995 %
Total futures contracts
  $ (516,397 )     (4.091 )%
                 
LONG FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS
               
   
Unrealized
   
% of
 
   
Gain
   
Partners’
 
Description
 
(Loss), Net
   
Capital*
 
Various forward currency contracts
  $ (15,945 )     (0.126 )%
Total long forward currency contracts
  $ (15,945 )     (0.126 )%
                 
SHORT FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS
               
   
Unrealized
   
% of
 
   
Gain
   
Partners’
 
Description
 
(Loss), Net
   
Capital*
 
Various forward currency contracts
  $ (6,355 )     (0.050 )%
Total short forward currency contracts
  $ (6,355 )     (0.050 )%
Total forward currency contracts
  $ (22,300 )     (0.176 )%


*Except for London Aluminum and London Copper, no single contract’s value exceeds 5% of Partners’ Capital



See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
As of December 31, 2010
_______________



LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS
           
   
Unrealized
   
% of
 
   
Gain
   
Partners’
 
Futures Industry Sector
 
(Loss), Net
   
Capital*
 
Commodities
  $ 1,084,057       2.459 %
Currencies
    628,348       1.425 %
Energy
    629,734       1.428 %
Financials
    411,355       0.933 %
Metals
               
London Copper (98 Contracts, range of expiration 3/16/11 - 6/15/11)
    2,946,275       6.683 %
Other
    2,790,085       6.329 %
Stock indices
    (82,854 )     (0.188 )%
Total long futures contracts
  $ 8,407,000       19.069 %
                 
SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS
               
   
Unrealized
   
% of
 
   
Gain
   
Partners’
 
Futures Industry Sector
 
(Loss), Net
   
Capital*
 
Currencies
  $ (44,697 )     (0.101 )%
Energy
    (344,100 )     (0.781 )%
Financials
    (255,169 )     (0.579 )%
Metals
               
     London Copper (75 Contracts, range of expiration 3/16/11 - 6/15/11)
    (1,545,620 )     (3.506 )%
     Other
    (2,883,028 )     (6.539 )%
Total short futures contracts
  $ (5,072,614 )     (11.506 )%
Total futures contracts
  $ 3,334,386       7.563 %

*Except for London Copper, no single contract’s value exceeds 5% of Partners’ Capital

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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 BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
 STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS) AND GENERAL PARTNER INCENTIVE ALLOCATION
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
 
_______________
 

   
2011
   
2010
 
NET INVESTMENT (LOSS)
           
    Income:
           
       Interest income
  $ 11,531     $ 34,020  
                 
    Expenses:
               
       Brokerage commissions
    2,738,495       2,745,921  
       Management fees
    1,258,720       1,383,669  
       Professional fees
    173,061       144,152  
       Accounting, administrative fees and other expenses
    217,187       186,639  
          Total expenses
    4,387,463       4,460,381  
             Net investment (loss)
    (4,375,932 )     (4,426,361 )
                 
TRADING PROFITS (LOSSES)
               
    Profits (losses) on trading of commodity futures and forward currency contracts:
               
       Net realized gains (losses) on closed contracts
    (855,930 )     6,606,434  
       Change in net unrealized gains (losses) on open contracts
    (3,873,083 )     3,579,600  
             Net trading profits (losses)
    (4,729,013 )     10,186,034  
NET INCOME (LOSS)
  $ (9,104,945 )   $ 5,759,673  
                 
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER UNIT
               
    (based on weighted average number of units outstanding during the period)
               
    Investor Class
  $ (244.38 )   $ 140.55  
    Institutional Class - Series 1
  $ (246.00 )   $ 162.77  
    Institutional Class - Series 2
  $ (214.37 )   $ 192.51  
    Institutional Class - General Partner - Series 3
  $ 1,490.23     $ 753.48  

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
 STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS’ CAPITAL (NET ASSET VALUE)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
_______________
 
   
Partners' Capital (Net Asset Value)
 
               
Institutional Class
       
                                       
Series 3
       
   
Investor Class
   
Series 1
   
Series 2
   
General Partner
       
   
Units
   
Amount
   
Units
   
Amount
   
Units
   
Amount
   
Units
   
Amount
   
Total
 
Balances at 
December 31, 2009
    38,486.0252     $ 38,976,534       1,493.4694     $ 1,689,632       1,413.4121     $ 1,539,004       188.4717     $ 729,101     $ 42,934,271  
Additions
    4,025.6655       3,999,399       20.8716       23,672       119.2802       140,000       4.6026       18,051       4,181,122  
Redemptions
    (7,288.7267 )     (7,238,404 )     (564.5572 )     (622,650 )     (131.7393 )     (135,899 )     (171.4057 )     (791,033 )     (8,787,986 )
Transfers
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
                                                                         
Net (loss):
    -       5,165,756       -       191,231       -       258,805       -       143,881       5,759,673  
 
Balances at
December 31, 2010
    35,222.9640     $ 40,903,285       949.7838     $ 1,281,885       1,400.9530     $ 1,801,910       21.6686     $ 100,000     $ 44,087,080  
Additions
    3,707.6080       4,297,446       196.1499       265,074       251.7743       283,250       0.8106       3,692       4,849,462  
Redemptions
    (27,753.1607 )     (26,339,436 )     (45.5718 )     (58,244 )     (635.5052 )     (703,339 )     (22.0288 )     (107,786 )     (27,208,805 )
Transfers
    (2,304.5571 )     (2,191,270 )     -             2,030.4017       2,191,270       -             -  
                                                                         
Net income (loss):
    -       (8,484,605 )     -       (261,736 )     -       (364,416 )           5,812       (9,104,945 )
                                                                         
Balances at December 31, 2011
    8,872.8542     $ 8,185,420       1,100.3619     $ 1,226,979       3,047.6238     $ 3,208,675       0.4504     $ 1,718     $ 12,622,792  

   
Net Asset Value Per Unit
 
         
Institutional Class
 
                     
Series 3
 
   
Investor Class
   
Series 1
   
Series 2
   
General Partner
 
December 31, 2009
  $ 1,012.75     $ 1,131.35     $ 1,088.86     $ 3,868.49  
December 31, 2010
  $ 1,161.27     $ 1,349.66     $ 1,286.20     $ 4,614.97  
December 31, 2011
        $ 922.52     $ 1,115.07     $ 1,052.84     $ 3,814.39  
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
_______________

1.                 PARTNERSHIP ORGANIZATION
 
 
Bridgeton Global Directional Fund, LP (formerly RFMC Global Directional Fund, LP) (“the Partnership”), a Delaware limited partnership, was organized on March 19, 2007 and commenced trading operations on August 1, 2007.  The Partnership’s business is to trade, buy, sell or otherwise acquire, hold, or dispose of commodity futures contracts, options on physical commodities and on commodity futures contracts, forward contracts, and instruments that may be the subject of a futures contract, including equities, indices, and sectors (“Commodity Interests”), and any rights pertaining thereto and to engage in all activities incident thereto.  The Partnership may also invest in entities (including without limitation other partnerships, separate managed accounts, exchange traded funds or other types of funds) that primarily trade in exchange traded securities, options on exchange traded securities, exchange traded funds, or Commodity Interests.  The objective of the Partnership is the appreciation of its assets through speculative trading.
 
 
From the Partnership’s start until February 1, 2011, Ruvane Fund Management Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Ruvane”, or the "General Partner" for periods prior to March 1, 2011), was the sole general partner of the Partnership.  From that date until March 1, 2011, Bridgeton Fund Management, LLC (“Bridgeton”, or the "General Partner" for periods on or after March 1, 2011) was a co-general partner of the Partnership with Ruvane.  Effective March 1, 2011, Bridgeton is the sole general partner of the Partnership.  The General Partner of the Partnership is registered as a Commodity Pool Operator and a Commodity Trading Advisor with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).  The General Partner is required by the Limited Partnership Agreement, as amended and restated, (the “Agreement”) to contribute $1,000 to the Partnership.
 
 
In accordance with the Agreement, the Partnership offers limited partnership interests through a private offering pursuant to Regulation D as adopted under section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The Partnership will offer limited partnership interests up to an aggregate of $100,000,000; provided that the General Partner may increase the amount of interests that will be offered in increments of $10,000,000, after notice to the limited partners.
 
 
 
The Partnership offers two classes of limited partnership interests; the Institutional Class and the Investor Class. Commission charges, General Partner management fees and incentive allocations to the General Partner will differ between Classes and/or Series, but in all other respects the Institutional Class interests and the Investor Class interests will be identical. The Institutional Class and Investor Class interests will also be traded pursuant to the same trading program and at the same Trading Level (as defined in the Confidential Offering Memorandum).
 
 
The General Partner has selected Welton Investment Corporation (the “Advisor”) as the Partnership’s trading advisor.  All of the Partnership’s assets will initially be traded pursuant to the Advisor’s Global Directional Portfolio, which follows a proprietary quantitative trading strategy.  The General Partner, in the future, may allocate the Partnership’s assets to other trading strategies and investment programs.
 
 
The Partnership shall end upon the withdrawal, insolvency or dissolution of the General Partner or a decline of greater than fifty percent of the net assets of the Partnership as defined in the Agreement, or the occurrence of any event which shall make it unlawful for the existence of the Partnership to be continued.
 
2.              SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
 
A.
Method of Reporting
 
 
The Partnership’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income (loss) and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from these estimates.
 
 
Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”), referred to as ASC or the Codification, is the single source of U.S. GAAP.
 
 
The Partnership has elected not to provide a statement of cash flows as permitted under ASC Topic 230, Statement of Cash Flows.
 
 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
_______________

2.                 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
B.         Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
 
The Partnership has defined cash and cash equivalents as cash and short-term, highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less when acquired.  Money market mutual funds, which are included in cash equivalents, are classified as Level 1 fair value estimates (unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets) under the fair value hierarchy provisions as described in ASC Topic 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.  At December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Partnership had investments in money market mutual funds of $15,760,234 and $21,243,750, respectively.  Interest received on cash deposits and dividends received from money market mutual funds is included as interest income and recognized on an accrual basis.
 
 
C.
Due from Brokers and Forward Currency Dealer
 
 
Due from brokers and forward currency dealer represents deposits required to meet margin requirements and excess funds not required for margin.  Due from brokers and forward currency dealer at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 consisted of cash on deposit with the brokers of $3,379,918 and $18,208,550, respectively and cash on deposit with the forward currency dealer of $259,741 and $0, respectively.  The Partnership is subject to credit risk to the extent any broker or forward currency dealer with whom the Partnership conducts business is unable to deliver cash balances or securities, or clear securities transactions on the Partnership’s behalf.  The General Partner monitors the financial condition of the brokers and forward currency dealer with which the Partnership conducts business and believes that the likelihood of loss under the aforementioned circumstances is remote.
 
 
D.
Investments in Futures and Forward Currency Contracts
 
 
Investments in futures and forward currency contracts are recorded on the trade date and open contracts are recorded in the financial statements at their fair value on the last business day of the reporting period, based on market prices.  The value of futures (exchange-traded) contracts is determined by the various futures exchanges, and reflects the settlement price for each contract as of the close of the last business day of the reporting period.  Accordingly, such contracts are classified as Level 1 fair value estimates under the fair value hierarchy as described within ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.  The fair value of forward currency (non-exchange traded) contracts is determined based on the interpolation of mid spot rates and forward points, as provided by a leading data provider.  Such valuation technique for forward currency contracts represents both a market approach and an income approach to fair value measurements, and accordingly, forward currency contracts are categorized as Level 2 fair value estimates under ASC Topic 820.
 
 
Gains or losses are realized when contracts are liquidated, on a first-in-first-out basis.  Realized gains are netted with realized losses for financial reporting purposes and shown under the caption “Net realized gains (losses) on closed contracts” in the Statements of Income (Loss) and General Partner Incentive Allocation.
 
 
As each broker has the individual right of offset, the Partnership presents the aggregate net unrealized gains with a broker as “Net unrealized gains on open futures contracts” and the aggregate net unrealized losses with a broker as “Net unrealized losses on open futures contracts” in the Statements of Financial Condition.  The net unrealized gains on open contracts from one broker are not offset against net unrealized losses on open contracts from another broker in the Statements of Financial Condition.  The unrealized gains or losses on open contracts is the difference between contract trade price and quoted market price.
 
Any change in net unrealized gain or loss from the preceding period is reported in the Statements of Income (Loss) and General Partner Incentive Allocation under the caption “Change in net unrealized gains (losses) on open contracts.”
 
 
 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
_______________

2.              SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
 
E.
Brokerage Commissions
 
Investor Class interests will pay the General Partner a monthly flat-rate brokerage commission of up to approximately 0.583% of the net asset value of such interests as of the beginning of each month (an annual rate of 7.00%).  The General Partner will pay from this amount up to 3% per annum to properly registered selling agents as compensation for their ongoing services to the Partnership.  To the extent the General Partner pays less than 3% to a selling agent with respect to any limited partnership interests sold by such selling agent, the brokerage commission charged with respect to those limited partnership interests will be reduced accordingly.  A separate series of Investor Class interests will be established for differing brokerage commission rates charged.  During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, all Investor Class interests were charged a flat rate brokerage commission equal to an annual rate of 7.00% through September 30, 2011, and 6% from October 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011.
 
Institutional Class interests pay the General Partner a monthly flat-rate brokerage commission of 0.333% of the net asset value of such interests as of the beginning of each month (a 4.00% annual rate).
 
In addition to any applicable selling agent fees, the General Partner will also pay from its brokerage commission all actual trading commissions incurred by the Partnership, exclusive of give-up charges and service fees assessed by certain brokers.  Such execution costs totaled $7,420 and $13,316 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Approximately 35% to 45% of the actual trading commissions incurred by the Partnership are remitted by the brokers to an Introducing Broker affiliated with Bridgeton.
 
Commissions and execution costs charged to each Class or Series were as follows:
 
   
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Investor Class 
 
$
2,601,338
   
$
2,602,185
 
Institutional Class – Series 1 
   
54,945
     
53,915
 
Institutional Class – Series 2 
   
81,483
     
59,597
 
Institutional Class – 
               
    General Partner – Series 3  
   
729
     
30,224
 
        Total 
 
$
2,738,495
   
$
2,745,921
 
                                                           
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, $18,779 and $62,876, respectively, was due from the General Partner for reimbursement on broker commissions advanced by the Partnership.
 
 
F.
Allocation of Income (Loss)
 
Net realized and unrealized trading profits and losses, interest income and other operating income and expenses, prior to flat-rate brokerage commissions, management fees and incentive allocations, are allocated to the partners monthly in proportion to their capital account balances, as defined in the Agreement.  Each partner is then charged its applicable Class and/or Series flat-rate brokerage commission, management fees and incentive allocations.
 
 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
_______________

2.              SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
 
G.
Incentive Allocation
 
The General Partner is entitled to a quarterly incentive allocation equal to 20% of New Profits (as defined in the Confidential Offering Memorandum), if any.  The term “New Profits” for the purpose of calculating the General Partner's incentive allocation only, is defined as the excess (if any) of (A) the net asset value of the Partnership as of the last day of any calendar quarter (before deduction of incentive allocations made or accrued for such quarter), over (B) the net asset value of the Partnership as of the last day of the most recent quarter for which an incentive allocation was paid or payable (after deduction of such incentive allocation).  In computing New Profits, the difference between (A) and (B) above shall be (i) increased by the amount of any distributions or redemptions paid or accrued by the Partnership as of or subsequent to the date in (B) through the date in (A), (ii) adjusted (either decreased or increased, as the case may be) to reflect the amount of any additional allocations or negative reallocations of Partnership assets from the date in (B) to the last day of the quarter as of which the current incentive allocation calculation is made, and (iii) increased by the amount of any losses attributable to redemptions.  For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the General Partner earned no incentive allocations.
 
The General Partner will pay three-fourths of incentive allocations it receives, if any, to the Advisor, and the General Partner may distribute a portion of its share of the incentive allocation to properly registered selling agents as compensation for their ongoing services to the Partnership.
 
 
H.
Management Fees
 
Investor Class and Institutional Class – Series 2 interests pay the General Partner a quarterly management fee equal to ¼ of 1% (1% annually) of the net assets of the Partnership (as defined in the Agreement) as of the beginning of each calendar quarter before deducting accrued ordinary legal, accounting and auditing fees and before any incentive allocation to the General Partner.  Institutional Class Series 1 and Series 3 interests are not assessed a management fee by the General Partner.  Management fees earned by the General Partner were as follows:
 
   
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Investor Class  
 
$
398,784
   
$
372,177
 
Institutional Class – Series 2  
   
16,923
     
14,743
 
    Total 
 
$
415,707
   
$
386,920
 
 

 
 
As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, no management fees were due to the General Partner.

 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
_______________

2.              SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
 
 
H.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Management Fees (continued)
 
In addition to the management fee paid to the General Partner, the Advisor also assesses each Class and Series of interests a management fee equal to 1/12 of 2% (2% per annum) of the month-end Trading Level for each month during such quarter.  Trading level shall mean the Partnership’s net assets allocated to the Advisor times the leverage to be employed by the Advisor from time to time upon the discretion of the General Partner.  From the start of the Partnership through February 28, 2011, the leverage employed on behalf of the Partnership was 1.2, or 20% higher than the actual funds allocated to the Advisor.  Effective March 1, 2011, the Trading Level was reduced to 1.0.  As such, prior to March 1, 2011, the Advisor’s management fee approximated 2.4% per annum of the Partnership’s net assets.  The management fees earned by the Advisor were as follows:
 
    For the Years Ended December 31,  
    2011     2010  
Investor Class    $ 773,800     $ 909,205  
Institutional Class – Series 1      27,691       32,800  
Institutional Class – Series 2      41,087       36,318  
Institutional Class – General Partner – Series 3      435       18,426  
    Total    $ 843,013     $ 996,749  
                                                       
 
 
As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, $148,792 and $258,425, respectively, was due to the Advisor for management fees.
 
 
I.
Administrative Expenses
 
The Partnership pays all legal, accounting, auditing, and other administrative and operating expenses and fees associated with the operation of the Partnership.  The General Partner pays the continuous offering costs of the Partnership.
 
 
J.
Income Taxes
 
No provision for income taxes has been provided in the accompanying financial statements as each partner is individually liable for taxes, if any, on his or her share of the Partnership’s profits.
 
The Partnership applies the provisions of Codification Topic 740, Income Taxes, which prescribe the minimum recognition threshold a tax position must meet in connection with accounting for uncertainties in income tax positions taken or expected to be taken by an entity before being measured and recognized in the financial statements.  This accounting standard requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Partnership’s financial statements to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority.  Tax positions with respect to tax at the Partnership level not deemed to meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold would be recorded as an expense in the current year.  The Partnership has elected an accounting policy to classify interest and penalties, if any, as interest expense.  The General Partner has concluded there is no tax expense or interest expense related to uncertainties in income tax positions for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.
 
The Partnership files U.S. federal and state tax returns.  The 2008 through 2011 tax years generally remain subject to examination by U.S. federal and most state authorities.

 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
_______________

2.    SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
 
K.
Subscriptions
 
Partnership units may be purchased on the first day of each month at the net asset value per unit determined on the last business day of the previous month.  Partners’ contributions received in advance for subscriptions are recorded as “Prepaid subscriptions” in the Statements of Financial Condition.
 
 
L.
Redemptions
 
Limited partners may redeem some or all of their units at net asset value per unit as of the last business day of each month with at least ten days written notice to the General Partner.
 
 
M.
Foreign Currency Transactions
 
The Partnership’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar; however, it transacts business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.  Assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect at the date of the Statements of Financial Condition. Income and expense items denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect during the period. Gains and losses resulting from the translation to U.S. dollars are reported as a component of “Net Realized Gains (Losses) on Closed Contracts” in the Statements of Income (Loss) and General Partner Incentive Allocation and totaled $87,529 and $27,595 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
 
 
N.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncement
 
In May 2011, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-04, Fair Value Measurements (“ASU 2011-04”).  ASU 2011-04 amends ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, to clarify certain provisions of Topic 820 but also includes some instances where a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or disclosing information about fair value measurements has changed.  This ASU results in common principles and requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value and measurements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards.  The amendments in ASU 2011-04 are to be applied prospectively and will become effective during the interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  The Partnership will adopt the methodologies prescribed in ASU 2011-04 by the date required and does not anticipate that this ASU will have any material effect on its financial position or results of operations.
 
 
O.
Indemnifications
 
The Partnership has entered into agreements which provide for the indemnifications against losses, costs, claims and liabilities arising from the performance of their individual obligations under such agreements, except for gross negligence or bad faith.  The Partnership has had no prior claims or payments pursuant to these agreements.  The Partnership’s individual maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Partnership that have not yet occurred. However, based on previous experience, the Partnership expects the risk of loss to be remote.
 
 
P.
Reclassification
 
Certain amounts in the financial statements were reclassified to conform with the current period’s presentation.
 
 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
_______________

 
3.
FAIR VALUE
 
Fair value of an investment is the amount that would be received to sell the investment in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e. the exit price).
 
The fair value hierarchy, as more fully described in ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, prioritizes and ranks the level of market price observability used in measuring investments at fair value.  Market price observability is impacted by a number of factors, including the type of investment and the characteristics specific to the investment.  Investments with readily available active quoted prices or for which fair value can be measured from actively quoted prices generally will have a higher degree of market price observability and a lesser degree of judgment used in measuring fair value.
 
Investments measured and reported at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following categories:
 
Level 1 – Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical investments as of the reporting date.  The type of investments included in Level 1 are publicly traded investments.  As required by ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, the Partnership does not adjust the quoted price for these investments even in situations where the Partnership holds a large position and a sale could reasonably impact the quoted price.
 
Level 2 – Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date, and fair value is determined through the use of models or other valuation methodologies.  Investments which are generally included in this category are investments valued using market data.
 
Level 3 – Pricing inputs are unobservable and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the investment.  Fair value for these investments are determined using valuation methodologies that consider a range of factors, including but not limited to the price at which the investment was acquired, the nature of the investment, local market conditions, trading values on public exchanges for comparable securities, current and projected operating performance and financing transactions subsequent to the acquisition of the investment.  The inputs into the determination of fair value require significant management judgment.  Due to the inherent uncertainty of these estimates, these values may differ materially from the values that would have been used had a ready market for these investments existed.  Investments that are included in this category generally are privately held debt and equity securities.
 
In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy.  In such cases, an investment's level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  The General Partner’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the investment.  The Partnership recognizes transfers, if any, between fair value hierarchy levels at the beginning of the reporting period.  During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, there were no transfers into or out of Levels 1 and 2.
 
 
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
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3.
FAIR VALUE (CONTINUED)
 
The following table summarizes the valuation of the Partnership’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels.  Fair value is presented on a gross basis even though certain assets and liabilities qualify for net presentation in the Statements of Financial Condition.
 
 
   
As of December 31, 2011
 
   
Total
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Assets
                       
Futures contracts
  $ 6,082,691     $ 6,082,691     $ -       N/A  
Forward currency contracts
    5,430       -       5,430       N/A  
Money market mutual funds
    15,760,234       15,760,234       -       N/A  
    Total investment assets
  $ 21,848,355     $ 21,842,925     $ 5,430          
Liabilities
                               
Futures contracts
  $ (6,599,088 )   $ (6,599,088 )   $ -       N/A  
Forward currency contracts
    (27,730 )     -       (27,730 )     N/A  
    Total investment liabilities
  $ (6,626,818 )   $ (6,599,088 )   $ (27,730 )        
                                 
   
As of December 31, 2010
 
   
Total
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Assets
                               
Futures contracts
  $ 8,802,183     $ 8,802,183       N/A       N/A  
Money market mutual funds
    21,243,750       21,243,750       N/A       N/A  
    Total investment assets
  $ 30,045,933     $ 30,045,933                  
Liabilities
                               
Futures contracts
  $ (5,467,797 )   $ (5,467,797 )     N/A       N/A  
    Total investment liabilities
  $ (5,467,797 )   $ (5,467,797 )                

 
 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
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4.                 DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
 
 
The Partnership engages in the speculative trading of forward currency contracts and futures contracts in currencies, interest rates, stock indices and a wide range of commodities, including energy and metals (collectively, “derivatives”) for the purpose of achieving capital appreciation.  Since the derivatives held or sold by the Partnership are for speculative trading purposes, the derivative instruments are not designated as hedging instruments as defined in ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging.
 
 
Under provisions of ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, entities are required to recognize all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities at fair value in the Statement of Financial Condition.  Investments in futures contracts are reported in the Statements of Financial Condition as either “Net unrealized gains on open futures contracts” or “Net unrealized losses on open futures contracts”, while investments in forward currency contracts are reported as “Net unrealized (losses) on open forward currency contracts.”
 
 
The fair value of the Partnership’s derivative contracts is presented below on a gross basis as an asset if in a gain position and a liability if in a loss position.
 
   
As of December 31, 2011
 
   
Assets
   
Liabilities
   
Net
 
Futures contracts                  
Commodities
  $ 25,637     $ (69,088 )   $ (43,451 )
Currencies
    42,668       (25,869 )     16,799  
Energy
    108,370       (32,252 )     76,118  
Financials
    118,298       (25,249 )     93,049  
Metals
    5,767,868       (6,424,226 )     (656,358 )
Stock indices
    19,850       (22,404 )     (2,554 )
                         
Total futures contracts
    6,082,691       (6,599,088 )     (516,397 )
                         
Forward currency contracts
    5,430       (27,730 )     (22,300 )
                         
Total derivatives contracts
  $ 6,088,121     $ (6,626,818 )   $ (538,697 )
                         
   
As of December 31, 2010
 
   
Assets
   
Liabilities
   
Net
 
Futures contracts                          
Commodities
  $ 1,101,849     $ (17,792 )   $ 1,084,057  
Currencies
    759,820       (176,169 )     583,651  
Energy
    629,734       (344,100 )     285,634  
Financials
    442,801       (286,615 )     156,186  
Metals
    5,829,566       (4,521,854 )     1,307,712  
Stock indices
    38,413       (121,267 )     (82,854 )
Total derivatives contracts
  $ 8,802,183     $ (5,467,797 )   $ 3,334,386  
 
 
Realized gains and losses, as well as any change in net unrealized gains or losses on open contracts from the preceding period, are recognized as part of the Partnership’s trading profits and losses in the Statements of Income (Loss) and General Partner Incentive Allocation.
 

 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
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4.              DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
 
The Partnership’s trading results and information related to volume of the Partnership’s derivative activity by market sector were as follows:
 
  
   
For the Year Ended December 31, 2011
 
   
Net Realized
   
Change in
   
Net
   
Number of
 
   
Gains
   
Net Unrealized
   
Trading
   
Closed
 
Futures Contracts
 
(Losses)
   
Gains (Losses)
   
Profits (Losses)
   
Contracts
 
Commodities
  $ (110,824 )   $ (1,127,508 )   $ (1,238,332 )     9,988  
Currencies
    (1,362,549 )     (566,852 )     (1,929,401 )     6,486  
Energy
    771,159       (209,516 )     561,643       6,024  
Financials
    4,673,332       (63,137 )     4,610,195       27,329  
Metals
    1,306,463       (1,964,070 )     (657,607 )     5,242  
Stock indices
    (4,727,761 )     80,300       (4,647,461 )     20,449  
Total futures contracts
    549,820       (3,850,783 )     (3,300,963 )     75,518  
                               
                           
Notional Value
 
                           
of Contracts
 
                           
Closed
 
Forward currency contracts
    (1,405,750 )     (22,300 )     (1,428,050 )     379,547,473  
     Total gain (loss) from derivatives trading
  $ (855,930 )   $ (3,873,083 )   $ (4,729,013 )        
                                 
                                 
   
For the Year Ended December 31, 2010
 
   
Net Realized
   
Change in
   
Net
   
Number of
 
   
Gains
   
Net Unrealized
   
Trading
   
Closed
 
Futures Contracts
 
(Losses)
   
Gains (Losses)
   
Profits (Losses)
   
Contracts
 
Commodities
  $ 3,618,769     $ 902,834     $ 4,521,239       18,438  
Currencies
    (942,707 )     510,947       (431,760 )     10,856  
Energy
    (1,384,959 )     518,185       (866,774 )     9,468  
Financials
    5,677,769       375,301       6,053,070       36,282  
Metals
    1,269,969       1,541,255       2,811,224       5,540  
Stock indices
    (1,632,407 )     (268,558 )     (1,900,965 )     39,758  
       Total gain (loss) from derivatives trading
  $ 6,606,434     $ 3,579,600     $ 10,186,034       120,342  

 
 
The number of contracts closed for futures contracts represents the number of contract half-turns during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.  The notional value of contracts closed for forward currency contracts represents the U.S. dollar notional value of forward currency contracts closed during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.
 

 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
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4.              DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
  A.  Market Risk
 
 
Derivative financial instruments involve varying degrees of off-balance sheet market risk whereby changes in the level of volatility of interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or market values of the underlying financial instruments or commodities may result in cash settlements in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statements of Financial Condition.  The Partnership’s exposure to market risk is directly influenced by a number of factors, including the volatility of the markets in which the financial instruments are traded and the liquidity of those markets.
 
  B. Fair Value
 
 
The derivative instruments used in the Partnership’s trading activities are reported at fair value with the resulting unrealized gains recorded in the  Statements of Financial Condition and the related trading profits (losses) reflected in “Trading Profits (Losses)” in the  Statements of Income (Loss) and General Partner Incentive Allocation.  Open contracts generally mature within 90 days; as of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the latest maturity dates for open contracts are March 2013 and December 2011, respectively.
 
  C. Credit Risk
 
 
Futures are contracts for delayed delivery of financial interests in which the seller agrees to make delivery at a specified future date of a specified financial instrument at a specified price or yield.  Risk arises from changes in the fair value of the underlying instruments.  The Partnership’s counterparties with respect to the trading of futures contracts are major brokerage firms and banks located in the United States, or their foreign affiliates.  Credit risk due to counterparty nonperformance associated with futures contracts and forward currency contracts is reflected in the cash on deposit with brokers and forward currency dealer and the unrealized gains on open contracts held by such counterparties, if any, included in Note 4.  The Partnership also trades forward currency contracts in unregulated markets between principals and assumes the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance.
 
 
The risks associated with exchange-traded contracts are typically perceived to be less than those associated with over-the-counter transactions, because exchanges typically (but not universally) provide clearing house arrangements in which the collective credit (in some cases limited in amount, in some cases not) of the members of the exchange is pledged to support the financial integrity of the exchange, whereas in over-the-counter transactions, traders must rely solely on the credit of their respective individual counterparties. Margins, which may be subject to loss in the event of a default, are generally required in exchange trading, and counterparties may require margin in the over-the-counter markets.
 
 
D.
 
 
 
Risk Monitoring
 
Due to the speculative nature of the Partnership’s derivatives trading, the Partnership is subject to the risk of substantial losses from derivatives trading.  The General Partner actively assesses, manages, and monitors risk exposure on derivatives on a contract basis, a market sector basis, and on an overall basis in accordance with established risk parameters.
 
 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
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5.              FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
 
The following information presents per unit operating performance data and other supplemental financial data for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.  The information has been derived from information presented in the financial statements.
 
   
Year Ended December 31, 2011
 
         
Institutional
   
Institutional
 
   
Investor
   
Class
   
Class
 
   
Class
   
Series - 1
   
Series - 2
 
Per Unit Operating Performance
                 
(for a Unit outstanding for the entire year)
                 
Net Asset Value, beginning of the year
  $ 1,161.27     $ 1,349.66     $ 1,286.20  
Profit (loss) from operations
                       
    Net investment (loss)
    (119.00 )     (90.59 )     (94.29 )
    Net trading (losses)
    (119.75 )     (144.00 )     (139.07 )
       Net (loss)
    (238.75 )     (234.59 )     (233.36 )
Net Asset Value, end of the year
  $ 922.52     $ 1,115.07     $ 1,052.84  
Total Return(1)
    (20.56 )%     (17.38 )%     (18.14 )%
Supplemental Data
                       
Ratios to average net asset value
                       
    Expenses
    11.61 %     7.16 %     8.34 %
    Net investment (loss)
    (11.58 )%     (7.13 )%     (8.30 )%
                         
   
Year Ended December 31, 2010
 
           
Institutional
   
Institutional
 
   
Investor
   
Class
   
Class
 
   
Class
   
Series - 1
   
Series - 2
 
Per Unit Operating Performance
                       
(for a Unit outstanding for the entire year)
                       
Net Asset Value, beginning of the year
  $ 1,012.75     $ 1,131.35     $ 1,088.86  
Profit (loss) from operations
                       
    Net investment (loss)
    (113.03 )     (82.21 )     (90.36 )
    Net trading profits
    261.55       300.52       287.70  
       Net profit
    148.52       218.31       197.34  
Net Asset Value, end of the year
  $ 1,161.27     $ 1,349.66     $ 1,286.20  
Total Return(1)
    14.67 %     19.30 %     18.12 %
Supplemental Data
                       
Ratios to average net asset value
                       
    Expenses
    11.30 %     7.34 %     8.23 %
    Net investment (loss)
    (11.21 )%     (7.26 )%     (8.14 )%

 
 
Total returns are calculated based on the change in value of a unit during the periods presented.  An individual partner’s total returns and ratios may vary from the above total returns and ratios based on the timing of additions and redemptions.

                             __________________
 
(1)     Total return is derived as ending net asset value less beginning net asset value divided by beginning net asset value.


 
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BRIDGETON GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
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6.              SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
 
The Partnership has received redemption requests through March 26, 2012 totaling approximately $4,900,000.  Such redemptions amount to approximately 39% of the December 31, 2011 net asset value of the Partnership.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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