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FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS  
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

NOTE 7 — FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

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

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

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

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

In some instances, the inputs used to measure fair value might fall within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest input level that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

The following table summarizes the valuation of UNL’s securities at March 31, 2025 using the fair value hierarchy:

At March 31, 2025

    

Total

    

Level I

    

Level II

    

Level III

Short-Term Investments

 

$

10,000,000

$

10,000,000

$

$

Exchange-Traded Futures Contracts

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

United States Contracts

3,344,114

3,344,114

The following table summarizes the valuation of UNL’s securities at December 31, 2024 using the fair value hierarchy:

At December 31, 2024

    

Total

    

Level I

    

Level II

    

Level III

Short-Term Investments

 

$

11,000,000

$

11,000,000

$

$

Exchange-Traded Futures Contracts

 

United States Contracts

1,115,220

1,115,220

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

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

Statements of

Financial

Fair Value at

Fair Value at

Derivatives not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments

    

Condition Location

    

March 31, 2025

    

December 31, 2024

Futures - Commodity Contracts

 

Unrealized gain(loss) on open commodity futures contracts

$

3,344,114

$

1,115,220

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations

For the three months ended

For the three months ended

March 31, 2025

March 31, 2024

Change in Unrealized

Change in Unrealized

Derivatives not

Location of Gain 

Realized Gain (Loss)

Gain (Loss) on

Realized Gain (Loss)

Gain (Loss) on

Accounted for as

(Loss) on Derivatives

on Derivatives

Derivatives

in Derivatives

Derivatives

Hedging Instruments

    

Recognized in Income

    

Recognized in Income

    

Recognized in Income

    

Recognized in Income

    

Recognized in Income

Futures - Commodity Contracts

 

Realized gain (loss) on closed commodity futures contracts

$

1,827,746

 

$

(4,924,948)

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Change in unrealized gain (loss) on open commodity futures contracts

 

$

2,228,894

 

  

$

2,465,648