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CREDIT DERIVATIVES AND CREDIT-RELATED CONTINGENCY FEATURES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
CREDIT DERIVATIVES AND CREDIT-RELATED CONTINGENCY FEATURES [Abstract]  
CREDIT DERIVATIVES AND CREDIT-RELATED CONTINGENCY FEATURES
Note 11. CREDIT DERIVATIVES AND CREDIT-RELATED CONTINGENCY FEATURES

Credit derivatives generally require the seller to make a payment to the buyer in the event the underlying referenced security or index to the contract defaults or another triggering event, as defined in the applicable derivative contract, occurs. The Trust sells credit derivative contracts for speculative investment purposes. The following table summarizes the notional amounts of credit derivative contracts sold by the Trust by their maturity for contracts which are outstanding at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. Notional amounts are disclosed as they represent the maximum potential payout, however, management believes that the carrying value of these contracts is a more relevant measure of these obligations. At March 31, 2026, the carrying value of such credit derivative contracts sold was $(5,386,413). At December 31, 2025, the carrying value of such credit derivative contracts purchased was $26,945,598.

   
March 31, 2026
 
December 31, 2025
 
Credit Default Index Swaps
 
Maturity Date:
June 2031
 
Maturity Date:
December 2030
 
Investment grade
   
$
(244,611,675
)
 
$
667,773,760
 
Non-investment grade
   

37,751,005
 

246,875,320
 
Total
   
$
(206,860,670
)
 
$
914,649,080
 

The Trust does not monitor its exposure to credit derivatives based on the notional amounts because that measure does not take into consideration the probability of a credit default event, the legal right to offset assets and liabilities by a counterparty, or collateral posted. However, the notional value of these credit derivative contracts has been included to provide information about the magnitude of involvement with these types of contracts.