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A trader fund is a private fund that makes the annual trader determination, which, more or less, treats the fund like a personal business owned by the partners.
Business expenses (including things like management fees and losses on notional principal contracts) flow to the business owners (subject to several limitations).
Unlike passive activity losses, trade or business losses may net with an owner's income, including wages.
How does this work?