UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~December 1~~July 12, ~~2016~~2017

MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM TECHNICAL L.P.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

Delaware

000-26338

13-3782231

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

c/o Ceres Managed Futures LLC

522 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10036

(Address and Zip Code of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (855) 672-4468

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~~(a)~~Emerging Ongrowth ~~December~~company ☐ 1, 2016, the Board of Directors of Ceres Managed Futures LLC (the “General Partner”), the general partner of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Technical L.P. (the “Registrant”), dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the registered public accounting firm for the Registrant, effective as of the close of business on the day the Registrant’s audited financial statements for the 2016 fiscal year end are filed, which is expected to be on or before March 31, 2017.

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~~During~~Item ~~the~~1.01 ~~Registrant’s~~Entry ~~two~~into most recent fiscal years (ending December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014) and during the period from the end of the most recently completed fiscal year through the date of this Form 8-K, there were no disagreements between the Registrant and Deloitte on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte, would have caused it to make a ~~reference~~Material toDefinitive ~~the subject matter thereof in its report on the financial statements of the Registrant for such periods~~Agreement. During the Registrant’s two most recent fiscal years (ending December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014) and during the period from the end of the most recently completed fiscal year through the date of this Form 8-K, there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v)).

~~The~~Institutional ~~General~~Account ~~Partner,~~Agreement on behalf of the Registrant, has provided Deloitte with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and has requested that Deloitte furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Registrant set forth above. A copy of Deloitte’s letter dated December 7, 2016 is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K.

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~~Item~~Pursuant 9to the IAA, the Master Fund (through the Registrant) shall pay J.01P. ~~Financial~~Morgan ~~Statements~~commissions and ~~Exhibits~~other fees for clearing, custody and any other services furnished.

~~(d)~~The ~~Exhibits~~IAA may be terminated by either party at any time upon thirty days’ prior written notice to the other party.

~~The~~Foreign ~~following~~Exchange ~~exhibits~~and ~~are~~Bullion ~~filed~~Authorization asAgreement ~~part of this report:~~

Exhibit Number		Description
16.1		Letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP, dated December 7, 2016.

On July 12, 2017, the Master Fund, SECOR Capital Advisors, LP (“SECOR”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan Chase”) entered into a foreign exchange and bullion authorization agreement, dated as of July 12, 2017 (the “FXBAA”), pursuant to which SECOR, the trading advisor to the Master Fund (and, indirectly, the Registrant), is authorized to enter into certain transactions on behalf of the Master Fund with JPMorgan Chase, or, upon authorization by JPMorgan Chase, with a dealer or other entity subject to the terms of the FXBAA, and any other applicable agreement, on behalf of JPMorgan Chase.

2Pursuant to the FXBAA, the Master Fund (through which the Registrant) will pay JPMorgan Chase fees based on the transactions entered into by the Master Fund during each calculation period.

~~SIGNATURES~~The FXBAA may be terminated by either party at any time upon thirty business days’ written notice to the other party, or immediately in such circumstances as set forth in the FXBAA.

~~Pursuant~~Schedule to ~~the~~ISDA ~~requirements~~Master ofAgreement ~~the~~and ~~Securities~~Credit ~~Exchange~~Support ~~Act~~Annex offor ~~1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by~~Variation ~~the~~Margin ~~undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~

~~MORGAN~~On ~~STANLEY~~July 12, ~~SMITH~~2017, ~~BARNEY~~the ~~SPECTRUM~~Master ~~TECHNICAL~~Fund ~~L.P.~~and ~~By:~~JPMorgan ~~Ceres~~Chase ~~Managed~~entered ~~Futures~~into ~~LLC~~a Schedule to the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement, ~~General~~dated ~~Partner~~as ~~By:~~of ~~/s/~~July 12, 2017 ~~Patrick~~(the T.“ISDA ~~Egan~~Schedule”), ~~Patrick~~pursuant T.to ~~Egan~~which ~~President~~JPMorgan Chase and ~~Director~~the Master Fund outlined certain additional terms and provisions applicable to the underlying master agreement.

~~Date:~~On July ~~December~~12, 72017, the Master Fund and JPMorgan Chase entered into a 2016 Credit Support Annex for Variation Margin to the ISDA Schedule, pursuant to which it serves as a credit support document with respect to each party and sets forth each party’s obligations for variation margin in connection with the transactions.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM TECHNICAL L.P.

By:		Ceres Managed Futures LLC,
		General Partner

By:		/s/ Patrick T. Egan
		Patrick T. Egan
		President and Director

Date: July 18, 2017

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