UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~WASHINGTON~~Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~Section 13 ORor 15(d)

OFof ~~THE~~the ~~SECURITIES~~Securities ~~EXCHANGE~~Exchange ~~ACT~~Act OFof 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~July~~December 258, 2017

MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM TECHNICAL L.P.

(~~EXACT~~Exact ~~NAME~~name OFof ~~REGISTRANT~~registrant ASas ~~SPECIFIED~~specified INin ~~ITS~~its ~~CHARTER~~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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Item 18.01 ~~Entry~~Other ~~into a Material Definitive Agreement~~Events.

~~Commodity~~On December 8, 2017, Ceres Managed Futures ~~Customer~~LLC ~~Agreement~~(the “General Partner”), the general partner of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Technical L.P. (the “Registrant”), issued an investor notice stating that, after reviewing the current asset levels of the Registrant, the General Partner has determined that it would be in the best interest of the Registrant to be consolidated into Ceres Tactical Systematic L.P. (formerly, Tactical Diversified Futures Fund L.P.) (“Tactical Systematic”), another commodity pool operated by the General Partner. The General Partner believes that consolidating these similarly situated funds will provide economies of scale for the Registrant, resulting in greater operational efficiency and fixed cost savings for investors. The General Partner intends to consolidate the Registrant with Tactical Systematic following the close of business on December 31, 2017.

OnThe ~~July 25,~~General ~~2017,~~Partner ~~Ceres~~intends ~~Managed~~to ~~Futures~~instruct ~~LLC (~~the ~~“General~~advisors ~~Partner”),~~to the ~~general~~Registrant ~~partner~~to ofliquidate ~~Morgan~~the ~~Stanley~~Registrant’s ~~Smith~~Futures Interests ~~Barney~~(as ~~Spectrum~~defined ~~Technical~~in ~~L.P. (~~the “Registrant”)’s ~~and~~limited ~~SECOR~~partnership ~~Master~~agreement ~~Fund L.P.~~ (~~the~~ “~~Master~~Registrant ~~Fund~~LPA”),) ~~acting~~ on ~~behalf~~or ofbefore ~~each~~December 31, of2017. ~~the~~The ~~Registrant~~General ~~and~~Partner ~~the~~intends ~~Master~~to ~~Fund,~~contribute ~~and~~the ~~Morgan~~cash ~~Stanley &~~proceeds ~~Co.~~of ~~LLC~~such ~~(“MS&Co.”)~~liquidation, ~~entered~~along ~~into~~with aall ~~supplement~~of (the ~~“Supplement”),~~Registrant’s ~~dated~~remaining ascash of(other ~~July 25,~~than ~~2017, to~~ the ~~commodity~~portion ~~futures~~needed ~~customer~~for ~~agreement~~the ~~(as~~Registrant’s ~~amended~~final ~~from~~expenses), ~~time~~ to ~~time)~~Tactical ~~(the~~Systematic ~~“Customer~~in ~~Agreement”),~~exchange ~~dated~~for asunits of ~~November 12,~~limited ~~2013,~~partnership byinterest ~~and~~(“Tactical ~~between~~Systematic ~~MS&Co~~Units”). ~~and~~Following the ~~funds~~close ~~set~~of ~~forth~~business on ~~Appendix~~December 31, ~~A thereto~~2017, ~~pursuant~~the toGeneral ~~which~~Partner ~~certain~~will ~~terms~~effect ~~and~~a ~~conditions~~pro ~~relating~~rata toin-kind ~~each~~distribution of the ~~Registrant’s~~Tactical ~~and~~Systematic ~~the~~Units ~~Master~~to ~~Fund’s~~all ~~(and,~~of ~~indirectly,~~ the Registrant’s limited partners (“Limited Partners”) ~~grant~~as of athat ~~security~~date. ~~interest~~Following inthe ~~collateral~~distribution, toeach ~~MS&Co.~~Limited ~~under the~~Partner ~~Customer~~will ~~Agreement~~own ~~and~~Tactical Systematic Units of the ~~ISDA~~relevant ~~Master~~class ~~Agreement~~of ~~(as~~units, ~~amended~~equal ~~from~~in ~~time~~value to ~~time),~~the ~~dated~~Limited Partner’s interest in the Registrant as of ~~April 12,~~the ~~2013,~~close ~~between~~of ~~MS&Co~~business on December 31, 2017. ~~and~~The ~~each~~Registrant ofwill ~~the~~then ~~Registrant~~be dissolved and terminated in accordance with the ~~Master~~terms ~~Fund,~~of ~~were~~the ~~clarified~~Registrant LPA.

~~There~~SIGNATURES have been no changes to the fees paid to MS&Co. under the Customer Agreement pursuant to the Supplement, and, in all other respects, the Customer Agreement remains unchanged and of full force and effect in regards to each of the Registrant and the Master Fund (and, indirectly, the Registrant).

~~Item~~Pursuant ~~9.01~~to ~~Financial~~the ~~Statements~~requirements ~~and~~of ~~Exhibits~~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.

~~(d)~~MORGAN ~~Exhibits~~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

~~The~~Date: ~~following~~December ~~exhibit~~11, is2017 ~~filed as part of this report.~~

Exhibit Number		Description
10.1		Supplement, dated as of July 25, 2017, to the Commodity Futures Customer Agreement, between Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and the funds listed on Appendix A thereto, dated as of November 12, 2013.

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 31, 2017

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