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 31, 2017

MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC L.P.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

Delaware

000-26280

13-3782225

(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 1.02

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

Effective December 31, 2017, Ceres Managed Futures LLC, the general partner of the Registrant (the “General Partner”), terminated the management agreement, dated as of December 3, 2013, as amended, by and among PGR Capital LLP (“PGR”), the General Partner and the Registrant, pursuant to which PGR traded a portion of the Registrant’s assets. Consequently, PGR ceased all futures interest trading on behalf of the Registrant.

The General Partner has reallocated the assets formerly allocated to PGR among the remaining trading advisors of the Registrant.

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 STRATEGIC L.P.

By:		Ceres Managed Futures LLC,
		General Partner

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

Date: January 4, 2018

MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC LP 8-K