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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

/X/ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
    OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000

                                       OR

/ / TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______________________ to ______________________

Commission file number 0-26004

                          DIVERSIFIED FUTURES TRUST I
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware                                        13-3780260
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(State or other jurisdiction of                 (I.R.S. Employer Identification
incorporation or organization)                  No.)

One New York Plaza, 13th Floor, New York, New York      10292
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(Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 778-7866

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                None
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                             Limited Interests
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                             (Title of class)

   Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes CK No __

   Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K [CK]

                      DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

   Registrant's Annual Report to Interest holders for the year ended December
31, 2000 is incorporated by reference into Parts II and IV of this Annual Report
on Form 10-K

                              Index to exhibits can be found on pages 11 and 12.

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                          DIVERSIFIED FUTURES TRUST I
                          (a Delaware Business Trust)

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I                                                                                         PAGE
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Item  1    Business.........................................................................     3
Item  2    Properties.......................................................................     3
Item  3    Legal Proceedings................................................................     3
Item  4    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Interest Holders..............................     4

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PART II
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Item  5    Market for the Registrant's Interests and Related Interest Holder Matters........     4
Item  6    Selected Financial Data..........................................................     4
Item  7    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
             Operations.....................................................................     4
Item 7A    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.......................     4
Item  8    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data......................................     8
Item  9    Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
             Disclosure.....................................................................     8

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PART III
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Item 10    Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant...............................     8
Item 11    Executive Compensation...........................................................    10
Item 12    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management...................    10
Item 13    Certain Relationships and Related Transactions...................................    10

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PART IV
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Item 14    Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K..................    11
           Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules...........................    11
           Exhibits.........................................................................    11
           Reports on Form 8-K..............................................................    12

SIGNATURES..................................................................................    13
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                                     PART I

Item 1. Business

General

   Diversified Futures Trust I (the 'Registrant'), a Delaware Business Trust,
was organized under the Delaware Business Trust Act on May 18, 1994 and will
terminate on December 31, 2014 unless terminated sooner under the provisions of
the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the 'Trust
Agreement'). The Registrant's trustee is Wilmington Trust Company. The
Registrant was formed to engage in the speculative trading of commodity futures
and forward contracts. The Registrant's fiscal year for book and tax purposes
ends on December 31.

   On January 5, 1995, the Registrant completed its initial offering having
raised $25,262,800 from the sale of 249,628 limited interests ('Limited
Interests') and 3,000 general interests ('General Interests') (collectively, the
'Interests') and commenced operations. Following the close of the initial
offering period, additional Interests were offered and sold monthly at their
month-end net asset value ('NAV') per Interest during a continuous offering
period ('Continuous Offering Period') which expired on August 31, 1996.
Additional contributions raised during the Continuous Offering Period resulted
in additional proceeds to the Registrant of $41,129,100 from the sale of 299,640
Limited Interests and 1,628 General Interests. General Interests were sold
exclusively to the managing owner.

   All trading decisions for the Registrant are made by John W. Henry & Company,
Inc. (the 'Trading Manager'), an independent commodity trading manager which
manages the Registrant's assets pursuant to four trading programs developed by
the Trading Manager. The managing owner retains the authority to override
trading instructions that violate the Registrant's trading policies.

   The Registrant is engaged solely in the business of commodity futures and
forward trading; therefore, presentation of industry segment information is not
applicable.

Managing Owner and its Affiliates

   The managing owner of the Registrant is Prudential Securities Futures
Management Inc. (the 'Managing Owner'), a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential
Securities Incorporated ('PSI'), the Registrant's commodity broker and principal
underwriter and selling agent of its Interests. PSI is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Prudential Securities Group Inc. The Managing Owner is required to maintain
at least a 1% interest in the Registrant as long as it is acting as the
Registrant's Managing Owner.

Competition

   The Managing Owner and its affiliates have formed, and may continue to form,
various entities to engage in the speculative trading of futures and forward
contracts which have certain of the same investment policies as the Registrant.

   The Registrant is a closed-end Trust which does not currently, and does not
intend in the future to, solicit the sale of additional Interests. As such, the
Registrant does not compete with other entities to attract new participants.
However, to the extent that the Trading Manager recommends similar or identical
trades to the Registrant and other accounts which it manages, the Registrant may
compete with those accounts, as well as other market participants, for the
execution of the same or similar trades.

Employees

   The Registrant has no employees. Management and administrative services for
the Registrant are performed by the Managing Owner and its affiliates pursuant
to the Trust Agreement as further discussed in Notes A, C and D to the
Registrant's financial statements included in its annual report to limited
owners for the year ended December 31, 2000 ('Registrant's 2000 Annual Report')
which is filed as an exhibit hereto.

Item 2. Properties

   The Registrant does not own or lease any property.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

   There are no material legal proceedings pending by or against the Registrant
or the Managing Owner.

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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Interest Holders

   None

                                    PART II

Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Interests and Related Interest Holder
        Matters

   On January 5, 1995, the Registrant completed its initial offering and on
August 31, 1996 the continuous offering period expired. A significant secondary
market for the Limited Interests has not developed, and it is not expected that
one will develop in the future. There are also certain restrictions set forth in
the Trust Agreement limiting the ability of an Interest holder to transfer
Interests. However, Interests may be redeemed as of the last business day of any
calendar quarter at the then current NAV per Interest. Consequently, holders of
Interests may not be able to liquidate their investments in the event of an
emergency or for any other reason.

   There are no material restrictions upon the Registrant's present or future
ability to make distributions in accordance with the provisions of the Trust
Agreement. No distributions have been made since inception and no distributions
are anticipated in the future.

   As of March 12, 2001, there were 1,274 holders of record owning 153,159.034
Interests which include 1,532 General Interests.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

   The following table presents selected financial data of the Registrant. This
data should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the
Registrant and the notes thereto on pages 2 through 9 of the Registrant's 2000
Annual Report which is filed as an exhibit hereto.

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<CAPTION>
                                                                 Year Ended December 31,
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                                            2000           1999           1998           1997           1996
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<S>                                      <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
Total revenues (including interest)      $ 5,018,473    $  (419,704)   $ 9,529,178    $13,955,119    $24,485,692
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Net income (loss)                        $ 1,449,003    $(6,995,874)   $ 2,340,736    $ 5,527,892    $15,110,020
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Net income (loss) per weighted average
  Interest                               $      7.27    $    (25.53)   $      7.09    $     14.43    $     36.56
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Total assets                             $32,282,820    $44,792,832    $61,889,081    $70,024,756    $81,040,831
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Net asset value per Interest             $    190.97    $    173.82    $    200.91    $    191.70    $    176.16
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Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
        of Operations

   This information is incorporated by reference to pages 10 through 12 of the
Registrant's 2000 Annual Report which is filed as an exhibit hereto.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Introduction

   Past Results Not Necessarily Indicative of Future Performance
   The Registrant is a speculative commodity pool. The market sensitive
instruments held by it are acquired for speculative trading purposes, and
substantially all of the Registrant's assets are subject to the risk of trading
loss. Unlike an operating company, the risk of market sensitive instruments is
integral, not incidental, to the Registrant's main line of business.

   Market movements result in frequent changes in the fair market value of the
Registrant's open positions and, consequently, in its earnings and cash flow.
The Registrant's market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors,
including the level and volatility of interest rates, exchange rates, equity
price levels, the market value of financial instruments and contracts, the
diversification effects among the Registrant's open positions and the liquidity
of the markets in which it trades.

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   The Registrant rapidly acquires and liquidates both long and short positions
in a wide range of different markets. Consequently, it is not possible to
predict how a particular futures market scenario will affect performance, and
the Registrant's past performance is not necessarily indicative of its future
results.

   Value at Risk is a measure of the maximum amount which the Registrant could
reasonably be expected to lose in a given market sector. However, the inherent
uncertainty of the Registrant's speculative trading and the recurrence in the
markets traded by the Registrant of market movements far exceeding expectations
could result in actual trading or non-trading losses far beyond the indicated
Value at Risk or the Registrant's experience to date (i.e., 'risk of ruin'). In
light of the foregoing, as well as the risks and uncertainties intrinsic to all
future projections, the quantification included in this section should not be
considered to constitute any assurance or representation that the Registrant's
losses in any market sector will be limited to Value at Risk or by the
Registrant's attempts to manage its market risk.

   Standard of Materiality

   Materiality as used in this section, 'Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures About Market Risk,' is based on an assessment of reasonably possible
market movements and the potential losses caused by such movements, taking into
account the leverage, optionality and multiplier features of the Registrant's
market sensitive instruments.

Quantifying The Registrant's Trading Value at Risk

   Quantitative Forward-Looking Statements

   The following quantitative disclosures regarding the Registrant's market risk
exposures contain 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the safe
harbor from civil liability provided for such statements by the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

   The Registrant's risk exposure in the various market sectors traded by the
Trading Manager is quantified below in terms of Value at Risk. Due to the
Registrant's mark-to-market accounting, any loss in the fair value of the
Registrant's open positions is directly reflected in the Registrant's earnings
(realized or unrealized) and cash flow (at least in the case of exchange-traded
contracts in which profits and losses on open positions are settled daily
through variation margin).

   Exchange maintenance margin requirements have been used by the Registrant as
the measure of its Value at Risk. Maintenance margin requirements are set by
exchanges to equal or exceed the maximum losses reasonably expected to be
incurred in the fair value of any given contract in 95%-99% of any one-day
interval. The maintenance margin levels are established by dealers and exchanges
using historical price studies as well as an assessment of current market
volatility (including the implied volatility of the options on a given futures
contract) and economic fundamentals to provide a probabilistic estimate of the
maximum expected near-term one-day price fluctuation. Maintenance margin has
been used rather than the more generally available initial margin, because
initial margin includes a credit risk component which is not relevant to Value
at Risk.

   In the case of market sensitive instruments which are not exchange-traded
(almost exclusively currencies in the case of the Registrant), the margin
requirements for the equivalent futures positions have been used as Value at
Risk. In those rare cases in which a futures-equivalent margin is not available,
dealers' margins have been used.

   In quantifying the Registrant's Value at Risk, 100% positive correlation in
the different positions held in each market risk category has been assumed.
Consequently, the margin requirements applicable to the open contracts have
simply been aggregated to determine each trading category's aggregate Value at
Risk. The diversification effects resulting from the fact that the Registrant's
positions are rarely, if ever, 100% positively correlated have not been
reflected.

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The Registrant's Trading Value at Risk in Different Market Sectors

   The following tables indicate the trading Value at Risk associated with the
Registrant's open positions by market sector at December 31, 2000 and 1999. All
open position trading risk exposures of the Registrant have been included in
calculating the figures set forth below. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the
Registrant's total capitalization was approximately $29.2 million and $40.6
million, respectively.

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<CAPTION>
                                                      2000                              1999
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<S>                                       <C>            <C>                <C>            <C>
                                           Value at        % of Total        Value at        % of Total
            Market Sector                    Risk        Capitalization        Risk        Capitalization
--------------------------------------    ----------     --------------     ----------     --------------
Interest Rates                            $1,620,369           5.54%        $2,097,653           5.17%
Currencies                                 1,447,866           4.95          2,264,720           5.58
Commodities                                1,055,359           3.61          1,819,839           4.49
Stock indices                                775,522           2.65            654,390           1.61
                                          ----------        -------         ----------        -------
     Total                                $4,899,116          16.75%        $6,836,602          16.85%
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</TABLE>

   The following tables presents the average trading Value at Risk of the
Registrant's open positions by market sector for the years ended December 31,
2000 and 1999, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999,
the Registrant's total average capitalization was approximately $31.3 million
and $52.9 million, respectively.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      2000                              1999
                                          -----------------------------     -----------------------------
                                           Value at        % of Total        Value at           % of
            Market Sector                    Risk        Capitalization        Risk        Capitalization
--------------------------------------    ----------     --------------     ----------     --------------
<S>                                       <C>            <C>                <C>            <C>
Interest Rates                            $1,807,497           5.77%        $2,763,806           5.22%
Currencies                                 1,759,508           5.62          2,059,888           3.89
Commodities                                1,262,625           4.03          1,394,211           2.63
Stock Indices                                601,095           1.92            561,860           1.06
                                          ----------        -------         ----------        -------
     Total                                $5,430,725          17.34%        $6,779,765          12.80%
                                          ----------        -------         ----------        -------
                                          ----------        -------         ----------        -------
</TABLE>

Material Limitations on Value at Risk as an Assessment of Market Risk

   The face value of the market sector instruments held by the Registrant is
typically many times the applicable maintenance margin requirement (maintenance
margin requirements generally range between approximately 1% and 10% of the face
value) as well as many times the total capitalization of the Registrant. The
magnitude of the Registrant's open positions creates a 'risk of ruin' not
typically found in most other investment vehicles. Because of the size of its
positions, certain market conditions, although unusual, but historically
recurring from time to time, could cause the Registrant to incur severe losses
over a short period of time. The foregoing Value at Risk table, as well as the
past performance of the Registrant, give no indication of this 'risk of ruin.'

Non-Trading Risk

   The Registrant has non-trading market risk on its foreign cash balances not
needed for margin. However, these balances (as well as any market risk they
represent) are immaterial.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Primary Trading Risk Exposures

   The following qualitative disclosures regarding the Registrant's market risk
exposures--except for (i) those disclosures that are statements of historical
fact and (ii) the descriptions of how the Registrant manages its primary market
risk exposures--constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. The Registrant's primary market risk exposures as well as
the strategies used and to be used by the Managing Owner and the Trading Manager
for managing such exposures are subject to numerous uncertainties, contingencies
and risks, any one of which could cause the actual results of the Registrant's
risk controls to differ materially from the objectives of such strategies.
Government interventions, defaults and expropriations, illiquid markets, the

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emergence of dominant fundamental factors, political upheavals, changes in
historical price relationships, an influx of new market participants, increased
regulation and many other factors could result in material losses as well as in
material changes to the risk exposures and the risk management strategies of the
Registrant. There can be no assurance that the Registrant's current market
exposure and/or risk management strategies will not change materially or that
any such strategies will be effective in either the short- or long-term.
Investors must be prepared to lose all or substantially all of their investment
in the Registrant.

   The primary trading risk exposures of the Registrant at December 31, 2000 and
1999, and during the years then ended, by market sector were:

   Interest Rates. Interest rate risk represented the greatest market exposure
of the Registrant at December 31, 2000 and throughout 1999 and 2000. Interest
rate movements directly affect the price of sovereign bond positions held by the
Registrant and indirectly affect the value of its stock index and currency
positions. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest
rate movements between countries may materially impact the Registrant's
profitability. The Registrant's primary interest rate exposure is to interest
rate fluctuations in the U.S. and other G-7 countries. To a lesser extent, the
Registrant also takes positions in the government debt of smaller nations--e.g.,
Australia. The Managing Owner anticipates that G-7 interest rates will remain a
primary market exposure of the Registrant in the foreseeable future. The changes
in interest rates which have the most effect on the Registrant are changes in
long-term, as opposed to short-term, rates. Most of the speculative positions
held by the Registrant are in medium- to long-term instruments. Consequently,
even a material change in short-term rates would have little effect on the
Registrant were the medium- to long-term rates to remain steady.

   Currencies. The Registrant's currency exposure is due to exchange rate
fluctuations, primarily fluctuations which disrupt the historical pricing
relationships between different currencies and currency pairs. These
fluctuations are influenced by interest rate changes as well as political and
general economic conditions. The Registrant's major exposure, as well as the
overall increase during 2000 versus 1999, has resulted from positions in the
local currencies of G-7 countries, specifically the Euro and the Japanese Yen.
The currency trading Value at Risk figure includes foreign margin amounts
converted into U.S. dollars with an incremental adjustment to reflect the
exchange rate risk inherent to the dollar-based Registrant in expressing Value
at Risk in a functional currency other than U.S. dollars.

   Commodities. The Registrant's primary commodities exposure, as well as the
overall increase during 2000 versus 1999, lies in the energy market and results
from gas and oil price movements, often resulting from political developments in
the Middle East. The Registrant's major energy exposure has typically resulted
from positions in light crude, crude oil, and natural gas. Additional exposure
is supplied by positions in precious metals, particularly gold and silver. In
the agricultural sector, the Registrant's market risk exposure is primarily due
to price movements resulting from severe or unexpected weather conditions. The
Trading Manager trades in various agricultural commodities including coffee,
sugar, wheat, and corn.

   Stock Indices. The Registrant's primary equity exposure throughout 1999 and
2000 was due to equity price risk in the Nikkei Dow (Japan) and Australian All
Ordinaries Index. Additionally, the Registrant began trading in European DAX and
NASDAQ 100 Index positions during 2000, causing an overall increase in trading
risk exposure in this market sector during 2000. The stock index futures traded
by the Registrant are by law limited to futures on broadly based indices.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Means of Managing Risk Exposure

   The means by which the Managing Owner and the Trading Manager, severally,
attempt to manage the risk of the Registrant's open positions is essentially the
same in all market categories traded.

   The Trading Manager attempts to minimize market risk exposure by applying its
own risk management trading policies which include the diversification of
trading assets into various market sectors. Additionally, the Trading Manager
has an oversight committee broadly responsible for evaluating and overseeing the
Trading Manager's trading policies. The oversight committee meets periodically
to discuss and analyze issues such as liquidity, position size, capacity,
performance cycles, and new product and market strategies.

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   The Managing Owner attempts to minimize market risk exposure by requiring the
Trading Manager to abide by various trading limitations and policies. The
Managing Owner monitors compliance with these trading limitations and policies
which include, but are not limited to, limiting the amount of margin or premium
required for any one commodity or all commodities combined and generally
limiting transactions to contracts which are traded in sufficient volume to
permit the taking and liquidating of positions. Additionally, the Managing Owner
may terminate the Trading Manager if the net asset value of the Registrant
declines by 33 1/3% during any year or since the commencement of trading
activities. Furthermore, the Trust Agreement provides that the Registrant will
liquidate its positions, and eventually dissolve, if the Registrant experiences
a decline in the net asset value of 50% in any year or since the commencement of
trading activities. In each case, the decline in the net asset value is after
giving effect for distributions, contributions and redemptions. The Managing
Owner may impose additional restrictions (through modifications of such trading
limitations and policies) upon the trading activities of the Trading Manager as
it, in good faith, deems to be in the best interests of the Registrant.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Non-Trading Risk Exposure

   At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Registrant's primary exposure to
non-trading market risk resulted from foreign currency balances held in Canadian
dollars. As discussed above, these balances, as well as any risk they represent,
are immaterial.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

   The financial statements are incorporated by reference to pages 2 through 9
of the Registrant's 2000 Annual Report which is filed as an exhibit hereto.

Selected unaudited quarterly financial data for the years ended December 31,
2000 and 1999 are summarized below.

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                                                           First         Second          Third          Fourth
                                                          Quarter        Quarter        Quarter        Quarter
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<S>                                                     <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
2000:
Total revenues (including interest)                     $  (757,454)   $(2,495,982)   $(1,823,600)   $ 10,095,509
                                                        -----------    -----------    -----------    ------------
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Total revenues (including interest) less commissions    $(1,540,939)   $(3,150,284)   $(2,348,379)   $  9,617,471
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Net income (loss)                                       $(1,940,182)   $(3,477,487)   $(2,611,405)   $  9,478,077
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Net income (loss) per weighted average Interest         $     (8.31)   $    (16.69)   $    (14.01)   $      56.16
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1999:
Total revenues (including interest)                     $  (741,534)   $ 7,638,744    $(3,352,668)   $ (3,964,246)
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Total revenues (including interest) less commissions    $(1,862,097)   $ 6,563,238    $(4,427,600)   $ (4,874,328)
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Net income (loss)                                       $(2,434,246)   $ 5,733,816    $(4,967,645)   $ (5,327,799)
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Net income (loss) per weighted average Interest         $     (8.30)   $     20.56    $    (18.60)   $     (20.74)
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</TABLE>

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
        Financial Disclosure

   None

                                    PART III

Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

   There are no directors or executive officers of the Registrant. The
Registrant is managed by the Managing Owner.

   The Managing Owner's directors and executive officers and any person holding
more than ten percent of the Registrant's Interests ('Ten Percent Owners') are
required to report their initial ownership of such Interests and any subsequent
changes in that ownership to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 3,
4 or 5. Such executive officers, directors and Ten Percent Owners are required
by Securities and Exchange Commission regulations to furnish the Registrant with
copies of all Forms 3, 4 or 5 they file. All of these filing requirements were
satisfied on a timely basis. In making these disclosures, the Registrant has
relied solely on written representations of the Managing Owner's directors and
executive officers and Ten

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Percent Owners or copies of the reports that they have filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission during and with respect to its most recent fiscal year.

   The directors and executive officers of Prudential Securities Futures
Management Inc. and their positions with respect to the Registrant are as
follows:

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<CAPTION>
        Name                             Position
<S>                             <C>
Eleanor L. Thomas               President and Director
Barbara J. Brooks               Chief Financial Officer
Steven Carlino                  Vice President and Treasurer
A. Laurence Norton, Jr.         Director
Guy S. Scarpaci                 Director
Tamara B. Wright                Senior Vice President and Director
</TABLE>

   ELEANOR L. THOMAS, age 46, has been President of Prudential Securities
Futures Management Inc. since September 2000 and a Director since April 1999.
She has also been the President and a Director of Seaport Futures Management,
Inc. (an affiliate of the Managing Owner) since April 1999. She has held various
positions of increasing responsibility in both Prudential Securities Futures
Management Inc. and Seaport Futures Management, Inc. since joining PSI in 1993.
She is a First Vice President and the director of the Futures and Hedge Fund
Group within PSI. Prior to joining PSI in March 1993, she was with MC Baldwin
Financial Company from June 1990 through February 1993 and Arthur Andersen & Co.
from 1986 through May 1990. Ms. Thomas is a certified public accountant.

   BARBARA J. BROOKS, age 52, is the Chief Financial Officer of Prudential
Securities Futures Management Inc. She is a Senior Vice President of PSI. She is
also the Chief Financial Officer of Seaport Futures Management, Inc. and serves
in various capacities for other affiliated companies. She has held several
positions within PSI since April 1983. Ms. Brooks is a certified public
accountant.

   STEVEN CARLINO, age 37, is a Vice President and Treasurer of Prudential
Securities Futures Management Inc. He is a Senior Vice President of PSI. He is
also a Vice President and Treasurer of Seaport Futures Management, Inc. and
serves in various capacities for other affiliated companies. Prior to joining
PSI in October 1992, he was with Ernst & Young for six years. Mr. Carlino is a
certified public accountant.

   A. LAURENCE NORTON, JR., age 62, is a Director of Prudential Securities
Futures Management Inc. He is an Executive Vice President of PSI and, since
March 1994, has been the director of the Futures Division of PSI. He is also a
Director of Seaport Futures Management, Inc. and is a member of PSI's Operating
Committee. From October 1991 to March 1994, he held the position of Executive
Director of Retail Development and Retail Strategies at PSI. Prior to joining
PSI in 1991, Mr. Norton was a Senior Vice President and Branch Manager of
Shearson Lehman Brothers.

   GUY S. SCARPACI, age 54, is a Director of Prudential Securities Futures
Management Inc. He is a First Vice President of the Futures Division of PSI. He
is also a Director of Seaport Futures Management, Inc. Mr. Scarpaci has been
employed by PSI in positions of increasing responsibility since August 1974.

   TAMARA B. WRIGHT, age 42, is a Director and Senior Vice President of
Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. She is a Senior Vice President and
Chief Administrative Officer for the International Division of PSI. She is also
a Director and Senior Vice President of Seaport Futures Management, Inc. and
serves in various capacities for other affiliated companies. Prior to joining
PSI in July 1988, she was a manager with Price Waterhouse.

   Effective July 2000, Joseph A. Filicetti resigned as President and as a
Director of Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. Effective September
2000, Eleanor L. Thomas was elected by the Board of Directors of Prudential
Securities Futures Management Inc. as President replacing Joseph A. Filicetti.
Additionally, Joseph A. Filicetti resigned as Executive Vice President and as a
Director of Seaport Futures Management, Inc. effective July 2000.

   Effective February 2001, Alan J. Brody resigned as a Director of both
Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. and Seaport Futures Management,
Inc. Additionally, effective March 30, 2001, A Laurence

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Norton, Jr. will resign as a Director of both Prudential Securities Futures
Management Inc. and Seaport Futures Management, Inc.

   There are no family relationships among any of the foregoing directors or
executive officers. All of the foregoing directors and/or executive officers
have indefinite terms.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

   The Registrant does not pay or accrue any fees, salaries or any other form of
compensation to directors and officers of the Managing Owner for their services.
Certain directors and officers of the Managing Owner receive compensation from
affiliates of the Managing Owner, not from the Registrant, for services
performed for various affiliated entities, which may include services performed
for the Registrant; however, the Managing Owner believes that any compensation
attributable to services performed for the Registrant is immaterial. (See also
Item 13, Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, for information
regarding compensation to the Managing Owner.)

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

   As of March 12, 2001, no director or executive officer of the Managing Owner
owns directly or beneficially any interest in the voting securities of the
Managing Owner.

   As of March 12, 2001, no director or executive officer of the Managing Owner
owns directly or beneficially any of the Interests issued by the Registrant.

   As of March 12, 2001, no owners of Limited Interests beneficially own more
than five percent (5%) of the Limited Interests issued by the Registrant.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

   The Registrant has and will continue to have certain relationships with the
Managing Owner and its affiliates. However, there have been no direct financial
transactions between the Registrant and the directors or officers of the
Managing Owner.

   Reference is made to Notes A, C and D to the financial statements in the
Registrant's 2000 Annual Report which is filed as an exhibit hereto, which
identify the related parties and discuss the services provided by these parties
and the amounts paid or payable for their services..

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                                    PART IV

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Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K

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(a)      1.   Financial Statements and Report of Independent Accountants--incorporated
              by reference to the Registrant's 2000 Annual Report which is filed as an
              exhibit hereto

              Report of Independent Accountants                                                2

              Financial Statements:

              Statements of Financial Condition--December 31, 2000 and 1999                    3

              Statements of Operations--Three years ended December 31, 2000                    4

              Statements of Changes in Trust Capital--Three years ended December 31,
              2000                                                                             4

              Notes to Financial Statements                                                    5

         2.   Financial Statement Schedules

              All schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or the
              required information is included in the financial statements or notes
              thereto.

         3.   Exhibits

              Description:

        3.1   Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the
        and   Registrant dated as of August 25, 1994, (incorporated by reference to
        4.1   Exhibits 3.1 and 4.1 of Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
              the period ended September 30, 1994)

        4.2   Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit C to the
              Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-81534,
              dated as of September 13, 1994)

        4.3   Request for Redemption (incorporated by reference to Exhibit D to the
              Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-81534,
              dated as of September 13, 1994)

       10.1   Escrow Agreement, dated as of September 13, 1994, among the Registrant,
              Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc., Prudential Securities
              Incorporated and The Bank of New York (incorporated by reference to
              Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
              period ended September 30, 1994)

       10.2   Brokerage Agreement, dated as of January 4, 1995, between the Registrant
              and Prudential Securities Incorporated (incorporated by reference to
              Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
              ended December 31, 1994)

       10.3   Advisory Agreement, dated as of September 13, 1994, among the
              Registrant, Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc., and John W.
              Henry & Co., Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the
              Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
              September 30, 1994)
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       10.4   Representation Agreement Concerning the Registration Statement and the
              Prospectus, dated as of September 13, 1994, among the Registrant,
              Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc., Prudential Securities
              Incorporated, Wilmington Trust Company and John W. Henry & Co., Inc.
              (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant's Quarterly
              Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 1994)

       10.5   Net Worth Agreement, dated as of September 13, 1994, between Prudential
              Securities Futures Management Inc. and Prudential Securities
              Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the
              Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
              September 30, 1994)

       10.6   Secured Demand Note, dated as of January 4, 1995, between Prudential
              Securities Group Inc. and Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc.
              (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Registrant's Annual
              Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994)

       10.7   Secured Demand Note Collateral Agreement, dated as of January 4, 1995,
              between Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. and Prudential
              Securities Group Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the
              Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
              1994)

       10.8   Form of Foreign Currency Addendum to Brokerage Agreement between the
              Registrant and Prudential Securities Incorporated (incorporated by
              reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
              10-Q for the period ended March 31, 1996)

       10.9   Amendment to Advisory Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2000, among the
              Registrant, Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc., and John W.
              Henry & Company, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the
              Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
              September 30, 2000)

       13.1   Registrant's 2000 Annual Report (with the exception of the information
              and data incorporated by reference in Items 1, 7 and 8 of this Annual
              Report on Form 10-K, no other information or data appearing in the
              Registrant's 2000 Annual Report is to be deemed filed as part of this
              report) (filed herewith)

(b)           Reports on Form 8-K

              No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the last quarter of the period
              covered by this report.
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                                   SIGNATURES

   Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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Diversified Futures Trust I

By: Prudential Securities Futures Management
Inc.
    A Delaware corporation, Managing Owner

     By: /s/ Steven Carlino                       Date: March 29, 2001
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     Steven Carlino
     Vice President and Treasurer
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   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities (with respect to the Managing Owner) and on the
dates indicated.

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By: Prudential Securities Futures Management
Inc.A Delaware corporation, Managing Owner

    By: /s/ Eleanor L. Thomas                     Date: March 29, 2001
    -----------------------------------------
    Eleanor L. Thomas
    President and Director

    By: /s/ Barbara J. Brooks                     Date: March 29, 2001
    -----------------------------------------
    Barbara J. Brooks
    Chief Financial Officer

    By: /s/ Steven Carlino                        Date: March 29, 2001
    -----------------------------------------
    Steven Carlino
    Vice President and Treasurer

    By:                                           Date:
    -----------------------------------------
    A. Laurence Norton, Jr.
    Director

    By: /s/ Guy S. Scarpaci                       Date: March 29, 2001
    -----------------------------------------
    Guy S. Scarpaci
    Director

    By: /s/ Tamara B. Wright                      Date: March 29, 2001
    -----------------------------------------
    Tamara B. Wright
    Senior Vice President and Director
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