Statements of Financial Condition - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 2 and 5)	$ 2,920,517,807	$ 2,725,177,054
Equity in trading accounts:
Cash and cash equivalents	249,864,944	551,734,919
Unrealized gain (loss) on open commodity futures contracts	111,290,560	(138,508,060)
Receivable for shares sold	0	38,584,910
Dividends receivable	222,951	8,930
Prepaid registration fees	1,276,832	726,055
ETF transaction fees receivable	5,000	5,000
Total assets	3,283,178,094	3,177,728,808
Liabilities and Partners' Capital
Payable due to Broker	110,778,928	0
Payable for shares redeemed	66,943,788	52,855,674
General Partner management fees payable (Note 3)	1,256,212	1,179,092
Professional fees payable	1,829,494	1,205,862
Brokerage commissions payable	235,961	260,961
Directors' fees and insurance payable	26,116	42,863
License fees payable	150,926	114,603
Total liabilities	181,221,425	55,659,055
Commitments and Contingencies (Notes 3, 4 and 5)
Partners' Capital
General Partner	0	0
Limited Partners	3,101,956,669	3,122,069,753
Total Partners' Capital	3,101,956,669	3,122,069,753
Total liabilities and partners' capital	$ 3,283,178,094	$ 3,177,728,808
Limited Partners' shares outstanding	265,000,000	283,200,000
Net asset value per share	$ 11.71	$ 11.02
Market value per share	$ 11.72	$ 11

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