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Condensed Schedule of Investments	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Value/ Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts	$ (66,680,740)
Open Futures Contracts, Long | United States | NYMEX WTI Crude Oil Futures CL November 2019 contracts, expiring October 2019
Notional Amount	$ 1,450,710,530	[1]
Number of Contracts	25,597	[1]
Value/ Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts	$ (66,680,740)	[1]
% of Partners' Capital	(4.82%)	[1]
Cash Equivalents
Market Value	$ 1,358,772,491
% of Partners' Capital	98.18%
Cash Equivalents | Money Market Funds
Market Value	$ 90,000,000
% of Partners' Capital	6.50%
Cash Equivalents | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Government Fund - Class FS [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 65,000,000
Market Value	$ 65,000,000
% of Partners' Capital	4.70%
Cash Equivalents | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 25,000,000
Market Value	$ 25,000,000
% of Partners' Capital	1.80%
Cash Equivalents | United States Treasury Obligations
Market Value	$ 1,268,772,491
% of Partners' Capital	91.68%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.40%, 10/03/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,993,403
% of Partners' Capital	3.61%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.41%, 10/10/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,970,187
% of Partners' Capital	3.61%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.42%, 10/17/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,946,889
% of Partners' Capital	3.61%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.40%, 10/24/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,924,292
% of Partners' Capital	3.61%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.37%, 10/31/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,902,500
% of Partners' Capital	3.61%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.40%, 11/07/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,877,951
% of Partners' Capital	3.60%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.38%, 11/14/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,856,084
% of Partners' Capital	3.60%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.37%, 11/21/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,834,250
% of Partners' Capital	3.60%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.33%, 11/29/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,811,118
% of Partners' Capital	3.60%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.20%, 12/05/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,803,194
% of Partners' Capital	3.60%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.16%, 12/12/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,786,000
% of Partners' Capital	3.60%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.15%, 12/19/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,766,840
% of Partners' Capital	3.60%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.07%, 12/26/2019
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,755,736
% of Partners' Capital	3.59%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.05%, 1/02/2020
Principal Amount	$ 25,000,000
Market Value	$ 24,869,219
% of Partners' Capital	1.80%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.03%, 1/09/2020
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,720,833
% of Partners' Capital	3.59%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.01%, 1/16/2020
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,705,007
% of Partners' Capital	3.59%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.04%, 1/23/2020
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,680,642
% of Partners' Capital	3.59%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.02%, 1/30/2020
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,664,225
% of Partners' Capital	3.59%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.89%, 2/06/2020
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,666,667
% of Partners' Capital	3.59%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.87%, 2/13/2020
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,652,187
% of Partners' Capital	3.59%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.85%, 2/20/2020
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,638,097
% of Partners' Capital	3.59%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.85%, 2/27/2020
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,621,292
% of Partners' Capital	3.58%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.83%, 3/05/2020
Principal Amount	$ 100,000,000
Market Value	$ 99,212,850
% of Partners' Capital	7.17%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.84%, 3/19/2020
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,570,278
% of Partners' Capital	3.58%
Cash Equivalents | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.88%, 3/26/2020
Principal Amount	$ 50,000,000
Market Value	$ 49,542,750
% of Partners' Capital	3.58%
[1] Collateral amounted to $169,419,628 on open futures contracts.

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