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FEES PAID BY THE FUND AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019
Fees Paid And Related Party Transactions
Ongoing Registration Fees and Other Offering Expenses	$ 151,791	$ 5,963	$ 429,819	$ 93,326
Fees and expenses	89,972	80,559	242,748	236,202
Licensing fee incurred	$ 51,673	$ 66,164	$ 167,338	209,789
Forecast
Fees Paid And Related Party Transactions
Estimated investor tax reporting cost					$ 1,500,000
USO And Related Public Funds | Forecast
Fees Paid And Related Party Transactions
Fees and expenses					543,500
USCF
Fees Paid And Related Party Transactions
USCF Management Fee			0.45%
USO
Fees Paid And Related Party Transactions
Ongoing Registration Fees and Other Offering Expenses			$ 429,819	93,326
Licensing fee incurred			$ 167,338	$ 209,789
USO | Forecast
Fees Paid And Related Party Transactions
Fees and expenses					$ 339,000
Licensing Agreements
Fees Paid And Related Party Transactions
Fee percentage			0.015%

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