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CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Contractors [Abstract] |
Brokerage Commissions |
|  | For the three months |  |  | For the three months |
|  | ended March 31, 2017 |  |  | ended March 31, 2016 |
Total commissions accrued to brokers |  | $ | 419,698 |  |  | $ | 562,675 |
Total commissions as an annualized percentage of average net assets |  |  | 0.34 | % |  |  | 0.46 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  | $ | 331,242 |  |  | $ | 526,747 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  |  | 78.92 | % |  |  | 93.61 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  | $ | 88,456 |  |  | $ | 35,928 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  |  | 21.08 | % |  |  | 6.39 | %

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