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CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Contractors [Abstract] |
Brokerage Commissions |
|  | For the nine months |  |  | For the nine months |
|  | ended September 30, |  |  | ended September 30, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Total commissions accrued to brokers |  | $ | 1,204,240 |  |  | $ | 1,526,497 |
Total commissions as an annualized percentage of average total net assets |  |  | 0.34 | % |  |  | 0.39 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  | $ | 998,598 |  |  | $ | 1,444,429 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  |  | 82.92 | % |  |  | 94.62 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  | $ | 205,642 |  |  | $ | 82,068 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  |  | 17.08 | % |  |  | 5.38 | %

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