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CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Contractors [Abstract] |
Brokerage Commissions |
|  | For the three months |  |  | For the three months |
|  | ended |  |  | ended |
|  | March 31, 2018 |  |  | March 31, 2017 |
Total commissions accrued to brokers |  | $ | 445,015 |  |  | $ | 419,698 |
Total commissions as annualized percentage of average total net assets |  |  | 0.41 | % |  |  | 0.34 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  | $ | 321,081 |  |  | $ | 331,242 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  |  | 72.15 | % |  |  | 78.92 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  | $ | 123,934 |  |  | $ | 88,456 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  |  | 27.85 | % |  |  | 21.08 | %

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