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CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS |
Schedule of Brokerage Commissions |
|  | For the Year Ended |  | For the Year Ended |  | For the Year Ended |
|  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017 |
Total commissions accrued to brokers |  | $ | 1,155,153 |  | $ | 1,424,713 |  | $ | 1,728,440 |
Total commissions as annualized percentage of average total net assets |  |  | 0.38 | % |  | 0.38 | % |  | 0.35 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  | $ | 964,567 |  | $ | 1,053,158 |  | $ | 1,420,519 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  |  | 83.50 | % |  | 73.92 | % |  | 82.19 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  | $ | 190,586 |  | $ | 371,555 |  | $ | 307,921 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  |  | 16.50 | % |  | 26.08 | % |  | 17.81 | %

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