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Condensed Schedule of Investments (Parenthetical) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Collateral Amount On Open Commodity Futures Contracts | $ 86,405,619
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.54%, 7/02/2020 [Member] |
Interest rate | 1.54%
Expiration date | 7/02/2020
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.51%, 7/09/2020 [Member] |
Interest rate | 1.52%
Expiration date | 7/09/2020
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.54%, 7/16/2020 [Member] |
Interest rate | 1.55%
Expiration date | 7/16/2020
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.53%, 7/23/2020 [Member] |
Interest rate | 1.53%
Expiration date | 7/23/2020
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.53%, 7/30/2020 [Member] |
Interest rate | 1.54%
Expiration date | 7/30/2020
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.53%, 8/06/2020 [Member] |
Interest rate | 1.54%
Expiration date | 8/06/2020
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.52%, 8/13/2020 [Member] |
Interest rate | 1.52%
Expiration date | 8/13/2020
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.52%, 8/20/2020 [Member] |
Interest rate | 1.53%
Expiration date | 8/20/2020
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.42%, 8/27/2020 [Member] |
Interest rate | 1.43%
Expiration date | 8/27/2020
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.67%, 9/03/2020 [Member] |
Interest rate | 0.68%
Expiration date | 9/03/2020
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds Government Portfolio [Member] |
Investment Interest Rate | 0.06%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Government Fund - Class FS [Member] |
Investment Interest Rate | 0.15%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | RBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Institutional Share Class [Member] |
Investment Interest Rate | 0.10%

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