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Condensed Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Expiration date	7-day
Collateral amount on open commodity futures contracts	$ 206,283,729
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund Institutional Shares [Member]
Investment interest rate	1.36%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds Government Portfolio Institutional Shares [Member]
Investment interest rate	1.38%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Money Market Fund [Member]
Investment interest rate	1.41%

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