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ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS (Details)			1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 23, 2024	Jan. 04, 2018 $ / shares shares	Apr. 30, 2007 shares	Apr. 18, 2007 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) contract $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2020 $ / shares
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
Number of successive valuation days					30 days
Average daily percentage change in the price of the Benchmark Futures Contract considered					10.00%
Number of Contracts | contract					29,248
Number of units per basket					100,000
Fee paid by authorized participants for each order placed to create one or more Creation Baskets or to redeem one or more baskets | $					$ 1,000
Number of initially registered units on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission			30,000,000
Net asset value per unit | $ / shares				$ 50.00	$ 20.36	$ 56.90	$ 49.56	$ 36.78
Number of units issued				200,000
Value of unit issued | $				$ 10,001,000
Committee For Uniform Securities Identification Procedure Cusip	912318409	912318300
Stockholders equity reverse stock	0.25
Stockholders' Equity Note, Stock Split, Conversion Ratio	0.0025
Prior to Reverse Split
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
Net asset value per unit | $ / shares		$ 5.69			$ 5.09
Stockholders equity reverse stock	0.2500	0.25
Capital units issued		97,466,476			191,284,588
Capital units outstanding		97,466,476			191,284,588
Following Reverse Split
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
Net asset value per unit | $ / shares		$ 22.76			$ 20.36
Capital units issued		24,366,619			47,821,147
Capital units outstanding		24,366,619			47,821,147
Creation Baskets
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
Number of units per basket					100,000
Redemption Baskets
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
Number of units per basket					100,000

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