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Contracts and Agreements (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Contractors [Abstract] |
Brokerage Commissions | USL also incurs commissions to brokers for the purchase and sale of Oil Futures Contracts, Other Oil-Related Investments or short-term obligations of the United States of two years or less (“Treasuries”).
|  | For the nine months ended |  |  | For the nine months ended |
|  | September 30, 2014 |  |  | September 30, 2013 |
Total commissions accrued to brokers |  | $ | 3,592 |  |  | $ | 8,337 |
Commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  | $ | 2,908 |  |  | $ | 3,825 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  |  | 80.96 | % |  |  | 45.88 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  | $ | 684 |  |  | $ | 4,512 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  |  | 19.04 | % |  |  | 54.12 | %

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