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Organization and Business (Additional Information) (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended
Dec. 06, 2007
Dec. 04, 2007
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]            
Fee paid by Authorized Purchasers for each order placed to create one or more Creation Baskets or to redeem one or more baskets     350usl_FeePaidPerOrder      
Number of initially registered units on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission   11,000,000usl_NumberOfUnitsRegisteredInPeriod        
Net asset value per share $ 50.00usl_NetAssetValuePerUnit   $ 23.96usl_NetAssetValuePerUnit $ 26.59usl_NetAssetValuePerUnit $ 44.10usl_NetAssetValuePerUnit $ 42.83usl_NetAssetValuePerUnit
Number of shares issued 300,000usl_UnitsIssuedDuringPeriodUnitsNewIssues          
Value of shares issued $ 15,000,000usl_UnitsIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues          
Number of registered shares     111,000,000usl_NumberOfRegisteredUnits      
Creation Baskets            
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]            
Number of shares per basket     50,000usl_NumberOfUnitsPerBasket
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Open Futures Contracts, Long | United States            
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]            
Number of Contracts     1,349us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceContracts
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= country_US
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= usl_OpenFuturesContractsLongMember