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Financial Highlights (Parenthetical)			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 01, 2018	Nov. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2019
Financial Highlights [Abstract]
Share split ratio			10
Annualized rate of Sponsors Fee	0.17%	0.39%

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Financial Highlights [Abstract]

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Ratio applied to the conversion of stock split, for example but not limited to, one share converted to two or two shares converted to one.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 4.C)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187143-122770

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