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Financial Highlights (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Per Share Performance (for a Share outstanding throughout the entire period)
Net asset value per Share at beginning of period	$ 77.44pall_NetAssetValuePerShare	$ 69.42pall_NetAssetValuePerShare
Income from investment operations:
Net investment loss	$ (0.11)pall_NetInvestmentIncomLossPerShare	$ (0.11)pall_NetInvestmentIncomLossPerShare
Total realized and unrealized gains or losses on investment in palladium	$ (6.69)pall_NetRealizedAndUnrealizedGainsAndLossesOnInvestmentInBullionPerShare	$ 6.54pall_NetRealizedAndUnrealizedGainsAndLossesOnInvestmentInBullionPerShare
Change in net assets from operations	$ (6.80)pall_ChangeInNetAssetsFromOperationsPerShare	$ 6.43pall_ChangeInNetAssetsFromOperationsPerShare
Net asset value per Share at end of period	$ 70.64pall_NetAssetValuePerShare	$ 75.85pall_NetAssetValuePerShare
Weighted average number of shares	4,970,556us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	6,966,111us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Expense Ratio
Annualized Sponsor's fee per Share	0.60%pall_AnnualizedRateOfSponsorsFee	0.60%pall_AnnualizedRateOfSponsorsFee
Net Investment Loss Ratio
Annualized net investment loss ratio	(0.60%)pall_AnnualizedNetInvestmentIncomeLossRatio	(0.60%)pall_AnnualizedNetInvestmentIncomeLossRatio
Non-Annualized Total Return	(8.78%)pall_NonAnnualizedTotalReturn	9.26%pall_NonAnnualizedTotalReturn

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