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Statements of Operations - USD ($)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Mar. 31, 2015
EXPENSES    
Sponsor's Fee $ 252,741 $ 548,386
Total expenses 253,000 548,000
Net investment loss (253,000) (548,000)
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS / (LOSSES)    
Realized (loss) / gain on palladium transferred to pay expenses (63,000) 102,000
Realized (loss) / gain on palladium distributed for the redemption of Shares (3,768,000) 7,455,000
Change in unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in palladium 10,255,000 (39,675,000)
Total gain / (loss) on palladium 6,424,000 (32,118,000)
Change in net assets from operations $ 6,171,000 $ (32,666,000)
Net increase / (decrease) in net assets per Share $ 1.86 $ (6.57)
Weighted average number of Shares (in Shares) 3,322,527 4,970,556