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Condensed Schedule of Investments (USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012
Number of Contracts	461
Unrealized Loss on Open Commodity Contracts	$ (568,660)
% of Partners' Capital	(1.26%)
United States Treasury Obligation
Principal Amount	2,340,000
United States - Money Market Funds
Market Value	39,349,534
% of Partners' Capital	87.27%
Us Treasury Securities [Member]
United States - Money Market Funds
Market Value	2,339,409
% of Partners' Capital	5.19%
Fidelity Institutional Government Portfolio [Member]
United States - Money Market Funds
Principal Amount	5,502,472
Market Value	5,508,472
% of Partners' Capital	12.20%
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds [Member]
United States - Money Market Funds
Principal Amount	10,000,580
Market Value	10,000,580
% of Partners' Capital	22.18%
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Fund [Member]
United States - Money Market Funds
Principal Amount	11,507,073
Market Value	11,507,073
% of Partners' Capital	25.52%
Wells Fargo Advantage Government Money Market Fund - Class I [Member]
United States - Money Market Funds
Principal Amount	10,000,000
Market Value	10,000,000
% of Partners' Capital	22.18%
Money Market Funds [Member]
United States - Money Market Funds
Market Value	$ 37,010,125
% of Partners' Capital	82.08%

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