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Condensed Schedule of Investments (USD $) | Mar. 31, 2013
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Cash Equivalents [Member] |
% of Partners' Capital | 60.53%
Market Values | $ 27,715,581
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bill [Member] |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.71%
Principal Amount | 1,700,000
Market Values | 1,699,791
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] |
% of Partners' Capital | 56.82%
Market Values | 26,015,790
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Fidelity Institutional Government Portfolio - Class I [Member] |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.10%
Principal Amount | 502,749
Market Values | 502,749
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Government Fund - Class FS [Member] |
% of Partners' Capital | 8.74%
Principal Amount | 4,002,270
Market Values | 4,002,270
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Fund - Government Portfolio [Member] |
% of Partners' Capital | 25.14%
Principal Amount | 11,510,274
Market Values | 11,510,274
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Wells Fargo Advantage Government Money Market Fund - Class I [Member] |
% of Partners' Capital | 21.84%
Principal Amount | 10,000,497
Market Values | 10,000,497
Open Futures Contracts - Long [Member] | United States [Member] | ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO May 2013 contracts, expiring April 2013 [Member] |
Number of Contracts | 416
Unrealized Gain Loss On Open Commodity Contracts | $ 77,060
% of Partners' Capital | 0.17%

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