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Condensed Schedule of Investments (USD $) | Sep. 30, 2013
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Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
% of Partners' Capital | 78.31% |
Market Values | $ 28,215,603 |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bill [Member] |  |
% of Partners' Capital | 6.10% |
Principal Amount | 2,200,000 |
Market Values | 2,199,813 |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] |  |
% of Partners' Capital | 72.21% |
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 | 1.39% |
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 | 11.11% |
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 | 31.95% |
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 | 27.76% |
Principal Amount | 10,000,497 |
Market Values | 10,000,497 |
Open Futures Contracts - Long [Member] | United States [Member] | ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO November 2013 contracts, expiring October 2013 |  |
Number of Contracts | 333 | [1]
Unrealized Gain Loss On Open Commodity Contracts | $ (1,639,350) | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | (4.55%) | [1]
[1] | Collateral amounted to $3,989,981 on open futures contracts.

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