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Schedule of Investments (USD $) | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
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Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |  |  |
% of Partners' Capital | 45.69% |  | 90.33% |
Market Values | $ 12,010,110 |  | $ 40,715,676 |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bill [Member] |  |  |  |
% of Partners' Capital | 15.22% |  | 5.99% |
Principal Amount | 4,000,000 |  | 2,700,000 |
Market Values | 3,999,339 |  | 2,699,886 |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] |  |  |  |
% of Partners' Capital | 30.47% |  | 84.34% |
Market Values | 8,010,771 |  | 38,015,790 |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Fidelity Institutional Government Portfolio - Class I [Member] |  |  |  |
% of Partners' Capital |  |  | 12.21% |
Principal Amount |  |  | 5,502,749 |
Market Values |  |  | 5,502,749 |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Government Fund - Class FS [Member] |  |  |  |
% of Partners' Capital |  |  | 24.41% |
Principal Amount |  |  | 11,002,270 |
Market Values |  |  | 11,002,270 |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Fund - Government Portfolio [Member] |  |  |  |
% of Partners' Capital | 13.35% |  | 25.53% |
Principal Amount | 3,510,274 |  | 11,510,274 |
Market Values | 3,510,274 |  | 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 | 17.12% |  | 22.19% |
Principal Amount | 4,500,497 |  | 10,000,497 |
Market Values | 4,500,497 |  | 10,000,497 |
Open Futures Contracts - Long [Member] | United States [Member] | ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO February 2014 contracts, expiring January 2014 and February 2013 contracts, expiring January 2013 [Member] |  |  |  |
Number of Contracts | 237 | [1] | 406 | [2]
Unrealized Gain Loss On Open Commodity Contracts | $ 28,670 | [1] | $ 739,330 | [2]
% of Partners' Capital | 0.11% | [1] | 1.64% | [2]
[1] | Collateral amounted to $3,271,010 on open futures contracts.
[2] | Collateral amounted to $4,934,188 on open futures contracts.

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