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Condensed Schedule of Investments | Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
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Market Value | $ 58,979,611 |
% of Partners' Capital | 71.24% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 57,979,611 |
% of Partners' Capital | 70.03% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bill 0.10%, 10/01/2015 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 3,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.63% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.08%, 10/08/2015 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,953 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.09%, 10/15/2015 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,901 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.09%, 10/22/2015 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,843 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.06%, 10/29/2015 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 1,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 999,957 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.21% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.07%, 11/05/2015 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,796 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.08%, 11/12/2015 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 4,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 3,999,615 |
% of Partners' Capital | 4.83% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.08%, 11/19/2015 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,694 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.09%, 11/27/2015 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,596 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.07%, 12/03/2015 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,659 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.08%, 12/10/2015 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,533 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.11%, 12/31/2015 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,999,444 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.42% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.11%, 1/14/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,999,373 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.42% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.13%, 1/21/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,999,222 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.42% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.15%, 1/28/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,998,562 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.19%, 2/04/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 1,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 999,352 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.21% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.22%, 2/11/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,998,411 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.42% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.20%, 2/18/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,997,667 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.23%, 3/03/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,998,054 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.41% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.26%, 3/10/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,996,579 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.24%, 3/17/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,996,640 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.09%, 3/24/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,998,760 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.62% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Fund - Government Portfolio [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 1,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.21% |
Open Futures Contracts - Long [Member] | United States [Member] | ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO November 2015 contracts, expiring October 2015 [Merber] |  |
Number of Contracts | 1,712 | [1]
Unrealized Loss on Open Commodity Contracts | $ (4,364,460) | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | (5.27%) | [1]
[1] | Collateral amounted to $14,928,031 on open future contracts.

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