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CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Contractors [Abstract] |
Brokerage Commissions | BNO also incurs commissions to brokers for the purchase and sale of Futures Contracts, Other Crude Oil-Related Investments or short-term obligations of the United States of two years or less (“Treasuries”).
|  | For the nine |  |  | For the nine |
|  | months ended |  |  | months ended |
|  | September 30, 2015 |  |  | September 30, 2014 |
Total commissions accrued to brokers |  | $ | 83,780 |  |  | $ | 18,535 |
Total commissions as an annualized percentage of average net assets |  |  | 0.12 | % |  |  | 0.06 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  | $ | 78,277 |  |  | $ | 17,062 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  |  | 93.43 | % |  |  | 92.05 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  | $ | 5,503 |  |  | $ | 1,473 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  |  | 6.57 | % |  |  | 7.95 | %

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