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Condensed Schedule of Investments | Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) Contracts
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Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 64,924,173 |
% of Partners' Capital | 58.92% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.07%, 4/07/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,965 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.72% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.07%, 4/14/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,930 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.72% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.11%, 4/21/2016[Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,999,878 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.82% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.21%, 4/28/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,999,685 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.82% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.26%, 5/05/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,264 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.72% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.33%, 5/12/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,999,248 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.82% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.31%, 5/19/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,999,173 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.81% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.35%, 5/26/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,998,396 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.72% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.43%, 6/02/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,997,804 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.72% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.52%, 6/09/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,997,010 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.72% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.48%, 6/16/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,997,973 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.81% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.46%, 6/23/2016[Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,997,902 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.81% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.47%, 6/30/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 5,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 4,994,188 |
% of Partners' Capital | 4.53% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.38%, 7/21/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 1,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 998,828 |
% of Partners' Capital | 0.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.42%, 8/04/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 1,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 998,559 |
% of Partners' Capital | 0.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.41%, 8/11/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,996,993 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.81% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.43%, 8/18/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 5,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 4,991,708 |
% of Partners' Capital | 4.53% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.45%, 8/25/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,996,391 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.81% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills0.48%, 9/01/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,995,920 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.81% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.46%, 9/08/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,993,933 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.72% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.45%, 9/15/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,993,738 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.72% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills 0.44%, 9/22/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 6,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 5,987,240 |
% of Partners' Capital | 5.43% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills0.38%, 9/29/2016 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 5,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 4,990,447 |
% of Partners' Capital | 4.53% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 76,924,173 |
% of Partners' Capital | 69.81% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 12,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 10.89% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Fidelity Institutional Money Market Funds - Government Portfolio [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 6,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 6,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 5.44% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Government Fund - Class FS [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 6,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 6,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 5.45% |
Open Futures Contracts - Long [Member] | United States [Member] | ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO June 2016 contracts, expiring April 2016 [Member] |  |
Number of Contracts | Contracts | 2,732 | [1]
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts | $ (5,096,230) | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | (4.63%) | [1]
[1] | Collateral amounted to $20,219,937 on open future contracts.

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