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Condensed Schedule of Investments	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Contracts
Ice Brent Crude Oil Futures Co December 2016 Contracts Expiring October 2016 [Member]
Number of Contracts | Contracts	2,340
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member]
Market Value	$ 60,939,316
% of Partners' Capital	51.90%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.34%, 10/06/2016
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,999,860
% of Partners' Capital	2.56%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.35%, 10/13/2016
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,999,655
% of Partners' Capital	2.56%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.34%, 10/20/2016
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,999,641
% of Partners' Capital	1.70%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.39%, 10/27/2016
Principal Amount	$ 4,000,000
Market Value	$ 3,998,866
% of Partners' Capital	3.41%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.37%, 11/03/2016
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,998,976
% of Partners' Capital	2.56%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.36%, 11/10/2016
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,999,211
% of Partners' Capital	1.70%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.39%, 11/17/2016
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,998,473
% of Partners' Capital	2.56%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.46%, 11/25/2016
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,997,915
% of Partners' Capital	2.55%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.47%, 12/01/2016
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,997,636
% of Partners' Capital	2.55%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.41%, 12/08/2016
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,997,677
% of Partners' Capital	2.55%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.34%, 12/15/2016
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,997,875
% of Partners' Capital	2.55%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.39%, 12/22/2016
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,997,352
% of Partners' Capital	2.55%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.34%, 12/29/2016
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,997,515
% of Partners' Capital	2.55%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.34%, 1/05/2017
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,998,187
% of Partners' Capital	1.70%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.43%, 1/19/2017
Principal Amount	$ 1,000,000
Market Value	$ 998,701
% of Partners' Capital	0.85%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.40%, 2/02/2017
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,997,244
% of Partners' Capital	1.70%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.42%, 2/09/2017
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,996,943
% of Partners' Capital	1.70%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.45%, 2/16/2017
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,996,550
% of Partners' Capital	1.70%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.45%, 2/23/2017
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,996,415
% of Partners' Capital	1.70%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.45%, 3/02/2017
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,996,200
% of Partners' Capital	1.70%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.47%, 3/09/2017
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,993,773
% of Partners' Capital	2.55%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.50%, 3/16/2017
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,995,366
% of Partners' Capital	1.70%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.45%, 3/23/2017
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,993,585
% of Partners' Capital	2.55%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.43%, 3/30/2017
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,995,700
% of Partners' Capital	1.70%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member]
Market Value	$ 97,939,316
% of Partners' Capital	83.41%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member]
Market Value	$ 37,000,000
% of Partners' Capital	31.51%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Fidelity Institutional Money Market Funds - Government Portfolio [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 16,000,000
Market Value	$ 16,000,000
% of Partners' Capital	13.63%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Government Fund - Class FS [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 12,000,000
Market Value	$ 12,000,000
% of Partners' Capital	10.22%
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds Government Portfolio [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 9,000,000
Market Value	$ 9,000,000
% of Partners' Capital	7.66%
Open Futures Contracts - Long [Member] | United States [Member] | Ice Brent Crude Oil Futures Co December 2016 Contracts Expiring October 2016 [Member]
Number of Contracts	2,340	[1]
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts	$ 8,453,250	[1]
% of Partners' Capital	7.20%	[1]
[1] Collateral amounted to $9,995,363 on open futures contracts.

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