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Condensed Schedule of Investments | Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) Contracts
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Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 68,889,751 |
% of Partners' Capital | 66.92% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.46%, 4/06/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,810 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.47%, 4/13/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,530 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.46%, 4/20/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,280 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.47%, 4/27/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,998,992 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.49%, 5/04/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,998,646 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.55%, 5/11/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,998,789 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.94% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.60%, 5/18/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,997,670 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.61%, 5/25/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,997,266 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.60%, 6/01/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,996,975 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.62%, 6/08/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 4,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 3,995,353 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.88% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.65%, 6/15/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,995,969 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.64%, 6/22/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,995,627 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.60%, 6/29/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,995,550 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.62%, 7/06/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,995,080 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.59%, 7/13/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,994,979 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.61%, 7/20/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,996,303 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.94% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.60%, 7/27/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,994,199 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.63%, 8/03/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,993,542 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.91% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.61%, 8/10/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,995,560 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.94% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.65%, 8/17/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,995,017 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.94% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.67%, 8/24/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,994,603 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.94% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.76%, 8/31/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,993,624 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.94% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.84%, 9/07/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,992,580 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.94% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.86%, 9/14/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,992,069 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.94% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.87%, 9/21/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,991,638 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.94% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.89%, 9/28/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,991,100 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.93% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 95,889,751 |
% of Partners' Capital | 93.15% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 27,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 26.23% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds - Government Portfolio [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 14,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 14,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 13.60% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Government Fund - Class FS [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 7,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 7,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 6.80% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds Government Portfolio [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 6,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 6,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 5.83% |
Open Futures Contracts - Long [Member] | United States [Member] | Ice Brent Crude Oil Futures Co June 2017 Contracts Expiring April 2017 [Member] |  |
Number of Contracts | Contracts | 1,923 | [1]
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts | $ 3,999,260 | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | 3.88% | [1]
[1] | Collateral amounted to $7,993,396 on open futures contracts.

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