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Condensed Schedule of Investments | Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) Contracts
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Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 67,823,388 |
% of Partners' Capital | 58.77% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.62%, 7/06/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,744 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.60% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.59%, 7/13/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,415 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.60% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.61%, 7/20/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,999,361 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.73% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.60%, 7/27/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,998,711 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.60% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.63%, 8/03/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,998,281 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.60% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.61%, 8/10/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,998,644 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.73% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.65%, 8/17/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,998,303 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.73% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.67%, 8/24/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,997,990 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.73% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.76%, 8/31/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,997,441 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.73% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.84%, 9/07/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,996,827 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.73% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.86%, 9/14/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,996,417 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.73% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.87%, 9/21/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,996,037 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.73% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.89%, 9/28/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,995,599 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.73% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.90%, 10/05/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,992,840 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.92%, 10/12/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,992,146 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.91%, 10/19/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,991,704 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.95%, 10/26/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,993,825 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.73% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.97%, 11/02/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,993,352 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.73% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.01%, 11/09/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 4,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 3,985,372 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.45% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.98%, 11/16/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,988,730 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.05%, 11/24/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,987,286 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.05%, 11/30/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,986,763 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.08%, 12/07/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,985,823 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.09%, 12/14/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,985,060 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.11%, 12/21/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,984,142 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.10%, 12/28/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,983,575 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.58% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 87,823,388 |
% of Partners' Capital | 76.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 20,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 17.33% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds - Government Portfolio [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 12,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 12,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 10.40% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Government Fund - Class FS [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 3,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.60% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds Government Portfolio [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 5,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 5,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 4.33% |
Open Futures Contracts - Long [Member] | United States [Member] | ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO September 2017 contracts, expiring July 2017 [Member] |  |
Number of Contracts | Contracts | 2,366 | [1]
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts | $ 5,697,000 | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | 4.94% | [1]
[1] | Collateral amounted to $12,049,449 on open futures contracts.

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