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Condensed Schedule of Investments | Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
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Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 67,824,096 |
% of Partners' Capital | 70.31% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.90%, 10/05/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,702 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.11% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.92%, 10/12/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,161 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.11% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.91%, 10/19/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,998,642 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.11% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.95%, 10/26/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,998,681 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.07% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.97%, 11/02/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,998,284 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.07% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.01%, 11/09/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 4,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 3,995,645 |
% of Partners' Capital | 4.14% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,0.98%, 11/16/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,996,243 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.11% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.05%, 11/24/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,995,298 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.11% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.05%, 11/30/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,994,775 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.11% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.08%, 12/07/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,994,026 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.09%, 12/14/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,993,340 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.11%, 12/21/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,992,575 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.10%, 12/28/2017 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,991,970 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.12%, 1/04/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,991,173 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.11%, 1/11/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,990,608 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.10%, 1/18/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,993,399 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.07% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.12%, 1/25/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,989,222 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.12%, 2/01/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,988,571 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.13%, 2/08/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,991,875 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.07% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.12%, 2/15/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,991,552 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.07% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.10%, 2/22/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,991,280 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.06% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.09%, 3/01/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,990,898 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.06% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.14%, 3/08/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,990,059 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.06% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.14%, 3/15/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,989,642 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.06% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.16%, 3/22/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,989,011 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.06% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.17%, 3/29/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,988,464 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.06% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 87,824,096 |
% of Partners' Capital | 91.04% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 20,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 20.73% |
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 | 12.44% |
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 | 3.11% |
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 | 5.18% |
Open Futures Contracts - Long [Member] | United States [Member] | ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO December 2017 contracts, expiring October 2017 [Member] |  |
Number of Contracts | 1,699 | [1]
Value/Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts | $ 2,406,500 | [1]
Principal Amount | $ 94,079,710 | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | 2.49% | [1]
[1] | Collateral amounted to $13,446,411 on open futures contracts.

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