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Condensed Schedule of Investments | Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
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Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 91,341,867 |
% of Partners' Capital | 85.30% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 65,641,867 |
% of Partners' Capital | 61.30% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.87%, 10/04/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,536 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.80% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.90%, 10/11/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,998,956 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.87% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,1.97%, 10/18/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,998,158 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.87% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.00%, 10/25/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,997,360 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.87% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.00%, 11/01/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,996,590 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.86% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.03%, 11/08/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,995,767 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.86% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.05%, 11/15/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,992,388 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.79% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.07%, 11/23/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,990,946 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.79% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.05%, 11/29/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,990,044 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.79% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.09%, 12/06/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,992,410 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.86% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.06%, 12/13/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,987,590 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.79% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.09%, 12/20/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,986,200 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.79% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.07%, 12/27/2018 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,985,138 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.79% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.10%, 1/03/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,983,746 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.79% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.10%, 1/10/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,982,493 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.79% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.13%, 1/17/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,981,010 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.78% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.15%, 1/24/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,979,635 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.78% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.18%, 1/31/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,978,091 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.78% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.20%, 2/07/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,984,413 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.85% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.19%, 2/14/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,983,604 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.85% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.20%, 2/21/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,982,681 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.85% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.24%, 2/28/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,972,313 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.78% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.38%, 3/07/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,979,459 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.85% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.28%, 3/14/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,979,454 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.85% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.33%, 3/21/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,978,150 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.85% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.34%, 3/28/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,965,735 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.77% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 25,700,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 24.00% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds - Government Portfolio [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 13,200,000 |
Market Value | $ 13,200,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 12.33% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Government Fund - Class FS [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 4,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 4,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.73% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 8,500,000 |
Market Value | $ 8,500,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 7.94% |
Open Futures Contracts - Long [Member] | Foreign Contracts [Member] | ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO December 2018 contracts, expiring October 2018 [Member] |  |
Number of Contracts | 1,294 | [1]
Value/Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts | $ 5,866,400 | [1]
Principal Amount | $ 101,186,220 | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | 5.48% | [1]
[1] | Collateral amounted to $14,769,562 on open futures contracts.

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