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Condensed Schedule of Investments | Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
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Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 92,434,914 |
% of Partners' Capital | 98.17% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 59,634,914 |
% of Partners' Capital | 63.33% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.37%, 4/04/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,414 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.19% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.41%, 4/11/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,998,012 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.18% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.42%, 4/18/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,996,607 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.18% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.43%, 4/25/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,995,200 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.18% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.46%, 5/02/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,995,824 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.12% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.47%, 5/09/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,994,859 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.12% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.48%, 5/16/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 1,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 996,937 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.06% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.50%, 5/23/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,992,879 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.12% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.49%, 5/30/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,991,945 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.12% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.51%, 6/06/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,990,925 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.11% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.51%, 6/13/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,984,913 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.17% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.49%, 6/20/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,989,067 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.11% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.49%, 6/27/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 1,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 994,055 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.06% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.47%, 7/05/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,987,149 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.11% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.48%, 7/11/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,979,358 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.16% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.47%, 7/18/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,985,360 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.11% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.47%, 7/25/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,976,617 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.16% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.48%, 8/01/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,983,394 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.11% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.46%, 8/08/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,982,585 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.11% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.47%, 8/15/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,981,564 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.47%, 8/22/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,970,983 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.15% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.48%, 8/29/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,969,375 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.15% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.48%, 9/05/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,978,631 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.48%, 9/12/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,977,723 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.46%, 9/19/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,976,915 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.10% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.41%, 9/26/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,964,623 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.15% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 32,800,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 34.84% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds - Government Portfolio [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.13% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Government Fund - Class FS [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 13,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 13,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 13.81% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 17,800,000 |
Market Value | $ 17,800,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 18.90% |
Open Futures Contracts - Long [Member] | Foreign Contracts [Member] | ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO June 2019 contracts expiring April 2019 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 94,087,170 | [1]
Number of Contracts | 1,393 | [1]
Value/Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts | $ 51,770 | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | 0.05% | [1]
[1] | Collateral amounted to $10,220,823 on open futures contracts.

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