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Condensed Schedule of Investments | Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)
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Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 88,673,174 |
% of Partners' Capital | 96.56% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 58,673,174 |
% of Partners' Capital | 63.89% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.47%, 7/05/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,999,459 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.18% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.48%, 7/11/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,997,956 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.26% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.47%, 7/18/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,997,696 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.17% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.47%, 7/25/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,995,120 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.26% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.48%, 8/01/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,995,781 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.17% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.46%, 8/08/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,994,870 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.17% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.47%, 8/15/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,993,900 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.17% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.47%, 8/22/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,989,448 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.25% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.48%, 8/29/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,987,954 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.25% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.48%, 9/05/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,991,017 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.17% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.48%, 9/12/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,990,084 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.17% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.46%, 9/19/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,989,200 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.17% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.41%, 9/26/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,982,709 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.25% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.40%, 10/03/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,981,396 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.25% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.41%, 10/10/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,979,926 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.24% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.42%, 10/17/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,978,490 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.24% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.40%, 10/24/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,977,287 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.24% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.37%, 10/31/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,984,140 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.16% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.40%, 11/07/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,982,979 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.16% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.38%, 11/14/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 1,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 991,103 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.08% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.37%, 11/21/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,981,410 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.16% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.33%, 11/29/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,980,664 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.16% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.20%, 12/05/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 1,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 990,493 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.08% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.16%, 12/12/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,980,502 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.16% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.15%, 12/19/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,979,813 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.16% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills,2.07%, 12/26/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,979,777 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.16% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 30,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 32.67% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds Government Portfolio [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 5,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 5,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 5.45% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Government Fund - Class FS [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 15,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 15,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 16.33% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds Government Portfolio [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 10,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 10,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 10.89% |
Open Futures Contracts -Long [Member] | Foreign Contracts [Member] | ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO September 2019 contracts expiring July 2019 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 86,273,950 | [1]
Number of Contracts | 1,418 | [1]
Value/Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts | $ 5,527,370 | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | 6.02% | [1]
[1] | Collateral amounted to $8,976,787 on open futures contracts.

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