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ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS (Details) | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
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Jun. 02, 2010 USD ($) $ / shares shares | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares | Dec. 31, 2018 $ / shares shares | Sep. 30, 2018 $ / shares | Dec. 31, 2017 $ / shares | May 31, 2010 shares
Units Issued During Period To Authorized Purchasers Through Distributors |  |  | 50,000 |  |  |
Transaction Fee | $ |  | $ 350 |  |  |  |
Initially Registered Units Of Entity With Sec |  |  |  |  |  | 50,000,000
Net asset value per unit | $ / shares | $ 50.00 | $ 18.09 | $ 15.18 | $ 23.28 | $ 18.18 |
Initial stock units issued | 200,000 |  |  |  |  |
Initial Units Value, Issued | $ | $ 10,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Total Units Registered Of Entity |  | 50,000,000 |  |  |  |
Number of Units Per Baskets |  | 50,000 |  |  |  |
ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO December 2019 Contracts Expiring October 2019 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Contracts |  | 1,298 |  |  |  |

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