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Condensed Schedule of Investments | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
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ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO December 2019 Contracts Expiring October 2019 [Member] |  |
Number of Contracts | 1,298 |
Open Futures Contracts Long [Member] | Foreign Contracts [Member] | ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO December 2019 Contracts Expiring October 2019 [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 83,537,910 | [1]
Number of Contracts | 1,298 | [1]
Value/Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts | $ (6,631,410) | [1]
% of Partners' Capital | (8.62%) | [1]
Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 78,720,170 |
% of Partners' Capital | 102.36% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 57,720,170 |
% of Partners' Capital | 75.05% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.40%, 10/03/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,999,604 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.90% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.41%, 10/10/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,998,211 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.90% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.42%, 10/17/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,996,813 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.90% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.40%, 10/24/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,995,457 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.89% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.37%, 10/31/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,996,100 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.60% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.40%, 11/07/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,995,118 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.38%, 11/14/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 1,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 997,122 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.30% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.37%, 11/21/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,993,370 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.33%, 11/29/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,992,445 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.20%, 12/05/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 1,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 996,064 |
% of Partners' Capital | 1.29% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.16%, 12/12/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,991,440 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.15%, 12/19/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,990,674 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.07%, 12/26/2019 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,990,229 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.05%, 1/02/2020 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,989,537 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.03%, 1/09/2020 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,983,250 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.88% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.01%, 1/16/2020 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,988,200 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.59% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.04%, 1/23/2020 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,987,226 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.58% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 2.02%, 1/30/2020 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,986,569 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.58% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.90%, 2/06/2020 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,986,649 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.58% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.87%, 2/13/2020 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,986,088 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.58% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.85%, 2/20/2020 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,978,286 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.87% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.85%, 2/27/2020 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,977,277 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.87% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.83%, 3/05/2020 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 4,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 3,968,514 |
% of Partners' Capital | 5.16% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.84%, 3/19/2020 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 3,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 2,974,217 |
% of Partners' Capital | 3.87% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.88%, 3/26/2020 |  |
Principal Amount | $ 2,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 1,981,710 |
% of Partners' Capital | 2.58% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] |  |
Market Value | $ 21,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 27.31% |
Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | United States - Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds - Government Fund - Class FS [Member] |  |
Principal Amount | $ 11,000,000 |
Market Value | $ 11,000,000 |
% of Partners' Capital | 14.31% |
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 | 13.00% |
[1] | Collateral amounted to $12,337,947 on open futures contracts.

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