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Condensed Schedule of Investments	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
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%
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