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Condensed Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) contract
United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Market Value	$ 48,854,518
% of Partners' Capital	39.28%
ICE Brent Crude Oil Futures CO June 2020 contracts, expiring April 2020 [Member] | Foreign Contracts [Member] | Open Futures Contracts Long [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 135,531,970	[1]
Number of Contracts | contract	4,720	[1]
Value/Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts	$ (11,159,970)	[1]
% of Partners' Capital	(8.97%)	[1]
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.70%, 4/02/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,999,906
% of Partners' Capital	1.61%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.64%, 4/09/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,998,913
% of Partners' Capital	2.41%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.60%, 4/16/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,998,012
% of Partners' Capital	2.41%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.60%, 4/23/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,998,057
% of Partners' Capital	1.61%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.59%, 4/30/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,997,462
% of Partners' Capital	1.61%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.54%, 5/07/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,996,950
% of Partners' Capital	1.61%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.55%, 5/14/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 1,000,000
Market Value	$ 998,160
% of Partners' Capital	0.80%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.55%, 5/21/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,995,736
% of Partners' Capital	1.61%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.58%, 5/28/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,995,028
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.53%, 6/04/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 1,000,000
Market Value	$ 997,298
% of Partners' Capital	0.80%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.53%, 6/11/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,993,995
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.54%, 6/18/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,993,370
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.57%, 6/25/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,992,633
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.54%, 7/02/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,992,206
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.51%, 7/09/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,991,736
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.54%, 7/16/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,990,990
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.53%, 7/23/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,990,489
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.53%, 7/30/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,989,867
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.53%, 8/06/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,989,276
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.52%, 8/13/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,988,781
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.52%, 8/20/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,988,172
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills,1.42%, 8/27/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,988,407
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.67%, 9/03/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 2,000,000
Market Value	$ 1,994,231
% of Partners' Capital	1.60%
U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.38%, 9/10/2020 | United States Treasury Obligations [Member] | Cash Equivalents [Member]
Principal Amount	$ 3,000,000
Market Value	$ 2,994,843
% of Partners' Capital	2.41%
[1] Collateral amounted to $39,356,627 on open futures contracts.

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