Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

(a) Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The financial statements of the Fund and the Master Fund have been prepared using U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants.

In accordance with Accounting Standards Update (‘‘ASU’’) 2013-08, Financial Services-Investment Companies (‘‘ASU Topic 946’’), the Funds each qualify as an investment company and are applying ASC Topic 946 accounting and reporting guidance for investment companies.

All of the capital raised by the Fund from the offering of its Shares is used to purchase Master Fund Units. The financial statements of the Fund include the balances of the Master Fund on a consolidated basis and all inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidation. Separate financial statements of the Master Fund are presented to comply with reporting requirements of the SEC as both the Fund and the Master Fund are SEC registrants.

Use of Estimates

(b) Use of Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Managing Owner to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the amounts of reported income and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash Held by Broker

(c) Cash Held by Broker

A portion of the Master Fund’s cash is held by the Commodity Broker and is applied towards the daily variation margin movements on the Master Fund’s open Commodity Futures. The Commodity Broker allows the Master Fund to apply its U.S. Treasuries positions towards its initial margin requirement for the Master Fund’s futures positions, hence all cash held by broker is unrestricted cash. The cash and U.S. Treasuries positions are held in segregated accounts at the Commodity Broker and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

U. S. Treasury Obligations

(d) U. S. Treasury Obligations

The Master Fund records purchases and sales of U.S. Treasuries on a trade date basis. These holdings are marked to market based on quotations from broker-dealers or independent service providers. The Master Fund may hold U.S. Treasuries for deposit with the Commodity Broker as margin for trading and holding against initial margin of the open Commodity Futures. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis when earned. Premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted over the life of the U.S. Treasuries.

Futures Contracts

(e) Futures Contracts

The Master Fund utilizes futures contracts to obtain long exposure to Commodity Futures consistent with its investment objective. These contracts are recorded on a trade date basis and open contracts are valued daily at settlement prices provided by the relevant exchanges. In the Schedules of Investments, Commodity Futures are presented at their published settlement prices on the last business day of the period, in accordance with the fair value accounting standard. Since these contracts are actively traded in markets that are directly observable and which provide readily available price quotes, their market value is deemed to be their fair value under the fair value accounting standard. See Note 4 – Fair Value Measurements. However, when market closing prices are not available, the Managing Owner may value an asset of the Master Fund pursuant to such other principles as the Managing Owner deems fair and equitable. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open positions are determined on a specific identification basis and recognized in the Statements of Income and Expenses in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur, respectively.

Income Taxes

(f) Income Taxes

The Fund and Master Fund are treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Fund and Master Fund are not subject to U.S. federal income tax and may not be subject to state or local income taxes. As a result, no provision for federal, state or local income taxes has been made in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, as investors are individually liable for income taxes, if any, on their allocable share of the Fund’s income, gain, loss, deductions and other items.

The Fund accounts for uncertainty in income taxes pursuant to the applicable accounting standard, which provides measurement, presentation and disclosure guidance related to uncertain tax positions. The guidance addresses how tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. Under this topic, the Fund may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate resolution.

Subsequent Events

(g) Subsequent Events

For purposes of disclosure in the consolidated financial statements, the Funds have evaluated events occurring between the period ended December 31, 2019 and when the financial statements were issued on February 21, 2020.

During that period, no Shares were created and 550,000 Shares were redeemed for $10,139,270, resulting in 6,250,050 Total Shares outstanding.

Other than these events, the evaluation did not result in any subsequent events that necessitated disclosures and/or adjustments.