Investment in LLC (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 28, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jul. 27, 2016	Jul. 20, 2015
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment amount			$ 333,000
Equity investment			287,000
Change in value of warrant		12,000	108,000
EGS [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment amount	$ 333,333
Units acquired	333,333
Membership Interest	33.33%				25.00%
Equity investment			287,000
Warrant distributed from LLC	$ 120,000		12,000
Change in value of warrant			$ 108,000
Term of warrants			5 years
Noncontrolling interest					$ 333,333
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage					25.00%
Warrants owned by noncontrolling interests					166,666
Share of income from equity method investments			$ 74,000
Net loss due to discontinued operation		294,000
Loss on warrants		$ 12,000
Marshall Geller [Member] | EGS [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment amount	$ 333,333
Units acquired	333,333
Membership Interest	33.33%
Merriman Holdings, Inc. [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Note Purchase Agreement, aggregate purchase price	$ 1,000,000
Common Stock Purchase Warrant, amount of shares	500,000
Exercise price of warrants	$ 1.00
Term of warrants	5 years
Warrants received	166,666
Merriman Holdings, Inc. [Member] | Senior Secured Note [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Term of note	1 year
Principal amount	$ 1,000,000
Interest rate	12.00%
Merriman Holdings, Inc. [Member] | EGS [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Warrants received	166,666
Merriman Holdings, Inc. [Member] | Marshall Geller [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Term of warrants	5 years
Merriman Capital, Inc. [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest principal amount payment due				$ 1,333,333
Merriman Capital, Inc. [Member] | Senior Secured Note [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Notes secured, percentage of capital stock	99.998%