Clearing Operations - Separate Cash Accounts (Details) € in Millions, $ in Millions, £ in Billions	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2022 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2021 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2021 GBP (£)
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	$ 156,789	$ 145,936
Invested deposits, delivery contracts receivable and unsettled variation margin	7,902	4,493
ICE NGX
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	15
Bank of England | ICE Clear Europe
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits		4,000
Cash Deposit Based On Euro/US Dollar Exchange Rate | De Nederlandsche Bank | ICE Clear Europe
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	$ 9,200	$ 53,700	€ 9,300		€ 47,200
Exchange rate to USD	0.9802	1.1372
Cash Deposit Based On Euro/US Dollar Exchange Rate | Bank of England | ICE Clear Europe
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	$ 10	$ 11	€ 10		€ 10
Cash Deposit Based On Pound Sterling/US Dollar Exchange Rate | Bank of England | ICE Clear Europe
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	$ 4,400	$ 2,300		£ 3.9		£ 1.7
Exchange rate to USD	1.1165	1.3524
National bank account | ICE Clear Europe
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	$ 13,541	$ 59,948
National bank account | ICE Clear Credit
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	33,745	37,282
Reverse repo | ICE Clear Europe
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	71,360	25,518
Reverse repo | ICE Clear Credit
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	4,387	3,639
Reverse repo | ICE Clear U.S.
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	3,445	6,485
Sovereign debt | ICE Clear Europe
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	26,830	9,324
Sovereign debt | ICE Clear U.S.
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	473	1,075
Demand deposits | ICE Clear Europe
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	92	231
Demand deposits | ICE Clear Credit
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	2,907	2,403
Demand deposits | Other ICE Clearing Houses
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Cash deposits	9	31
Unsettled Variation Margin and Delivery Contracts Receivable/Payable | ICE NGX
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Invested deposits, delivery contracts receivable and unsettled variation margin	2,088	1,329
Invested deposits - sovereign debt | ICE Clear Europe
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]
Invested deposits, delivery contracts receivable and unsettled variation margin	$ 5,814	$ 3,164