Preferred Stock (Tables) (Preferred Stock [Member])

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Preferred Stock [Member]

Class of Stock [Line Items]

Schedule of Stock by Class [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of JPMorgan Chase’s preferred stock outstanding as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.

	Contractual rate in effect at December 31, 2012		Sharesat December 31,(a)		Carrying value (in millions) at December 31,				Earliest redemption date	Share value and redemption price per share(b)
			2012	2011	2012		2011
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series I	7.900	%	600,000	600,000	$	6,000	$	6,000	4/30/2018	$	10,000
8.625% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series J	8.625	%	180,000	180,000	1,800		1,800		9/1/2013	10,000
5.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series O	5.500	%	125,750	—	1,258		—		9/1/2017	10,000
Total preferred stock			905,750	780,000	$	9,058	$	7,800

(a) Represented by depositary shares.

(b) The redemption price includes the amount shown in the table plus any accrued but unpaid dividends.