Credit Card Receivables (Details 4) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
Jul. 30, 2011	Jul. 31, 2010	Jan. 29, 2011	Aug. 02, 2008
Credit Card Receivables
Percentage of JPMorgan Chase's (JPMC) interest in credit receivables at time of transaction (as a percent)				47.00%
Maximum principal balance required by JPMC	$ 4,200,000,000
Payment made to JPMC due to the continuing declines in gross credit card receivables	226,000,000	421,000,000
Threshold below which finance charge excess as percent of JPMC's outstanding principal balance triggers required underwriting strategies (as a percent)	2.00%
Threshold below which finance charge excess as percent of JPMC's outstanding principal balance may compel underwriting and collection activities (as a percent)	1.00%
Make-whole payment, low end of range	85,000,000
Make-whole payment, high end of range	103,000,000
Debt Maturities
Debt Balance	3,749,000,000	4,077,000,000	3,954,000,000
Collateral	4,094,000,000	4,478,000,000	4,327,000,000
Secured borrowings for 2008
Debt Maturities
Debt Balance	2,749,000,000	3,077,000,000	2,954,000,000
Collateral	2,828,000,000	3,212,000,000	3,061,000,000
Discount in credit card receivables sold to JPMC (as a percent)	7.00%
Unamortized portion of discount in credit card receivables sold to JPMC	79,000,000	134,000,000	107,000,000
Secured borrowings for 2006 or 2007
Debt Maturities
Debt Balance	1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Collateral	$ 1,266,000,000	$ 1,266,000,000	$ 1,266,000,000

This element represents amount repaid under the terms of agreement due to the continuing declines in gross credit card receivables.

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Threshold below which three-month average finance charge excess as a percent of the third-party outstanding principal balance may compel underwriting and collection activities.

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Threshold below which three-month average finance charge excess as a percent of the third-party outstanding principal balance triggers mutually agreed upon underwriting strategies.

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The maximum principal balance of the credit card receivable portfolio that the third party would be required to own, to meet its requirement to maintain a specified percentage of holdings in the portfolio.

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This element represents value of assets collateral against the securitized borrowings of the entity as on reporting date.

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Represents the high end of the range of a make-whole payment. Make-whole payment is required when principle balance of third-party credit card receivables is prepaid.

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Represents the low end of the range of a make-whole payment. Make-whole payment is required when principle balance of third-party credit card receivables is prepaid.

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This element represents the percentage accretion of discount relating to Nonrecourse Debt Collateralized by Credit Card Receivables sold.

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The percentage of interest in the entity's receivables by a third party at the time of the transaction.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The amount of debt discount that was originally recognized at the issuance of the instrument that has yet to be amortized.

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This is the principal amount outstanding for securitized loans only (across all types of loans).

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