Trading Cash Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) - Trading cash instruments, fair value disclosure - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on level 3 trading cash instrument assets	$ (84)	$ 38	$ (1,410)	$ 127
Net realized gains / (losses) on assets	40	27	85	63
Net unrealized gains/(losses)	(124)	11	(1,500)	64
Market making
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on level 3 trading cash instrument assets	(106)	17	(1,460)	63
Interest income
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on level 3 trading cash instrument assets	$ 22	$ 21	$ 53	$ 64

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Amount of unrealized gain (loss) recognized in income from asset measured at fair value on recurring basis using unobservable input (level 3) and still held.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126976982&loc=d3e19207-110258

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