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Cash Deposits, Held on Joint Account

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Cash Deposits Invested in Sovereign Debt

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Cash Deposits Under Reverse Repurchase Agreements, Number of Third Party Investment Custody Agents

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Clearing Organization, Company Proportionate Share Under Margin Agreement

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Contribution made deposits, depleted

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Contribution made deposits, depleted default

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Contribution made deposits, depleted non default

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Contribution Of Own Cash To Guaranty Fund

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Contribution of Own Cash to Guaranty Fund Increase, In Year Two

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Aggregate amount collected from customers to cover credit risk assumed by the entity.

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Margin Deposits and Guaranty Funds Assets, Received or Pledged

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Net Notional Value of the Unsettled Contracts

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Number of Operating Entities

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To be utilized after available funds of the defaulting

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To be utilized pro-rata along with other non-defaulting

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (b)(1)

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Cash and equivalents whose use in whole or in part is restricted for the long-term, generally by contractual agreements or regulatory requirements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 1

-Article 5

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.1)

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Clearing Organizations Clearing Organizations (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Entity	Jan. 02, 2014
Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]
Clearing Organization, Company Proportionate Share Under Margin Agreement	50.00%
Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted	$ 65,300,000,000
Net Notional Value Of Unsettled Contracts	2,600,000,000,000
Margin Deposits And Guaranty Funds Assets Received Or Pledged	77,000,000,000	68,200,000,000
Contribution Of Own Cash To Guaranty Fund	228,000,000ice_ContributionOfOwnCashToGuarantyFund
Contribution Made Deposits Depleted	100,000,000ice_ContributionMadeDepositsDepleted
Contribution Made Deposits Depleted Default	50,000,000
Contribution Made Deposits Depleted Non Default	50,000,000
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Noncurrent	297,000,000	161,000,000
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	47,458,000,000	42,216,000,000
Cash Deposits, Held on Joint Account	61,000,000ice_CashDepositsHeldonJointAccount
Central Clearing House [Member]
Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]
Number of operating entities	7		7
ICE Clear Europe
Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]
Contribution Of Own Cash To Guaranty Fund	128,000,000
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Noncurrent	100,000,000	100,000,000
Cash Deposits	26,300,000,000
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	26,339,000,000	24,549,000,000
Cash Deposits Under Reverse Repurchase Agreements, Number of Third Party Investment Custody Agents	2
Cash Deposits Invested in Sovereign Debt	6,700,000,000
Futures and Options Products [Member]
Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]
Cash Deposits	7,000,000,000
ICE Clear Credit
Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]
Contribution Of Own Cash To Guaranty Fund	50,000,000
Cash Deposits	16,500,000,000
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	16,464,000,000	15,708,000,000
Ice Clear Europe Cds Guaranty Fund [Member]
Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]
Contribution Of Own Cash To Guaranty Fund	28,000,000
Contribution of Own Cash to Guaranty Fund Increase, In Year Two	22,000,000
To Be Utilized After Available Funds Of Defaulting	25,000,000
To Be Utilized Pro Rata Along With Other Non Defaulting	25,000,000
Ice Clear Us [Member]
Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]
Contribution Of Own Cash To Guaranty Fund	50,000,000
To Be Utilized After Available Funds Of Defaulting				25,000,000
To Be Utilized Pro Rata Along With Other Non Defaulting				25,000,000
Cash Deposits, Held on Joint Account	31,000,000
Otc European Cds Contracts [Member]
Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]
Cash Deposits	19,300,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Ice Clear Us [Member]
Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Noncurrent				50,000,000
Reverse Purchase Agreements [Member] \| ICE Clear Europe
Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	19,400,000,000
Reverse Purchase Agreements [Member] \| ICE Clear Credit
Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	12,000,000,000
Demand Deposits [Member] \| ICE Clear Credit
Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	$ 4,500,000,000