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Securities Available for Sale and Securities Held to Maturity (Rollforward Amount of Credit Losses Recognized in Earnings for OTTI Securities for Portion of Impairment Recognized in or Reclassified From Other Comprehensive Income) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Securities Available for Sale and Securities Held to Maturity [Abstract]      
Balance at beginning of period $ 169schw_CreditLossesRecognizedInEarnings $ 159schw_CreditLossesRecognizedInEarnings $ 127schw_CreditLossesRecognizedInEarnings
Credit losses recognized into current period earnings on debt securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment was not previously recognized 1us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsNoPreviousImpairment 1us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsNoPreviousImpairment 6us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsNoPreviousImpairment
Credit losses recognized into current period earnings on debt securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment was previously recognized   9schw_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsCreditLossesOnPreviouslyImpairedSecurities 26schw_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsCreditLossesOnPreviouslyImpairedSecurities
Reductions due to sale of debt securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment was previously recognized (168)us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsReductionsSecuritiesSold    
Balance at end of period $ 2schw_CreditLossesRecognizedInEarnings $ 169schw_CreditLossesRecognizedInEarnings $ 159schw_CreditLossesRecognizedInEarnings