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Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended
	Jan. 07, 2020	Jun. 22, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jan. 25, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock, par value			$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Deposits with and other non current receivables from multiple broker-dealers and clearing organizations			$ 2,100,000	$ 1,900,000
StockCross [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity method investment in StockCross					15.00%
Percentage of remaining interest in StockCross purchased	85.00%
Issuance of common stock in StockCross acquisition	3,298,774
Cash clearing deposits				75,000
NFS [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash clearing deposits			50,000	50,000
Goldman Sachs [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash clearing deposits			2,000,000	2,000,000
Pershing [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash clearing deposits			$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000
WPS Prime Services, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price		$ 7,300,000