Capital and Other Regulatory Requirements - Regulatory Capital Requirements (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)
FCStone LLC [Member]
Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act Computation	$ 146.7
Required Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act	83.4
Cash and Securities Segregated under Commodity Exchange Act Regulation	2,127.0
Cash and Securities Segregated under Commodity Exchange Act Regulation, Amount Required to be Segregated	2,075.6
Secured Funds	145.5
Secured Funds Required Under Commodity Exchange Act	128.7
Sterne Agee Clearing, Inc. [Member]
Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act Computation	1.3
Required Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act	0.1
Sterne Agee, and Leach, Inc [Member]
Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act Computation	28.0
Required Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act	2.0
Sterne Agee Financial Services, Inc. [Member]
Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act Computation	5.9
Required Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act	0.3
INTL FCStone Ltd [Member]
Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act Computation	159.6
Required Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act	87.1
Cash and Securities Segregated under Commodity Exchange Act Regulation	72.0
Cash and Securities Segregated under Commodity Exchange Act Regulation, Amount Required to be Segregated	69.4
INTL Netherlands BV [Member]
Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act Computation	158.9
Required Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act	87.1
INTL FCStone DTVM Ltda [Member]
Net Capital	9.6
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	0.5
Gainvest S.A. Sociedad Gerente de FCI - Comision Nacional de Valores [Member]
Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act Computation	0.8
Required Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act	0.1
Net Capital	5.3
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	0.2
INTL Capital S.A – Rosario Futures Exchanges [Member] [Domain]
Net Capital	10.7
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	9.2
INTL Capital S.A. – General Inspector of Justice [Member] [Domain]
Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act Computation	5.5
Required Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act	1.1
INTL Capital S.A. – Superintendence of Securities Markets of Buenos Aires [Member] [Domain]
Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act Computation	7.1
Required Net Capital under Commodity Exchange Act	0.6
Customer Reserve Requirement [Member] [Member]
Cash Reserve Deposit Required and Made	7.8
PAB Reserve Requirement [Member]
Cash Reserve Deposit Required and Made	$ 6.0