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Bad Debt on Physical Coal	12 Months Ended
Bad Debt on Physical Coal	Sep. 30, 2020
Bad Debt on Physical Coal [Abstract]
Bad Debt on Physical Coal	Bad Debt on Physical Coal During the year ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company recorded charges to earnings of $1.0 million and $47.0 million, respectively, to record an allowance for doubtful accounts related to a bad debt incurred in the physical coal business, conducted solely in the Company’s Singapore subsidiary, StoneX APAC Pte. Ltd., with a coal supplier. Components of the bad debt on physical coal included allowances on amounts due to the Company from its supplier related to: coal paid for but not delivered to clients; reimbursement of demurrage claims, dead freight and other charges paid by StoneX APAC Pte. Ltd. to its clients; reimbursement due for deficiencies in the quality of coal delivered to clients; and losses incurred related to the cancellation of open sales contracts. During the year ended September 30, 2018, the Company completed its exit of the physical coal business. During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company reached settlements with clients, paying $8.4 million related to demurrage, dead freight, and other penalty charges regarding coal supplied during fiscal 2017. The settlement amounts paid were less than the accrued liabilities for the transactions recorded during fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2017, and accordingly the Company recorded a recovery on the bad debt on physical coal of $2.4 million. During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company also received $10.0 million through an insurance policy claim related to the physical coal matter, and recorded the insurance proceeds as an additional recovery. The Company has presented the bad debt on physical coal and subsequent recoveries separately as a component of income before tax in the consolidated income statements. During the year ended September 30, 2020, the Company charged off $35.6 million of receivables against the allowance for doubtful accounts related to the physical coal business as the Company had exhausted all economically sensible means of recovery.