Receivables and Payables - Customers (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Receivables from customers
Customers	$ 133,399	$ 75,062
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(459)	(367)
Total	132,940	74,695
Payables to customers
Customers	53,010	23,568
Total	$ 53,010	$ 23,568

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Gross amount due to customers for fees and charges arising from transactions related to the entity's brokerage activities and operations.

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Represents the allowance for doubtful accounts on receivables from customers.

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Gross amount due from customers for fees and charges arising from transactions related to the entity's brokerage activities and operations.

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Amounts payable to customers at the balance sheet date. The term customers generally excludes other broker-dealers; persons who are principal officers, directors, and stockholders; and persons whose securities or funds are part of the regulatory net capital of the broker-dealer. Another broker-dealer's account can be classified as a customer if the account is carried as an omnibus account in compliance with certain regulations. The accounts of principal officers, directors and stockholders may be combined in the customer captions if they are not material and the combination is disclosed in the oath that is required to accompany the annual audited FOCUS Report.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82891408&loc=d3e4428-111522

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