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Significant Accounting Policies - Gold Payable (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Gold Payable
Gold payable	$ 0	$ 140,368	[1]
[1] Represents audited statement of financial condition as of September 30, 2014 prior to adoption of provisions for an investment company for accounting purposes.

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The total amount of gold due by the trust within one year of the balance sheet date in respect of the redemption of shares.

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Namespace Prefix:	gld_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

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Gold Payable [Abstract]

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Namespace Prefix:	gld_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration