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Fair Value Measurements (Fair Value Measurements At Reporting Date) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Assets: |  |
Deferred receivables consideration | $ 0 | $ 446
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Inventories carried at market | 7,941 | 4,704
Cash Equivalents | 297 | 505
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale | 1 | 5
Segregated investments | 1,067 | 628
Deferred receivables consideration |  | 446
Total Assets | 12,414 | 6,907
Liabilities: |  |
Inventory-related payables | 509 | 729
Total Liabilities | 3,127 | 1,471
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Commodity Contracts [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Derivative Asset | 2,764 | 478
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 2,034 | 574
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Foreign Exchange Contract [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Derivative Asset | 283 | 138
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 535 | 125
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Interest Rate Contracts [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Derivative Asset | 61 | 3
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 15 | 43
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Embedded Derivative Financial Instruments |  |
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 34 |
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Inventories carried at market | 0 | 0
Cash Equivalents | 297 | 505
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale | 1 | 5
Segregated investments | 1,067 | 628
Deferred receivables consideration |  | 0
Total Assets | 1,365 | 1,138
Liabilities: |  |
Inventory-related payables | 0 | 0
Total Liabilities | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Commodity Contracts [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Derivative Asset | 0 | 0
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Foreign Exchange Contract [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Derivative Asset | 0 | 0
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Interest Rate Contracts [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Derivative Asset | 0 |
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Embedded Derivative Financial Instruments |  |
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 0 |
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Inventories carried at market | 5,758 | 3,227
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale | 0 | 0
Segregated investments | 0 |
Deferred receivables consideration |  | 446
Total Assets | 8,007 | 4,091
Liabilities: |  |
Inventory-related payables | 498 | 702
Total Liabilities | 2,164 | 1,245
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Commodity Contracts [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Derivative Asset | 1,905 | 277
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 1,116 | 375
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Foreign Exchange Contract [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Derivative Asset | 283 | 138
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 535 | 125
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Interest Rate Contracts [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Derivative Asset | 61 | 3
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 15 | 43
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Embedded Derivative Financial Instruments |  |
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 0 |
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Inventories carried at market | 2,183 | 1,477
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale | 0 | 0
Deferred receivables consideration |  | 0
Total Assets | 3,042 | 1,678
Liabilities: |  |
Inventory-related payables | 11 | 27
Total Liabilities | 963 | 226
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Commodity Contracts [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Derivative Asset | 859 | 201
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 918 | 199
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Foreign Exchange Contract [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Derivative Asset | 0 | 0
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Interest Rate Contracts [Member] |  |
Assets: |  |
Derivative Asset | 0 |
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | 0 | $ 0
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Embedded Derivative Financial Instruments |  |
Liabilities: |  |
Derivative Liability | $ 34 |

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