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Collateralized Transactions - Additional Information (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Sep. 26, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Mar. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank call loans |  | $ 59,400,000 us-gaap_BankLoans |  | $ 118,200,000 us-gaap_BankLoans |  |  |
Customer securities under customer margin loans available to be pledged |  | 1,300,000,000 us-gaap_CustomerSecuritiesForWhichEntityHasRightToSellOrRepledgeFairValue |  |  |  |  |
Customer securities under customer margin loans agreement available to be repledged |  | 125,600,000 us-gaap_CustomerSecuritiesForWhichEntityHasRightToSellOrRepledgeFairValueOfSecuritiesSoldOrRepledged |  |  |  |  |
Customer securities deposited to secure obligations and margin requirements under option contracts |  | 362,900,000 opy_DepositWithOptionClearingCorporation |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding letters of credit |  | 0 us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of the reverse repurchase agreements |  | 250,000,000 opy_FairValueOfSecuritiesReverseRepurchaseAgreement | [1] | 184,000,000 opy_FairValueOfSecuritiesReverseRepurchaseAgreement | [1] |  |
Fair value of the repurchase agreements |  | 0 opy_FairValueOfSecuritiesRepurchaseAgreement |  |  |  |  |
Carrying value of pledged securities owned that can be sold or re-pledged by the counterparty |  | 518,100,000 opy_PledgedSecuritiesOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAmountEligibleToBeRepledgedByCounterpartyCarryingValue |  | 586,600,000 opy_PledgedSecuritiesOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAmountEligibleToBeRepledgedByCounterpartyCarryingValue |  |  |
Carrying value of securities owned by the Company loaned or pledged |  | 149,100,000 opy_SecuritiesOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAmountNotEligibleToBeRepledgedByCounterpartyCarryingValue |  | 126,800,000 opy_SecuritiesOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAmountNotEligibleToBeRepledgedByCounterpartyCarryingValue |  |  |
Amount of first interim distribution | 9,500,000 opy_DistributionOnSecuritiesReceivedByTrust |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of the company's investment on reserves not paid in first distribution |  |  |  |  |  |  | 600,000 opy_InvestmentsHeldInTrustFairValue
Number of broker-dealers |  | 2 opy_ReceivablesfromBrokersDealersandClearingOrganizationsNumberofMajorBrokerDealers |  |  |  |  |
Receivable from brokers and clearing organizations |  | 101,600,000 opy_CreditConcentrationReceivableFromMajorBrokerDealers |  |  |  |  |
Loans to Citizens |  | 0 opy_LoansToThirdParty |  |  |  |  |
Credit Concentration Risk |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Guaranteed mortgages for a period |  | 15 days |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense |  | 570,700 us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember |  | 764,500 us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember |  | 895,000 us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember |
Warehouse Facility | Credit Concentration Risk |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding under the warehouse facility line |  | 16,700,000 us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateCarryingAmountOfMortgages / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateDescriptionTypeOfPropertyAxis = opy_WarehouseLinesOfCreditMember |  | 54,600,000 us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateCarryingAmountOfMortgages / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateDescriptionTypeOfPropertyAxis = opy_WarehouseLinesOfCreditMember |  |  |
Reverse Repurchase Agreements |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer securities under customer margin loans agreement available to be repledged |  | 312,600,000 us-gaap_CustomerSecuritiesForWhichEntityHasRightToSellOrRepledgeFairValueOfSecuritiesSoldOrRepledged / us-gaap_SecuritiesFinancingTransactionAxis = opy_ReverseRepurchaseAgreementMember |  | 385,500,000 us-gaap_CustomerSecuritiesForWhichEntityHasRightToSellOrRepledgeFairValueOfSecuritiesSoldOrRepledged / us-gaap_SecuritiesFinancingTransactionAxis = opy_ReverseRepurchaseAgreementMember |  |  |
Securities received as collateral under securities borrowed transaction with market value |  | 314,100,000 us-gaap_SecuritiesHeldAsCollateralAtFairValue / us-gaap_SecuritiesFinancingTransactionAxis = opy_ReverseRepurchaseAgreementMember |  | 385,500,000 us-gaap_SecuritiesHeldAsCollateralAtFairValue / us-gaap_SecuritiesFinancingTransactionAxis = opy_ReverseRepurchaseAgreementMember |  |  |
Securities Borrowed Transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer securities under customer margin loans agreement available to be repledged |  | 4,400,000 us-gaap_CustomerSecuritiesForWhichEntityHasRightToSellOrRepledgeFairValueOfSecuritiesSoldOrRepledged / us-gaap_SecuritiesFinancingTransactionAxis = opy_SecuritiesBorrowedTransactionsMember |  | 11,000,000 us-gaap_CustomerSecuritiesForWhichEntityHasRightToSellOrRepledgeFairValueOfSecuritiesSoldOrRepledged / us-gaap_SecuritiesFinancingTransactionAxis = opy_SecuritiesBorrowedTransactionsMember |  |  |
Securities received as collateral under securities borrowed transaction with market value |  | 235,100,000 us-gaap_SecuritiesHeldAsCollateralAtFairValue / us-gaap_SecuritiesFinancingTransactionAxis = opy_SecuritiesBorrowedTransactionsMember |  | 265,300,000 us-gaap_SecuritiesHeldAsCollateralAtFairValue / us-gaap_SecuritiesFinancingTransactionAxis = opy_SecuritiesBorrowedTransactionsMember |  |  |
Corporate |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Collateralized loans, collateralized by firm |  | 148,800,000 opy_FairValueOfLoansCollateralizedByFirm / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember |  |  |  |  |
Other Than Corporate Customer |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Collateralized loans, collateralized by customer securities |  | $ 248,300,000 opy_FairValueOfLoansCollateralizedByCustomerSecurities / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = opy_OtherThanCorporateCustomerMember |  |  |  |  |
[1] | Included in securities purchased under agreements to resell where the Company has elected fair value option treatment.

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