Financial Instruments, Owned, at Adjusted Cost

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[Line Items] for Schedule of Other Assets, Including Investments in Affiliates [Table]

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The acquisition percentage related to a warrant in a round of equity funding.

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The aggregate fair value as of the balance sheet date of financial instruments and other positions owned by the entity including: (1) mortgages, mortgage-backed and asset backed securities; (2) US government and agency obligations; (3) state and municipal government obligations; (4) other sovereign government debt; (5) corporate obligations; (6) corporate equities; (7) principal investments; (8) derivative contracts; and (9) physical commodities. Includes both pledged and unpledged holdings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 940
-SubTopic 320
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35711157&loc=d3e42546-110969

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The net realized gain (loss) on investments sold during the period, not including gains (losses) on securities separately or otherwise categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity, which, for cash flow reporting, is a component of proceeds from investing activities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3602-108585

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Other Assets (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Other Assets (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016	Jun. 25, 2016	Dec. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 26, 2015
Schedule of Other Assets, Including Investments in Affiliates [Line Items]
Financial Instruments, Owned, at Fair Value	$ 77,529,350		$ 71,234,230	$ 77,529,350
Warrant			15.00%
Gain on investments	1,000,000	$ 7,700,000	$ 2,000,000	1,034,396	$ 9,206,919
GCS Holdings
Schedule of Other Assets, Including Investments in Affiliates [Line Items]
Financial Instruments, Owned, at Fair Value	$ 300,000		478,546	$ 300,000
Financial Instruments, Owned, at Adjusted Cost			$ 0