FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISKS AND CONTINGENCIES (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Carrying Amounts and Fair Values of Financial Instruments or Liabilities [Line Items]
Cash investments in money market funds	$ 20,000,000	$ 50,000,000
Deposits in domestic and foreign financial institutions	$ 631,938,294	$ 517,786,082

Carrying Amounts and Fair Values of Financial Instruments or Liabilities [Line Items]

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- Definition

The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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- Definition

Amount of deposits in accounts that offer many of the same services as checking accounts although transactions may be somewhat more limited, share some of the characteristics of a money market fund and are insured by the Federal government, also known as money market accounts.

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