| Label | Element | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk/Return [Heading] | oef_RiskReturnHeading | Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF |
| Objective [Heading] | oef_ObjectiveHeading | Investment Objective |
| Objective, Primary [Text Block] | oef_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock |
The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index.
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| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | oef_ExpenseHeading | Fund Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | oef_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock | This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example below.
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| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | oef_ShareholderFeesCaption | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | oef_OperatingExpensesCaption | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | oef_ExpenseExampleHeading | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | oef_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock | This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those time periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.
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| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | oef_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption | Expenses on a $10,000 Investment |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | oef_PortfolioTurnoverHeading | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | oef_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock |
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 3% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | oef_PortfolioTurnoverRate | 3.00% |
| Strategy [Heading] | oef_StrategyHeading | Principal Investment Strategies |
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | oef_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock |
To pursue its goal, the fund generally invests in stocks that are included in the Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index†. The index
includes the largest 2,500 publicly traded U.S. companies for which pricing information is readily available. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that reflects the shares of securities actually available to investors in the marketplace. As of August 31, 2024, the index was composed of 2,487 stocks.
It is the fund’s policy that under normal circumstances it will invest at least 90% of its net assets (including, for this purpose, any borrowings for investment purposes) in these stocks. The fund will notify its shareholders at least 60 days before changing this policy. The fund may sell securities that are represented in the index in anticipation of their removal from the index, or buy securities that are not yet represented in the index in anticipation of their addition to the index.
Under normal circumstances, the fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in securities not included in the index. The principal types of these investments include those that the investment adviser believes will help the fund track the index, such as investments in (a) securities that are not represented in the index but the investment adviser anticipates will be added to the index or as necessary to reflect various corporate actions (such as mergers and spin-offs); (b) other investment companies; and (c) derivatives, principally futures contracts. The fund may use futures contracts and other derivatives primarily to seek returns on the fund’s otherwise uninvested cash assets to help it better track the index. The fund may also invest in cash and cash equivalents, including money market funds, and may lend its securities to minimize the difference in performance that naturally exists between an index fund and its corresponding index.
Because it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the stocks in the index, the investment adviser seeks to track the total return of the index by using sampling techniques. Sampling techniques involve investing in a limited number of index securities which, when taken together, are expected to perform similarly to the index as a whole. These techniques are based on a variety of factors, including performance attributes, tax considerations, capitalization, dividend yield, price/earnings ratio, industry factors, risk factors and other characteristics. The fund generally expects that its portfolio will hold less than the total number of securities in the index, but reserves the right to hold as many securities as it believes necessary to achieve the fund’s investment objective. The fund generally expects that its industry weightings, dividend yield and price/earnings ratio will be similar to those of the index.
The fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its total assets) in a particular industry, group of industries or
†
Index ownership — Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (Dow Jones). The Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates, and has been licensed for use by Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., dba Schwab Asset Management. The Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, or any of their respective affiliates and neither S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, nor any of their respective affiliates make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product.
sector to approximately the same extent that the index is so concentrated.
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| Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | oef_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | Performance |
| Performance Narrative [Text Block] | oef_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock |
The bar chart below shows how the fund’s investment results have varied from year to year, and the following table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for various periods compared to that of one or more indices. This information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. All figures assume distributions were reinvested. Keep in mind that future performance (both before and after taxes) may differ from past performance. For current performance information, please see
www.schwabassetmanagement.com/prospectus. |
| Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] | oef_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns | The bar chart below shows how the fund’s investment results have varied from year to year, and the following table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for various periods compared to that of one or more indices. |
| Performance Availability Website Address [Text] | oef_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress | www.schwabassetmanagement.com/prospectus |
| Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] | oef_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture | Keep in mind that future performance (both before and after taxes) may differ from past performance. |
| Bar Chart [Heading] | oef_BarChartHeading | Annual Total Returns (%) as of 12/31 |
| Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] | oef_BarChartClosingTextBlock | Best Quarter: 22.04% Q2 2020
Worst Quarter: (20.91%) Q1 2020
Year-to-date performance (before taxes) as of 9/30/24: 20.65%
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| Year to Date Return, Label [Optional Text] | oef_YearToDateReturnLabel | Year-to-date performance (before taxes) |
| Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date | oef_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate | Sep. 30, 2024 |
| Bar Chart, Year to Date Return | oef_BarChartYearToDateReturn | 20.65% |
| Highest Quarterly Return, Label [Optional Text] | oef_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel | Best Quarter: |
| Highest Quarterly Return, Date | oef_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate | Jun. 30, 2020 |
| Highest Quarterly Return | oef_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn | 22.04% |
| Lowest Quarterly Return, Label [Optional Text] | oef_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel | Worst Quarter: |
| Lowest Quarterly Return, Date | oef_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate | Mar. 31, 2020 |
| Lowest Quarterly Return | oef_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn | (20.91%) |
| Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, or Taxes [Text] | oef_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes | (reflects no deduction for expenses or taxes) |
| Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate | oef_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate | The after-tax figures reflect the highest individual federal income tax rates in effect during the period and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. |
| Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred | oef_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred | Your actual after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation. In addition, after-tax returns are not relevant if you hold your fund shares through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan, an individual retirement account (IRA) or other tax-advantaged account. |
| Performance Table Closing [Text Block] | oef_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock |
The after-tax figures reflect the highest individual federal income tax rates in effect during the period and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation. In addition, after-tax returns are not relevant if you hold your fund shares through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan, an individual retirement account (IRA) or other tax-advantaged account.
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| Average Annual Return, Caption [Optional Text] | oef_AverageAnnualReturnCaption | Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/23 |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Risk Lose Money [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Market Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Market Risk. Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, including economic sanctions and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Investment Style Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Investment Style Risk. The fund is an index fund. Therefore, the fund follows the securities included in the index during upturns as well as downturns. Because of its indexing strategy, the fund does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. In addition, because of the fund’s expenses, the fund’s performance may be below that of the index. Errors relating to the index may occur from time to time and may not be identified by the index provider for a period of time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in the index’s rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for the fund. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Equity Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Equity Risk. The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Market Capitalization Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Market Capitalization Risk. Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types of investments, the fund’s performance could be impacted. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Large-Cap Company Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Large-Cap Company Risk. Large-cap companies are generally more mature and the securities issued by these companies may not be able to reach the same levels of growth as the securities issued by small- or mid-cap companies. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Mid-Cap Company Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Mid-Cap Company Risk. Mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies and the value of securities issued by these companies may move sharply. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Small-Cap Company Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Small-Cap Company Risk. Securities issued by small-cap companies may be riskier than those issued by larger companies, and their prices may move sharply, especially during market upturns and downturns. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Sampling Index Tracking Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Sampling Index Tracking Risk. The fund may not fully replicate the index and may hold securities not included in the index. As a result, the fund is subject to the risk that the investment adviser’s investment management strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may not produce the intended results. Because the fund utilizes a sampling approach it may not track the return of the index as well as it would if the fund purchased all of the securities in the index. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Tracking Error and Correlation Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Tracking Error and Correlation Risk. As an index fund, the fund seeks to track the performance of the index, although it may not be successful in doing so. Further, there can be no guarantee that the fund will achieve a high degree of correlation between the fund’s performance and that of its index. The correlation between the performance of the fund and that of its index, positive or negative, is called “tracking error.” Tracking error can be caused by many factors and it may be significant. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Derivatives Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Derivatives Risk. The fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. The fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the fund’s performance, increase its volatility and cause the fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition, investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on the fund. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Liquidity Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Liquidity Risk. The fund may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or price, or the fund may have to sell them at a loss. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Securities Lending Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk of loss of rights in, or delay in recovery of, the loaned securities if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Concentration Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Concentration Risk. To the extent that the fund’s or the index’s portfolio is concentrated in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Market Trading Risk [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Market Trading Risk. Although fund shares are listed on national securities exchanges, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for fund shares will develop or be maintained. If an active market is not maintained, investors may find it difficult to buy or sell fund shares. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV [Member] | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. Fund shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of the shares of the fund will approximate the fund’s net asset value (NAV), there may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. An investor may pay more than NAV when buying shares of the fund in the secondary market, and an investor may receive less than NAV when selling those shares in the secondary market. The market price of fund shares may deviate, sometimes significantly, from NAV during periods of market volatility or market disruption. |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Shareholder Fee, Other | oef_ShareholderFeeOther | $ 0 |
| Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) | oef_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.03% |
| Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): | oef_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.00% |
| Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) | oef_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.03% |
| Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year | oef_ExpenseExampleYear01 | $ 3 |
| Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years | oef_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 10 |
| Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years | oef_ExpenseExampleYear05 | 17 |
| Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years | oef_ExpenseExampleYear10 | $ 39 |
| Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 26.15% |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 15.11% |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 11.45% |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 12.67% |
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 0.45% |
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 12.56% |
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 21.18% |
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | (5.25%) |
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 30.94% |
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 20.77% |
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 25.77% |
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | (19.48%) |
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 26.16% |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 26.16% |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 15.10% |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 11.44% |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | After Taxes on Distributions | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 25.69% |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 14.62% |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 10.95% |
| Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales | ||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 15.74% |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 12.07% |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 9.35% |