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Earnings Per Share - Schedule of Potentially Dilutive Securities Excluded from the Diluted Loss Per Share Calculation (Details) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Oct. 31, 2017 | Oct. 31, 2016 | Oct. 31, 2015
Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock [Member] |  |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |
Percentage of cumulative convertible preferred stock | 5.00% | 5.00% | 5.00%
Series C Preferred Stock [Member] |  |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |
Preferred stock, stated value | $ 33,300,000 |  |
Preferred stock, original total stated value | 33,500,000 |  |
Preferred stock, conversion amount | $ 200,000 |  |
Conversion of stock conversion price | $ 1.84 |  |

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