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Euro Deposits - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014 EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2013 EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2012 EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 Redemptions Payable [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 Subscriptions Receivable [Member] USD ($)
Securities Financing Transaction [Line Items]
Euro principal deposits	€ 582,440,607fxe_ProceedsFromInterestBearingDepositsInBanks	€ 674,107,707fxe_ProceedsFromInterestBearingDepositsInBanks	€ 1,278,954,563fxe_ProceedsFromInterestBearingDepositsInBanks
Annual nominal interest rate on deposit				0.00%us-gaap_WeightedAverageRateForeignDeposit
Euro principal redemptions	567,615,398fxe_PaymentsForInterestBearingDepositsInBanks	728,613,993fxe_PaymentsForInterestBearingDepositsInBanks	1,258,988,057fxe_PaymentsForInterestBearingDepositsInBanks
Euro principal withdrawals	613,581fxe_PaymentsForInterestBearingDepositsInBanksWithdrawalsToPayExpenses	739,792fxe_PaymentsForInterestBearingDepositsInBanksWithdrawalsToPayExpenses	558,994fxe_PaymentsForInterestBearingDepositsInBanksWithdrawalsToPayExpenses
Euro principal balance	€ 162,647,711us-gaap_InterestBearingDepositsInBanks	€ 148,436,083us-gaap_InterestBearingDepositsInBanks	€ 203,682,161us-gaap_InterestBearingDepositsInBanks	$ 216,126,592us-gaap_InterestBearingDepositsInBanks	$ 195,074,404us-gaap_InterestBearingDepositsInBanks	$ 263,931,355us-gaap_InterestBearingDepositsInBanks	$ 203,781,392us-gaap_InterestBearingDepositsInBanks / us-gaap_SecuritiesFinancingTransactionAxis = fxe_RedemptionPayableMember	$ 201,798,731us-gaap_InterestBearingDepositsInBanks / us-gaap_SecuritiesFinancingTransactionAxis = fxe_SubscriptionsReceivableMember

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Payments for interest bearing deposits in banks.

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Proceeds from interest bearing deposits in banks.

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For banks and other depository institutions (including Federal Reserve Banks, if applicable): Interest-bearing deposits in other financial institutions for relatively short periods of time including, for example, certificates of deposits, which are presented separately from cash on the balance sheet.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 210

-Section 45

-Paragraph 4

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 2

-Article 9



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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

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Weighted average interest rate for all deposit liabilities in foreign banking offices.

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