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Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Net sales	$ 82,977,732us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 75,266,038us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 83,523,330us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
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Gross profit	28,472,362us-gaap_GrossProfit	25,912,292us-gaap_GrossProfit	31,553,086us-gaap_GrossProfit
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Royalty (income) expense, net	110,193occ_RoyaltyRevenueExpense	78,998occ_RoyaltyRevenueExpense	(299,174)occ_RoyaltyRevenueExpense
Amortization of intangible assets	40,612us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	69,733us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	134,201us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
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Other expense, net:
Interest income			8,416us-gaap_NetInvestmentIncome
Interest expense	(413,731)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(466,601)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(558,661)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Other, net	(27,984)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(25,210)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	15,969us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Other expense, net	(441,715)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(491,811)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(534,276)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes	890,580us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	275,310us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	3,883,535us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense	267,673us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	347,788us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	1,257,335us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income (loss)	622,907us-gaap_ProfitLoss	(72,478)us-gaap_ProfitLoss	2,626,200us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	(61,320)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	(29,641)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	(123,117)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income (loss) attributable to Optical Cable Corporation	$ 684,227us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ (42,837)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 2,749,317us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net income (loss) attributable to Optical Cable Corporation per share - basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.10us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.01)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ 0.43us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted
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