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Note 18 - Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited) - Quarterly Results of Operations (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Jan. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2010	Oct. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Jul. 31, 2013	Apr. 30, 2013	Jan. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Net sales				$ 25,247,943us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 21,004,130us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 20,190,729us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 16,534,930us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 19,244,066us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 19,601,919us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 19,124,600us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 17,295,453us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 82,977,732us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 75,266,038us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 83,523,330us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Gross profit				9,066,307us-gaap_GrossProfit	7,338,478us-gaap_GrossProfit	6,659,915us-gaap_GrossProfit	5,407,662us-gaap_GrossProfit	6,593,756us-gaap_GrossProfit	6,129,020us-gaap_GrossProfit	6,665,577us-gaap_GrossProfit	6,523,939us-gaap_GrossProfit	28,472,362us-gaap_GrossProfit	25,912,292us-gaap_GrossProfit	31,553,086us-gaap_GrossProfit
Income (loss) before income taxes				1,537,658us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	432,978us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	(312,583)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	(767,473)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	185,712us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	(219,464)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	157,568us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	151,494us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	890,580us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	275,310us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	3,883,535us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Net income (loss) attributable to OCC (numerator)				$ 947,156us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 292,484us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ (143,277)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ (412,136)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ (90,531)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ (124,611)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 42,485us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 129,820us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 684,227us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ (42,837)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 2,749,317us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to Optical Cable Corporation (in dollars per share)				$ 0.14us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ 0.04us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.02)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.07)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.02)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.02)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ 0.01us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ 0.02us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ 0.10us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.01)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ 0.43us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared	$ 0.02us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.015us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.02us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.02us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.02us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.02us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.02us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.02us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.02us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.02us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.08us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.08us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.06us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared

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