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Note 17 - Stock Based Compensation	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]	NOTE 17. STOCK BASED COMPENSATION The National Holdings Corporation 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended, provides for granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and incentive awards to eligible employees and other service providers. During the nine months ended June 30, 2014, the company granted options to purchase 1,880,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $0.53 per share. The weighted average grant date fair value amounted to $0.27 per share, which was estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using weighed average assumptions as follows: dividend yield of 0%, expected volatility of 75%, risk free interest rate of 2.4 % and expected life of 8.9 years. At June 30, 2014, there was unrecognized compensation relating to options and non-vested restricted stock units amounting to approximately $765,000.

Note 17 - Stock Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]

NOTE 17. STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

The National Holdings Corporation 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended, provides for granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and incentive awards to eligible employees and other service providers.

During the nine months ended June 30, 2014, the company granted options to purchase 1,880,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $0.53 per share. The weighted average grant date fair value amounted to $0.27 per share, which was estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using weighed average assumptions as follows: dividend yield of 0%, expected volatility of 75%, risk free interest rate of 2.4 % and expected life of 8.9 years.

At June 30, 2014, there was unrecognized compensation relating to options and non-vested restricted stock units amounting to approximately $765,000.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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