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Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Document Type dei_DocumentType 485BPOS
Document Period End Date dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate Jul. 31, 2020
Entity Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName PFS FUNDS
Entity Central Index Key dei_EntityCentralIndexKey 0001103243
Entity Inv Company Type dei_EntityInvCompanyType N-1A
Amendment Flag dei_AmendmentFlag false
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol afqsx
Document Creation Date dei_DocumentCreationDate Nov. 27, 2020
Document Effective Date dei_DocumentEffectiveDate Nov. 27, 2020
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Nov. 27, 2020
Alpha Fiduciary Quantitative Strategy Fund  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The Alpha Fiduciary Quantitative Strategy Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading Fees and Expenses of the Fund
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

The following table describes the expenses and fees that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Redemption Fee rr_RedemptionFee none
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.65%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.06%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.71%
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading Portfolio Turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. The Fund is new, so it does not have a portfolio turnover rate to report at this time. During the most recent fiscal period ended, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 464.61% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 464.61%
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Expense Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same each year. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 174
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 539
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 928
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 2,019
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading The Principal Investment Strategy of the Fund
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a portfolio of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and equity index futures. The Fund implements a quantitative trend-following strategy by generally holding long positions in S&P 500® Index ETF(s) and equity index futures that provide either long and/or short exposure to the equity markets. The Fund’s ETF investments will typically consist of ETFs that have the S&P 500® Index as the reference index. The reference index and corresponding ETF investment(s) may be market cap or equal weighted. Alpha Fiduciary, Inc., the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”), has developed a quantitative trend-following strategy that is designed to determine the Fund’s exposure to the equity markets, adjusting that exposure from approximately 0% to 165% at the time of purchase. The Adviser will use one or more sets of data inputs in its model as well as the corresponding ETF(s) which they believe most appropriate for the prevailing market conditions. As a result of the Fund’s use of derivatives, the Fund may also hold significant amounts of U.S. Treasuries or short-term investments, including money market funds, cash and time deposits.

 

The Adviser’s quantitative strategy seeks to identify price trends in the equity markets as indicated by the S&P 500® reference index. The quantitative investment model uses past asset prices and other market information to seek to determine the direction of the price trend in the S&P 500® reference index. The investment model tends to overweight the equity markets as the market moves towards the upper end of its intermediate trading range and underweight the equity markets when the market trades toward the lower end of its intermediate trading range. For certain months where market events produce large upward or downward price patterns, the quantitative model is designed to adjust the Fund’s exposure to the equity markets accordingly (i.e., greater exposure when market is moving up and less exposure when market is moving down).

 

Based on the signals being received from the quantitative investment model, the Fund will generally take a long or short position in S&P 500® equity index futures. Stock index futures are contracts based on the future value of the basket of securities that comprise the underlying stock index (e.g. S&P 500® Index). The Fund’s long positions will benefit from an increase in price of the S&P 500®, while short positions benefit from a decrease in price of the S&P 500®. The Fund adjusts its equity index futures exposure based on the strength of signals from the quantitative investment model. The Adviser may, in its discretion, override or modify its quantitative investment model and rely solely on its own proprietary research.

 

The Fund is a "non-diversified" portfolio, which means it can invest in fewer securities at any one time than a diversified portfolio and can invest more of its assets in securities of a single issuer than a diversified portfolio. The Fund may invest a significant percentage of its assets in a limited number of securities. Also, the Fund may invest in a limited number of sectors but has no intention to concentrate its investments in any particular industry. The investment strategy may result in significant short-term trading in the Fund’s portfolio.
Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading The Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

Risks in General. Domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and political events are among the factors affecting the securities markets in which the Fund invests. There is risk that these and other factors may adversely affect the Fund's performance. You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Additionally, unexpected local, regional or global events, such as war; acts of terrorism; financial, political or social disruptions; natural, environmental or man-made disasters; the spread of infectious illnesses or other public health issues (such as COVID-19); and recessions and depressions could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments and may impair market liquidity. Such events can cause investor fear, which can adversely affect the economies of nations, regions and the market in general, in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen.

 

Futures Contract Risk. The successful use of futures contracts draws upon the Adviser’s skill and experience with respect to such instruments and is subject to special risk considerations. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts, which may adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value and total return, are the imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the futures contract held by the Fund and the price of the futures contract; (b) possible lack of a liquid secondary market for a futures contract and the resulting inability to close a futures contract when desired; (c) losses caused by unanticipated market movements, which are potentially unlimited; (d) the Adviser’s inability to predict correctly the direction of securities prices; (e) the possibility that the counterparty will default in the performance of its obligations; and (f) if the Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements, and the Fund may have to sell securities at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so. The Fund’s use of futures contracts for the purpose of increasing the Fund’s long and/or short exposure creates leverage, which can magnify the Fund’s potential for gain or loss and therefore amplify the effect of market volatility on the Fund’s share price (see “Leveraging Risk”).

 

Leveraging Risk. The Fund’s use of futures contracts will have the economic effect of financial leverage. Financial leverage magnifies exposure to the swings in prices of an asset class underlying an instrument and results in increased volatility, which means the Fund will have the potential for greater gains, as well as the potential for greater losses, than if the Fund does not use instruments that have a leveraging effect. Leveraging tends to magnify, sometimes significantly, the effect of any increase or decrease in the Fund’s exposure to an asset class and may cause the Fund’s net asset value to be volatile.

 

Asset Segregation Risk. The Fund must segregate liquid assets, or engage in other measures, to “cover” open positions with respect to the futures contracts in which it invests. Accordingly, the Fund will typically maintain a substantial amount of its assets in cash and cash equivalents as required under SEC rules. There is a possibility that segregation involving a large percentage of the Fund’s assets could impeded portfolio management and, ultimately, the Fund’s ability to meet its investment objective.

 

Risks of Exchange Traded Funds. Investment in an exchange traded fund (ETF) carries security specific risk and the market risk. Also, if the area of the market representing the underlying index or benchmark does not perform as expected for any reason, the value of the investment in the ETF may decline. In addition, due to transactions via market prices rather than at net asset value, the performance of an ETF may not completely replicate the performance of the underlying index. In addition, the Fund will indirectly bear a proportionate share of expenses, including any management fees, paid by each ETF in which the Fund invests. Such expenses are in addition to the operating expenses of the Fund, which are borne directly by shareholders of the Fund.

 

Risks of Equity Securities. The risks associated with investing in equity securities of companies include the financial and operational risks faced by individual companies, the risk that the stock markets, sectors and industries in which the Fund invests may experience periods of turbulence and instability, and the general risk that domestic and global economies may go through periods of decline and cyclical change.

 

Sector Risk. Sector risk is the possibility that all stocks within the same group of industries will decline in price due to sector-specific market or economic developments. The Fund may emphasize certain sectors at various times including, among others, information technology. To the extent the Fund is overweighted in the information technology sector, it will be affected by such things as government regulation, intense competition and/or rapid obsolescence.

 

Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund may engage in short-term trading to try to achieve its objective and may have portfolio turnover rates significantly in excess of 100%. Increased portfolio turnover may cause the Fund to incur higher brokerage costs, which may adversely affect the Fund's performance, and may produce increased taxable distributions.

 

Transaction Cost Risk – Transaction costs refer to the charges that are associated with buying and selling securities for the Fund. As a result of the Fund’s expected high rate of portfolio turnover, the Fund will likely incur higher brokerage and custody charges than those associated with an average equity fund.

 

Risk of Non-Diversification. The Fund is a non-diversified portfolio, which means that it has the ability to take larger positions in a smaller number of securities than a portfolio that is "diversified.” Non-diversification increases the risk that the value of the Fund could go down because of the poor performance of a single investment. Because the Fund may invest a significant percentage of its assets in a single ETF and/or money market fund, and at times may hold only one such position along with a cash or cash equivalent position, there is a risk that events negatively affecting these fewer positions will have a greater negative impact on the Fund’s performance.

 

Management Risks. The Adviser's implementation of the Fund's strategy may fail to produce the intended results. Although the co-portfolio manager Curt Anderson has managed two prior mutual funds, this is the first mutual fund the Adviser has managed.

 

Quantitative/Trend Model Risk. The risk that investments selected using quantitative models to identify market trends may perform differently from the market as a whole or from their expected performance. There can be no assurance that use of a quantitative trend model will enable the Fund to achieve positive returns or outperform the market.

 

Risks of Fixed Income Securities. Fixed income securities fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities. In general, the market price of fixed income securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than the market price of shorter-term securities.

 

Limited History of Operations Risk. The Fund is recently formed. Accordingly, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy, may not employ a successful investment strategy, or may fail to attract sufficient assets to realize economies of scale, any of which could result in the Fund being liquidated at any time without shareholder approval and at a time that may not be favorable for all shareholders. Such liquidation could have negative tax consequences.
Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney You could lose money by investing in the Fund.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Performance History
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

Past performance (before and after taxes) of the Fund is no guarantee of how it will perform in the future. Past performance provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. There is no performance information for the Fund since the Fund has not completed one full calendar year of operation as of the date of this prospectus. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained by calling 1-888-266-3996.
Performance Availability Phone [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone 888-266-3996
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture Past performance (before and after taxes) of the Fund is no guarantee of how it will perform in the future.