Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Additional Receivable Disclosures
Investment in non-performing Receivables	$ 86.5	$ 71.2
Total non-performing Receivables as a percentage of Receivables outstanding	0.30%	0.23%
Minimum number of days for a receivable to be considered past due	30 days
Total Receivables 30 days or more past due and still accruing finance income	$ 346.1	$ 266.2
Total past due amounts as a percentage of total Receivables outstanding	1.19%	0.87%
Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total Receivables outstanding	0.38%	0.37%
Deposits primarily withheld from John Deere dealers and merchants available for certain potential credit losses	$ 151.9	$ 167.4