SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION, Assumptions for Option Grants Fair Value Calculation (Details) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015
Common Class A [Member]
Expected stock price volatility	28.18%	32.52%	36.51%
Risk-free interest rate	2.06%	1.82%	2.12%
Dividend yield	0.31%	0.32%	0.32%
Forfeiture rate	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Expected option life (years)	7 years	6 years	7 years
Weighted average fair value	$ 19.49	$ 12.38	$ 15.67
Heico Common Stock [Member]
Expected stock price volatility	37.89%	39.63%	39.96%
Risk-free interest rate	2.44%	2.16%	2.30%
Dividend yield	0.26%	0.24%	0.24%
Forfeiture rate	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Expected option life (years)	9 years	9 years	9 years
Weighted average fair value	$ 33.38	$ 18.90	$ 22.77

The estimated forfeiture rate of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
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-Subparagraph (f)(2)(i)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section S99
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