Note 6 - Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Details Textual) - shares	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2021	Apr. 30, 2020	Apr. 30, 2021	Apr. 30, 2020
Out-of-the-money Securities [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount (in shares)	321,338	392,838	331,338	392,838

Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257

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