Earnings Per Share Reconciliation of Numerator and Denominator of the basic and diluted earnings per share computation (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2019	Jan. 31, 2018
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	625	259
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders	$ (4,698)	$ 4,858
Basic weighted average number of common shares	23,385	23,107
Restricted stock units and stock options (1)	0	180
Diluted weighted average number of common shares	23,385	23,287
Basic earnings (loss) per share	$ (0.20)	$ 0.21
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$ (0.20)	$ 0.21