Investment Risks |
Dec. 31, 2025 |
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| Oberweis Global Opportunities Fund | Risk Lose Money [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | The biggest risk is that the Fund’s returns may vary, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. |
| Oberweis Global Opportunities Fund | Small-sized Company Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Small-sized Company Risk The Fund is subject to small company risk. Although the Fund seeks to reduce risk by investing in a diversified portfolio, you must realize that investing in smaller, and often newer, companies involves greater risk than there usually is with investing in larger, more established companies. Smaller and newer companies often have limited product lines, markets, management personnel, research and/or financial resources. The securities of small companies, which may be thinly capitalized, may not be as marketable as those of larger companies. Therefore the securities of these smaller, newer companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than the securities of larger companies or the market averages in general. |
| Oberweis Global Opportunities Fund | Risks Associated with Non-U.S. Companies [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Risks Associated with Non-U.S. Companies Investments by the Fund in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involve certain additional investment risks different from those of U.S. issuers. These risks include: possibility of political or economic instability of the country of issue, possibility of disruption to international trade patterns, possibility of currency risk, possibility of currency exchange controls, imposition of foreign withholding taxes, seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits or assets, and adoption of adverse foreign government trade restrictions. There may be less publicly available information about a non-U.S. company than about a U.S. company. Sometimes non-U.S. companies are subject to different accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards, practices and requirements than U.S. companies. There is generally less government regulation of stock exchanges, brokers and listed companies abroad than in the U.S., which may result in less transparency with respect to a company’s operations. The absence of negotiated brokerage in certain countries may result in higher brokerage fees. |
| Oberweis Global Opportunities Fund | Equity Securities Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Equity Securities Risk Equity securities are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value. The equity securities held by the Fund may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur because of factors affecting securities markets generally, or a particular company. |
| Oberweis Global Opportunities Fund | Emerging Market Risks [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Emerging Market Risks In addition to the risks associated with non-U.S. companies in developing or emerging markets, there is a possibility of expropriation, nationalization, confiscatory taxation or diplomatic developments that could affect investments in those countries. In addition, political and economic structures in emerging markets countries may be new and developing rapidly, which may cause instability. Emerging markets countries are also more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. |
| Oberweis Global Opportunities Fund | Equity-linked Certificates Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Equity-linked Certificates Risk Equity-linked certificates (also called Participatory Notes) are generally subject to the same risks as the foreign equity securities or the basket foreign securities they are linked to. Upon the maturity of the certificate, the holder generally receives a return of principal based on the capital appreciation of the linked security. If the linked security declines in value, the certificate may return a lower amount at maturity. The trading price of an equity-linked certificate also depends on the value of the linked security. Equity-linked certificates involve further risks associated with: • purchases and sales of certificates, including the possibility that exchange rate fluctuations may negatively affect the value of a certificate, • the credit quality of the certificate’s issuer and/or guarantor, and • liquidity risks and restrictions on transferability. Ratings of issuers or guarantors of equity-linked certificates refer only to the issuer or guarantor’s creditworthiness. They provide no indication of the potential risks of the linked securities. |
| Oberweis Global Opportunities Fund | Currency Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Currency Risk Currency risk is the risk that fluctuations in exchange rates may adversely affect the U.S. dollar value of a fund’s investments. Currency risk includes both the risk that currencies in which a fund’s investments are traded will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly for a number of reasons, including the forces of supply and demand in the foreign exchange markets, actual or perceived changes in interest rates, intervention (or the failure to intervene) by U.S. or foreign governments or central banks, or currency controls or political developments in the United States or abroad. The Fund may incur currency conversion costs (being the spread between buying and selling of the currency) and subject to exchange rate fluctuation risks in any such currency conversion, which may adversely affect the market value of the Fund’s investments. |
| Oberweis Global Opportunities Fund | Technology Sector Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Technology Sector Risk Information technology companies face intense competition, both domestically and internationally, which may have an adverse effect on profit margins. Like other technology companies, information technology companies may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. The products of information technology companies may face product obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product introduction, unpredictable changes in growth rates and competition for the services of qualified personnel. Technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market. Companies in the information technology sector are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights. The loss or impairment of these rights may adversely affect the profitability of these companies. Finally, while all companies may be susceptible to network security breaches, certain companies in the information technology sector may be particular targets of hacking and potential theft of proprietary or consumer information or disruptions in service, which could have a material adverse effect on their businesses. These risks are heightened for information technology companies in foreign markets. |
| Oberweis Global Opportunities Fund | Industrials Sector Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Industrials Sector Risk The industrials sector comprises companies who produce capital goods used in construction and manufacturing, such as companies that make and sell machinery, equipment and supplies that are used to produce other goods. Companies in the industrials sector may be adversely affected by changes in government regulation and spending, economic conditions, world events, commodity prices, exchange rates, import controls, and worldwide competition. In addition, companies may be adversely affected by environmental damages and product liability claims, and may face product obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product introduction. |
| Oberweis Global Opportunities Fund | Investment Style Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Investment Style Risk There is no assurance that the common stocks of companies selected using OAM’s investment criteria will achieve long-term growth in market value. |
| Oberweis Global Opportunities Fund | Portfolio Turnover Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Portfolio Turnover Risk In the past, the Fund has experienced high rates of portfolio turnover, which results in above average transaction costs and the payment by shareholders of taxes on above-average amounts of realized investment gains, including net short-term capital gains, which are taxed as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes when distributed. |
| Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund | Risk Lose Money [Member] | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Risk [Text Block] | The biggest risk is that the Fund’s returns may vary, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. |
| Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund | Small-sized Company Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Small-sized Company Risk The Fund is subject to small company risk. Although the Fund seeks to reduce risk by investing in a diversified portfolio, you must realize that investing in smaller, and often newer, companies involves greater risk than there usually is with investing in larger, more established companies. Smaller and newer companies often have limited product lines, markets, management personnel, research and/or financial resources. The securities of small companies, which may be thinly capitalized, may not be as marketable as those of larger companies. Therefore the securities of these smaller, newer companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than the securities of larger companies or the market averages in general. |
| Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund | Equity Securities Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Equity Securities Risk Equity securities are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value. The equity securities held by the Fund may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur because of factors affecting securities markets generally, or a particular company. |
| Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund | Micro-Cap Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Micro-Cap Risk Small-sized company risk is intensified for the Fund. The prices of micro-cap companies are generally more volatile and their markets are less liquid relative to larger companies. An investment in the Fund may involve considerably more risk of loss and its returns may differ significantly from funds investing in larger companies. |
| Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund | Technology Sector Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Technology Sector Risk Information technology companies face intense competition, both domestically and internationally, which may have an adverse effect on profit margins. Like other technology companies, information technology companies may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. The products of information technology companies may face product obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product introduction, unpredictable changes in growth rates and competition for the services of qualified personnel. Technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market. Companies in the information technology sector are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights. The loss or impairment of these rights may adversely affect the profitability of these companies. Finally, while all companies may be susceptible to network security breaches, certain companies in the information technology sector may be particular targets of hacking and potential theft of proprietary or consumer information or disruptions in service, which could have a material adverse effect on their businesses. These risks are heightened for information technology companies in foreign markets. |
| Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund | Healthcare Sector Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Healthcare Sector Risk Companies in the healthcare sector are subject to extensive government regulation and their profitability can be significantly affected by restrictions on government reimbursement for medical expenses, rising costs of medical products and services, pricing pressure (including price discounting), limited product lines and an increased emphasis on the delivery of healthcare through outpatient services. Companies in the healthcare sector are heavily dependent on obtaining and defending patents, which may be time consuming and costly, and the expiration of patents may also adversely affect the profitability of these companies. Healthcare companies are also subject to extensive litigation based on product liability and similar claims. In addition, their products can become obsolete due to industry innovation, changes in technologies or other market developments. Many new products in the healthcare sector require significant research and development and may be subject to regulatory approvals, all of which may be time consuming and costly with no guarantee that any product will come to market. |
| Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund | Industrials Sector Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Industrials Sector Risk The industrials sector comprises companies who produce capital goods used in construction and manufacturing, such as companies that make and sell machinery, equipment and supplies that are used to produce other goods. Companies in the industrials sector may be adversely affected by changes in government regulation and spending, economic conditions, world events, commodity prices, exchange rates, import controls, and worldwide competition. In addition, companies may be adversely affected by environmental damages and product liability claims, and may face product obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product introduction. |
| Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund | Investment Style Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Investment Style Risk There is no assurance that the common stocks of companies selected using OAM’s investment criteria will achieve long-term growth in market value. |
| Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund | Portfolio Turnover Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Portfolio Turnover Risk In the past, the Fund has experienced high rates of portfolio turnover, which results in above average transaction costs and the payment by shareholders of taxes on above-average amounts of realized investment gains, including net short-term capital gains, which are taxed as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes when distributed. |
| Oberweis Small-Cap Opportunities Fund | Risk Lose Money [Member] | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Risk [Text Block] | The biggest risk is that the Fund’s returns may vary, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. |
| Oberweis Small-Cap Opportunities Fund | Small-sized Company Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Small-sized Company Risk The Fund is subject to small company risk. Although the Fund seeks to reduce risk by investing in a diversified portfolio, you must realize that investing in smaller, and often newer, companies involves greater risk than there usually is with investing in larger, more established companies. Smaller and newer companies often have limited product lines, markets, management personnel, research and/or financial resources. The securities of small companies, which may be thinly capitalized, may not be as marketable as those of larger companies. Therefore the securities of these smaller, newer companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than the securities of larger companies or the market averages in general. |
| Oberweis Small-Cap Opportunities Fund | Equity Securities Risk [Member] | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Risk [Text Block] | Equity Securities Risk Equity securities are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value. The equity securities held by the Fund may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur because of factors affecting securities markets generally, or a particular company. |
| Oberweis Small-Cap Opportunities Fund | Technology Sector Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Technology Sector Risk Information technology companies face intense competition, both domestically and internationally, which may have an adverse effect on profit margins. Like other technology companies, information technology companies may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. The products of information technology companies may face product obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product introduction, unpredictable changes in growth rates and competition for the services of qualified personnel. Technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market. Companies in the information technology sector are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights. The loss or impairment of these rights may adversely affect the profitability of these companies. Finally, while all companies may be susceptible to network security breaches, certain companies in the information technology sector may be particular targets of hacking and potential theft of proprietary or consumer information or disruptions in service, which could have a material adverse effect on their businesses. These risks are heightened for information technology companies in foreign markets. |
| Oberweis Small-Cap Opportunities Fund | Portfolio Turnover Risk [Member] | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Risk [Text Block] | Portfolio Turnover Risk In the past, the Fund has experienced high rates of portfolio turnover, which results in above average transaction costs and the payment by shareholders of taxes on above-average amounts of realized investment gains, including net short-term capital gains, which are taxed as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes when distributed. |
| Oberweis International Opportunities Fund | Risk Lose Money [Member] | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Risk [Text Block] | The biggest risk is that the Fund’s returns may vary, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. |
| Oberweis International Opportunities Fund | Small-sized Company Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Small-sized Company Risk The Fund is subject to small company risk, because although there are no restrictions on the capitalization of companies whose securities the Fund may buy, the Fund generally invests in small-sized companies. Although the Fund seeks to reduce risk by investing in a diversified portfolio, you must realize that investing in smaller, and often newer, companies involves greater risk than there usually is with investing in larger, more established companies. Smaller and newer companies often have limited product lines, markets, management personnel, research and/or financial resources. The securities of small companies, which may be thinly capitalized, may not be as marketable as those of larger companies. Therefore the securities of these smaller, newer companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than the securities of larger companies or the market averages in general. |
| Oberweis International Opportunities Fund | Risks Associated with Non-U.S. Companies [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Risks Associated with Non-U.S. Companies Investments by the Fund in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involve certain additional investment risks different from those of U.S. issuers. These risks include: possibility of political or economic instability of the country of issue, possibility of disruption to international trade patterns, possibility of currency risk, possibility of currency exchange controls, imposition of foreign withholding taxes, seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits or assets, and adoption of adverse foreign government trade restrictions. There may be less publicly available information about a non-U.S. company than about a U.S. company. Sometimes non-U.S. companies are subject to different accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards, practices and requirements than U.S. companies. There is generally less government regulation of stock exchanges, brokers and listed companies abroad than in the U.S., which may result in less transparency with respect to a company’s operations. The absence of negotiated brokerage in certain countries may result in higher brokerage fees. |
| Oberweis International Opportunities Fund | Equity Securities Risk [Member] | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Risk [Text Block] | Equity Securities Risk Equity securities are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value. The equity securities held by the Fund may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur because of factors affecting securities markets generally, or a particular company. |
| Oberweis International Opportunities Fund | Emerging Market Risks [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Emerging Market Risks In addition to the risks associated with non-U.S. companies in developing or emerging markets, there is a possibility of expropriation, nationalization, confiscatory taxation or diplomatic developments that could affect investments in those countries. In addition, political and economic structures in emerging markets countries may be new and developing rapidly, which may cause instability. Emerging markets countries are also more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. |
| Oberweis International Opportunities Fund | Currency Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Currency Risk Currency risk is the risk that fluctuations in exchange rates may adversely affect the U.S. dollar value of a fund’s investments. Currency risk includes both the risk that currencies in which a fund’s investments are traded will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly for a number of reasons, including the forces of supply and demand in the foreign exchange markets, actual or perceived changes in interest rates, intervention (or the failure to intervene) by U.S. or foreign governments or central banks, or currency controls or political developments in the United States or abroad. The Fund may incur currency conversion costs (being the spread between buying and selling of the currency) and subject to exchange rate fluctuation risks in any such currency conversion, which may adversely affect the market value of the Fund’s investments. |
| Oberweis International Opportunities Fund | Industrials Sector Risk [Member] | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Risk [Text Block] | Industrials Sector Risk The industrials sector comprises companies who produce capital goods used in construction and manufacturing, such as companies that make and sell machinery, equipment and supplies that are used to produce other goods. Companies in the industrials sector may be adversely affected by changes in government regulation and spending, economic conditions, world events, commodity prices, exchange rates, import controls, and worldwide competition. In addition, companies may be adversely affected by environmental damages and product liability claims, and may face product obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product introduction. |
| Oberweis International Opportunities Fund | Portfolio Turnover Risk [Member] | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Risk [Text Block] | Portfolio Turnover Risk In the past, the Fund has experienced high rates of portfolio turnover, which results in above average transaction costs and the payment by shareholders of taxes on above-average amounts of realized investment gains, including net short-term capital gains, which are taxed as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes when distributed. |
| Oberweis China Opportunities Fund | Risk Lose Money [Member] | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Risk [Text Block] | The biggest risk is that the Fund’s returns may vary, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. |
| Oberweis China Opportunities Fund | Risks Associated with Non-U.S. Companies [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Risks Associated with Non-U.S. Companies Investments by the Fund in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involve certain additional investment risks different from those of U.S. issuers. These risks include: possibility of political or economic instability of the country of issue, possibility of disruption to international trade patterns, possibility of currency risk, possibility of currency exchange controls, imposition of foreign withholding taxes, seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits or assets, and adoption of adverse foreign government trade restrictions. There may be less publicly available information about a non-U.S. company than about a U.S. company. Sometimes non-U.S. companies are subject to different accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards, practices and requirements than U.S. companies. There is generally less government regulation of stock exchanges, brokers and listed companies abroad than in the U.S., which may result in less transparency with respect to a company’s operations. The absence of negotiated brokerage in certain countries may result in higher brokerage fees. |
| Oberweis China Opportunities Fund | Equity Securities Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Equity Securities Risk Equity securities are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value. The equity securities held by the Fund may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur because of factors affecting securities markets generally, or a particular company. |
| Oberweis China Opportunities Fund | Emerging Market Risks [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Emerging Market Risks In addition to the risks associated with non-U.S. companies in developing or emerging markets, there is a possibility of expropriation, nationalization, confiscatory taxation or diplomatic developments that could affect investments in those countries. In addition, political and economic structures in emerging markets countries may be new and developing rapidly, which may cause instability. Emerging markets countries are also more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. |
| Oberweis China Opportunities Fund | Risks Associated with Chinese Companies [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Risks Associated with Chinese Companies The Chinese economy is generally considered an emerging and volatile market. A small number of companies represent a large portion of the China market as a whole, and prices for securities of these companies may be very sensitive to adverse political, economic, or regulatory developments in China and other Asian countries, and may experience significant losses in such conditions. China’s central government has historically exercised substantial control over the Chinese economy through administrative regulation and/or state ownership. Despite economic reforms that have resulted in less direct central and local government control over Chinese businesses, actions of the Chinese central and local government authorities continue to have a substantial effect on economic conditions in China. These activities, which may include central planning, partial state ownership of or government actions designed to substantially influence certain Chinese industries, market sectors or particular Chinese companies, including halting IPOs, ousting company founders, passing laws that allow raids on private companies, and forcing companies to grant the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) significant power and influence within their operations, may adversely affect the public and private sector companies in which the Fund invests. Government actions may also affect the economic prospects for, and the market prices and liquidity of, the securities of China companies and the payments of dividends and interest by China companies. In addition, currency fluctuations, monetary policies, competition, social instability or political unrest may adversely affect economic growth in China. The Chinese economy and Chinese companies may also be adversely affected by regional security threats, as well as adverse developments in Chinese trade policies, or in trade policies toward China by countries that are trading partners with China. The occurrence of catastrophic events (such as hurricanes, earthquakes, pandemic disease, acts of terrorism and other catastrophes) in Greater China could also have a negative impact on the value of Chinese securities. Due to restrictions on foreign ownership of Chinese companies imposed under Chinese law, Chinese companies that are listed in the U.S. typically do not offer common stock in the company itself to U.S. investors. Rather, Chinese companies typically offer shares of an offshore shell company (typically referred to as a “variable interest entity” or “VIE”) that has entered into service and other contracts with the Chinese company. Accordingly, U.S. investors in Chinese companies listed on a U.S. stock exchange do not actually own shares of the Chinese company itself. The U.S.-listed shell company does not control the Chinese company and must rely on the Chinese company to perform its contractual obligations (which, as noted above, are governed by Chinese corporate and securities laws that are less protective of shareholders than U.S. laws). Moreover, the Chinese government may at any time invalidate or limit the contracts between a Chinese company and the offshore shell company which is offering shares in the U.S., which may result in the partial or total loss of the value of a U.S. investor’s shares in the offshore shell company even if a direct investment in the Chinese company would retain value. Chinese companies are required to follow Chinese accounting standards and practices, which only follow international accounting standards to a certain extent. However, the accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices applicable to China’s companies, including those listed on U.S. exchanges, may be less rigorous, and there may be significant differences between financial statements prepared in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and practice and those prepared in accordance with international accounting standards. In particular, the assets and profits appearing on the financial statements of a Chinese issuer may not reflect its financial position or results of operations in the way they would be reflected had such financial statements been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The quality of audits in China may be unreliable, which may require enhanced procedures. Consequently, the Fund may not be provided the same degree of protection or information as would generally apply in developed countries and the Fund may be exposed to significant losses. There is also substantially less publicly available information about Chinese issuers than there is about U.S. issuers. Therefore, disclosure of certain material information may not be made, and less information may be available to the Fund and other investors than would be the case if the Fund’s investments were restricted to securities of U.S. issuers. China’s growth over the last several decades has also led to growing political and economic tensions with Taiwan, including China’s stated intention to control Taiwan. Increased tensions or conflict between Taiwan and China poses significant risks to Chinese companies. Such an event could lead to the shuttering of China-focused funds, cancellation of foreign derivatives and other severe financial disruptions, leaving investors with little to no financial recourse. |
| Oberweis China Opportunities Fund | Government Relationships Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Government Relationships Risk While companies in Asia may be subject to limitations on their business relationships under applicable law, these laws may not be consistent with certain political and security concerns of the U.S. As a result, Asian companies may have material direct or indirect business relationships with governments that are considered state sponsors of terrorism by the U.S. government, or governments that otherwise have policies in conflict with the U.S. government (an “Adverse Government”). If the Fund invests in companies that have or develop a material business relationship with an Adverse Government, then the Fund will be subject to the risk that these companies’ reputation and price in the market will be adversely affected. |
| Oberweis China Opportunities Fund | Equity-linked Certificates Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Equity-linked Certificates Risk Equity-linked certificates (also called Participatory Notes) are generally subject to the same risks as the foreign equity securities or the basket foreign securities they are linked to. Upon the maturity of the certificate, the holder generally receives a return of principal based on the capital appreciation of the linked security. If the linked security declines in value, the certificate may return a lower amount at maturity. The trading price of an equity-linked certificate also depends on the value of the linked security. Equity-linked certificates involve further risks associated with: • purchases and sales of certificates, including the possibility that exchange rate fluctuations may negatively affect the value of a certificate, • the credit quality of the certificate’s issuer and/or guarantor, and • liquidity risks and restrictions on transferability. Ratings of issuers or guarantors of equity-linked certificates refer only to the issuer or guarantor’s creditworthiness. They provide no indication of the potential risks of the linked securities. |
| Oberweis China Opportunities Fund | RMB Currency Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | RMB Currency Risk The Fund may invest in Chinese securities acquired through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (“China Connect Securities”) with Renminbi (“RMB”), the official currency of China. Similar to other foreign currencies, the exchange rate of the RMB may rise or fall. There is no guarantee that the RMB will not depreciate. The exchange rate of the RMB may be affected by, among other things, foreign exchange controls imposed by the mainland Chinese central government from time to time (for example, there are currently restrictions on the conversion of the RMB into other currencies). The Fund may have to convert the dollar into RMB when investing in Chinese Connect Securities and vice versa for any payments in RMB from transactions in the China Connect Securities. The Fund may incur currency conversion costs (being the spread between buying and selling of the RMB) and subject to exchange rate fluctuation risks in any such currency conversion, which may adversely affect the market value of China Connect Securities. |
| Oberweis China Opportunities Fund | Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect Program (Stock Connect) Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect Program (Stock Connect) Risk China A-Shares listed and traded on certain Chinese stock exchanges through Stock Connect, a mutual market access program designed to, among other things, enable foreign investment in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) via brokers in Hong Kong, are subject to a number of restrictions imposed by Chinese securities regulations and local exchange listing rules. Because Stock Connect was established in November 2014, developments are likely, which may restrict or otherwise affect the fund’s investments or returns. Furthermore, any changes in laws, regulations and policies of the China A-Shares market or rules in relation to Stock Connect may affect China A-Share prices. These risks are heightened by the underdeveloped state of the PRC’s investment and banking systems in general. |
| Oberweis China Opportunities Fund | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Geographic Concentration Risk Investments in a single region, even though representing more than one country within the region, may be affected by common economic forces and other factors. This vulnerability to factors affecting China investments is significantly greater than it would be for a more geographically diversified fund, and may result in greater losses and volatility. |
| Oberweis China Opportunities Fund | Portfolio Turnover Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Portfolio Turnover Risk In the past, the Fund has experienced high rates of portfolio turnover, which results in above average transaction costs and the payment by shareholders of taxes on above-average amounts of realized investment gains, including net short-term capital gains, which are taxed as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes when distributed. |
| Oberweis Focused International Growth Fund | Risk Lose Money [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | The biggest risk is that the Fund’s returns may vary, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. |
| Oberweis Focused International Growth Fund | Risk Nondiversified Status [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | The Fund is classified as “non-diversified,” which means the Fund may invest a larger percentage of its assets in the securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. Investment in securities of a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk and potential losses than if its assets were diversified among the securities of a greater number of issuers. |
| Oberweis Focused International Growth Fund | Risks Associated with Non-U.S. Companies [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Risks Associated with Non-U.S. Companies Investments by the Fund in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involve certain additional investment risks different from those of U.S. issuers. These risks include: possibility of political or economic instability of the country of issue, possibility of disruption to international trade patterns, possibility of currency risk, possibility of currency exchange controls, imposition of foreign withholding taxes, seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits or assets, and adoption of adverse foreign government trade restrictions. There may be less publicly available information about a non-U.S. company than about a U.S. company. Sometimes non-U.S. companies are subject to different accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards, practices and requirements than U.S. companies. There is generally less government regulation of stock exchanges, brokers and listed companies abroad than in the U.S., which may result in less transparency with respect to a company’s operations. The absence of negotiated brokerage in certain countries may result in higher brokerage fees. American Depositary Receipts as well as other “hybrid” forms of ADRs, including EDRs and GDRs, are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer. These certificates are issued by depository banks and generally trade on an established market in the United States or elsewhere. The underlying shares are held in trust by a custodian bank or similar financial institution in the issuer’s home country. The depository bank may not have physical custody of the underlying securities at all times and may charge fees for various services, including forwarding dividends and interest and corporate actions. ADRs are alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies. However, ADRs continue to be subject to many of the risks associated with investing in foreign securities. |
| Oberweis Focused International Growth Fund | Equity Securities Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Equity Securities Risk Equity securities are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value. The equity securities held by the Fund may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur because of factors affecting securities markets generally, or a particular company. |
| Oberweis Focused International Growth Fund | Emerging Market Risks [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Emerging Market Risks In addition to the risks associated with non-U.S. companies in developing or emerging markets, there is a possibility of expropriation, nationalization, confiscatory taxation or diplomatic developments that could affect investments in those countries. In addition, political and economic structures in emerging markets countries may be new and developing rapidly, which may cause instability. Emerging markets countries are also more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. |
| Oberweis Focused International Growth Fund | Currency Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Currency Risk Currency risk is the risk that fluctuations in exchange rates may adversely affect the U.S. dollar value of a fund’s investments. Currency risk includes both the risk that currencies in which a fund’s investments are traded will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly for a number of reasons, including the forces of supply and demand in the foreign exchange markets, actual or perceived changes in interest rates, intervention (or the failure to intervene) by U.S. or foreign governments or central banks, or currency controls or political developments in the United States or abroad. The Fund may incur currency conversion costs (being the spread between buying and selling of the currency) and subject to exchange rate fluctuation risks in any such currency conversion, which may adversely affect the market value of the Fund’s investments. |
| Oberweis Focused International Growth Fund | Financials Sector Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Financials Sector Risk Companies in the financial sector, including retail and commercial banks, insurance companies and financial services companies, may be adversely impacted by many factors, including, among others, government regulations, economic conditions, credit rating downgrades, changes in currency exchange rates, volatile interest rates, decreased liquidity in credit markets and competition from new entrants. Profitability of these companies is largely dependent on the availability and cost of capital and can fluctuate significantly when interest rates change. Credit losses resulting from financial difficulties of borrowers also can negatively impact the sector. These companies are also subject to substantial government regulation and intervention, which may adversely impact the scope of their activities, the prices they can charge, the amount of capital they must maintain, and potentially, their size. The impact of more stringent capital requirements, or recent or future regulation in various countries on any individual financial company or of the financial sector as a whole cannot be predicted. The financial sector is also a target for cyberattacks and may experience technology malfunctions and disruptions. |
| Oberweis Focused International Growth Fund | Non-Diversification Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Non-Diversification Risk The Fund is classified as “non-diversified,” which means the Fund may invest a larger percentage of its assets in the securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. Investment in securities of a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk and potential losses than if its assets were diversified among the securities of a greater number of issuers. |
| Oberweis Focused International Growth Fund | Portfolio Turnover Risk [Member] | |
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| Risk [Text Block] | Portfolio Turnover Risk The Fund may experience high rates of portfolio turnover, which would result in above average transaction costs and the payment by shareholders of taxes on above-average amounts of realized investment gains, including net short-term capital gains, which are taxed as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes when distributed. |