Regulatory Requirement - Regulatory Capital and Capital Requirements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Virtu Americas LLC
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	$ 412,626	$ 554,550
Regulatory Capital Requirement	1,000	1,000
Excess Regulatory Capital	411,626	553,550
RFQ-Hub Americas LLC
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	1,425
Regulatory Capital Requirement	15
Excess Regulatory Capital	1,410
Virtu Canada Corp \| Canada
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	14,630
Regulatory Capital Requirement	189
Excess Regulatory Capital	14,441
Virtu ITG Canada Corp \| Canada
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital		14,248
Regulatory Capital Requirement		184
Excess Regulatory Capital		14,064
Virtu Financial Canada ULC \| Canada
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	1,197	2,663
Regulatory Capital Requirement	189	184
Excess Regulatory Capital	1,008	2,479
Virtu Europe Trading Limited \| Ireland
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	86,370	78,834
Regulatory Capital Requirement	27,821	28,502
Excess Regulatory Capital	58,549	50,332
Virtu Financial Ireland Limited \| Ireland
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	88,939	89,853
Regulatory Capital Requirement	40,459	39,768
Excess Regulatory Capital	48,480	50,085
Virtu ITG UK Limited \| United Kingdom
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	2,040	1,405
Regulatory Capital Requirement	955	906
Excess Regulatory Capital	1,085	499
Virtu ITG Australia Limited \| Asia Pacific
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	24,788	30,027
Regulatory Capital Requirement	3,856	3,115
Excess Regulatory Capital	20,932	26,912
Virtu ITG Hong Kong Limited \| Asia Pacific
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	2,786	1,683
Regulatory Capital Requirement	445	497
Excess Regulatory Capital	2,341	1,186
Virtu ITG Singapore Pte Limited \| Asia Pacific
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	953	1,147
Regulatory Capital Requirement	130	91
Excess Regulatory Capital	823	1,056
Virtu Financial Singapore Pte. Ltd. \| Asia Pacific
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	126,022	121,166
Regulatory Capital Requirement	73,407	46,025
Excess Regulatory Capital	$ 52,615	$ 75,141

Amount of net capital in excess of minimum required net capital, calculated under Aggregate Indebtedness Standard.

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Minimum amount of net capital required to be maintained by broker-dealer and its subsidiary, calculated under Aggregate Indebtedness Standard.

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