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Regulatory Requirement - Regulatory Capital and Capital Requirements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Mar. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
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Virtu Americas LLC |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | $ 333,184 | $ 381,211
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 2,152 | 2,035
Excess Regulatory Capital | 331,032 | 379,176
Virtu Financial BD LLC |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 111,199 | 133,850
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 1,000 | 1,000
Excess Regulatory Capital | 110,199 | 132,850
Virtu Financial Capital Markets LLC |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 9,277 | 9,457
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 1,000 | 1,000
Excess Regulatory Capital | 8,277 | $ 8,457
Virtu ITG LLC |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 58,270 |
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 1,000 |
Excess Regulatory Capital | 57,270 |
Virtu Alternet Securities LLC |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 6,267 |
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 100 |
Excess Regulatory Capital | 6,167 |
Canada | Virtu ITG Canada Corp |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 17,870 |
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 187 |
Excess Regulatory Capital | 17,683 |
Canada | TriAct Canada Marketplace LP |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 2,028 |
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 187 |
Excess Regulatory Capital | 1,841 |
Canada | Virtu Financial Canada ULC |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 2,598 |
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 187 |
Excess Regulatory Capital | 2,411 |
Ireland | Virtu ITG Europe Limited |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 53,787 |
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 32,768 |
Excess Regulatory Capital | 21,019 |
Ireland | Virtu Financial Ireland Limited |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 78,227 |
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 29,919 |
Excess Regulatory Capital | 48,308 |
United Kingdom | Virtu ITG UK Limited |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 1,367 |
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 975 |
Excess Regulatory Capital | 392 |
United Kingdom | KCG Europe Limited |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 50,443 |
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 32,000 |
Excess Regulatory Capital | 18,443 |
Asia Pacific | Virtu ITG Australia Limited |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 27,601 |
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 16,102 |
Excess Regulatory Capital | 11,499 |
Asia Pacific | Virtu ITG Hong Kong Limited |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 1,220 |
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 579 |
Excess Regulatory Capital | 641 |
Asia Pacific | Virtu ITG Singapore Pte Limited |  |
Entity Information [Line Items] |  |
Regulatory Capital | 1,015 |
Regulatory Capital Requirement | 74 |
Excess Regulatory Capital | $ 941 |

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