Regulatory Requirement - Regulatory Capital and Capital Requirements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023
Virtu Americas LLC
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	$ 402,458	$ 412,626
Regulatory Capital Requirement	1,247	1,000
Excess Regulatory Capital	401,211	411,626
RFQ-hub Americas LLC
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	1,036		$ 1,425
Regulatory Capital Requirement	23		15
Excess Regulatory Capital	1,013		$ 1,410
Virtu Canada Corp \| Canada
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	15,080
Regulatory Capital Requirement	183
Excess Regulatory Capital	14,897
Virtu ITG Canada Corp \| Canada
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital		14,630
Regulatory Capital Requirement		189
Excess Regulatory Capital		14,441
Virtu Financial Canada ULC \| Canada
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	1,323	1,197
Regulatory Capital Requirement	183	189
Excess Regulatory Capital	1,140	1,008
Virtu Europe Trading Limited \| Ireland
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	58,428	86,370
Regulatory Capital Requirement	26,447	27,821
Excess Regulatory Capital	31,981	58,549
Virtu Financial Ireland Limited \| Ireland
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	79,658	88,939
Regulatory Capital Requirement	43,464	40,459
Excess Regulatory Capital	36,194	48,480
Virtu ITG UK Limited \| United Kingdom
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	3,076	2,040
Regulatory Capital Requirement	948	955
Excess Regulatory Capital	2,128	1,085
Virtu ITG Australia Limited \| Asia Pacific
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	24,494	24,788
Regulatory Capital Requirement	16,440	3,856
Excess Regulatory Capital	8,054	20,932
Virtu ITG Hong Kong Limited \| Asia Pacific
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	3,814	2,786
Regulatory Capital Requirement	384	445
Excess Regulatory Capital	3,430	2,341
Virtu ITG Singapore Pte Limited \| Asia Pacific
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	947	953
Regulatory Capital Requirement	126	130
Excess Regulatory Capital	821	823
Virtu Financial Singapore Pte. Ltd. \| Asia Pacific
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	187,352	126,022
Regulatory Capital Requirement	124,172	73,407
Excess Regulatory Capital	$ 63,180	$ 52,615

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

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