Regulatory Requirement - Regulatory Capital and Capital Requirements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Virtu Americas LLC
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	$ 561,242	$ 455,678
Regulatory Capital Requirement	1,000	1,532
Excess Regulatory Capital	560,242	454,146
RFQ-hub Americas LLC
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital		602
Regulatory Capital Requirement		9
Excess Regulatory Capital		593
Virtu Canada Corp \| Canada
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	15,133
Regulatory Capital Requirement	182
Excess Regulatory Capital	14,951
Virtu Canada Corp \| Canada
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital		12,327
Regulatory Capital Requirement		174
Excess Regulatory Capital		12,153
Virtu Financial Canada ULC \| Canada
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital		0
Regulatory Capital Requirement		0
Excess Regulatory Capital		0
Virtu Europe Trading Limited \| Ireland
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	86,656	57,834
Regulatory Capital Requirement	28,283	26,359
Excess Regulatory Capital	58,373	31,475
Virtu Financial Ireland Limited \| Ireland
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	122,901	76,457
Regulatory Capital Requirement	64,951	29,764
Excess Regulatory Capital	57,950	46,693
Virtu ITG UK Limited \| United Kingdom
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	2,218	2,043
Regulatory Capital Requirement	1,011	939
Excess Regulatory Capital	1,207	1,104
Virtu ITG Australia Limited \| Asia Pacific
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	35,511	24,928
Regulatory Capital Requirement	13,262	9,550
Excess Regulatory Capital	22,249	15,378
Virtu ITG Hong Kong Limited \| Asia Pacific
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	8,200	5,392
Regulatory Capital Requirement	586	426
Excess Regulatory Capital	7,614	4,966
Virtu ITG Singapore Pte Limited \| Asia Pacific
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	1,062	1,120
Regulatory Capital Requirement	218	166
Excess Regulatory Capital	844	954
Virtu Financial Singapore Pte. Ltd. \| Asia Pacific
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Capital	278,288	219,817
Regulatory Capital Requirement	198,100	136,891
Excess Regulatory Capital	$ 80,188	$ 82,926

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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